UK Student visa Administrative Review
Refused a UK Student visa? First, find out whether the decision can be challenged.
We assess the refusal against your application, your interview record and the Home Office rules and guidance. We accept only selected cases where we identify a genuine, arguable caseworking error.
Who this is for
Students, and the people advising them
A refusal usually lands on more than one desk. We take assessment requests from the applicant directly, and from the organisation handling their application — provided the student has agreed to their case being shared.
Students and parents
You applied, you were refused, and the letter mentions Administrative Review. Send us the details and we will tell you whether there is a case worth making.
Education agents
Refer a single case or send them as they arise. You keep the student relationship; we look only at the refusal decision and the review.
Counsellors
A second opinion on whether a refusal is arguable, before you advise a student to reapply and pay a second set of fees.
EdTech portals
A specialist route to offer applicants whose UK visa has been refused, without building refusal expertise in house.
Universities and colleges
Where a refusal risks losing a confirmed enrolment, an early assessment tells you whether the place can realistically be saved for the intake.
Not sure if it applies?
The assessment is free and we will say plainly if there is nothing to challenge. That answer is worth having before you spend on a fresh application.
Whoever makes contact, the terms are the same and are set out in full below: a free assessment, acceptance only where we find an arguable error, and the consultancy fee refunded if the refusal is not overturned.
What Administrative Review is for
A review of the decision, not a second application
An Administrative Review asks a different Home Office decision-maker to check whether the original decision contained a caseworking error. The strongest cases point to a specific rule, a published policy, or a part of the existing record that was applied incorrectly.
It may be appropriate where
- The refusal misstates or overlooks an answer you gave during the credibility interview.
- The decision applies a requirement not found in the Immigration Rules or guidance.
- Evidence submitted with the original application was misunderstood or assessed incorrectly.
- The decision-maker did not follow relevant published Home Office guidance.
It is usually not appropriate where
- You disagree with the conclusion but cannot identify a caseworking error.
- You want to repair a weak application with documents that were never submitted.
- You have already made a new visa application since the refusal.
- The decision letter gives no right to Administrative Review.
Our process
We decide whether to take the case before you pay
The assessment is deliberately selective. That is what stops applicants spending money on a review with no proper legal or evidential basis.
Send the details
Complete the short form. We then ask for the refusal letter and the relevant parts of your visa file.
We assess the record
We compare the refusal against the application, the documents, your interview account and the applicable Home Office material.
Acceptance decision
If we find a realistic ground of challenge, we set out the scope, the fee and the documents needed before any work begins.
Grounds prepared
After payment and written instructions, we prepare focused grounds and assist with submission inside the deadline.
Fees and refund
Clear terms before the work starts
The initial assessment is free. If we accept your case, the PKR 50,000 consultancy fee is paid in advance. The Home Office charges its own separate fee for an Administrative Review, and that is paid by you.
Free assessment. No consultancy fee is payable.
PKR 50,000 payable in advance, before drafting and submission work begins.
Refunded in full, without deduction — provided you followed the agreed process and did not withdraw, or cause the withdrawal of, the review.
Paid separately by you. Whether it is refundable is controlled by Home Office rules alone and is not part of our guarantee.
For education partners
A specialist review route for your refused UK students
Education agents, counsellors, EdTech portals and universities can refer individual cases for an independent initial assessment. You stay the student's main education contact; we look only at the refusal decision and the review.
Questions
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Free initial assessment
Tell us about the refusal
Send the basic details first. Do not include passport numbers, bank statements or other sensitive documents in this form. If the case looks suitable, we will contact you to collect the refusal letter and records securely.
Important: Opicka Consultant is an education consultancy based in Lahore, Pakistan. We are not the UK Home Office and we do not make visa decisions. Availability, deadlines, evidence rules, government fees and outcomes are all controlled by UK immigration rules and by your decision letter. Nothing on this page guarantees that a case will be accepted or approved. Making a new visa application while a review is pending can cause the review to be withdrawn.
Check the current official process at GOV.UK: ask for a visa Administrative Review.