meats, thanks for your advice thus far. My family has been fed quite a lot of bull from this chinese girl that i'm coming to the conclusion of just letting things lapse and let the deportation begin. We were initially told she was seeking asylum and had some ID card as proof, and her passport was ta...

thanks for the help so far. One more thing we just found out about this chinese girl. She came to london via hong kong and says she gave her real passport to someone at the airport whilst in transit. We have no idea what has happened with her real passport. Can she still make an outward journey back...

but would the HO void the marriage given that it did not authorise a COA?
I will tell my brother to seek legal advise asap and ask about the 'Chikwamba Ruling'.

also, to muddy the situation... they got married via a civil ceremony in london last year. Did they not have to apply for a marriage licence through the home office? Our family was assured by my brother that they had authorisation from the home office to get married. I'm not too sure about this now ...

ILR? Should have been FLR first? On what basic was ILR applied for? What was the visa status of the Chinese girl? i believe she overstayed and became an illegal. I doubt her case has strengthened given that she overstayed though. Let me know if you have any idea what procedure he should adopt to tr...

Hello All, My brother is a british citizen (UK born) and got married to a chinese lady last year. They have a 2yr old child, born in the UK. They submitted an application to the home office for ILR which has been refused, with a notice for her to leave the UK next month. I don't believe they will ap...