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Momi
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by Momi » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:17 am
Hi all
I'm on PSW and living in uk since last 5 and half years. My wife joined me last year. Anyway my all family is living in uk. They claimed asylum and it was approved in 2013 (after 3 months). Long story short, I applied for tier 1 entrepreneur at the the start of April and received biometrics after 2 weeks. Now after reading too many refusals I decided to not carry on my tier 1 application.
Please advise that shall I go for asylum or apply for student visa which is most convenient option at the moment.
If I claim asylum then I will fall in 10 years long residency?
Some well reputed lawyer also recommended asylum to me because we still have same problem back home. I need some more opinions.
Thanks in advance.
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by Wanderer » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:33 pm
Asylum isn't a choice.
An chéad stad eile Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile....
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by Amber » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:51 pm
If you have the service of an experienced solicitor then perhaps best to listen to them?
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Momi
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by Momi » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:35 pm
Just spoke to another lawyer. He was our family lawyer as well and he advised me to go for asylum.
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by Wanderer » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:39 pm
Momi wrote:Hi all
I'm on PSW and living in uk since last 5 and half years. My wife joined me last year. Anyway my all family is living in uk. They claimed asylum and it was approved in 2013 (after 3 months). Long story short, I applied for tier 1 entrepreneur at the the start of April and received biometrics after 2 weeks. Now after reading too many refusals I decided to not carry on my tier 1 application.
Please advise that shall I go for asylum or apply for student visa which is most convenient option at the moment.
If I claim asylum then I will fall in 10 years long residency?
Some well reputed lawyer also recommended asylum to me because we still have same problem back home. I need some more opinions.
Thanks in advance.
Not enough of a problem to get married there though...
http://www.immigrationboards.com/uk-tie ... ml#p782636
An chéad stad eile Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile....
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by odat » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:58 pm
if you have family they been granted 5 years refugee and you have problem go back to your country I Suggest go for asylum
if you been granted 5 years refugee then you can apply for ILR after 5 years
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by peppekalle » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:26 pm
If your family qualified for refugee status doesnt mean you will get the same status.Each application is different and they could decide you dont qualify for refugee status.
If you can meet the requirements of tier 1 i would go for it. If you claim asylum there is a risk of detention while they process your application and there is even bigger risk of getting your asylum application fast tracked whilst in detention.
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by Momi » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:45 pm
Wanderer wrote:Momi wrote:Hi all
I'm on PSW and living in uk since last 5 and half years. My wife joined me last year. Anyway my all family is living in uk. They claimed asylum and it was approved in 2013 (after 3 months). Long story short, I applied for tier 1 entrepreneur at the the start of April and received biometrics after 2 weeks. Now after reading too many refusals I decided to not carry on my tier 1 application.
Please advise that shall I go for asylum or apply for student visa which is most convenient option at the moment.
If I claim asylum then I will fall in 10 years long residency?
Some well reputed lawyer also recommended asylum to me because we still have same problem back home. I need some more opinions.
Thanks in advance.
Not enough of a problem to get married there though...
http://www.immigrationboards.com/uk-tie ... ml#p782636
My mother and brother has been granted refugee status in 2013 and my wife arrived in 2013 as well. I went there only for 2 weeks.
I also want to stay on tier 1 but after reading a lot of stupid refusalS and have seen people spending a lot of money on their appeals I decided to go for asylum.
Most people have advised me to go for asylum now.
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by odat » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:59 pm
peppekalle wrote:If your family qualified for refugee status doesnt mean you will get the same status.Each application is different and they could decide you dont qualify for refugee status.
If you can meet the requirements of tier 1 i would go for it. If you claim asylum there is a risk of detention while they process your application and there is even bigger risk of getting your asylum application fast tracked whilst in detention.
detention only for people overstay if someone claim asylum before there visa expired they will get accommodation if they don't have
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by Momi » Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:21 pm
They normally detain the singles and it's not a condition that they detain only overstayers. I have seen many people who had valid visas and they were detained. But it normally don't apply on families.
I need to be get rid from this confusion asap.
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by odat » Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:37 pm
Momi wrote:They normally detain the singles and it's not a condition that they detain only overstayers. I have seen many people who had valid visas and they were detained. But it normally don't apply on families.
I need to be get rid from this confusion asap.
my brother he claim asylum last years and he wasn't have any accommodation and he apply before he's visa expired one week and the help him with accommodation without send him to detention
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by Momi » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:09 am
My mother and brother applied separately and they didn't detain them.
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by Zee ali » Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:19 pm
Momi wrote:My mother and brother applied separately and they didn't detain them.
My advise to u is keep this asylum card in your hand till last.
More time u spend here legally will count in your favor. U can claim asylum at anytime. There is no hard and fast rule.
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by Momi » Fri May 02, 2014 12:14 am
Thanks for your reply zee.
After consulting many solicitors now I'm gonna take asylum option which is a bit convenient for me.