Appeal against a visa or immigration decision
If there's a hearing
You’ll 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’ll 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.
You may have to give evidence at the hearing and answer questions.
You may need to take part in a ‘pre-hearing’, where the tribunal will check that you’re ready for a full hearing.
The 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 ‘presenting officer’, who will argue the case for the Home Office
- any witnesses called to give evidence
- an interpreter, if you’ve asked for one
It can also normally be attended by:
- your sponsor, if you have one
- members of the public
- the press or media
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’ll be rescheduled for another day.
Your hearing may also be adjourned as ‘part heard’ if there is not enough time to finish it, or it cannot be resolved on the day. The tribunal will arrange another hearing with the same people present.