Married to a Zimbabwean Asylum Seeker in Anglican Church

[roddynem]

I am a UK British Citizen born here, my Husband came here in 2001 as an asylum seeker from Zimbabwe. His case for asylum is with the home office and has not been decided yet. He has no permission to work.

We met nearly three years ago and have lived together 2 weeks after we met, due to his circumstances at the time.

I have a child from a previous relationship with a UK British Citizen which ended approximately 6 months before I met my now Husband. My child is now 4 and a half.

We decided to get engaged at the beginning of 2007 but actually brought the ring in summer due to financial constraints. We originally approached the church where we live in and that I am a regular parish worshiper, and arranged to get married in feb 2008. This is a Anglican Church.

However I fell pregnant towards the end of summer 2007 and unfortunately had a miscarriage just before Christmas. So we delayed the wedding as with the stress and upset I had lapsed on my wedding plans.

Finally we get married at the Church at the beginning of April 2008.

I own my own house and I have a very good well paid job, which I have worked in for 9 years so have been able to provide totally for my Husband.

Since meeting my Husband I have paid for him to take exams in OCR book keeping at college of which he has passed and I have now enrolled him on a home study course to gain his AAT qualifications.

My Husband has lived here since he was 18, he is now 24 and has never returned or had any contact with the remaining family members in Zimbabwe. He has no home or residence to go back to.

The question I have is where do we start with the home office?

Is he still classed as an asylum seeker?

How can we get him into work?


Any advice would be greatly appreciated as i have trawled the governments websites and have found no straight forward answer

And our solicitor is useless, and I think she is just playing us along.

Thanks

[4444]

try to contact the case resolution directorate customer service unit on 02086041742. there is a project which the home office is doing called the legacy project. so when yu contact them on that number ask them if your husband's case is a legacy case. they will need his date of birth,HO ref number and your current address. if they say his case is a legacy case ask for the address where his file is then when yu get the address get a good solicitors who can make further representations to update his situation . try lighthouse solicitors. they are really good and they know wat they are doing.

when yu ring the above no yu will have to be patient coz they are lazy to pic up the 4n.

here is the links abt legacy cases and good luck to yo hubby

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/asylu ... ldercases/

http://www.ilpa.org.uk/