unique012 wrote:Salaam Shadow86,
there is a review process in place for refused cases with minor refusal reasons like yourself, and it only takes between 5-6 weeks I have asked a number of people and they have suggested I go through with review. the 3 reasons for refusal were:
1: communication bewtween me and my spouse is shown but they would like further evidence
2: in the 2 years i got married I visited my husband once and there is no proof of our relationship
3: my employment documents could have been obtained from anywhere there is no actual proof my employer provided them.
I am going to send text mesaages that have been sent and recived by myself and my husband in the 2 years we have been married (898)
I am also going to send photographs showing that i went to pakistan and our relationship can be determined from this
the employment documents my employer said he is going to sort them out that is not a problem, i think it is the same in your case about the letter head.
What do you think? Should I send anything else with it or should that me ok? As you can see they are not major reasons they are hardly any reasons.
HOW is this "Review" process done because then I want in too now, I am 100% confident that my wife's refusal CAN be overturned. So review is what I wanna go for.
Does it not work like this: you lodge the appeal and then from there, they decide whether it should be overturned or not, if not then it goes on to the court and you get a court hearing date?????
Ok as for your reasons, do you not use skype? I used a 'skype call exporter' program and exported a list of 3/4 months AND took screenshots. It worked out for me. I did not provide any 'sms' log of any kind nor did I provide mobile phone communications. If anything just a couple of times I called via landline using 'phonecheap' service and provided a page printed off phonecheap's website to show that the number belongs to such service and that I used it to call pak.
I think you can only get up to 6 months of itemised billing from your network provider. Do this, you get a hold of itemised billing from your phone network for however long back you can and ask your husband to do the same for his network. This way they can match both network providers in terms of time, date and duration (for calls). This will be a hard slap in the face of the ECO in that they CANNOT refuse you for your point number 1.
To be honest, SMS log is quite weak as opposed to calls, they wanna see that you have been calling and are in constant contact (voice calls).
You should have provided the photographs from the get go (sorry 2 be blunt about this one). But please don't just provide them like that, better for you to get a couple of A4 sized papers and applying 2 photographs per page using sellotape (pritt stick might be weak and encourage picture to fall off).
So just make sure your employer provides a letter of employment on headed paper. It'll be a cost to him/her but it's the main way that you'll get your visa sorted. Oh yes also a Tax code notice or any kind of confirmation from HMRC to indicate that you are currently working for your employer.
The ONLY concern from the above I can see is your intention to provide SMS log. I would seriously recommend a proper itemised billing in which they can see CALLS, as that is what counts. They don't really care about emails and sms or any text based contact. All they care about is VOICE calls. Hence why Skype worked out best for me
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Yasmin's post is quite worrysome, and it could apply to my wife in the near future if inshallah her refusal is overturned, so I would like to know the answer to her query also please.
im just waiting for a tax letter from HMRC and then will be seding the appeal papers, after reading some posts on here i guess its going to be a very long and frustrating wait AGAIN! It was only refused on 1 minor issue so im really hoping it will be over turned within a resonable time...has anyone else had a refusal on 1 minor issue and had it over turned?
and I can ONLY see the fact that he provided a P60 form and I did not (well I didn't have one as I started after the new tax year 2010). So now that I have a government issued document in the form of PAYE Coding Notice, they HAVE to overturn the decision inshallah.