to cut a long story short, it's been 1 and a half years since I applied for a visa for my wife to come from Pakistan to UK, after going to an immigration tribunal hear in UK, she was granted the Visa (January 2009). Now in Pakistan, she had filed all the paperwork, and they had given a date for 20th June, now she went back after not getting her passport back, and there saying it's going to take another 2 months!
Longer version.
I got married almost 3 years ago, after staying with my wife for over 8 months, came back to UK and applied for the visa, because I suffer from depression, and am on benefits I didn’t think it would be possible, so after looking for work and failing, I just applied for her visa through a solicitor. The application was first failed, and then we did an appeal, and then was given a date to attend an immigration tribunal hearing in UK. Went there, and after 2 weeks heard that the judge had granted the visa.
so in January we sent off all the paperwork to the visa office in Mirpur Pakistan, and waited the initial month for them to repeal the decision, after that we waited and waited for a letter to come to say she should bring her passport and whatever extra documents they need, 5 months later we got the letter, so she took everything it said to the visa office in Mirpur, and they gave a date of travel for July 20th 2009.
She went there today, to be told they will not issue the visa for another 2 months!
I have tried over the last year and a half to get in contact with Islamabad high commission, Gerrys FedEx, I never get any replies!
Feel like I’m alone in this situation, since this is probably a one off case as well.
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