darlene 10: @girlfio am so happy for u * dancing seriously* have been waiting for dis good news.tot dey wud have overturned by d 15th week because I knew der reason was so flimsy .dis rily a blessed visa. Pls u mentioned in one of ur post dat u sent some additional documents to sheffield after d appeal bundle was sent to d tribunal can u send me a mail format to request for dat.tanx

I just sent an email to Sheffield making sure that the appeal ref, date of birth and name of the appellant was in the subject heading. Basically I wanted to submit some additional information to give evidence that the address that I'd submitted was suitable. So I just said something along the lines of..."One of the reasons our case was refused was because I had not provided enough evidence to deem the accommodation suitable. Although I've already submitted evidence to support our case with the initial bundle, I would like to ask that the attached documents also be included as part of the ECM review for our application." They should reply to you with the notification that the items have been added to your case for review, if they don't then just send them another email a couple of days later to ask if your request has been submitted.

@jenni1108
Basically, I just focused on the reasons why we were refused and asked why we were not offered the opportunity to submit the additional documents before being forced down the appeal route. I started the email off by saying "We would like to make a petition for the early review of our appeal. Our reasons are as follows and are based on the management of our initial application and directly linked to each of the reasons why we were refused." Then I listed below each of the reasons why we were refused and under each heading put forward my concerns around the decision made.

Bank Statements - I said that although they were printed from my online account that this did not diminish their authenticity. I said that they have the authorisation to check directly with the bank to confirm my bank account status. Payslips - Although they were not on headed paper I asked why they did not use the NI number to determine my employment status. They have access to the systems to do that, I just don't understand why they didn't use them. Finally for the accommodation I stated that I understood I hadn't submitted enough evidence but I am also aware that there is an option for the ECO to contact the appellant or the sponsor to submit additional evidence within a 7 day period. I asked why we were not given the opportunity to verify our accommodation status before being refused. I ended by saying that due to the inactions of the ECO with our initial application we should not be subject to the full force of the appeal process. I asked that this all be taken in to account with the scheduling of our case for review. I mentioned that we had proven eligibility for a significant portion of the visa requirements and would expect that this should add weight to our request for an early review.

Now this did not result in our case being reviewed any earlier but it kept us visible and made it clear that we knew our rights, were aware of their internal governance and therefore would fight if our case would continue to be mismanaged. Hope this helps. If you want to post the email before you send it I can have a read and help you out with any wordings or policies you can use.

Thanks guys still like a dream - this thread has made me Uk immigration adviser lol

I submitted my passport on Tuesday in Abuja

Does anyone have an idea of the time frame for them to call me for collection ?

@missjiji, I perceived it will be between one to 2 weeks barring any delay issues (e.g computer breakdown, broadband connection issue, network service provider issue e.t.c.). Good luck and may the Lord go before you and prepare grounds for you in the UK in Jesus name.



@EVERYONE, Check this out... You may learn one or two things:

Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions - Chapter 27
[url=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/ecgarchive/chapter27/#point four[/url]


Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions - Chapter 26
[url=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/chapter26/#point fifteen] [/url]

Hi girlflo and others ,pls I wanted to find out the next step aftr lodging an appeal and review and when we expect to hear from dem back concerning the dates and all.

damyoyepitan: Hi girlflo and others ,pls I wanted to find out the next step aftr lodging an appeal and review and when we expect to hear from dem back concerning the dates and all.

@damyoyepitan, check out the info here Appeal procedures

damyoyepitan: Hi girlflo and others ,pls I wanted to find out the next step aftr lodging an appeal and review and when we expect to hear from dem back concerning the dates and all.

Once you've lodged the appeal with AIT [Leicester] it should take between 6 to 8 weeks for them to process the payment and then send your appeal bundle to the Sheffield Office. It might be worth giving the Leicester office a call to get an update if your concerned about any delay. If you don't have an appeal reference number your spouse should still be able to check using the applicants date of birth. Once Sheffield has received your appeal you should then receive an appeal notice which will give you the 19 week deadline date. Expectation is that around the 14 week point your case will start to be reviewed by the ECM depending on their workloads.

Hi
@girlfoi
@ justwise
Can u give me Mp letter format plz
I dont know what to write so plz any one can help me

leeon2011: Hi
@girlfoi
@ justwise
Can u give me Mp letter format plz
I dont know what to write so plz any one can help me

I don't have a template for an MP letter but the expectation is that these letters are only really effective if your case is being managed poorly by the immigration office. In particular where there are clear breeches of your human rights. From your last post I can see that you have now been given a date for your appeal hearing in November. I would say your efforts would be best placed in gathering evidence to meet the points of your refusal. Not sure of the reasons why your application was refused but if you focus on putting all the documents together you should then be in a stronger position to support your case in court.

leeon2011: Hi
@girlfoi
@ justwise
Can u give me Mp letter format plz
I dont know what to write so plz any one can help me

check if this example will be OK and please make sure you make use of Girlfio pieces of advice....

Dear ... MP....

I am writing this letter in regards to settlement visa application for wife and son in Lahore, Pakistan. Their application was submitted to British High Commission on 17th May 2013 and time frame for such applications advertised by Home Office is 90 days which has been passed but we have not heard anything from them.

I don't mind waiting longer for visa application to be processed but we have circumstances which needs urgent attention. I applied for my son's school admission in Essex County School for September 2013 enrolment and they advised me that his application can not be dealt with unless they see his UK Visa.
I explained situation to Essex County School that his Visa application in its final days and should be dealt with any day now but school is unwilling to help us.
Now problem what we have is, if embassy takes another month or even longer process application and to issue visa then child will lose space in school and potentially one year of his education as deadline for admission would have been passed by then and school would not be accommodating any further admission applications due to limited spaces in school.

I would also like to bring this to your attention that according to Home Office website what they have mentioned:

If our visa processing service is experiencing delays, we will publish a news story on this website to explain what is happening. You can find recent news stories on the right side of this page.
If we have taken more than 3 weeks (for non-settlement visas) or 3 months (for settlement visas) to process your application, and we have not published a news story to explain the delay, you can email the Gerry's, who will forward your email to us for reply.
You can find their contact details on the Gerry's in Pakistan website. We will not respond to your enquiry if you contact us before this time has elapsed.

And they have not mentioned anything if they are experiencing delay.

Therefore I would request you to look into this as a matter of urgency and ask British Embassy in Pakistan to deal with my wife's and child's application urgently. For us its not only the matter of waiting but also the one year of my son who will not be able to get admission this year because embassy took longer than their standard advertised time scale for such applications.


Details of my wife and child's application are as follows.



Name: ------ ----
D.O.B: 00/00/0000
Application Submitted on 17/05/2013
Application Reference Number: LHE/000000/000000/0
Nationality: Pakistan

Name: --- -----
D.O.B: 00/00/0000
Application Submitted on 00/00/0000
Application Reference Number: LHE/000000/000000/0
Nationality: Pakistan

Hello House,

Please who knows how long it takes Sheffield office to respond to "Request for a Review of Refusal of Entry Clearance" for Visitor/Tourist Visa. Basically how long does it take for them to complete a review and revert?

Thanks.

I sent my wife's bank statement to Sheffield by email yesterday and got a reply today confirming that the statement has been attached to her appeal. The somewhat surprising thing though is that their reply email was signed off my a named ECO and his exact address in Sheffield. Could it mean that my wife's appeal is now being reviewed This is the 11th week. God, I beg you to please take control.

Ebeano49: I sent my wife's bank statement to Sheffield by email yesterday and got a reply today confirming that the statement has been attached to her appeal. The somewhat surprising thing though is that their reply email was signed off my a named ECO and his exact address in Sheffield. Could it mean that my wife's appeal is now being reviewed This is the 11th week. God, I beg you to please take control.

I have heard that its the ECOs that do all the checks and then present their findings to the ECM for final sign off. Its possible that the statement was sent to that particular ECO because he is currently doing the investigations on your case. It seems a bit earlier than they would usually start doing their review but you never know, these guys seem to work to the beat of their own drum! Trusting God that you'll get your good news real soon

@justwise,johnwray,lamosy,girlfio and all other forum mate,i just want to Thank the Awesome God for what he has done for me,for given me the good news dat i have been waiting long for.the Lagos Embassy rang me today to go and submite my passport to their Embassy in VI,@ justwise,johnwray,lamosy girlfio, i really thank u all for all the help and support u have all renderd to me,may God continue to bless u all. Infact am short of words,the lord that did it for lamosy,kuklose,misrable,supermario,girlfio,missjiji and the rest has finally done mine,i gave all the glory to God.i pray dat all other forum mates still luking up for good news concerning their Appeal will all received it in jesus name. @lamosy,i key into ur words dat i should pay my titthe and see if God will not suprise me,i did as u said,and God indeed has finally suprise me.i give all the glory to him. I will be submitting my passport either tomorrow or next.thank u all once again.

mato-justo:
@justwise,johnwray,lamosy,girlfio and all other forum mate,i just want to Thank the Awesome God for what he has done for me,for given me the good news dat i have been waiting long for.the Lagos Embassy rang me today to go and submite my passport to their Embassy in VI,@ justwise,johnwray,lamosy girlfio, i really thank u all for all the help and support u have all renderd to me,may God continue to bless u all. Infact am short of words,the lord that did it for lamosy,kuklose,misrable,supermario,girlfio,missjiji and the rest has finally done mine,i gave all the glory to God.i pray dat all other forum mates still luking up for good news concerning their Appeal will all received it in jesus name. @lamosy,i key into ur words dat i should pay my titthe and see if God will not suprise me,i did as u said,and God indeed has finally suprise me.i give all the glory to him. I will be submitting my passport either tomorrow or next.thank u all once again.

Congratulations! I thank God for you and rejoice with you and your family. Your testimony is indeed an encouragement to us who are still waiting for this kind of good news. It shall be a more wonderful and beautiful experience for you especially in the UK henceforth in Jesus name.

@target007,i say capital Amen to dat,Thanks for celebrating with me,ur own good news is coming very soon!!!!!! In jesus name.this forum is a blessed forum,so any member must surely be blessed too.i will keep on praying those of u still waiting for their own good news.

@ mato-justo

Congratulations,
It is a Blessed visa for U and ur family.

takia

AWWWWW - this is great new!!!! AM glad we all have testimonies - I am very happy for this great new dear...yipppeee ...hurry up and submit o- cos the wait still a while but not so bad - its a kinda sweet wait!!!

mato-justo:
@justwise,johnwray,lamosy,girlfio and all other forum mate,i just want to Thank the Awesome God for what he has done for me,for given me the good news dat i have been waiting long for.the Lagos Embassy rang me today to go and submite my passport to their Embassy in VI,@ justwise,johnwray,lamosy girlfio, i really thank u all for all the help and support u have all renderd to me,may God continue to bless u all. Infact am short of words,the lord that did it for lamosy,kuklose,misrable,supermario,girlfio,missjiji and the rest has finally done mine,i gave all the glory to God.i pray dat all other forum mates still luking up for good news concerning their Appeal will all received it in jesus name. @lamosy,i key into ur words dat i should pay my titthe and see if God will not suprise me,i did as u said,and God indeed has finally suprise me.i give all the glory to him. I will be submitting my passport either tomorrow or next.thank u all once again.

@matadaz,yes indeed is a blessed visa,thank u so much for rejoiceing with me,u are blessed.

@missjiji,yes we all have the Testimonies we are all waiting for.thanks so much for celebrating with me.am on my way to Brithish Embassy in VI now.

oH are you going to the british embassy or VFS? I was told to submit at VFS Abuja and I havent being called back to get the passport

I have read some other people on this forum got their passport back same day or like 3 working days now ....

Did i make a mistake to submit at VFS?

@ missjiji maybe becos it's different categories of visa dts y yu were told to go to VFS Abuja!

@missjiji,i think mrs F is right,maybe urs is settlement visa why mine is family visit visa,but i dont think u made a mistake by submitting to VFS in Abuja,atlist dat is where u are ask to submitte to,dont worry they will surely get back at u,am just living the lagos UK Embassy now,they gave me a slip and said they will contact me when it's ready.

mato-justo:
@justwise,johnwray,lamosy,girlfio and all other forum mate,i just want to Thank the Awesome God for what he has done for me,for given me the good news dat i have been waiting long for.the Lagos Embassy rang me today to go and submite my passport to their Embassy in VI,@ justwise,johnwray,lamosy girlfio, i really thank u all for all the help and support u have all renderd to me,may God continue to bless u all. Infact am short of words,the lord that did it for lamosy,kuklose,misrable,supermario,girlfio,missjiji and the rest has finally done mine,i gave all the glory to God.i pray dat all other forum mates still luking up for good news concerning their Appeal will all received it in jesus name. @lamosy,i key into ur words dat i should pay my titthe and see if God will not suprise me,i did as u said,and God indeed has finally suprise me.i give all the glory to him. I will be submitting my passport either tomorrow or next.thank u all once again.

This is the perfect way to start a new month, i'm extremely happy for you, congratulations! You more than deserve it.

ok guys thanks-just waiting...will keep y'all posted.

mato-justo

woooooohooooooo PRAISE GOD!!! I'm so very happy for you. As you celebrated with others God was just preparing you for this very moment. This truly is amazing news, especially after all that happened with the application going to the wrong place and everything, nothing can ever stop what God has purposed for you. Happy, happy days!!

@justwise,thanks so much,is really a perfect way to start a new month indeed.i believe more good news is still coming becos this forum is a blessed forum.thanks once again i reall appreciate all ur Efforts.

@girlfio,thanks alot,u said it before,that as i celebrate with others,so are they going to celebrate with me which really come to pass.i really apprieciate all ur help and concern concerning my appeal, God is so great indeed after so my errors by sending my appeal to the wrong address,and also taken the tribunal long time to confirm my appeal payment,still yet God still correct everything. God is the only one that can make the impossible to be made possible.@girlfio,since the very day u share ur testimony have been a happy man,i just believe it dat my case is settled already.@girlfio,i say thanks once again.

mato-justo:
@girlfio,thanks alot,u said it before,that as i celebrate with others,so are they going to celebrate with me which really come to pass.i really apprieciate all ur help and concern concerning my appeal, God is so great indeed after so my errors by sending my appeal to the wrong address,and also taken the tribunal long time to confirm my appeal payment,still yet God still correct everything. God is the only one that can make the impossible to be made possible.@girlfio,since the very day u share ur testimony have been a happy man,i just believe it dat my case is settled already.@girlfio,i say thanks once again.

Congratulations Mato-justo. Am so happy for u. One love.

@loomjet,thanks so much,u are blessed.

plz house,I urgently need a good immigration lawyer in Lagos to assist me in filling an appeal for ban(uk embassy) saying I submitted a fake hotel reservation but am %100 sure that is a lie and is genuine reservation.

plz respond urgently

hello all, i have been following this thread, and am getting really scared because am about to apply for my spouse visa, i have ever intact reading the thread and seeing the silly reason why people are being refused na wa o. so please i need your advise. my husband and i met while we were in secondary school 1999, we started dating in 2010 online because he moved abroad for his higher education. i went for my masters in the UK in the 2011 and got back january 2013 to resume back to my job, we got married september this year. my husband is british and am abt to put in my application. i have emails from 2010 -2013, skype records covering that period, yahoo chats, we really dont talk on fone because it is more cost effective to use skype. we spent most of our weekends togeda in the uk, bt i dont really have proof for that, because we are always at home n i buy my national express ticket from d station i didnt keep the records, although we went on holiday togeda to dublin, i have itinaries for that and pictures, i also have pictures we took togeda in the Uk i put like 10 of those. bt i put all our chat records while we were nt spending time togeda in the Uk. because i dont knw ow else to proof weekends spent togeda while doing my masters