It's similar to the benefits system really... those that are the most genuine cases and most in need of help through no fault of their own find it the most difficult to access and claim, whilst for the grifters and piss takers who set out to deliberately take advantage and game the system its practically an open cheque book.Genuinely pathetic though that. Who's having a kid together for a marriage of convenience? Where's the convenience of having to look after a kid for 18 years? The Tories made this process deliberately cruel and deliberately racist. How is the mother of a British citizen who is married to a British citizen allowed to be kept apart from her family ffs?
I had a similar thing (just a tourist visa) where the rejection letter made it clear that they hadn't read, or had misread the application. No appeal for a tourist visa though. I could have applied for a refund though.
Broken Britain.