lishah121 wrote:If your application gets declined because your wage slip anount don't match the amount on bank statment.
What is the best next step to take, appeal or just do a fresh application?
Firstly why were the payments wrong? did you yourself put less in or was u payed less by the employer??...
FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION ONLY
If it was due to your employer i would appeal as your employer can write a letter to verify this and he/she can also confirm what your regular pay is and this can also be verified by checking with hmrc if it was a one off mistake, after you appeal it would take up to a week or more for the fee to be taken (£80 for paper hearing, £140 for oral, oral is best as u can speak directly to the judge on paper its just whats there to look at i.e supporting documents) and then 4/6 weeks after that u receive appeal notice with your deadline (15 weeks they have) and then normally 28 working days (6 weeks) u get a decision
if review is successful, if not then it is refused and taken to court and it can take a further 4/6 months for a hearing date and if u need a lawyer to represent u (which would be wise) they would charge £800+ maybe more (and if u hire a lawyer to lodge your appeal its a further £800=)
however if u go for a fresh application its £996 and £600 nhs fee, u would also need to re do paper work,including
-employer letter
-accommodation
-declaration
-6 slips and corresponding bank statements
- TB test
- and possibly English test to as a few expire November 2015
so that would all cost maybe a couple of hundred, but waiting time may be less depending on how quick they are issuing visas at the time. and even then u never know they could take out another mistake (what they didn't point out in first)
but best option is to think about it and weigh out the pros and cons personally.
p.s also have a look at my timeline for rough processing times.
