chocolatelover wrote:We have met but only once and that was recently.

In which country did you meet?

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Dawie, In addition to JAJ's comments it is also the case that visa policy is effected by the principle of lobbying. For example the new EU states are pushing Washington to include them in the Visa Waiver Programme in particular Poland with representation at top government level. The same happened wh...

The rules of this forum clearly state that posters not submit or request information that pertains to the evasion of immigration controls. The contents of many of the threads on this post allude to such. Accordingly this post is now locked.

He visa expires on 20 February 2006. Do you mean 2007? If not she is an overstayer. I am a work permit holder. In December 2007 I can apply for my settlement visa. Why did you not include her in your WP application as a dependent presumably back in 2002 when the WP was approved? My daughter have no...

Sorry but a refusal stops the ILR clock. If your appeal had been allowed then the clock would have continued though such would have been moot given that a successful application would have been for ILR. Any time you have remained in the UK since your last appeal was refused and you were notified tha...

If HO does not appeal then apply for dependent visas on form VAF 1 - they will be issued in line with the validity of your extension. Official UK Visas website (type this in any search engine) will have relevant details on fees and documentation required as will using the search function on this for...

Yes.

Again if you have a UK Drivers licence, I dont know how they know what your nationality is! A drivers licence is not proof of nationality but rather identity. In any case the UK driver licence has place of birth on it - where this is not the UK the IO can infer that you may not be British but not d...

Jeff, Hence note my caveat 'usually' 8) . The Home Office recognised this misnomer hence the introduction of 'removal' into the Acts/ Rules albeit removing some legal redress from those 'removed' as opposed to those 'deported'. Deportation remains a powerful tool in immigration policy for any country.

Deportation is of indefinite duration unless revoked by the Home Secretary under sec 5(2) of the 1971 Act. It is possible to request for the Home Secretary to consider such after a 3 year period has elapsed. Even where the deportation order is revoked the applicant must still meet the relevant immig...

Under the Akrich ruling by the ECJ an EU member state does not have to grant an EEA family permit to a family member of an EU National exercising treaty rights where the said family member has no visa status or is otherwise 'illegal' in the relevant EU member state. The British consulate in Dublin c...

US Immigration Law (Sec 212 INA) deems that every person seeking to enter the US is an intending immigrant (where they do not hold an immigrant visa nor are a US citizen) unless they prove otherwise to the satisfaction of the relevant US official in your case the DHS Inspector. The VWP scheme is a n...

Consult an immigration attorney immediatley...the nature of your problem is outside the scope of this forum. The attorney would need to review relevant clauses of the INA and applicable amendments such as the LIFE Act which deals with the matter of Adjusting status for those who have overstayed but ...

No need to show statement of A/C. Just get the balance certificate from bank. Bank will give you certificate where the total funds till date has mentioned. in this way you can arrange funds and put in you account in current dates. And then get the certificate from bank. I beg to differ. The relevan...

Contact the Indian Diplomatic Mission i.e. Embassy, High Commission or consulate located in the country where you are now residing (or if there isn't one in that country then the one serving your country of residence) - they will have information on how to get the police certificates.

The rules state that you may work full time outside 'term time' i.e. during vacation/ holiday time.....so it depends on whether the time post her completion of the module fits this pattern. It may likely be that some of the period is 'term time' = can't work full time hence 20 hrs/week and some is '...

Dawie, You presume the IO was unaware of your ILR but that is unlikely to be the case. IO's can flick through a standard 32 page passport in 30 secs and tell you how many UK visa vignettes there may be....they do this day in day out. If she had indeed landed you on the basis of your WP then there wo...

HSMP would appear to be the most ideal option.

Who would you contact if you knew that someone had been granted a visit visa to the UK by submitting fraudulent documents with their application? ps) I'm asking this on behalf of someone else and the circumstances behind the query are quite complex and sensitive. Note that for such allegations (as ...

So you think it's ok if I take EuroStar via the Channel Tunnel? Its common knowledge among UK Immigration Officers that many 'visitors' channel hop to Europe usually France near the end of their 6 month leave to enter with the intention of returning to the UK for a fresh 6 month period. Clearly it ...

What makes one embassy think they have the right to go cancelling EXPIRED visas? IIRC the Schengen Visa Convention does allow for the participating member states to cancel any 'Schengen Visa' issued regardless of the issuing state - however they may not cancel designated individual country visa's e...

seeker, Under the immigration rules the maximum period of stay as a visitor in the UK at each entry is 180 days. The Home Office have the discretion to extend your stay under the most compelling of circumstances including medical attention (applicant or dependents as in the case you describe) but re...

It may be worth considering taking a post graduate course minimum Masters level (you would still need to go home for a student visa) after which you would be eligible for the Science & Engineering Graduate Scheme (SEGS) that allows applicants to work in the UK for a year after completing their studi...

I have not read the post you mention but the Home Office will grant FLR in line with the relevant IED e.g. if you have a 4 year WP and get a fresh 4 year WP then you get a 4 year WP based FLR not 1 year WP based FLR.