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I am from Nigeria and I'm doing a one year Internship program with The Marriott hotel in Wisconsin, I applied for the UK visitor visa two weeks ago to visit my fiance who lives and work in the UK, but I was refused the visa because the letter of my workplace that I provided was back dated of 2014 which they say they are not satisfy it accurately reflects my current employment circumstance. I also provided my pay slips, but they said they were not satisfied with it demonstrating the terms and conditions of my employment, and they also said I did not present any evidence to satisfy me having sufficiently strong ties and commitments in my country of habitual residence or elsewhere to motivate my timely departure from the UK. They said the documents my fiance presented were OK.

How soon can I re-apply for a UK visa after getting a refusal?

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As I understand it you want to know how long you have to wait to make a fresh application following the refusal of a visitor visa application. You mentioned that they gave multiple reasons for the refusal, but the only apparent question is the interval ('how long...').

There is no set interval required between successive applications. You can apply again immediately if you want. Many people do this when the refusal is simple enough to fix, like they submitted the wrong bank statement or forgot to include their employment contract.

Based on what you wrote, you would need to spend some time to prepare a more convincing set of evidence. You did not include the text of your refusal notice, so I cannot be more specific. You can read the guidance for visitor applications at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424265/VAF1-GUIDANCE-NOTES.pdf The guidance was published only last week, so it's likely you haven't seen this version before.

To summarize: you can make a new application any time you want, even on the same day as your refusal. But note that if you apply with the same evidence they will refuse again and then matters will be worse.

NOTE: See also How Long till I Reapply

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