the thing is no one had a clue about the nationality issue not even the lady's lawyers. Well, you can expect them to know nationality law of every country in the world. It would have probably helped if the lady could show some proofs that children do not have her nationality (e.g. letter from her e...

My case was found to be truly exceptional so BA were forced to issue the status to me but not to my wife and my daughter. Hi Jeff, That's strange, I understand about the wife, but why they did not issue any status to your child? As you know I was in a similar situation to you, and my eldest child w...

A statement indicating merely a large deposit but no evidence of normal transactions should be treated with caution ? I think they mean the cases when the large amount of money was deposited just before the application. Sometimes people borrow money from family, friends, credit cards etc. then put ...

eutavene1,
have a look on your council website about joint tenancy. It should tell you if can add you husband. I still doubt they would do it, if the person is still abroad.

No council will put a persons name down on any agrrement if the person is not present and settled in the UK. Agree. Otherwise people would just add their relatives to the tenancy and then ask to be rehoused as the property is overcrowded. In my area the person has to live at the property for at lea...

I have found another poor soul who was in a similar situation and only got everything sorted 7 months after his appeal was allowed and even then it was due to MP involvement.
Here's hoping I get a swift reply to my MP enquiry.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=21367

the Ministry needs a chance to correct matters before the Parliamentary Ombudsman gets involved, otherwise the Parliamentary Ombudsman would simply get swamped with millions of cases per year. Thank you, that's what I'll be doing. I don't remember where but I saw the procedure for complaining - fir...

Hi, I have some extracts regarding this policy from when I was researching it for myself. but I didn't keep any links as often they expire after a while, so I copy-pasted the necessary info into a Word file. Written Answers to Questions [24 Feb 1999] TREASURY [24 Feb 1999] Office for National Statis...

engink wrote: does anybody know anything about secret amnesty?

this is not secret amnesty, the same article (with slightly different wording) has been in the world for the past about 2 years. As said above this is a case resolution program to clear a backlog of failed asylum and outstanding asylum applications.

I just know that the Chen ruling allows for parents to work, meaning you can support yourself through employment. No, Chen ruling doesn't allow parents to work, its UK route "right of access to a child" that allows. You should remember that any non-EEA relatives who are granted leave to enter or re...

tasha75, the way you have been treated is appalling. You need to make contact with your MP's office without delay. Suggest you go to your MP's website and use the Feedback and Comments page. Thank you, will be sending it off tonight. One more question please - do I ask my MP specifically to lodge a...

John, miles, many thanks for the info. One more question. I have sent 11 complaints in the past 4 weeks, but got no reply, made numerous calls only to be told that someone will look into this. When I finally managed to get through to the North East Cs, they said that there is no time limit on the im...

WOW, 950 pounds for a one year service. In best Home Office traditions. Congratulations on finally beating the beast. Could you please tell how you lodge a complaint to parliamentary Ombudsman? I think I have to go this route as well. I won my appeal last May (2007), 14 months on and I am still wait...

Hi Tasha Just wanted to know your opinion in http://www.iasuk.org/ Are they the lawyers you delt with when you won your case on human rights bases? Hi, sorry for a delay. yes, I dealt with them. I was first seen by one caseworker, who assessed my case and referred it to another, more experienced or...

I'm not conversant with legacy cases at all. So what is CR and do you have their contact details, please? bahwe has given their phone number, don't bother calling the general HO number 0870...7766, they are morons. As for the CR and Human rights applications, I think user called iraqimmigrant on th...

You have got to be kidding me! Didn't you win your appeal last may? That is disgusting!! You should start a judicial review! Thanks for that, I'll have a look into this, I thought judicial review is the net step after you lost your appeal. Yes, I won appeal last May, got my passport stamped 1 year ...

I can't go the legacy route as I never claimed asylum. Apparently legacy route is not just for asylum cases but for human rights as well. And to think that have you applied for asylum you'd have most likely qualified under 2003 family amnesty. I never claimed asylum either so missed on that as well...

Oh Twin! I am sure that they can't forever bar me to be with my child. Not forever, but what if they still refuse and you have to appeal, which may take a whole year. Twin, did you check whether your case is a legacy case. I would have thought so, as you've been here for donkey years :wink: and I t...

gugulak,
when did he applied for asylum? Do you know if he is a "legacy case" now? If he is, then I wouldn't hurry going back home.
If you don't know whats legacy case, search Case resolution directorate on this forum or google it up.

Bahwe, maybe he is a good lawyer in another area, e.g. work permits or spouse applications, but in this case he is wrong. Have a read, nowhere it mentions about the youngest child. 'Deportation in cases where there are children with long residence: Policy Modification announced by Under-Secretary of...

Nida, .....clearly your lawyer is not providing good advise.... The question I ask myself lately is how these "lawyers" are allowed to practice when even in simple matters they give wrong advice. I think that after a couple of months the average user of this forum is more knowledgeable than some of...

Tasha what was your poor immigration history? what if the parents has an asylum case that is still being treated as legacy case? Can you tell me if they can benefit from the 7 years rule if: Their kid becomes 7 and no final decision has been reached about their asylum case. Bahwe, poor immigration ...

thanks tasha..did u apply within the uk or outside and was your application accepted. Oops, sorry my mistake. I applied under the 7-years child concession. It got refused, but we won the appeal on Human rights (family life) but using the European law and Baumbast and Chen case laws. My partner (chi...

Frontier Mole wrote:Children have their own passports BUT UKIS is still only serving IS151A/B on the adults. The rest of the family were effectively ignored.

My children were also served with IS151 but at the same time the refusal letter stated that they are free to stay or go with me. Go figure it out.

The H.O look at the parents immigration history: Isn't being illegal entrant or being refused as asylum or being issued with a removal order a poor immigration history? It is, and this is the reason we got refused. Here's the xtract from my refusal letter: .Although we accept that your child has sp...