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Appeals

You may find it useful to visit the FAQ's section where the answer to some Frequently Asked Questions about appeals can be found.

Appeal types

Asylum

An asylum appeal relates to a person who is under threat in their own country and looks to the United Kingdom for protection, for example during times of civil war.

You can find a guide to an asylum appeal on the following link.

Immigration

An immigration appeal relates to a person who has applied to live permanently in the United Kingdom.

You can find a guide to an immigration appeal for a person already in the United Kingdom on the following link.

You can find a guide to an immigration appeal lodged at an Overseas Post on the following link.

Applications refused under the points based system outside of the UK have no right of appeal to the AIT. See www.ukvisas.gov.uk for more information.

You can find a guide to an immigration appeal lodged with AIT on the following link.

Visit Visa

A visit visa appeal relates to a person who has been refused a visit to the United Kingdom for a period of more than 3 months. Visit visa cases can be heard at a hearing or dealt with on papers.

You can find a guide to a family visit visa appeal made at an overseas post on the following link.

You can find a guide to a family visit visa appeal lodged with AIT on the following link.

Human Rights

A human rights appeal is where a person claims their basic human rights have been breached.

You can find a guide to a human rights appeal on the following link.

Bail

an application to be released on bail from a person detained under the Immigration Acts.

A small amount of appeals are also received for deprivation of citizenship, race discrimination and non suspensive appeals.

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