Thanks for that - hadn't seen that.

Sadly it doesnt help me - I don't qualify as I didnt suffer 'exceptional hardship'.

Still had to fork out 300 quid I couldn't really afford, what with a wedding to pay for.

Robbing bar-stewards...

WE didn't use a lawyer to apply for my wife's COA and Spouse visa, we did it ourselves. We were careful to go through all the paperwork required, checked checked and checked again. When we did the form, we did it as a dummy run first and when we were happy, we filled it in for real, did a triple ...

Does anyone know if there has been a decision made by the Home Office regarding those who have already paid for a COA (Feb 2008 in our case) and might be entitled to a refund?