Spousal Visa - Non EEA

tonton · Post by **tonton** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:20 pm

My wife is on work permit visa and I am currently on student visa expiring Feb 2008. Want to switch to spousal visa as a dependent to her. Have been told by the home office to go back to my country for entry clearance. Is this the new procedure or some way of getting rid of immigrants. Thoughts??

Post by **vinny** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:10 am

Apparently, this has been their policy since at least Sept 04.

Chapter 5 - Employment[/url] > [url=http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/IDIs/idischapter5/section9.pdf?view=Binary]Section 9 - Dependants of persons in sections 1 - 8 wrote:2.2. Switching

Entry clearance is mandatory for entry in this category. In after-entry cases, however, where the applicant was not admitted as a spouse or child, caseworkers may waive the no-switching provision in the Rules if they are satisfied that all the other requirements are met and that exceptional compassionate circumstances prevail. For UK ancestry dependants caseworkers may waive the no-switching provision in the Rules if they are satisfied that all the other requirements are met. Any case which falls to be refused, however, should be refused on no-switching grounds.

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Spousal Visa - Non EEA

Spousal Visa - Non EEA

Spousal Visa - Non EEA