Here is the full story. The young girl lost an eye after a surgery in Iran when she was only 9 months old.
She is suffering from a very rare eye problem and she has been under continuous eye specialist’s care for her entire life.
She has had a number of serious surgeries, but now at 22 all that has been possible in Iran are done. A number of eye clinics and hospitals were contacted last April, when the pressure on the remaining eye was very high and not much was possible to bring it down. There were responses from a number of them and at the recommendation of her kind and caring ophthalmologist we selected Professor Khaw, a renown ophthalmologist at Moorefield's Eye Hospital In London. Professor Khaw, after careful study of Parissa’s ophthalmologist's report, outlined a plan for her treatment. The cost for the initial treatment was estimated at 6500 sterling pounds. An appointment was made for August 6th at 10 a.m.
Professor Khaw’s PA was contacted and after a number of other contacts she faxed and emailed the only documents that she felt necessary to the British Consulate in Tehran . The family then applied for a visa. Arrangements were made that a friend would receive them at London airport, take them to their hotel on August 5th upon arrival and the next day to the hospital. The father of the patient, a very honest hard working and honorable man, at first wanted to sell his small and humble house in Tehran , but then the family and friends came to his rescue. Someone sold a carpet, another dig deep into his savings etc. and something over 8500 pounds were collected. They were supposed to receive their visas after two annoying delays.
I couldn’t believe the reasons given by the consulate to reject their entry visas. Here are some of the exact wordings: "You state that you will be in UK for a maximum of 20 days. Your letter fails to indicate the nature of the treatment and the duration of it. Therefore, I am not satisfied, that this requirement has been met under the Immigration Rules.
You state that your father is funding your treatment. The Bank Statement submitted shows a balance of 166m Rials (approx 8,736 pounds if 1pound=IR19,000) most of which has been recently deposited.
Given his net income is 2.6m Rials (approx 136 pounds if pound=IR19,000) he has failed to show the provenance of these funds, which lead me to believe that they have been deposited to facilitate your application.
Furthermore, this is a copy and not the original, which is unacceptable for evaluation purposes, as it cannot be verified.
Therefore, I am not satisfied that sufficient funds available to him in the United Kingdom to meet the estimated costs and his undertaking to do so." Patients go to Moorefields Eye Hospital from many countries and they handle many international visitors. They did for Parissa and her father whatever they do for other patients to facilitate an entry visa to Britain and they faxed the documents to the consulate. Nature of treatment was very clearly mentioned in the faxed letter to the consulate. I spent a long time on this and very carefully did all I thought was necessary. I am now convinced that most of our sufferings are inflicted by uneducated revengeful people who have lost their common sense. What is left to boasts about, if there is no “common sense
She is suffering from a very rare eye problem and she has been under continuous eye specialist’s care for her entire life.
She has had a number of serious surgeries, but now at 22 all that has been possible in Iran are done. A number of eye clinics and hospitals were contacted last April, when the pressure on the remaining eye was very high and not much was possible to bring it down. There were responses from a number of them and at the recommendation of her kind and caring ophthalmologist we selected Professor Khaw, a renown ophthalmologist at Moorefield's Eye Hospital In London. Professor Khaw, after careful study of Parissa’s ophthalmologist's report, outlined a plan for her treatment. The cost for the initial treatment was estimated at 6500 sterling pounds. An appointment was made for August 6th at 10 a.m.
Professor Khaw’s PA was contacted and after a number of other contacts she faxed and emailed the only documents that she felt necessary to the British Consulate in Tehran . The family then applied for a visa. Arrangements were made that a friend would receive them at London airport, take them to their hotel on August 5th upon arrival and the next day to the hospital. The father of the patient, a very honest hard working and honorable man, at first wanted to sell his small and humble house in Tehran , but then the family and friends came to his rescue. Someone sold a carpet, another dig deep into his savings etc. and something over 8500 pounds were collected. They were supposed to receive their visas after two annoying delays.
I couldn’t believe the reasons given by the consulate to reject their entry visas. Here are some of the exact wordings: "You state that you will be in UK for a maximum of 20 days. Your letter fails to indicate the nature of the treatment and the duration of it. Therefore, I am not satisfied, that this requirement has been met under the Immigration Rules.
You state that your father is funding your treatment. The Bank Statement submitted shows a balance of 166m Rials (approx 8,736 pounds if 1pound=IR19,000) most of which has been recently deposited.
Given his net income is 2.6m Rials (approx 136 pounds if pound=IR19,000) he has failed to show the provenance of these funds, which lead me to believe that they have been deposited to facilitate your application.
Furthermore, this is a copy and not the original, which is unacceptable for evaluation purposes, as it cannot be verified.
Therefore, I am not satisfied that sufficient funds available to him in the United Kingdom to meet the estimated costs and his undertaking to do so." Patients go to Moorefields Eye Hospital from many countries and they handle many international visitors. They did for Parissa and her father whatever they do for other patients to facilitate an entry visa to Britain and they faxed the documents to the consulate. Nature of treatment was very clearly mentioned in the faxed letter to the consulate. I spent a long time on this and very carefully did all I thought was necessary. I am now convinced that most of our sufferings are inflicted by uneducated revengeful people who have lost their common sense. What is left to boasts about, if there is no “common sense
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