Marlon wrote:Hi guys, just want to keep contributing to this wonderful site by sharing a bit of good news.
You would have read my previous posts about my situation and I am happy to say that I received my visa extension this morning June 15, 2011 after sending the application in on the 25th of April 2011. Certain things I learned during the process that may be helpful to others that are in a similar situation:
(1) Read my previous posts to get the brief history of my case to see if it is similar to your situation.
(2) You must send in your application before your current spouse visa expires
(3) If you have a child that your wife is denying you access to then quickly make an application to the court to get access. The Home Office can not remove you if your case is currently going through the courts otherwise they would have breached your Article 8 rights.
(4) Send photos of you and the child/children in your application to the Home Office
(5) Make sure your name is listed as the father on the child's/children's birth certificate
(6) and finally, do a lot of research using this site. It certainly helped me and i didn't need to pay a solicitor either. I did it all on my own by researching on this site. I have had free consultations with solicitors and sadly none of them told me about the process of applying through the court. One solicitor even told me I had to go back home to Jamaica as I had no chance of getting a visa extension.
These are some of the things I did and it worked for me. Good luck.
