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You can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) if the Home Office has decided to:

• refuse your protection claim (also known as 鈥榓sylum claim鈥� or 鈥榟umanitarian protection鈥�)
• revoke your protection status
• refuse your human rights claim
• refuse you a residence document or deport you under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016
• revoke your British citizenship
• refuse or revoke your status, vary the length or condition of your stay, or deport you under the EU Settlement Scheme
• refuse or revoke your travel permit or family permit under the EU Settlement Scheme or restrict your rights to enter or leave the UK under those permits
• refuse or revoke your permit, or deport you if you鈥檙e a frontier worker
• refuse or revoke your leave, or deport you if you鈥檙e an S2 healthcare visitor

If you do not have the right to appeal, you might be able to ask the Home Office for an administrative review.

How to appeal

How you appeal depends on whether you鈥檙e applying for yourself or if you鈥檙e a legal professional appealing on behalf of a client.

If you鈥檙e appealing for yourself without a solicitor or immigration adviser

You can either:

• appeal the decision online
• appeal the decision by post or email

If you鈥檙e a solicitor or an immigration adviser

For most cases, you must appeal online using the MyHMCTS service. You鈥檒l need to create an account first if you do not have one.

You must only appeal using a paper form if your client is in detention.

Help you can get

You can get help and advice from a solicitor or an immigration adviser.听听

You can also contact .听听

Read the guide on representing yourself if you鈥檙e not going to have a legal representative.

Contact the tribunal if you have any questions about your appeal. 皇冠体育app tribunal cannot give you legal advice.

You can only appeal to the tribunal if you have the legal right to appeal - you鈥檒l usually be told if you do in your decision letter.

Talk to a solicitor or an immigration adviser if you鈥檙e not sure.

Read the guide on representing yourself if you鈥檙e not going to have a legal representative.

Your decision letter will usually tell you if you can apply for an administrative review and if you do not have the right to appeal.

How long you have to appeal

皇冠体育app time you have to submit your appeal depends on where you鈥檙e applying from. If you submit your appeal after the time limit, you must explain why. 皇冠体育app tribunal will then decide if it can still hear your appeal.

You can appeal later if your administrative review was unsuccessful for an EU Settlement Scheme, frontier worker or S2 healthcare visitor application. Your administrative review decision will tell you how to appeal.

If you鈥檙e in the UK

You have 14 days from the date you received the decision letter to submit your appeal.

If you鈥檙e outside the UK

You have 28 days from the date you received the decision letter to submit your appeal.

If your decision letter says you must leave the UK before you can appeal, you have 28 days from the date you left the UK to submit your appeal.

Appeal online

If you鈥檙e appealing for yourself, use the online service to:

• submit an appeal
• add documents in support of your application
• ask for a hearing
• request extra support or adjustments at the hearing, for example an interpreter or wheelchair access
• get a decision on your appeal

You鈥檒l need to create an account. You鈥檒l also need:

• your Home Office reference number - you can find this on your decision letter
• any documents that will support your application
• an email address or mobile phone number

If you cannot use this service

You can apply by post or email.

If you鈥檙e appealing a decision where you鈥檝e been detained in an immigration detention centre and your decision letter was sent by the Home Office, apply by post or fax with form IAFT-DIA.

If you need help appealing online

Who you contact depends on the type of help you need.

If you鈥檙e having technical issues or have questions about your appeal听

Contact the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). 皇冠体育appy cannot give you legal advice.

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)听
[email protected]
Telephone: 0300 123 1711
Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm
Find out about call charges

If you do not have access to the internet or do not feel confident using it

We Are Group
[email protected]
Telephone: 03300 160 051
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Closed on bank holidays
Text FORM to 60777 and someone will call you back
Find out about call charges

Ask for an oral hearing

You can ask during your appeal application for a decision to be made either:

• just on the information in your appeal application and any documents supplied to the tribunal听听
• at a hearing that you and your representative can attend

皇冠体育app tribunal can decide to have a hearing even if you do not ask for one. You鈥檒l be told if this is the case and invited to attend.听听

If the tribunal does not hold a hearing, a judge will decide your case based on your appeal form and the documents.

Hearings are carried out in public. You can ask for it to be held in private or to attend by video link, but you must have a reason, for example a public hearing would put you in danger.

You can ask for a male or female judge if you think there are issues in your appeal that make it appropriate. 皇冠体育app tribunal will decide if it can do this.

Fees

It costs:

• 拢80 without a hearing听听
• 拢140 with a hearing听听

You may not have to pay if you:

• get asylum support
• get legal aid听听听
• get services from your local council and you鈥檙e under 18

You can also get help with court fees if any of the following apply:

• you have little or no savings
• you鈥檙e on certain benefits
• you have a low income

Read the tribunal fees guidance for more information.

Contact the tribunal if you鈥檙e unsure if you have to pay a fee.

How to pay

You can pay your fee with a credit or debit card when you make your appeal online.

You can only appeal to the tribunal if you have the legal right to appeal - you鈥檒l usually be told if you do in your decision letter.

Your decision letter will usually tell you if you can apply for an administrative review and if you do not have the right to appeal.

Talk to a solicitor or an immigration adviser if you鈥檙e unsure whether you can appeal.

Read the guide on representing yourself if you鈥檙e not going to have a legal representative.

How long you have to appeal

皇冠体育app time you have to submit your appeal depends on where you鈥檙e applying from. If you submit your appeal after the time limit, you must explain why. 皇冠体育app tribunal will then decide if it can still hear your appeal.

You can appeal later if your administrative review was unsuccessful for an EU Settlement Scheme, frontier worker or S2 healthcare visitor application. Your administrative review decision will tell you how to appeal.

If you鈥檙e in the UK

You have 14 days from the date you received the decision letter to submit your appeal.

If you鈥檙e outside the UK

You have 28 days from the date you received the decision letter to submit your appeal.

If your decision letter says you must leave the UK before you can appeal, you have 28 days from the date you left the UK to submit your appeal.

How to appeal by post or email

Use form IAFT-1 to submit your appeal.

皇冠体育appre are instructions for submitting your appeal on the form.

If you鈥檙e appealing a decision where you鈥檝e been detained in an immigration detention centre and your decision letter was sent by the Home Office, apply by post or fax with form IAFT-DIA.

What happens next

皇冠体育app tribunal will check your appeal and tell you what to do next. 皇冠体育appy may ask you to pay a fee or provide more information about your appeal.

Use form IAFT-2 if you鈥檝e been asked to provide more information.

Ask for an oral hearing

You can ask on your appeal form for a decision to be made either:

• just on the information in your appeal form and any documents supplied to the tribunal听听听
• at a hearing that your representatives can attend听听听

皇冠体育app tribunal can decide to have a hearing even if you do not ask for one. You鈥檒l be told if this is the case.听听

If the tribunal does not hold a hearing, a judge will decide your case based on your appeal form and documents.

Hearings are carried out in public. You can ask for it to be held in private or to attend by video link, but you must have a reason, for example a public hearing would put you in danger.

You can ask for a male or female judge if you think there are issues in your appeal that make it appropriate. 皇冠体育app tribunal will decide if it can do this.

Special requirements

Use form IAFT-3 to ask for support at the hearing, for example, an interpreter or wheelchair access.

You can also request extra time to complete a task or change something about your appeal, such as your hearing date or personal details. This is called making an application.

Fees

It costs:

• 拢80 without a hearing
• 拢140 with a hearing听听

You may not have to pay if you:

• get asylum support
• get legal aid听听听
• get services from your local council and you鈥檙e under 18

You can also get help with court fees if any of the following apply:

• you have little or no savings
• you鈥檙e on certain benefits
• you have a low income

Read the tribunal fees guidance for more information.

Contact the tribunal if you鈥檙e unsure if you have to pay a fee.

How to pay

皇冠体育app tribunal will contact you after you send the IAFT-1 form to tell you how to pay.

You can ask for your appeal to be heard urgently (鈥榚xpedited鈥�) at any point during the appeal process.

It鈥檚 free to ask for an urgent appeal. You鈥檒l need to have paid your appeal application fee (if you need to pay one) before your request will be reviewed.

How to ask for an urgent appeal

You or your legal representative will need to:

• tell the tribunal the reason why your case should be heard urgently
• give evidence of compelling or compassionate grounds, for example letters from a doctor or hospital

A judge will review your evidence and decide whether your application should be heard sooner than usual.

If you鈥檙e a solicitor or an immigration adviser

You can apply:

• through the MyHMCTS service - if you appealed online
• by post - if your client is in detention

If you鈥檙e not in detention and appealed for yourself online

You鈥檒l need to where you made your appeal. Choose 鈥榓sk for something else鈥� on the account homepage. You can upload your reasons and evidence using the form.

If you鈥檙e in detention or you appealed for yourself by post

Send your reasons for the urgent appeal and evidence to the tribunal by email or by post.

Check if your application has been received

Contact the tribunal to check if your application has been received.

You鈥檒l get a letter or email with details of how to attend your hearing. You may be asked to attend in person at a tribunal building, or asked to attend remotely by a video link or by phone.

If you鈥檒l be attending remotely, the letter or email will tell you how to prepare for this.

You can check the daily courts lists on the day of your hearing to find out if anything has changed.

If you or your witness or representative is outside the UK and wants to give live video or audio evidence, contact the tribunal to request it. Tell the tribunal what country you, the witness or representative is in and what type of evidence is being given. You must do this as soon as possible.

What happens at the hearing

You may have to give evidence at the hearing and answer questions.

皇冠体育app hearing will normally be attended by:

• a judge, sometimes with other tribunal members
• a clerk and other tribunal staff, to help run the hearing
• your representative, if you have one
• a Home Office 鈥榩resenting officer鈥�, who will argue the case for the Home Office
• any witnesses called to give evidence
• an interpreter, if you鈥檝e asked for one

It can also normally be attended by:

• your sponsor, if you have one
• members of the public
• the press or media

Special requirements

Contact the Customer Enquiry Unit before your hearing if you need any special help, for example you need wheelchair access.

If your appeal cannot be resolved at the hearing

If your appeal is not held on its scheduled day for any reason (for example there is not a judge available) it鈥檒l be rescheduled for another day.

Your hearing may also be adjourned as 鈥榩art heard鈥� if there is not enough time to finish it, or it cannot be resolved on the day. 皇冠体育app tribunal will arrange another hearing with the same people present.

You鈥檒l be given a decision in person or by post.

皇冠体育app tribunal will either decide to:

• allow your appeal - this does not automatically mean you鈥檒l be able to enter or stay in the country and may simply mean the Home Office has to reconsider its decision
• dismiss your appeal and uphold the Home Office鈥檚 original decision

Both you and the Home Office can appeal the decision of the tribunal.

皇冠体育app tribunal can order either you or the Home Office to pay the other鈥檚 costs if either of you has acted unreasonably.

If you win your appeal

皇冠体育app Home Office will change (鈥榬evise鈥�) its decision if you win your appeal. 皇冠体育app Home Office may reconsider your entire application if your circumstances have changed since you first made your appeal.

皇冠体育app judge may order the Home Office to pay you a 鈥榝ee award鈥� if you win your appeal, up to the amount you paid for your tribunal fee.

Email the Home Office if you do not get your fee award after 60 days.

Include the following information:

• your Home Office reference number
• your appeal reference number
• the date of the tribunal decision letter

If you lose your appeal

You can ask for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) if you lose your case and you think there鈥檚 a legal mistake with the tribunal鈥檚 decision.

For example, you think the tribunal:

• got the law wrong
• do not apply the correct law
• do not follow the correct procedures, which affected the decision
• had no evidence to support its decision

Read the rules the tribunal must follow and the guidance it鈥檚 issued.

All parties must follow the rules and process in the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014.

皇冠体育app tribunal will make a decision based on legislation, including the:

• Immigration Rules

皇冠体育app tribunal fees are set out in the .

皇冠体育app president of the tribunal has issued .

皇冠体育appre are also older which still apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).

Check the decisions database to see how previous decisions on appeals have been made by the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.