Student Nurse

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:51 pm

Hi everyone
I am new here. My wife is in UK for the past 7 months as a student Nurse undergoing her adaptation at a nursing home, Her entry clearance is valid for one year, I wish to join her on a dependent visa, what are the possiblities and requirements.

I live in Bahrain and visited the Embassy a few weeks ago, they say my wife should get her PIN no. from NMC before I can get a visa and I do not see this requirement on the UKVISAS and other related websites.

What can be done? can someone advice accordingly and help please?

Post by **John** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:10 pm

Could this possibly be a concern about whether there is sufficient income to make it clear that there will be no need to make any claim to certain Public Funds? That is, without the PIN they are not sure how much family income will be?

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:51 pm

Thank you John for the quick reply
I am not sure abiut this. I have a bank statement and payslips of my wife for past five months with a current balance of £3600 in her account also her employer has issued a letter stating that she will complete her training in Oct 05 and will be employed fulltime as a nurse within the company and will be supported with a WP and LTR.
My experience was that the ECO did not even see my documents but asked me if my wife is in UK for past six months I said she is there for 7 months and next question was does she have a PIN no. my answer was no the ECO said comeback after she gets the PIN and the application was returned.

Can you advice please.

Chess · Post by **Chess** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:57 am

Wait for your partner to get a long stay visa after training (i.e WP/FLR)before you apply for depedent visa

good luck

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:50 pm

Chess Thank you for the valuble advice. What do you mean by FLR? Her employer will apply for WP next month.

Chess · Post by **Chess** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:27 pm

samkma wrote:Chess Thank you for the valuble advice. What do you mean by FLR? Her employer will apply for WP next month.

FLR means Further Leave to Remain. it is applied for separately once a WP is approved

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:46 pm

Thank you Chess

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:38 pm

Chess / John

A friend of mine with the same situation was granted a dependant Visa. He had no papers more or less. How come same applications two outcomes??? His Visa says "Student Dependent" and is valid to the date of his wifes visa expiry date.

Can you help ?? advice??

Can i go back and ask the ECO>???
confused.

Post by **John** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:24 pm

samkma wrote:she will complete her training in Oct 05

Given that we are already in October, has she now finished the training? Or still will later this month? When?

There are two possible outcomes to that training and mentoring ... she passes ..... and clearly will be earning a defined salary for the foreseeable future .... or she fails .... in which case she will presumably cease to be in possession of such an income.

I think ... put yourself in the shoes of the ECO .... how would you feel about someone applying for a dependant's visa days before the situation is clear ... far better to await the outcome and then proceed.

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:49 pm

John wrote:
samkma wrote:she will complete her training in Oct 05
Given that we are already in October, has she now finished the training? Or still will later this month? When?

John
First thank you for replying.
My wife has completed her training commonly know in nursing areas as Adaptation or Supervised Practice. Now she is waiting for the decision to be set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and it will be positive. 99% of decisions are positive, as all Overseas nurses who come to UK are qualified, all they need is adaptation.

Yet how can the ECO take a desicion of issues entry clearance to one person??

Once again I thank you for the replies and i do appreciate it.

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:43 pm

Two collegues of my wife has just informed that their husbands have got EC from Chennai yesterday. They also do have the same papers I have.

So i am planning to go back to India to submit the application. I will give a last try here in Bahrain before I go.

Will keep u all informed about that.

Smit · Post by **Smit** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:24 pm

Just a caveat, the fact that others have been successful does not mean that your application will be successful. ECO's have a wide discretion and often make subjective decisions on a case by case basis.

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:14 pm

Did not get what u meant ?
How come today another application became successful from chennai??
Do u mean i am an unlucky person???

Same category same documents wives working at the same place same grade same salary same situations same financial conditions and why difference in desicions???????

Confused

Smit · Post by **Smit** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:57 am

What I meant was don't take it for granted that you will get the EC. I did not say or mean that you are an unlucky person.

You have good precedents in that others holding the same paperwork in the same situation as you have got the EC's but remember you don't have an EC until it is actually issued!

Good luck with your application.

Post by **John** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:09 am

Samkma wrote:Now she is waiting for the decision to be set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and it will be positive. 99% of decisions are positive

Has your wife heard from the NMC yet? I think you should wait until she gets that confirmation before you apply for an EC again.

Your mention your wife's colleagues' spouses applying in Chennai. But you are not going to apply there, are you, you are applying in Bahrain. It should not make any difference but different British Missions no doubt adopt slightly different policies.

So wait until your wife hears from the NMC and you should not encounter a problem, even in Bahrain.

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:31 pm

John and Smit
Thank you for the replies.
John
If i am not successful here i can go to Chennai to place the application, what do u feel?

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:13 pm

I am proceeding to chennai in few hrs.
will post here on the outcome very soon

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:44 am

Hi folks
I got my entry clearance from chennai
NO INTERVIEWS
NO HASSELS
WONDERFUL SERVICE BY VFS OFFICE.

Post by **John** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:38 am

Samkma, congratulations.

Out of interest, is your wife fully registered as a nurse in the UK now?

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:36 am

Thank you John
No she is not yet fully registered, it is another part of the story the place where she is doing her adaptation is not signing her off, she needs just three months of adaptation but she's there for past eight months, need to do something after I get there.

Will keep you informed. Can you be of any help to the signoff matter??
Thanking you once again.
sam

Post by **John** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:36 am

Samkma wrote:Can you be of any help to the signoff matter??

Sorry, no. It is clearly a technical nursing matter. All I would say is that the UK is short of the number of nurses it needs and is therefore keen to bring in nurses from overseas ... but of course does need to ensure that standards are maintained.

Hopefully Samkma it will all be resolved satisfactorily in the near future.

How do I know anything about this? Until the Government abolished them two years ago I was Chair of the local Community Health Council, a statutory body designed to be "the patient's friend". The local NHS Trust hospital brought in quite a few nurses from overseas. I therefore got to know something about the mentoring etc procedure that the nurses needed to go through.

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:21 am

Hi Friends at immigrationboards

Finally I reached London on 28th monday. i am staying in Hounslow Council area in London.

thank you all for the help in the past

Post by **John** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:45 am

Samkma, congratulations on getting to the UK at last. I hope you enjoy living here.

Also, hope you succeed in getting a job that you like.

buntosanya · Post by **buntosanya** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:44 pm

Congratulations Samkma. Hope you have a wonderful stay in England

samkma · Post by **samkma** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:57 pm

Thank you all
Yes after three months stay here I can say I really like this place, and I found a job and its keeping me busy these days.

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