Hi,

I applied for a UK Visa and got rejected. I am planning to reapply and make my case stronger. However I just have a few questions and I am hoping you can help me with it.

As stated in the letter, the reason for my rejection was because I did not provide any bank statement on my own and relay heavenly on the Sponsorship letter and Bank Statement provided by my Brother-in-law. At that time, we didn’t really know that I have to prove my own my financial capacity since it was a well-funded trip. I guess my fault was I did not provide an enough intent of leaving according to them even if I already gave documents supporting my claim as a student. I provided my Certificate of Enrollment, Registration Form and Letter of Leave of Absence from the school. I already included my accomodation and round trip ticket that were all provided by my Brother-in-law. The reason for the generousity was because for 2 weeks, I will be accompanying my sister for awhile since she will give birth soon. I have no immigration history or whatsoever and it will be my first out of the country travel. I only agree because my sister is my bestfriend and she always wanted me to be by her side once she gave birth.

They questioned me as to where I get my daily expenses if I am a student so to my reapplication, will it be safe to include my own bank statement? There are large deposits on my bank mainly because I am the sole caretaker of my sickly Father. I am just reluctant that they will see this as fund parking (I get this idea from reading other thread). Should I include my Father Medical documents to prove that he was admitted to the Hospital and that was the reason for the large deposit? My other sister from Dubai also deposit monthly there to help us with the house expense. The deposit was done through Western Union to Bank remittance, should I include my sister remittance slip to explain why there are large deposit going to my bank?

Aside from that, I did not include on my first application that I am a part time writer. This is because I get paid through remittances so this would not show on my Bank Statement. Should I include this now and provide the remittance history or would this hurt my reapplication because I neglect to add this? I was planning to add this to my reapplication and will include my self-employement status (a certificate stating I am a freelance writer online) provided by our local government unit. It is notarized and dry seal for legality. I also acquired my Income Tax Return and it will show my self-employed status. Would adding all these docs help my case or I am just overthinking too much?

The letter also stated that I have no property, investment and economic circumstances that I will tie me to the Philippines so they are not satisfied that I will leave UK after my visit. My Family do have a property, it is a land that we bought and converted to an apartment. The contract of lease was under my name stating that I am the rentor. However, the land title was not transfered to us yet. We were planning to transfer this after I supposedly came back from the UK since my sister (the one who is pregnant and I will be visiting) is the owner. We were planning to let her sign the documents for the transferring. The Deed of Sale is under my name but not yet notarized. Should I include this still? If so, would I add a cover letter explaining this? I also have a newly open Business (a motorshop accessories store) that my boyfriend and I started last September. The contract of lease is also under my name but we did not have a business permit yet since we are just testing the location of our place. Should I include this and just register it under my name? Would this help my case more?

I will also add that my sister suffers from Beta Hemolytic strep in pregnancy that makes her feel ill now. This is the primary reason why I wanted to go to the UK to at least be with her for the meantime. Should we also include this to my reapplication and provide the medical documents needed?

Please enlighten me. I appreciate your response.