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Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 26th 2017, 3:30 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

No they won’t read it. Have had plenty of experience in that. Keep rattling your MPs cage. They work for you. Fingers crossed for you it comes before.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 26th 2017, 3:24 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

If these guys’ aim is anything to go by, I’d hate to be the janitor in charge of cleaning the toilets at UKVI Sheffield. <snip>:rofl:

Such a cop-out. But anyone who’s inside of time probably has...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 9:51 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

She is Australian, but is a biological child of my wife so has indefinite leave to enter. So you are correct, I should not pay. However, I don't want to hold my case up while I argue the toss so...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 12:21 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

Yes indeed. Here's I received it via email below. I included the IHS payment reference in my email back to [email protected], which included and IHSxxxxxxPAxx payment string with the...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 11:45 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

UKVI's performance standard is 10 working days, after which you can escalate. My migration agent has seen 3-5 working days for clients here in Australia.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 11:43 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Same here tonight!!! Also had MP chase up again yesterday.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 11:01 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

A thousand. One to screw it in, and 999 to blog about it.

Or

Why not just use the iPhone backlight?

On a separate point, I just received a request for payment of my daughter's IHS...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2017, 6:53 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

Why can't Siri run the UKVI Contact Centre? I asked her and she just searched the web for me on why she can't. Admittedly, that's more than the UKVI Contact Centre will do (they tell you to search...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 20th 2017, 11:52 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Funnily enough, there's also a question on that issue in Parliament this week https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-09-06.9158.h&s=Visas

Complete with the process for requesting a refund....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 20th 2017, 11:23 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Well done. I was proposing to refer Mike to this forum as well to show of the impact this is having on others. I will ask my wife to send an email as well tonight. Mind sharing the text you used...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 20th 2017, 8:01 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Essentially, the government wants the immigration system to be self funding. So our visa fees cross subsidise border security and immigration control.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 20th 2017, 12:45 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: Sheffield Settlement Visa +90 Day Delays

Date of Biometrics: 24 April (submitted priority)

Location of Biometrics: Canberra Australia

Date of email receipt from Sheffield: 24 April

Location Constituency of your sponsors MP: Ealing...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 20th 2017, 12:33 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Almost on queue, there was a question in the House of Commons regarding the delays on spouse and fiancé visas. I'm considering getting my wife to write to the honourable member who raised the...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 19th 2017, 1:07 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

If you're thinking of a group effort, parliamentary process is probably about the best there is. There's plenty of parliamentary questions being asked of Brandon Lewis at the moment. And plenty of...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 17th 2017, 12:50 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

I had similar advice. As long as your passports are getting returned to somewhere where you can get them (eg VAC, solicitor etc) once everything is submitted, UKVI assess everything as its put to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 17th 2017, 12:42 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Hi PinkDia - I'm 24 April (priority - yeah right!) with myself and one dependent. 24 week mark is about the 11th of October if I recall correctly. Geez I hope I get there before then.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 13th 2017, 2:08 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Any children involved is my first question. I imagine there would be a need to prove who cares for any children etc. Sorry if you've posted that before. But if it's previous marriages, I guess it's...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 13th 2017, 1:32 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

I don't think there's any such thing as a stupid question in this ridonkulous process. I tried to get some understanding of what that looks like once, but just couldn't wrap my head around it. In...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 13th 2017, 7:37 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Hi Simon. Your story sounds the same as mine back a while ago. I'm Canberra on 24 April, also priority. One thing I picked up along the way which would've been handy to know. When I've rang up...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 13th 2017, 4:55 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

I have received the not straightforward email, and also the "still working on your application but can't give a timeline for completion" one in early August. But only after I complain and escalate. ...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2017, 12:05 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

No requests for documents or anything. Complete radio silence except for responding to my complaints and whingeing. If I were listening to me in Sheffield or wherever the UKVI Contact Centre staff...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2017, 11:59 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

And more expensive. Back home, I had a tradesman help me out with landscaping our home. He was from Belfast, so doing the exact same move in reverse. To get to permanent residency and eventually...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2017, 10:31 am
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Biometrics taken and application received in Sheffield via scanning on 24 April. And it was submitted priority. Wife (Brit), daughter and I (Aussie) were supposed to travel together. We did...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 11th 2017, 12:14 pm
Replies: 3,576
Views: 701,873
Posted By mattthefat

Re: MERGED: Spouse Visa Issues with Sheffield +Spouse Visa Chat Thread.

Hi Gary.

Let us know how you get on. We got in touch with the local MP when wife landed back in the UK on 20 August. They were very accommodating, and chased things up toot sweet. However, the...
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