AndyBCbound

When I wired him funds I questioned why the money was going to his account and not a business account, and was told he was in the process of setting up a new bank account and it was easier to deposit it there, how naive was I !!!:curse:If it wasnt for his reputation on expats I would never have used him

JonboyE

That doesn't sound good.

PMM

Hi

I think you are pushing the boundaries, basically you are insinuating the Andrew is a thief.

I see in this series of posts that are there are two people complaining of Andrews service, I think there was previously 1 or 2 other complaints in the 5 years that Andrew has posted here. Yet I assume that he had some satisfied customers here. Interesting that they haven't been heard from.

Coffeepot

Robin there are still people on here that may be able to help with your home education question, what about Paul has offered so much info on here or JAJ sorry can't remember the others at the mo ?
If thats not enough what about dare i say it another well established immigration consultant, what about the one Tim Steers is using i would think you would need a phone consultation,

I am so pleased others have stepped forward to help i know there are others that have been shall wed say affected and don't wish to post on the open forum good luck i hope you get it all sorted,

Sorry to hear that Andy we are all gulable at some point, I was totally taken in by him still find it hard to believe someone that had so much knowledge and such a respected poster on here would do that,

Is there is anyway we can help i assume with PR sorry not sure what stage you are at other than in Ca, Hopefully won't taste quite so bitter once you have what you initailly paid for


I think PMM there are some very hurt angry people here with there lives on hold more so than the rest of us, if it stops anyopne else from feeling this way then its a good thing, where are all the people Andrew helped the title says it all so no one could miss this ? It i believe goes way further than 1 or 2 people

AndyBCbound

I think you will find there are quiet a few people insinuating that. There are 7 people that I have contact with so far, I would imagine by the end of the week there will be a few more and all these are insinuating! There are probably loads more that dont even read expats on a daily/weekly basis and or will miss this thread entirely.

jericho

Andrew has clearly been logged on to the forum recently. The decent thing to do would be to clear all this **** up once and for all. As mentioned previously, he's had years of touting his business on the forum (at no charge I presume) and has now seemingly left a long line of very frustrated clients in his wake...

Ron Liberman

It so happens that there is an initiative underway to press for implementation of the Standing Committee Report, which would give CSIC the statutory authority to prosecute unregulated consultants.

Please note I am not saying that Andrew Miller has done anything wrong - I have no personal knowledge of this - but will be speaking to my MP over the next few days about this, as allowing CSIC to discipline people that are not its members, or who are former CSIC members, is an important issue that in my view needs to be addressed. In the U.K. the law definitely does allow the authorities to prosecute persons giving UK immigration advice who are not registered.

Therefore if nothing happens to resolve this matter within the next few days (and I hope it will!) anyone who wishes can please feel free to PM me with details of any issues they are prepared to share. Wiith your permisison, I will pass them on to my MP as examples of why these legislative changes to CSIC's statutory authority need to be brought into effect.

I think we will have a stronger CSIC if these changes are made.

mulvers

Quite incredible really, am I missing something? I've read the thread, I had my own opinions with regard to the manner of the subject's previous posting's when advising...yet still we have people 'defending' the subject! Are there really people who can be so gullible? The mind boggles!
Cserpent you are not wrong.

shelley748

I hope that it all works out for you- seriously though for the "defenders" on this site- there are far tooo many red flags on here to make me comfortable that nothing is going on....

Stinks to high heaven... and anyways if it was'nt all true would'nt the elusive "alleged accused" be on here to defend himself????

Coffeepot

If you are someone that has been affected it would be great if you could post a few more times so you can recieve or send personal messages PMs and contact the people on here that have asked to gather information,

Paul Wildy

I am in complete support of this initiative. Ron, you should let us know if there are other ways to help, such as for people to lobby their own MPs in other areas.

Paul Wildy

Are you saying you were home schooled? I'm not sure if there should be an issue here provided you weren't home-schooled at a post-secondary level. As far as a skilled worker application goes, you would still add-up the number of years of schooling (home or at a school) and include these totals. So if you started home-schooling at 5 you would still have the standard number of years of education.

As far as supporting documents go, the Checklist only asks for copies Post-Secondary and College/University certificates so if you were home schooled but then did some post-secondary education in an institution and received certificates etc you should be fine. But I may not have understood the problem correctly.

Robin (The Gadget family)

Thanks Paul,

Our 90 day letter could arrive sometime in July/August this year.......or it could be another 2 years from now but nonetheless I would like to be prepared with some of the answers to justify my education, since I am the principal applicant.

I was raised on a cruising boat with my parents and 2 younger brothers in the Med and Caribbean between the ages of 5-17 and although we had periods of 'school-based' education, I did many more of 'home- schooling', including correspondence courses.

I am hoping that my police training, (that I did 27 years ago now....so not long to go until retirement!), will count as a two-year apprenticeship, as others have indicated that it would, and have a document that I intend to include in our eventual envelope of supporting documents justifying this and comparing it to the Canadian requirements for apprenticeships.

I don't have any other relevant certificates for post-secondary school before I joined the police service at 18 ys old.....however....Last year I took GCSE exams in French, (got an 'A' - yipee!), and am continuing now with AS level French, so I will at least have a couple of certificates to include with our documents that will support my claim for 2 points for basic french, and I will take the TEF exam when needed.

Thanks for your input....

Robin

Paul Wildy

How many points do you need for Education to make 67?

Robin (The Gadget family)

What I make the scores are:

Education = 12-15
English language = 16
French language = 4
Work = 21
Age = 10
Brother who is Canadian citizen = 5

......so I reckon I need at least 12 points in education, (although my training is a 2 yr Apprenticeship, I don't know how I could prove 14yrs education), and basic 4 points of ability in French, which I'm told is 'A' level standard.

My partner/other-half is a central heating engineer by trade but doesn't have any pieces of paper to show an apprenticeship. Don't know if he would get any points under adaptability.....

Thanks again