Good luck with your application.

Keep us updated with your experience at the Pakistani embassy.

It is a mandatory requirement to have a valid visa for the UK before the Pakistani embassy processes your application for a new passport. If you cannot provide proof of your status in the UK, you will be turned away.

The embassy staff are acting like immigration officers.

I don't think we will see the end of Freedom of Movement in Britain if we decide to leave the EU. Brussels will simply impose the requirement on Britain as a condition in return for access to the EU market as it has done with Switzerland? If this is the case then David Cameron's idea of grabbing bac...

they can go self-employed and get paid cash in hand. You misunderstood because the new rule to seize such cash. I understood correctly. It's still perfectly possible to offer personal services and get away with it by being paid cash in hand. How will they catch such people? It's impossible to compl...

This rule is nothing new and has been in place for a while.

It still doesn't fully prevent an illegal migrant working illegally for example they can go self-employed and get paid cash in hand.

The link also suggests you need a pass in reading and writing as well.

They are really taking the p***

Changes to the immigration rules, full appeal rights has come to an end in accordance with the Immigration act 2014. https://www.freemovement.org.uk/full-immigration-appeals-ended-immigration-act-2014-brought-into-force/ I noticed the article mentions increase rights of appeals for overstayers. Doe...

Hi guys we are looking for people affected by pre july rules. We are soon going to challenge this rule. Anyone effected bythis rule please come forward and let us fight against this rule. My number is 07983572444 hey saeeda. which rules ?? rules for family that were changed on 9 july 2012 which mea...

A friend of mine recently took his wife to Turkey and she had a Pakistani passport. They were able to get visa on arrival for 20 USD same price as a British passport holder. On the website they are charging 60 USD. You only get the visa at the reduced rate and on arrival if you can show that she res...

The long application form is covered in this article amongst other things highlighting the way in which this government creates a hostile environment for migrants.

http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2 ... nt-which-n

You should have got married in a registered mosque which conducts Islamic marriages along with civil marriage.

If you had done this then there would be no need to fulfill the formality of a civil marriage.

That is a standard acknowledgement reply you get when you email your MP.

When you've written the email follow it up with a phone call a few days later to make sure they've received your email. This will prompt them to act swiftly.

They will communicate with you via the post.

Good luck.

Getting your MP on the case usually does the trick.

Hi Casa, As the UK denies a visit visa to spouses who are separated by the income threshold requirements can it be argued the non-EU spouse be allowed to travel with their spouse to the UK by invoking Article 5 of the EC directive? All they would need to provide is a marriage certificate to prove t...

Hi Casa, As the UK denies a visit visa to spouses who are separated by the income threshold requirements can it be argued the non-EU spouse be allowed to travel with their spouse to the UK by invoking Article 5 of the EC directive? All they would need to provide is a marriage certificate to prove th...

If you don't have a provisional license or an expired passport then the chances of taking the test are very remote. You could try asking HO to send your passport to a test centre for the purposes of sitting the test. If they agree you will need to have a photocopy of your passport so that you can us...

Hi Obie, I wasn't aware that you had already covered it nevertheless it is good news for those who wish to pursue the Singh route. I hope ECJ can do a similar ruling for non-eu spouse of British nationals who should in theory be allowed to travel in Europe without the need for a Schengen visa. If th...

Regardless of which side of the immigration debate you sit on, no-one has much faith in the quality of decision-making in the system. New data from a Freedom of Information requests suggests that is a sound judgement to have come to. According to the government's own figures, a whopping 80% of entry...

Ask your solicitor to write HO retained passport on your refusal letter and sign it. You will then need a photocopy of your passport.

Do you have a provisional or full driving license?

Want to marry someone from abroad? Don’t be female or black A couple of years ago the government introduced a minimum income for those wanting to bring over a spouse to live with them in the UK. If you married someone from outside Europe, you needed to be earning £18,600 a year. If they were bringin...

Thanks once again for your replies . One of the first things I did was to try and get my wife to take an HO accepted course but the colleges want her passport ( no photo copies ) I guess for id purpose . So unless we can get my wifes passport returned from the HO she can not take an English languag...

Thanks once again for your replies . One of the first things I did was to try and get my wife to take an HO accepted course but the colleges want her passport ( no photo copies ) I guess for id purpose . So unless we can get my wifes passport returned from the HO she can not take an English languag...

Hi Ali, JR is the best option , i wrote thousand letters for re consideration to case worker, not a single one responded. No response to complaint as well. the first time got a direct phone number to talk to was a treasury solicitor after JR lodged, otherwise all the letters to caseworker go in a d...