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by kimbrulait » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:54 am
hello
My husband applied for extension on July 18 with premium appt. they gave him the additional checks required doc. So after a few phone calls I got an email:
Our records show that his application has not yet been completed.
We are unable to advise when a decision will be made but he will be notified in writing once made. Until such time, we are unable to assist further. Should the caseworker require further information and/or documents they will contact him.
We are sorry we cannot be of further assistance at this time.
Yours Sincerely ,
UK Visas and Immigration
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what else can we do? we have contacted our MP. This is far beyond the 8 week service standard. He only needs his visa to stay until he can continue a visa application elsewhere to move 'home' with me. and it should be january or february that he will reach this next step and need his passport. we never imagined it would take this long. and every day he is stressing out more. he feels like he is being held hostage. he can't visit family, we coulnd't take any vacation. we can't make plans to go anywhere for Christmas. I need to fly 12 hours away to sort out son's immigration and he doesn't want us to go until he gets his passport back. This absurd. There is not one thing about our situation that changed from the last extension to this one. Theoretically 10 weeks after applying for the extension he met the 5 year residency requirement for ILR but has not interest in applying because we now plan to leave the UK once he has the visa he needs to do so. But we don't want to be living in separate countries while he waits for that. So he hasn't done the english or life in the UK tests and doesn't want to. Besides it seems changing this app to ILR would just elongate the already painful process. Seriously I am sure some of you can relate, every argument we have had in the last 3 months is somehow tied to the stress he feels around this.
anyway what can we do? every brit I talk to about this is 'shocked and horrified' but nobody does anything.