All sorted ... if you look at Change.org.

24,000 signatures...Home Office reversed original

decision

I am not saying the Grandma should not be allowed in.

My sympathy with the family however I do not understand why the Home Office has reversed it's decision?

What I mean is if you have a legitimate reason for not allowing someone into the country why should a petition change that?

I presume that the HO was well aware the reason for Grandma's visit and that the family have said they will financially support. With that knowledge they still refused her so why does signing a petition make them change the grounds for refusing her?

I want an immigration policy that is fair and logical it just seems to me that its more like a popularity contest the more noise you make the better your chance.
That is hardly fair then on people who don't catch the public eye.

I am glad for her sake she is coming but I do not get the thinking behind the original decision.

One more point

In fact this happens regularly. I have met a report (i don`t recall the figures) but there is an official route to appeal at court for visa decision and this can be overturn.

Reason why i checked this is because my sister`s visa was rejected Reason was because she didn`t provide necessary detail for financial status (she had but not complete) thus the officer thought her application is not genuine. She applied after with proper documentation and got the visa after.

Issue is that there are several grey areas which leaves the decision to caseworker and this can be disputed easily. Rules are not black and white.

For eg, last year we applied for indefinite leave to remain with our UK born baby. Lawyer told that he does not need passport and birth certificate would be enough. Caseworker told he can not grant ILR to him as he needs passport. In fact there is no such a rule and when we escalated, very senior caseworker suggested to him to grant ILR but he refused again. Because main rule is that final decision is up to caseworker (subject to court appeal) Weird thing is that he automatically become eligible for British Citizenship once we have ILR

In a nutshell, this is very grey area and subjective decision can happen due to approach of caseworker.

I can confirm all of that. My wife was initially refused a visa on the quite ridiculous grounds that I didn't have the means to support her when all the evidence provided (and it's huge) plainly showed I met the requirements 4 times over. The refusal was made at the foreign Embassy level and I suspect they are encouraged to refuse as many as possible to meet targets. Only after an appeal, which cost a lot and 9 months delay, did a Judge overturn the refusal, awarding me the costs, which I am still waiting for. The costs involved in obtaining a family visa are enormous and have to be paid 3 times. On initial application, for "further leave to remain" after 30 months and then for "indefinite leave to remain" after 5 years. A great system to encourage new citizens!

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Much easier to arrive without documents and no English skills other than the word asylum.

The hoops and hurdles for legit overseas spouses for British nationals are absurd.

Obviously nothing to do with original post.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.