InApr1999,MsAattendedaseminarhostedbyxxxGirlsHighSchoolandusinZhengzhou,Henan.SheandherparentswerelaterinterviewedbyMrsxxx,theDeputyPrincipalofxxxGirls.ShewascoideredasuitablestudentandwasgivenaLetterofOffer..Heralicationwaslodgedon29Apr1999andwasgivenanalicationreferencenumberxxx.Herrequestwasrefusedon16Jul1999andthereasofortherefusal
wasgivenas:
\"Althoughyouhaveprovidedfundsinsuortofyouralication,basedonyourfamily\'scombinedincome,itiscoideredthatyouhaveiufficientmeatomaintainlongtermstudiesinNewZealand.\"
Hersecondalicationwaslodgedon14Sep1999andwasgivenanalicationreferencenumberxxx.ThealicationwasagainrefusedandSchedule14Acontaitheofficialreasointhesecondrefusal.Ascanbeseen,thereasogivenwerenon-ecificandtheletterwascouchedingeneralterms.Schedule15AisthecopyoftheDecisionNotesthatyouwerekindenoughtoprovidemeinoursuequentmeetings.
AccordingtotheNotes,thevisaofficerbasedherdecisiononthefollowingpoints:
(1)Resultofhertelephoneenquiryindicatedthattheparentsdidnotgotoworkatthefurniturestoreregularly.
(2)Thewagesfigurecontainedinthebalancesheetprovidedbythefatherwerenotcoistentwiththesalarysheets.Shethereforecametotheconclusionthatoneofthetwodocumentsmusthavebeenfalsified.
(3)Namecardsofthefather\'spartnersandpricelistubmittedwerecoideredirrelevanttothecase.Thevisaofficerindicatedthattheparentsdidnotproducetheirownnamecardsandtheemployer\'sletterwasnotwrittenonproperletterheads.Thevisaofficercoideredthatthebankdepositbookhouldbestampedbytwoemployeesfromthebank,butonebookhadonlyonestamp.
TheofficeralsodiscoveredthatapersonbythenameofBwhoiuosedtoworkatthebankwasonthelistofemployeesofthecompany.
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Goingthroughthevariousdocumentscontainedinthefileandlookingatthesecondvisaofficer\'srejection,Ihavetoadmitthatthedocumentationproducedtogetherwithsomeofthefindingsofthevisaofficer,doleadonetoconcludethattherearecertainaectsofdoubtfulcircumstances.
Wewouldhowever,liketoaddrethevariouspointsraisedbythevisaofficertoclarifymattersandtodemotratethatourclientsatisfiesthepresentrequirementsandshouldbeeligiblefortheiueofastudentvisa.Weshallnowproceedtodealwiththevariouspointsonebyoneasfollows.
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