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AOA786sara234 wrote:Hi everyone,
Alhumdulillah my husband collected his passport today with the visa
Application sent : 07/09/10
Application collected - refused : 29/11/10
Appeal lodged (Croydon) : 19/12/10
Calling letter recieved : 21/01/11
Passport submitted : 27/01/11
Passport collected with Visa : 18/02/11
im very pleased to hear you got visa refusal overturned so quickly and passport stamped fairly quickly. were the reasons for refusal only minor ?sara234 wrote:Hi everyone,
Alhumdulillah my husband collected his passport today with the visa
Application sent : 07/09/10
Application collected - refused : 29/11/10
Appeal lodged (Croydon) : 19/12/10
Calling letter recieved : 21/01/11
Passport submitted : 27/01/11
Passport collected with Visa : 18/02/11
My husband submitted his passport in Lahore and the visa was stamped on 31/01/11 so they processed it very quickly within 2 working days but took 3 weeks to contact us to collect it.tasawar wrote:
AOA786
Mubark bohat bohat sara234 and now please tell me where you submited your passport? isalamabad or lahore?
Jazak Allah khair.
yes, inshallah yours will get sorted out very quickly for youzaf wrote:sara just read your previous posts and it gives me a degree of hope for my own case. thanks for supplying the email address for croydon
Sammad wrote:Can someone help me, why does it say 23rd june on my letter, that the immigration officer has til 23rd of june to provide copies to be used in court. Has my lawyer not asked for the refusal to be overturned? I think he is taking it straight to court?
Salaams to all. My question is, What if we don't hear from the ECM within 3months of the appeal being lodged? How long the ECM has got to review their decision? Does it count the date from which appeal is lodged or when the Embassy receives or the appeal sent to them? Also, Is there any way we can find out if the ECM review has taken place or not?tasawar wrote:Sammad wrote:Can someone help me, why does it say 23rd june on my letter, that the immigration officer has til 23rd of june to provide copies to be used in court. Has my lawyer not asked for the refusal to be overturned? I think he is taking it straight to court?
AOA786
Sammad the letter you received that is normal procedure ok and the ECM will have the time to review your case till that 23rd June please correct me if i am wrong.
I do dua for everybody who are in appeals or new applications that Allah gives good news to all of them including me AMEEN.
Jazak Allah khair.
Sabir I was in similar position like you.sabir2011 wrote:Salaams to all. My question is, What if we don't hear from the ECM within 3months of the appeal being lodged? How long the ECM has got to review their decision? Does it count the date from which appeal is lodged or when the Embassy receives or the appeal sent to them? Also, Is there any way we can find out if the ECM review has taken place or not?tasawar wrote:Sammad wrote:Can someone help me, why does it say 23rd june on my letter, that the immigration officer has til 23rd of june to provide copies to be used in court. Has my lawyer not asked for the refusal to be overturned? I think he is taking it straight to court?
AOA786
Sammad the letter you received that is normal procedure ok and the ECM will have the time to review your case till that 23rd June please correct me if i am wrong.
I do dua for everybody who are in appeals or new applications that Allah gives good news to all of them including me AMEEN.
Jazak Allah khair.
Please kindly answer me. Allah (SWT) grants us all fruit of good intentions we have...Ameeeeeeeeeeeen
Dear Shahzad,shahzad80 wrote:Sabir I was in similar position like you.sabir2011 wrote:Salaams to all. My question is, What if we don't hear from the ECM within 3months of the appeal being lodged? How long the ECM has got to review their decision? Does it count the date from which appeal is lodged or when the Embassy receives or the appeal sent to them? Also, Is there any way we can find out if the ECM review has taken place or not?tasawar wrote:Sammad wrote:Can someone help me, why does it say 23rd june on my letter, that the immigration officer has til 23rd of june to provide copies to be used in court. Has my lawyer not asked for the refusal to be overturned? I think he is taking it straight to court?
AOA786
Sammad the letter you received that is normal procedure ok and the ECM will have the time to review your case till that 23rd June please correct me if i am wrong.
I do dua for everybody who are in appeals or new applications that Allah gives good news to all of them including me AMEEN.
Jazak Allah khair.
Please kindly answer me. Allah (SWT) grants us all fruit of good intentions we have...Ameeeeeeeeeeeen
I send an email to Tribunal with my post reference and other details.After one week I get a letter from court to send bundle before 7th April,2011.
So best thing to do is write an email to tribunal and ask for update.
Shahzad
Yes I saw the copy of refusal notice myself.[/quote]Sammad wrote:Salam Sammad,Manno1 wrote:just heard, have immigration officer 19 weeks, to provide copy's of papers to be used in court.
this is taking too long, really depressed now. they are going to respond after june 23rd!
I wish immigration officer reconsiders. since I can't wait till after the 23rd june to get a court hearing date.
I am sorry to hear that. I wanted to ask you that did you see copy of refusal notice yourself? I have been following your post because I also applied for appeal case during almost the same timeline as yours.
Thanks Khan Bahi, you are always a great help.batleykhan wrote:It means your application has has been processed and returned to Application Centre ( ie Fedex where you applied). Normally the AC would send you a letter/email/phone asking to come and collect your application.
However most people normally ring Fedex up to find out. However I would give it a few days as yet because the docs would probally not arrived at AC if teh matter was dealt with on 20/2/11
Salaams! Shahzad bahi jaan,shahzad80 wrote:Thanks Khan Bahi, you are always a great help.batleykhan wrote:It means your application has has been processed and returned to Application Centre ( ie Fedex where you applied). Normally the AC would send you a letter/email/phone asking to come and collect your application.
However most people normally ring Fedex up to find out. However I would give it a few days as yet because the docs would probally not arrived at AC if teh matter was dealt with on 20/2/11
Yesterday I send an email and asked for progress on my visa application.Later same day I got message from embassy in which they asked for my passport no,application date,my name and other details.According to them there are unable to locate my application in their system.I replied them within minutes.When I checked my stat after few hours it was changed to this.
So this means they made decision after getting my email.
Shahzad
According to my expereince,they asked me very few basic quetsions like what you would do and is yours wife outside airport.Just 2 or 3 simple quetsions.Nothing else.They did not checked any documents except passport.unique012 wrote:Salaam, how are you all?
I want to ask what will they ask my husband at the airport and what does he need to bring with him? If you could let me know I will really appreciate it. Thank you. Take care x
I believed the same until I contacted FedEx and got to know this is wrong.batleykhan wrote:It means your application has has been processed and returned to Application Centre ( ie Fedex where you applied). Normally the AC would send you a letter/email/phone asking to come and collect your application.
However most people normally ring Fedex up to find out. However I would give it a few days as yet because the docs would probally not arrived at AC if teh matter was dealt with on 20/2/11
Shazad take it from me that the AC ( Application centre = Fedex not BHC @ ISB). All the documents when application is handed in goes to the BHC @ISB. Copies of the documents are forwarded to UKBA post at Croydon where the decision is made to grant or refuse visa.shahzad80 wrote:I believed the same until I contacted FedEx and got to know this is wrong.batleykhan wrote:It means your application has has been processed and returned to Application Centre ( ie Fedex where you applied). Normally the AC would send you a letter/email/phone asking to come and collect your application.
However most people normally ring Fedex up to find out. However I would give it a few days as yet because the docs would probally not arrived at AC if teh matter was dealt with on 20/2/11
This means application is returned to AC department at British Embassy Islamabad for process.They will forward this to FedEx.
We learn every day...
Shahzad
Yes you are correct.Shazad take it from me that the AC ( Application centre = Fedex not BHC @ ISB).
All the documents when application is handed in goes to the BHC @ISB. Copies of the documents are forwarded to UKBA post at Croydon where the decision is made to grant or refuse visa.
When teh decison is made BHC@ISB are informed . If visa is issued, the visa is stamped at BHC ISB and docs returned to AC= Fedex who will then phone or write to you to collect.
If visa not issued then all docs are returned from BHC@ ISB to Fedex= AC from where you collect them.
If someone says otherwise, then they are wrong or telling you lies. I know this
Masha'Allah, sorry my congrats are so late but not been on here in a while. Very pleased to hear your good news, I wish you and your wife a happy and peaceful future together insha'Allah.K44MYY wrote:Salaam all
Firstly I would like to THANK ALMIGHTY ALLAH for granting my wife her VISA.
The appeal got withdrawn before the oral hearing. The process took a total of around 6 months, from when we handed application in first time to getting refused and then putting an appeal through to receiving a call letter today. Masha Allah
From putting appeal in about 6 weeks later "withdrawn" letter came though, this was including Xmas and New Years so guess would have been done earlier, but never to late is it?
It has been a tough 6 months from getting refused and not knowing what will happen and when will you get the good news we all wait for from the day Visa App is handed in. I know how it is and as many others are in that situation now, checking the status online to see when will it change. For some it has been a straight forward process with good news after 3-4 months. For those like myself whom had the refusal letter I know exactly how you feel and what you are going through, the stress, worry, thinking will you succeed through appeal or not? what if you have to re-submit etc etc.
What ever it is DON'T give up, you have come this far, and its not the end of the world. Masha Allah there are many people whom give you support but after the day goes by and your on your own thats when things hit you.
Keep strong, have faith in ALLAH and everything will happen just a bit of time. Patience is they key. We don't always get what we want in life WHEN WE WANT IT, we only get it when ALLAH wills and its written.
Don't waste time worrying about it get back in action and see where you went wrong and how you gonna put things right this time. You are given the second chance to get things right. Get legal advise, speak to family ad friends and others whom been through similar situation.
I would like to THANK BATLEY KHAN whom has been very helpful from day one when I joined the forum. Thanks bro and may ALLAH bless you and your family (Ameen). I followed his article and took his views and thoughts on board at initial stage and at appeal stage, spoke to others on this board. Got legal advise and put all my supporting documents together and made sure I didn't miss anything out to give the ECO a chance to stick to original decision. Went through letter 1000x times just to get into my head what they refused us on and what they now require for us to get it right.
What ever is on that letter thats what you need to provide nothing else.
Some solicitors give basic advise and the rest is down to yourself to add the extra to support your case.
Remember every case is unique, do what you think is best and ask Allah for guidance.
Things happen for a reason and thats life for us so keep strong and focused and Insha Allah you will succeed.
I know there are new members here and wish you all the best and would like to thank a few that have supported me:
Tasawar, shazaz, Zahida, yasmin786, Sammad, shaad, riz_ras, corrado, Shadow86, zeddy zed and those not mentioned.
Big thanks to all the moderators and those that have set this forum up. keep it up...Without you people some of us would be lost and wouldn't know where to start and how. Just like myself didn't have a clue, until I came across this forum.
Good luck to all those waiting and all the best in life to those whom have been granted a visa.
Call letter received through post - 2/2/2011
p.s those that have got call letter and got visa stamped I would like to know where you handed it in and how long it took?
As I'm wanting to hand in passport either at Mirpur or Islamabad.
Which is a quicker turn around, I know there time scales but they tend to stamp it within a few weeks.
There is time limit about how much time you can spend outside uk in immigration rules.z4ydi wrote:Do you guys know what is the time limit you can spend outside the UK on a spouse visa. I know you can enter the UK within 3 months from the time the visa was issued without having to apply for a Extention before applying for ILR - this gives an indication that the time limit is 3 months > am I right?
If so then as a spouse-visa holder is it true that you can go on holidays abroad provided that you dont exceed the 3 months limit before applying for ILR?
Hope I am clear!