A1.50 Visa and Immigration Appeals

UK Visa and Immigration Reconsideration Requests (September 2025)

Official link: https://www.gov.uk/visa-and-immigration-reconsideration-requests

If you submitted a visa or immigration application inside the UK, you may be able to request a re-examination of the decision made on your application. This is known as a reconsideration request.

Important Notes

• This is not a formal appeal or an administrative review.

• You cannot submit a reconsideration request if you have the right to an appeal or an administrative review.

Eligibility for a Reconsideration Request

You can make a reconsideration request if all of the following apply:

1. You believe that immigration rules or policies were not correctly followed when the decision was made.

2. You are in the UK at the time of making the request.

3. Your application was submitted inside the UK for one of the following purposes:

• Replacing your visa with an eVisa (a digital record of your identity and immigration status) – referred to as a ‘transfer of conditions’ (TOC).

• Transferring your indefinite leave to remain to an eVisa – referred to as ‘no time limit’ (NTL).

• Extending your leave to remain, switching your visa category, or settling in the UK.

Additional Eligibility Scenarios

1. If your TOC or leave to remain application was approved, but you believe the type of leave or its expiry date is incorrect.

2. If your TOC or NTL application was refused and you can provide specific new evidence of one of the following types only:

• New evidence regarding the date of your application.

• New evidence to prove the authenticity of your documents.

• Evidence that information received by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) before the decision date was not accessible to the decision-making team.

You cannot make a request based on any other type of new evidence that was not received by UKVI prior to the decision date.

Ineligibility for a Reconsideration Request

You cannot submit a reconsideration request if you have the right of appeal or the right to an administrative review against the decision (your decision letter will usually state whether you hold these rights).

Your request will be rejected outright if:

• You submit a new visa or immigration application either before or after sending the reconsideration request.

• You have since been granted permission to stay in the UK under another visa category.

• You have left the UK and your permission to stay has expired.

• You have been removed or deported from the UK.

• You have already exhausted your appeal rights or lost your case in a judicial review.

• You should have lodged an appeal or applied for an administrative review instead of submitting a reconsideration request.

How to Make a Reconsideration Request

1. Write a letter explaining why you believe the decision was incorrect, and reference the specific immigration rules or policies your application was based on (check the relevant application guidance to identify the correct rules or policies).

2. Send the request to the team that made the decision on your original application; the address will usually be provided on your decision letter.

3. Submit the request as soon as possible, and no later than 14 days after receiving the decision on your application.

4. You may only make one reconsideration request for a single application decision