CMOSUK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:13 am
Hello All,
I came across a post on the free movement website and found it interesting (amusing as well), the reason why? a lot of times we hear and read about the experiences of applicants applying for a spouse visa and its process for approval.
We have at some point all been there or will be there regardless of what type of application we make (spouse visa in this case), as the general public making an application with limited knowledge of the complex immigration rules it can be hard to understand and get our heads around making an application for a spouse visa bearing in mind and taking in account the immigration rules that as a sponsor we have to fulfil in order to succeed in an approval for our spouse visa.
However, in my opinion we rarely hear from a professional making a spouse visa application not on behalf of a client, but, for themselves and it is quite interesting in the link below on how this person's experience, who by the wording seems to be an immigration advisor, found the whole process and his feedback.
Click this Link Please:
Six lessons from my spouse visa application
Off Topic
Again, there isn't any direct advice in this post, it is for general reading and for any potential spouse visa applicants wanting an idea from a professionals point of view of the process they went through.
Thank you for this post and the link contained.
Without doubt the UK immigration process appears to have too much of an eye on how much money can be made by the System. The processes involved are far from straight forward. Are they deliberately made difficult? Surely not........
In fairness to the UK immigration system it is, at least to some degree, understandable why it is so complex. With so much illegal immigration there needs to be something which will stem (or at least, slow) the flow. Have a look thru the posts on this website. So many are from those who, for example, are overstayers now married to a UK citizen and with a child born in UK. These same people no seek to know how they can become legal to stay in UK.
It is for this and similar reasons that the UK immigration system is in such a state.
The answer for those who are illegal and/or overstayers is simple. Return to your home country and go thru due process.
Meanwhile, those who are trying to do the right thing and follow the rules (good or bad) suffer.
It is regrettable if this sounds a bit harsh but it seems to be the elephant in the room.
Good luck to all those who are trying to immigrate openly, honestly and within the UK immigration laws.
