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<div data-wrapper="true" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"> <p>If the Home Office refuses to grant you a permission to stay in the UK, it has to provide you with a letter setting out the reasons why. This will be sent to either you or your legal representative. This letter will be written in English.</p> <p>You must make contact with your legal representative as soon as you are aware a negative decision has been made. You will need to discuss your options.</p> <p>You should carefully consider your options at this stage.</p> <p>You may be able to appeal the Home Office decision but there are strict timescales for doing so. That means you can ask an Immigration Judge, who is independent from the Home Office, to look at the decision and decide if they agree with it.</p> <p>If you choose not to appeal, you will be expected to make arrangements to leave the UK. The Home Office’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily" target="_blank">Voluntary Returns Service</a> (VRS) may be the most suitable way.</p> <p>Click <a href="https://ellis.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/c/642" target="_blank">here</a> for more information regarding a negative decision.</p> </div>
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