Hello guys.
Plz I need advise.
My wife got a COS for a health care job in July.
Our family of 6 did biometrics on Sept 18th in Ikeja.
On the 20th of September she recieved a mail from UKVI saying that her application cannot proceed until she provides evidence that she had met the English requirements and giving her 10 working days to do so

Meanwhile she had uploaded a comparability letter from UK ENIC (Formerly ECCTIS) in addition to a letter of English Proficiency from National Open University and to which an acknowledgement mail was recieved from UKVI.

There were no further correspondences up until the 10th of November when she got a refusal letter. Meanwhile the refusal letter was dated 18th October and giving her 28days to file for an administrative review.
The following week she reached out to ECCTIS who sent all the necessary English language document. Even went a step further to write IELTS and exceeded the required band score.

My Questions are as Follows:
(1) Is she time-barred since the refusal letter was dated 18th October and she had 28 to file for a review.

(2) Will it be a great idea to seek an Immigration lawyer to file for the review.

(3) What are the chances of a positive outcome?

So sorry for the lengthy post but we are seeking for solutions as a lot of time and effort has gone into this endeavour.

Thanks so much