IS151A removal advice

[Catty2007]

To begin with, I know I did something really stupid, but I am desperate and I'm sitting here on pins and needles, waiting to hear from the British Consulate about my fiance visa application I just sent in and I'm really needing some real advice and hopefully not mean advice, because like I already have said, I know I did a dumb thing. I went to the UK over two years ago to marry someone, not a stranger, but someone who I'd been talking to for years and had met before. We didn't know the laws had changed right before I got to the UK. We had a hard time coming up with all the money they require to do anything and before you know it, my visitor's visa had expired. We kept desperately trying to figure out a way to remedy the situation without going back to the US and we got so much scary and conflicting info, we got scared to even make a move or confide in anyone and before you know it, we lived together for two years. I got caught by immigration because I had to go to the hospital for emergency surgery and was served with a IS151A removal. The immigration officers were quite nice and said not to worry, that all I needed to do is go back home and apply for a fiance visa the proper way and I wasn't being deported, that it was "just" an administrative removal. They said they'd seen much worse cases than mine and that things would be okay, that they'd seen much worse cases than mine and that I should be back in the UK within a month. This has cost us untold heartache and lots of money we could ill afford. I don't know whether they were telling me the truth or just trying to get a capture with a minimum of fuss. I really love my partner and can't live without him and this past week has been total agony for me. I've now sent off the application and am climbing the walls. I'm a natural worrywart, but am I getting overly stressed over nothing? The application was horrendous and took me hours to fill out and some of the questions were very tricky indeed. Please help!

[jes2jes]

I guess since you have already filed the application there is nothing to worry about until you get their response so please chill out and stop worrying yourself for nothing. It will not solve any problems for you rather can make you sick.

I wish you would have asked some specific questions here before you submitted your application since there as some real experts here who could have guided you in a sense.

All said and done, what the immigration officers told you was the truth. So long as you submitted all the documents required and explained the removal notice in the Visa Application form, you should be fine. It may take a little bit longer than the usual due to the removal notice or it would be approved/disapproved (depending on their reason) on the usual timeline for the visa post from which you submitted your application.

I will only tell you to keep hope alive, which is better than worrying and when you get your response you can make a decision. But I believe if you have submitted everything accordingly, you would be with your other half pretty soon

[Catty2007]

Thank you so much for your help. I didn't know about this forum, or I surely would've read it thoroughly before trying to fill out that application on my own, that's for sure! Amongst other things, they ask if you plan on working and since I'm not supposed to until the next step, I said no, then worried that it would make me sound like a leech or bum lol I fully plan on working when I am allowed! They also ask if you receive help from friends and family and I said no, because, are they wanting to see if you have backup or wanting to see if you can stand on your own two feet? It was like some sort of psychological test. I was doing relatively okay until they asked if I had ever been removed from the UK and I had to mention that form, although it didn't seem to be as bad as the other two forms they mentioned. I just hope it doesn't prevent my return, which I was told by immigration that it wouldn't do that, but who do you trust. We had even called the British Embassy for help long before this and they were very scary and rigid, for lack of a better word. You know, I'm 52 and my partner is 58 and why can't we just be left alone in peace to live out the rest of our years? We had never spent a night apart and never went anywhere without the other. All this aggro caused my partner to have a mini-stroke and now I have that on my mind too. I was told that it only takes around 5 days to hear about your visa decision and then someone on the phone at the British Consulate in Chicago says it takes longer than that, unless you pay for an expeditor! I have high blood pressure and feel like I'm in a pressure cooker. I am not being a drama queen, I will literally be dead if this visa application doesn't go through. There wuuld be no life left for me, in more ways than one. Some other advice on other sites are unkind, like people should know better than to make mistakes like that, but sometimes you feel like your back is up against the wall and you do goofy things you regret later. I appreciate your kindness and level-headed reply.