My wife and myself have ILR. Due to covid travel issues and also we had a baby this year, so my wife wasn't able to travel to UK and the 2 year period lapsed and from what I understand, she has to apply for Returning Resident Visa from the country where she is residing now even though the validity ...

Sorry, its not the VFS, the reply I received was from UK Visas and Immigration International Enquiry Service.

Is there a mail id which I can contact for IHS refunds or would it be better to call UKVI contact centre in the UK ?
https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi/visas-and-settlement

Can anyone please clarify ?

I had gone through the link earlier and I understand it might take upto 90 days, but what I want to understand is whether I am eligible for a refund in my case ? This is the reply I received from VFS when I contacted them "With regards to your query, all Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) refunds ...

Myself and my wife are on ILR and I applied for my kid's ILE couple of months back and had received the visa - ILE a month ago. Paid for IHS £600 when I applied for the visa but I haven't received the refund yet. I have posted questions elsewhere but didn't receive a definite response yet and is ...

I've finally received my corrected BRP card after a month wait. Thanks sushdmehta and Greenie for your timely advice. Based on my experience, I can suggest these: Though you can hope for the best, always prepare for the worst, so make sure the documentation is extensive though do provide them only ...

Here is the update and what I did: I wrote a letter to my caseworker too but that didn't help. I also wrote a mail to <UKBACustomerComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi.gov.uk by end of September month and I received a reply(in a week's time) from PEOComplaints@homeoffice ...

This was exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot Greenie.

Thanks for your response nionlight. I do understand that it was a mistake, but when I argued about it during the appointment at UKBA, Croydon office they turned me down saying that either they can give me 1 year extension or reject my application. But they didn't point me to any information in UKBA ...

Thanks for your advice sushdmehta. Regarding the evidence I need to provide to support my case, will this information be enough? 245CB. Period and conditions of grant (a) Leave to remain will be granted for a period of 2 years, to an applicant who has, or was last granted, leave as a Tier 1 (General ...

I received my Biometric Card with one year validity. I wrote a mail to BRP Error <BRPError@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk> regarding the issue with Leave to Remain validity.This is the reply I've got. Thank you for your enquiry regarding the expiry date of your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). We have ...

Hi sushdmehta, Thanks for your response. I have sent a mail to UKBA - UKBACustomerComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi.gov.uk regarding this. I haven't received my Biometric Card yet, so thought of posting a letter to UK Border Agency to highlight the issue and get their ...

I've had a unpleasant experience at Croydon PEO. 1. Date of PEO Appointment : 24th Sep 2012 2. Date of expiry of current leave (Tier 1 Genearal visa) : 23rd Feb 2013 3. Date of expiry of the new visa : 24th Sep 2013 4. Payment mode : Debit Card 5. Name of PEO Applied : Croydon 6. Entry clearance ...

Is that a mandate to provide 6 months bank statements from my side as part of supporting documents or will 3 months bank statement do?

My parents would be submitting 6 months of bank statements anyway but not sure whether 3 months would suffice from my end.

Can anyone help on the above questions please?

Hi, My wife would be applying for Tier 1 Dependent Visa from India. Need some clarification regarding the online application questions:- 1) Address - Currently she is at my parents home which is different from the address specified in the passport and she has been at my parents address for less than ...

Hi, I am in the process of applying my parent's visitor visas who are planning to visit UK for the second time. They've already come here on visitor visa during 2009. I have my own limited company and recently I've taken a huge amount as loan from my company which is reflected in the bank statements ...

Hi, I am planning to bring my parents during April 2012 and once again during March 2013. So considering that they have applied for visitor visa during April 2012 and have successfully got it for 6 months, will they be able to apply for visitor visa once again during March 2013 (as this will fall ...