Hello Everyone,

First of all thank you all for the advice given which helped make my spousal visa application successful.

I am currently in the process of applying for a visa for a domestic worker, has anyone been through this process and is there any advice that anyone can share. Thank you

I have to say that I think she was lucky that it worked... I've glanced through the topic you've referred to, and there's certainly no suggestion that there was any attempt to deceive, but it could so easily have gone wrong. I don't believe it was luck, I believe good preparation is KEY. I called ...

Coco, Congratulations!!! Pls could you advise on my current situation pls which I posted on this board months ago.. I applied for Further Leave to remain (FLR M) and has been waiting 2 years for a decision from the HO. My MP wrote to the Home Office Minister 6 months ago regarding the delay and he ...

My husband stated it in his sponsor's letter and when filling the application, I guess the dates of entry into the UK were self explanatory to the ECO that I had overstayed. I also verbally mentioned it at my interview and briefly explained why, exactly as my husband had put in the sponsorship letter.

Hello Slim, My cousin submited my application on the 28th of July 2006 and I was given an interview date for the 3rd of Oct 2006. The interview date was give to my cousin the same day she submitted my application. However they called my home phone here in the UK when they wanted to change my ...

Hello Slim, at the moment you can not submit your application online with the BHC in ghana. I prepared everything and my cousin submitted it for me. I however wrote a letter explaining why I could not be there in person (although they didn't ask for it) They will need to see your passport as well, I ...

My passport that I used to enter the country in 2001 was stolen (got all the police reports etc) The passport I used today had only my settlement visa in it and she wanted to know where the old one was, the last time I entered the country and the last time I left. I guess it was a good thing I didn ...

Dear All, Well I am back. Great news, got my spousal visa. As per the advice I received from this forum, I decided to bite the bullet and go home to ghana to apply. I followed past examples of successful applicates. I made a separate file for myself, my husband and our daughter, our house that we ...

CHILLIpepper, if you are anglican you can get married in a church without needing permission from the home office and no immigration officers will be involved. you just need to have been living in your parish for a least two weeks (I think) however you can always find out from your parish. hope this ...

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Thank you for that. Does this mean the consulate can not divulge any information about an application to a third party? Even if the applicant is in breech of the immigration rules? Do you know where I can read more about the confidentiality claus?

It seems there are quite a few of us in the same boat. I am submitting my application on wednesday although I am still in the UK. My cousin in Ghana will submit it on my behalf, wait 11 weeks then go for the interview in person. And i agree your fate lies in the hands of one person at the consulate ...

Dear John, Thanks for the reply. When I initially started working for my current employer 5 year's ago it was all legal, till issues with my passport etc (I won't bore you with the details as I have already told you about it) after my permit expired, it never came up and I never brought it up. I ...

Hello everyone, I have finally gathered all the relevant documents for my spousal visa application, which I submit next week in ghana. I have been completely honest about my current status here in the UK. My only worry is that the british consulate in Ghana may notify my current employers to say I ...

Waiting_spouse, congratulations, I am always filled with soo much hope when i read stories like this. Thanks again for your advice. The visa process in ghana is a little different, so I will be submitting my application next month and get an interview date sometime late sept, early oct, I trust it ...

Hello all, I am not panicking just trying to cover all the basics. :D Just so you have all the facts, when I was offered a job with my employer, I had a working holiday visa so I was working legally with them for 2 years, however the question of my working status never came up and I guess I buried ...

Dear all, Thank you so much for all the advice give. Somehow I feel really confident about going to make my application back home. The relevant documentation I have put together is over 100 pages, I have not left anything to chance. John, I also found out from the BHC in ghana that I don't need to ...

Hello John, I went to see my solicitor today, he has adviced my strongly against going back home. He said that the consulate officer can refuse my application even if I have all the approperiate and relevant documents, even with a case as strong as mine, because I have been in breech of the ...

Hello John,

Thanks for the advice. I have checked with the british consulate in ghana and waiting times just to get an interview after one submits an application for a spousal visa is 11 weeks. You see my predicament.

I am from Ghana. When I re entered the UK in 2001 I my passport, was stolen ( I have the police report) between getting a new one issued and re applying to the IND for my visa to be re instated in my new passport ( this was refused by the way) a year had passed and I was already pregnant with my ...

Thank you boss39

I guess I don't have much of a choice. If i stay I will continue to be an illegal, if I go home even with all the require evidence, if I am refused, I will lose everything. Boy do I wish there was another way.

hello waiting_spouse, Thank you for that imput. My worry is not going back home, my worry is that should I be refused, my husband and I will lose our house here in the UK. If I have to spend all that time in my home county I will most certainly lose my job and that means not contributing to my ...

My husband and I have been together for 4 years, lived together for 3 and been married for almost a year. We have a daughter who is 2. I am an overstayer (current visitors visa is for five years, however I have not been able to leave the country since my last entry in 2001), this was not my ...