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Dear All,

My ILR is due very soon. I am on WP and applying with my wife as my dependant. All is good and we have all the documents available. There is a question I have asked before and was answered in the forum exactly as i wished that this would not affect me, please advise if this is the case and should i need to describe this in my covering letter or keep quiet.

I applied for my COA application and withdrawn shortly after applying about 2 years ago and that was becuase i was advised incorrectly that I could apply this even if i was married abroad because my out of UK marriage was not recognised in the UK but i withdrawn the application after realising my mistake. I received letter and docs back from UKBA confirming that i myself withdrawl and that i do not want to proceed.

The fact is I was married that time and my wife successfully applied for her dependant visa and came after 5 months of this withdrawel.

I hope UKBA must have done their checks and they were satisfied when she applied for her visa from overseas embassy.

Just a last question, will this withdrawn application be an issue for our ILR OR do i need to explain in a covering letter that i mistakenly applied for COA and then pulled out or should i keep quiet as in the SAR report i recently obtained it appears they have this history of mine showing my withdrawel etc.

Thanks and Good luck to every one..

Ali

lahore2664 wrote:Dear All,

My ILR is due very soon. I am on WP and applying with my wife as my dependant. All is good and we have all the documents available. There is a question I have asked before and was answered in the forum exactly as i wished that this would not affect me, please advise if this is the case and should i need to describe this in my covering letter or keep quiet.

I applied for my COA application and withdrawn shortly after applying about 2 years ago and that was becuase i was advised incorrectly that I could apply this even if i was married abroad because my out of UK marriage was not recognised in the UK but i withdrawn the application after realising my mistake. I received letter and docs back from UKBA confirming that i myself withdrawl and that i do not want to proceed.

The fact is I was married that time and my wife successfully applied for her dependant visa and came after 5 months of this withdrawel.

I hope UKBA must have done their checks and they were satisfied when she applied for her visa from overseas embassy.

Just a last question, will this withdrawn application be an issue for our ILR OR do i need to explain in a covering letter that i mistakenly applied for COA and then pulled out or should i keep quiet as in the SAR report i recently obtained it appears they have this history of mine showing my withdrawel etc.

Thanks and Good luck to every one..

Ali

Can any senior please reply.. Thanks!

I don’t think so there will be any issue. As you said, you can mention in cover letter that you mistakenly applied for COA but later realised that you don’t need it and withdrew the application.

Home Office knows that dependents of Tier-1/HSMP/WP holders come to UK all the time and they are all married outside UK and don’t need COA. But I would strongly advise to mention it in cover letter and it won’t cause any problem to your application.

linkers wrote:I don’t think so there will be any issue. As you said, you can mention in cover letter that you mistakenly applied for COA but later realised that you don’t need it and withdrew the application.

Home Office knows that dependents of Tier-1/HSMP/WP holders come to UK all the time and they are all married outside UK and don’t need COA. But I would strongly advise to mention it in cover letter and it won’t cause any problem to your application.

Thanks Linkers, i think i didnt mention this in detail. COA was not for my wife, it was for another lady in the UK ( not my wife but a british citizen, i know it sounds wierd but just one of those times, but thankfully i realised shortly after that it wasnt a great idea), as soon as i realised that i was not supposed to do that and I pulled out my appilcation saying I am married Islamically already and dont want to proceed. They sent back all the documents to me.

I know you answered me previously about this that it should be fine. Final thoughts from you please? I am thinking to satisfy them over the counter instead writing a covering letter as my application is at PEO ? What you think? God bless..

lahore2664: even then I don’t think so you will have any issue. If Home Office had anything against you in their system, they would have never issued your wife a dependant visa from Pakistan.

Giving your wife the dependant visa is actually an assurance that you will not have any issues at the time of ILR.

linkers wrote:lahore2664: even then I don’t think so you will have any issue. If Home Office had anything against you in their system, they would have never issued your wife a dependant visa from Pakistan.

Giving your wife the dependant visa is actually an assurance that you will not have any issues at the time of ILR.

You are a gem.. Thanks a lot! Have a good day!