British Expats - Search Results

Go Back  British Expats > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

 
Search: Posts Made By: brynmaxwell
Showing results 1 to 25 of 37
Search took 0.03 seconds.
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Cutbacks are no excuse. Government has jacked up the fees 35% in 2 years and now receives revenue of £362 million from visa applications of all types on which it makes profit of 62%. I think the word...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Only the sponsor (your husband) can contact the MP for the constituency in which he lives. If your husband has a permanent address in the UK then he can email the MP for that area even though...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Only the sponsor (your husband) can contact the MP for the constituency in which he lives. If your husband has a permanent address in the UK then he can email the MP for that area even though...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

MP - Member of Parliament. Voted to represent a constituency (area) in House of Commons.
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

She sent her documents to me cos vfs Cebu said they would only scan ALL the docs - not just hers. I then sent the entire bundle to Sheffield - delivered 11 Aug.
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Hi garyede Yep -lives in Cebu. But fiance - not spouse. She sent me more decisions from her Filipinos contacts this morning - decisions seem to be taking 2-1/2 calendar months.
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Hi swilliams. Good on you for wanting to fight for decent treatment by the Home Office. Yesterday I sent a Freedom of Information request to the Home Office for a breakdown of decision times for the...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

If you haven't already done so please post your timeline on British Expats 2017 UK Spouse Visa Timelines Part II (TIMELINES ONLY). The more evidence of Home Office inadequate performance in place the...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

poliphilus - obviously I don't know the circumstances surrounding your application. However, Home Office guidelines state "applications must not be
defined as non-straightforward and must not be...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Rosetaiwan

a) I would encourage you to post your experience on the forum's 2017 UK Spouse Visa Timelines Part II (TIMELINES ONLY) page. The more who do so the greater the weight of evidence of...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

bushy911 I don't mean pack of lies from you!! I meant pack of lies issued by Home Office
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Settlement Visas
Settlement



Times as quoted on Home Office website - https://visa-processingtimes.homeoffice.gov.uk/y/edmonton-canada/settlement-visas/settlement

Most applications are...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

60 days for a priority application!! Jesus - that's legalised State theft. Happy to take the £550 + extra fee and give nothing in return.

Was it a straight forward or complex application?
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Because it has become apparent from posts on this and other forums the prompt manner in which applications used to be expedited no longer exists despite the Government jacking up the fees 35% in 2...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

I can empathize with you. After waiting a year for my fiance to get court decision to annul her marriage, then another 6 months for the certificate of no marriage (CENOMAR) needed for fiance visa and...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Its fine to use any part of my message - I'm pleased someone is showing an interest. If I can help in any way let me know.
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Hi DernierVirage. As my friend said when I asked his experience applying for fiance visa last November "The system has clearly been designed by someone who has never used it and deliberately made to...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

For anyone interested I have stumbled on a report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration that looked at the decision making process for visas. The report concentrated on the...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Garyede - I know nothing about escalating. Are you saying there's an additional fee to have case escalated?
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Unfortunately, immigration is a contentious subject these days. Therefore the way applicants and sponsors are being treated by Home Office/UKVI is unlikely to get much gain much interest/sympathy...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Clive is right – contact your MP. If everyone did the same and stressed the point that their problem with Sheffield isn’t an isolated case, but typical of the service applicants are currently...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Thinking VFS would scan her docs my fiance took them with her on biometrics day. But VFS would only scan all docs, so she sent them to me from Philippines via DHL on Thursday and they arrived Monday....
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

Your wife is submitting biometric Tuesday. You then have 2 weeks in which to send all the docs to Sheffield. If UKVI centre in Islamabad won't accept her passport size photos she still has time to...
Replies: 3,576
Views: 699,223
Posted By brynmaxwell

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

We might all be in the same boat, but the current shambles is a poor reflection on the UK - more inline with a banana republic than a supposedly first world country. The whole process from trying to...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 37
 


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.