A client's parent sponsorship application was incomplete at submission. However, after further submissions, it was deemed complete in the next calendar year. It was refused because the MNI was not met on the submission date. If the client met the MNI on the date the application was deemed complete, what should be the basis of appealing the decision?

While meeting the MNI on the date of the hearing may show that the client is now eligible, it does not address the specific reason for the refusal, which was the MNI status at the time of submission. This does not constitute a valid basis for appeal since the decision is based on the conditions at the original submission date.

Humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) considerations may be relevant in some immigration cases; however, they do not directly challenge the legal basis of the decision regarding MNI. H&C grounds are typically secondary and would not serve as the primary argument for appealing a decision based on the failure to meet legal requirements.

This option implies that evidence may have been overlooked; however, the refusal was clear and based on specific legal criteria (the MNI at submission). The appeal should focus on the legal aspects of the decision rather than suggesting that evidence was not considered when the refusal was based on a straightforward legal standard.