uk spouse visa on hold :(

Mash17101 wrote:That is well anoying lets just hooe its good news after waiting for so long because you just dont know if they going to issue the visa or not. I no someone who earnd double the thresh hold and said there wife will also work when they come here so they wont be claiming public funds and they got refused because they didnt say what kind of job there wife will do even though the wife doesnt need to work in the first place.pathetic home office rules.but did get overturned by a judge but waited a year and half and waisted the courts time but home office dont care this is a money making scheme and they always hope people will make a fresh app then to appeal.

SimonS wrote:

Mash17101 wrote:That is well anoying lets just hooe its good news after waiting for so long because you just dont know if they going to issue the visa or not. I no someone who earnd double the thresh hold and said there wife will also work when they come here so they wont be claiming public funds and they got refused because they didnt say what kind of job there wife will do even though the wife doesnt need to work in the first place.pathetic home office rules.but did get overturned by a judge but waited a year and half and waisted the courts time but home office dont care this is a money making scheme and they always hope people will make a fresh app then to appeal.

(14) refusal by a sponsor of a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom to give, if requested to do so, an undertaking in writing to be responsible for that person’s maintenance and accommodation for the period of any leave granted;

If your acquaintance was sponsoring their spouse and exceeded the MIR this is the only ground for refusal I can find on adequate maintenance grounds. Unless you can provide the court transcript of the particular case please don't further distress other members of the forum with anecdotal "I know someone etc"

Provide the court case and I stand apologetic and corrected.

Mash17101 wrote:

SimonS wrote:

Mash17101 wrote:That is well anoying lets just hooe its good news after waiting for so long because you just dont know if they going to issue the visa or not. I no someone who earnd double the thresh hold and said there wife will also work when they come here so they wont be claiming public funds and they got refused because they didnt say what kind of job there wife will do even though the wife doesnt need to work in the first place.pathetic home office rules.but did get overturned by a judge but waited a year and half and waisted the courts time but home office dont care this is a money making scheme and they always hope people will make a fresh app then to appeal.

(14) refusal by a sponsor of a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom to give, if requested to do so, an undertaking in writing to be responsible for that person’s maintenance and accommodation for the period of any leave granted;

If your acquaintance was sponsoring their spouse and exceeded the MIR this is the only ground for refusal I can find on adequate maintenance grounds. Unless you can provide the court transcript of the particular case please don't further distress other members of the forum with anecdotal "I know someone etc"

Provide the court case and I stand apologetic and corrected.

Hi simon you are correct however i was merely stating that the guidlines are so strict that even the ecos sometime make errors which the court then have to rectify never the less i was not trying to distress anyone apologies.

ukguyinlondon wrote:yesterday (21st June 17) almost after 3 months we received an email stating: case not straightforward

biometrics was on 21st March (for wife and 2 kids)
Salary wise double the requirement.. plus other bits were straightforward (i think!)

so not very sure about case not straightforward bit - yes last Jan 2016 we had tried applying for visit visa for wife n kids which got rejected bcoz couldn;t show she had strong connection to India and would return back..

I came across another similar case - madhu_zoom: they received 'not straightforward' email but after 2 days received email asking for IHS fees for the kids (as during application for some reason kids IHS comes as 0) - so requesting for IHS seems like a positive move for madhu i think.. but not sure what has happened after..











Anyways - will have to wait and see what happens -
Anyone with case not straightforward email - would be good if you share your experiences

Raj86 wrote:Anyone waiting from November ?

bahadar wrote:Hi Dear after paying IHS of your kids , have you got visa or any update please share

tarunmsn1981 wrote:

Raj86 wrote:Anyone waiting from November ?

As far I know no one waiting from November 2016.
And as I was going thru some other forums, I learned people who applied in Dec month none of them got results still now. Dec month cursed many families and people who applied recently (i.e march and april) they got approvals.

How about approaching BBC ? if they can help us in making a short news about this might help us little.

MissVanCityExpat wrote:Hi all,

I have yet another delayed application to add to the growing pile...

Visa: FLR(M) extension from within the UK
Application posted: 9th Feb
Confirmation of receipt of application letter: Dated 16 Feb
Biometrics: Taken on 21st Feb
Request for NHS Health Surcharge payment letter dated 16 Feb. Paid 21st Feb. (This was initially overlooked by me as it was newly implemented and I didn't need to pay it for the first 2.5 years of FLR(M).)
Letter from HO re: outstanding policy issues which may affect my application: Dated 21st March
Letter from HO re: exceptionally complex issues, with expected decision to be made on 27 June: Dated 9th May
Letter written to HO re: bringing the decision forward by two weeks due to holiday planned/paid for the previous year (travel date 10th June): Dated 15th May
Letter from HO re: on hold due to Supreme Court ruling: dated 15 June

My husband is British/my sponsor and he earns well over double the financial requirement and I am on £30k. We have no children, so we are calling BS on the hold on our application. Considering the fact that most people got the Supreme Court letter in May, and I have just received mine now, it looks like the HO may be even more behind than it appears.

I have lost a significant amount of money due to a missed holiday and I have also missed out on a very good job offer and pay rise due to the fact that I didn't have my visa in hand. I have had to take unpaid leave from work as I am trapped in a job I am desperate to leave and can't until I have proof I am legally entitled to work. All that to say, as I am sure everyone else is aware, that this delay is causing a fair amount of stress, missed opportunities and just generally ALL LIFE THINGS on hold.

My husband and I were thinking of going to the papers with the story - has anyone done this/considering this?

tarunmsn1981 wrote:As i said earlier I have applied settlement visa for my wife on 14-Dec-2016 from India.
On 03-Mar-2017 : Received email from Sheffield UKVI stating my case is not straightforward.
waited for 2 months and recently I have contacted UKVI via paid email and phone services (paid 35 quids) and they escalated my case 2 times.

After escalating 2 times , Today received mail from UKVI Sheffield office :

Regarding Visa Application: GWF04XXXXXX
For Firstname Surname,
Thank you for your enquiry
We have previously advised you via email the processing of your application has not been straightforward and we are unable to meet the published service standards. We continue to work on the application and will make a decision as soon as we are able to. We cannot give a time scale for when a decision will be made. There is currently no change to this.

If you have any further enquiries, please visit our website at http://www.GOV.UK

Kind Regards
UKVI Contact Centre Service – Sheffield Visa Section
_____________________________________________________
It has been more than 6 months (132 working days completed) still they are saying can't provide a timescale. Completely pissed off. Even buffaloes are far better than these money eating and sleeping rats.

bham wrote:

tarunmsn1981 wrote:

Raj86 wrote:Anyone waiting from November ?

As far I know no one waiting from November 2016.
And as I was going thru some other forums, I learned people who applied in Dec month none of them got results still now. Dec month cursed many families and people who applied recently (i.e march and april) they got approvals.

How about approaching BBC ? if they can help us in making a short news about this might help us little.

Yes u r right
We should do it because Ho my answering any of our
Emails, phone and MP letters as well
So last option is BBC may be it will be workout
If anyone help us to tell our this situation on bbc
Plz answer is it possible to give by one person

pixelrage09 wrote: Tarun,
Did you get the on-hold email or the "awaiting a decision" status?

Neosprin wrote:Hi Bob,
I have received a case not straight forward after 3 months of Application and I am still waiting.

Have called and emailed them but haven't been successful.

The last update is that my application is awaiting decision since 8th June. I don't know what to make of it other than waiting.

Bob777 wrote:

Neosprin wrote:Hi Bob,
I have received a case not straight forward after 3 months of Application and I am still waiting.

Have called and emailed them but haven't been successful.

The last update is that my application is awaiting decision since 8th June. I don't know what to make of it other than waiting.

Hi Neosprin

If i got this right you got case not foward email then no other information apart from an email to say awaiting desicion. No other contact asking for further info? Did you apply priority? How long have you waited now?

Sorry for all the questions.

pixelrage09 wrote:@ all those who have received the "awaiting a decision" email, I came across a program on ITV that did a segment on marriage visas in the UK and corruption at the home office where visa officers were secretly taking bribes for granting visas.

There are now 4-5 entry clearance officers that work on every single settlement application (hence why HO is moving services for settlement visas from local British High Commissions to Sheffield) and scrutinize every bit of information you give them.

This was also corroborated to me by my MP that contacted Sheffield on our behalf.

So, basically there is an assistant ECO that checks all your documents and verifies its authenticity, while at the same time, another ECO is doing your background checks at all the places you have stayed in the last 10 years. Once these checks are done, it's then passed onto a DECISION MAKING CENTER where the decision maker (senior ECO) will go through your application one more time along with notes from the previous ECOs and then grants or denies the visa.

This is then passed onto the director of the department who then approves this decision and then they finally send all of this information electronically to your local BHC where your passport is held for the vignette to be stamped.

Add to this, the UK government is also trying to restrict as many people as they can from entering the country.

So, in essence, we can blame no one else other than the fraudsters and scammers who have abused the marriage system for years. It's cos of these shady blokes that us genuine couples have to suffer and will continue to suffer while the Home Office endlessly tighten immigration rules to the UK.