Wife's settlement visa

salim1 · Post by **salim1** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:31 pm

Hi Sreeni,

Thank u v much for sharing with us your interesting story and your valuable information.

You said that after reading the refusal letter+appeal papers,you sent them the documents they required.Then appeal formality was not applied and"a [b]few weeks [/b]later she was called to take medical....and got her visa"

Could you please tell how many weeks you meant in this phrase?

Thanks a lot in advance

Best regards

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:44 pm

Hi Guys.. sorry for the late reply.

I was in fact waiting for the appeal forms to arrive, my wife posted them on wednesday and i got them today, i really got no idea why they arrived so late when my wife told me that it should arrive within 40 hrs.

Anyway here is why the visa was refused.

The ECO is having doubts about my employment, that the letter which i got from my employer is of poor quality and he thinks that it can be produced by anyone with access to word processor.

My bank statement does not show my income, how can it show my income when i get my money by hand, my employer clearly stated that on the letter.

The ECO is not satisfied that my wife and i will be able to maintain ourselves and any dependants adequately without recourse to public funds.

I really feel insulted, if he is having doubts about my employement then how the hell do i keep up with my mortagage payments, thats plain stupid, as i also gave a letter confirming that i have and has not been reciept of any benefits.

Just becuse i work in an Asian superstore, he is having doubts, if my employer was a Englishmen then it would have been a different story altogether.

i don't understand is why have they have kept my wage slips and my P60 along with my phone cards and letter from jobplus office confirming that i don't recieve any benefits.

Any help?

how does the appeal system work? do i have to submit all my documents with the appeal papar or only those which addresses the reason for refusal.

salim1 · Post by **salim1** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:55 pm

Hi Raven,

you need this website.It answers many questions.It is Specialised in appeals.

www.ait.gov.uk

Good luck

Post by **John** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:39 pm

Raven, based upon the reasons for the rejection, I think you should request that the decision to refuse the application be reviewed by the Manager of the Visa Section at that location. Emphasise that you are genuinely employed by ... name of employer .... as shown by the form P60 ... and that the reason for your pay not going direct into your bank account is fully explained by your employer's letter.

You may well find that when that review is conducted that the decision will be reversed, or at least the needed documentation to prove your case will be detailed to you.

It is far quicker and cheaper (cost = NIL) to get the Manager to review the decision .... before you start considering going for a formal appeal.

Hope it all works out.

sreeni · Post by **sreeni** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:17 pm

hi raven, i think was about 2 weeks from getting the application re-admitted and getting a call to do the medical, but this delay was more due to my wife living in an remote area, where the telephones are bad too.

you can track my story on this forum titled "Wifes visa rejected due to ECO's mistakeshttp://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 76703aa72f

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:41 pm

Hi Guys..

Sorry for the late reply... been very busy with work and staff.

Well Basically i have send my appeal papers and other supporting documents on 4th July at Islamabad.

My MP suggested that my case a very simple one and that the ECO was very wrong in his approach, however he urged me to lodge an appeal and he will also write a letter to UK visas in london with my supporting documents urging them to grant my wife a visa as i have got more documents instead of going to appeal.

The supporting documents were:

1)A letter from the Tax office confirming that i am currently employed.

2)Another letter from my employer and this time stamped as well as signed.

3)Current Bank statement

4)Payslips

Even thought if my wife did get her Visa, i still wouldnt have any faith in those ECO, my case was straightforward as i had everything and still the ECO picked up stupid and silly mistakes, he wasted my time and i bet you he loved every min of it. I love to give him piece of my mind in front of his face!

Anyway.. my question is that its been just about over a month and my wife havent heard anything from the Embassy, i think due to London bomb blasts it has affected the applications.

I have also heard that they don't take any new applications now until further notice? is this true?

journey · Post by **journey** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:27 pm

I think it's too late to write on this topic, but don't you think that you should have submitted these earlier with the apllication?

If your wages are not going in to your bank account then always provides following:
1. Employment contract letter
2. Inland Revenue letter
3. Letter from an Acountant confirming your employment

Hope for the best ... every thing will be sorted out soon...

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:19 pm

journey wrote:I think it's too late to write on this topic, but don't you think that you should have submitted these earlier with the apllication?

If your wages are not going in to your bank account then always provides following:
1. Employment contract letter
2. Inland Revenue letter
3. Letter from an Acountant confirming your employment

Hope for the best ... every thing will be sorted out soon...

I had all of this when i applied for the first time, but i was still refused... the ECO did not believe that i was employed just because i worked in a Asian Superstore, if i was working in a English store then the visa would have been granted first time and i am 100% certain of this even if i didnt have all of the documents to prove i was working.

Sometimes i feel soo angry and depressed at wat happened i got nothing to hide, i been in this country for over 18 years who has never claimed any benefit or broke any law but still i think that ECO was dearly beloved! i wish i could say it to his face.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:40 pm

Hi Guys

My wife got a letter from the British Embassy telling her to bring her Passport, they havent given her a specific day to come but it stated that come anyday except sunday.

Can this mean a good news? Plz pray for me!

InshaAllah she will get her visa.

Post by **John** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:07 pm

Raven, obviously no guarantee but I would say that you do indeed have grounds for being extremely hopeful that the visa will be granted.

Clearly different British Missions have slightly different operating procedures. In Bangkok where my wife's visa was issued, after an application has been submitted they either write back with the date and time of an interview (a 40 minute time slot will be allocated) many weeks in the future, or alternatively they write back and saying, effectively .... come to the Embassy any Monday to Thursday between 1.00pm and 2.00.pm .... and that so-called Short Interview treatment means that the embassy is indeed "minded to grant" the visa application. When the person turns up they tend to have a very brief interview at the counter, rather than in an interview room, followed by the issuing of the visa.

I suspect that is what will happen when your wife turns up at the British Mission.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:52 pm

Thanks John for replying!

My wife went to the Fedex office on friday with the letter and her passport, she submitted her passport and the lady over the counter gave her the receipt and told her that the Embassy will either write or phone her for collection of her passport.

Post by **John** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:17 am

Raven, clearly that is looking ... very hopeful!

sreeni · Post by **sreeni** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:55 am

yes in a few days they will phone your wife to collect the passport with the visa

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:33 pm

Hi Guys.

My wife went to collect her passport today from the fedex office and she got it... this time with a VISA on

It wasn't so bad after all!

From the botton of my heart i Thank You all for not only helping me out but number of other people who have immigration problems. Thank you all!

I will contiune to visit this forum and share my comments and give any helpful advice to others.

Thank you once again!

Post by **John** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:40 am

Raven, that's great! Congratulations to you and your wife. Hope she enjoys living in the UK.

bash_h · Post by **bash_h** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:54 am

Good news Raven! all the best!

PS. if you have a choice of what airport your mrs comes to, try BHX as its a smaller airport and they dont put you through medical tests etc. My wife came through LHR and it took her approx 3 hrs to get out into arrivals!

Post by **John** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:08 am

Not sure we know where Raven lives but if not too far from Birmingham then yes, it is indeed a far better immigration entry point than Heathrow.

Most people sail through very quickly and whilst a medical is a possibility, they would need to call a doctor to the airport and I have only heard of that happening once.

Any provincial airport will tend to be better than Heathrow.

sreeni · Post by **sreeni** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:36 pm

if she has not already done the medical tests then she should get them done before travelling and they will attach the medical passport form to the passport. If she has this then she will not need to do any medical tests at the airport and will give her alot less tension and hassle.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:04 am

Hi Guys!

I live in bedfordshire county so for me the nearest would be heathrow airport i think?

Just a small query regarding documents... The British Embassy did not return all my documents which i sent with the appeal paper? is there any way where i can get them back? not that i need them now but i wonder why they keep it?

bash_h · Post by **bash_h** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:52 am

Raven,

Same thing happened with me, I didnt get some documents back eg. my wife's birth certificate, but I didnt want the hassle so I just got a copy of her birth certificate made from the district office again.

If its something you can do without, then i'd forget it! Otherwise Im not sure how you would do it, Fedex probably wouldnt wana know you (since there is no money in it for them for finding your docs

and you would probably have a hard time speaking to/getting to the Embassy itself.

All the best

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:14 am

Hi Bash

I did make photocopies of my document before sending so i don't really need them, i was just curious as to why they don't return your documents?

My other question is that i am going to sponsor my Uncle who is in Saudia Arabia, he works for Fedex Company and he wants to come on a Visit Visa before going to Pakistan to spend time with his family, he was here last year as the Visa was issued for 1 month, he only stayed for 2 weeks, now if i do sponsor him, will it affect my Wife's settlement visa or not? i might sound stupid here but i am just making sure.

bash_h · Post by **bash_h** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:12 am

Im not absoloutely sure how sponsor's work for visit visa's but i think you have to give some kind of written guarantee that you will be responsible that you're uncle will go back to Saudi after his visit. As long as he doesnt overstay, they dont care.

No i dont see why it would affect your wife's spouse visa, after all, its issued already.

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