KENNEDYS LAW – 27 September 2023
The COVID-19 concession was in place and had been at the time the application for your Client was made. The below reflects the Home Office policy at the time.
We realise that there were variations of the COVID-19 concession published by the Home Office given the changes that occurred during the course of the pandemic. In practice at that time, for the Home Office to consider such an application as one for entry clearance it was sufficient to rely upon the concession and to mention the same in the application.
HOME OFFICE REFUSAL
I have considered your claim that you are unable to leave the UK as the South African boarders are closed to persons travelling from the UK due to Covid-19.
Whilst we have noted your claimed reasons, and this is not sufficient to warrant a grant of leave and it is considered that arrangements can be made for your return to your home country once it is safe to do so. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, travel arrangements can still take place, for more details please refer to
http://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily/who-can-gethelp
OUR COMMENTS
UK Migration Lawyers were never told we could not leave nor that we would not leave. Our son had flown back to South Africa 16 days before we contacted them for legal advice.
