新西兰留学签证拒签申诉陈词样例

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\'spartnersandpricelistssubmittedwerecoideredirrelevanttothecase.Thevisaofficerindicatedthattheparentsdidnotproducetheirownnamecardsandtheemployer\'sletterwasnotwrittenonproperletterheads.Thevisaofficercoideredthatthebankdepositbooksshouldbestampedbytwoemployeesfromthebank,butonebookhadonlyonestamp.
TheofficeralsodiscoveredthatapersonbythenameofBwhoissuosedtoworkatthebankwasonthelistofemployeesofthecompany.
[B]OURBRIEFREPLY
Goingthroughthevariousdocumentscontainedinthefileandlookingatthesecondvisaofficer\'srejection,Ihavetoadmitthatthedocumentationproducedtogetherwithsomeofthefindingsofthevisaofficer,doleadonetoconcludethattherearecertainaectsofdoubtfulcircumstances.
Wewouldhowever,liketoaddrethevariouspointsraisedbythevisaofficertoclarifymattersandtodemotratethatourclientsatisfiesthepresentrequirementsandshouldbeeligiblefortheiueofastudentvisa.Weshallnowproceedtodealwiththevariouspointsonebyoneasfollows.
[C]THECASEOFTHEAENTBO
Inreplytotheque ryfromthevisaofficerhandlingourfirstalication,wehadsubmittedanOrganisationChartofthefather\'sbusineacopyisenclosedatSchedule4A.Ascanbeseen,thefurniturestoreistheretailarmofthetradingcompanyofwhichthefatheristheLegalRepresentative.Apartfromthefurniturebusinethecompanyisalsoinvolvedinothertradingactivities.Asthefurniturebusinehasbeenreasonabl
ywellestablished,thefatherdoesnotreporttotheretailstoreonadailybasis.
Therearequiteanumberofsalespersoelintheretailstoreandgiventherelativelyquickstaffturnover,whichisthenormofthesalesindustryandthedifferenceinage,sex,culturalstandardsandindividualpersonalitiesofthestaff,itispoiblethatthetelephoneenquirywasreceivedbyarelativelynewmemberwhodidnotknowtoomuchabouttheorganisationalstructureofthecompanyandwhowasnotaproperpersontoawersuchanenquiry.
Wedoadmitthatthefatherdoesnotgototheretailshopeveryday,butthatdoesnotmeanthatheisnotinvolvedwiththebusine.Inthisregard,wehavealreadygivenyouacopyofthecompany\'sTradingLiceeconfirmingthatthefatheristheLegalRepresentativeoftheorganization.
[D]THECASEOFFALSIFIEDINFORMATION
Schedule5Acontaicopiesofbalancesheetsofthecompany,whichyouwerekindenoughtoprovidewhenIvisitedyouroffice.Accordingtothevisaofficer,thewagesfigurefor1997and1998were$31,000and$48,000reectivelybuttheywereatvariancewithsalariesrecordsbecausetherewere13employeesandtheamountsindicatedinthebalancesheetsweremuchtoolow.Iamafraiditisabitembarraingformetosaythis,butIbelievethevisaofficerhaslittleaccountingtrainingbecauseonedoesnotextractexpeesfromBalanceSheets.OnelooksforexpeesinProfitandLoStatements.Thefiguresgiveninthebalancesheetswereaccrualinotherwords,theywereamountsoutstandingatthedateofthebalancesheetsasuaidwages.Theyarenottotalamountofwagesfortheyear.Iamaprofeionalaccountant,aqualifiedCPAinAustraliaandIwouldrequestthatyouacceptmyexplanatio.
[E]THECASEOFTHEBUSINECARDS
Thevisaofficercoideredthatproductionofbusinecardsofthefather\'spartnersandpricelistsofthecompanywereirrelevanttothealication.Wewishtoadvisethatthebusinecardsandthepricelistsweresomeoftheadditionaldocumentsrequiredbythefirstvisaofficer;Schedule16Arefers.OursubmiionmightnothaveindicatedthisandIdonotblamethesecondvisaofficerforfeelingabitpuzzleduponreceivingthosedocumentswithnoattachedexplanatio.
Thefatherofthestudent,beingtheLegalRepresentativeofthebusineisofcourseinpoeionofbusinecards.Thecompany,beingatradingcompanyinnature,alsohasitsownletterheads.Weapologizethatourpreviousdocumentsiuedbythecompanywerenotprintedonproperletterheads.Ibelievetheirofficestaffmusthavebeenabithardpreedfortimeinmeetinglodgmentdeadlineswiththeresultthatsomeofthedetailsregardingthecompanywerenotsenttoyouonpropercompanyletterheads.Iwouldventuretosuggestthatthemerefactofsuchanomiionshouldnotbeusedasareasonforrejection.
[F]THEMYSTERYOFTHETWO"BC\'s"
Imustcommendonthealertneofthevisaofficerinpickingupthefactthatthecompanybookkeeper\'snamewasBCandoneofthetwobankofficialsisalsocalledBC.
Lifeisfullofsurprisesandcoincidencesandthisiscertainlyacaseinpoint.IdonotforamomentquestionthewisdomofthevisaofficerindoubtingthatthetwoBC\'sareinfactoneandthesameperson.Thereasonisquitesimple.Therearejusttoomanycoincidences.
Admittedly,giventhelargepopulationinChinathereareboundtobenumerousexamplesofpeoplewiththesamenamesparticularlyifwearetalkingaboutpeoplewithonesurnameandonegivenname,asinourcase.Butthesurnameof"B"isquiteanuncommonone,soistheforenameof"C".Fortwopersowiththesamenamesareacoincidencebutitisnotunlikely,evenforrarenameslikeBC.
Uponinvestigatio,wenoticedthatbothladiesarelivingatthesameaddre!Nowthiswilltriggeralarmbells,butwehavebeenadvisedthattheaddreisaarentlyacompoundhousingover100people.Fortwodifferentpersowiththesamenameslivinginthesamecompoundissurelyacoincidencethatmaycreatedoubtsonthepartofasuectingvisaofficer.WehavebeenauredbyouraociatesinHenanthatthetwoladiesconcernedaretwodifferentperso,andinsuortofthisclaim,theyhaveproducedthe2ladies\'reectiveidentitycardsatSchedule7A&9A.AlsoenclosedatSchedule8A,iscopyofaletterfromthebankprovidingfurtherdetailsregardingtheirBC.
Wewouldsuggestthatourclient\'sclaimbegiventhebenefitofthedoubt.
Asregardsthequerythatonlyonestampisusedinoneofthebankbooks,wehavebeenadvisedthatwhiletherearetwocolumprintedonthebankbook,somebranchesofthebankuseonlyonecolumn.Anditisthepracticeofthatparticularbranch,whosebankbookwasquestionedbythevisaofficer,touseonlyonecolumn.
[G]OURSUBMIION
Wehopewehavedemotratedthatthroughsomemisunderstandingandcertainunusualcoincidences,ourclienthasbeenthevictimoftworejectio,whichhavesignificantlydelayedherproposeddepartureforstudiesinNewZealand.
WeencloseupdatedSummaryofDepositsoftheparentstogetherwithcopiesofbankbooksanddeposits.AscanbeseenatSchedule11Ato13A,thefamilyhasliquidfundsinexceofRMB771,600andUSD21,197.TheyoungladyisgoingtostudyinNewZealandfor51/2years.WorkingonanaverageofRMB100,000peraum,shewillrequireRMB550,000.Thefamilyisinpoeionofenoughfundsforthepurpose.
Asthisisthethirdalication,andgiventheinterestingnatureofthecase,wewouldrequestthatthestudentandherparentsbeaffordedanoortunityofaninterviewincaseyoustillrequireanyfurtherexplanatio.
[H]PREPARATIONOFTHISSUBMIION
ThissubmiionispreparedbyPrestonChow&Aociatesaftercoultationwiththeparentsandthestudent\'sfather.WehaveexplainedthecontentsofthissubmiiontothefatherinChineseandrequestedhimtosignbelowtocertifythatheagreestothevariouspointsadvancedabove.