joygirl2017:





My dear feeling your pain just tired , priority is just rubbish route for now lol . Wish I applied for student visa then switch to spouse visa at least I'll be in the uk with my hubby . We thought by middle june ill bein the uk
They better go change that 15days to 2months lol. So annoying lol
God dey my sister hopefully u hear something next week I pray you do

abbij:
That is exactly what we did. We got the family visit 6 months for the hubby and while he was here in the UK with me me and the kids, filed his UK Spouse VISA in country.
The wait can take 3-4 months but at least we are together here. So sorry, I know how nerve racking it feels. You will get good news soon.

sholeke:
In need of urgent advice my husband has received email saying our application is on hold. He received the following email. What do I do next documents submitted shows I meet the financial requirement.

Following a Supreme Court judgment on Wednesday 22 February 2017, the Home Office has paused decision-making on some applications under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. The applications affected are those failing to meet the minimum income requirement for a spouse/partner visa and Appendix FM applications falling for refusal which involve a child.

The reason for this pause is to enable the Home Office to consider the implications of the judgment. All other applications will continue to be decided as normal.

As a result UKVI is currently unable to process your application and your documents are being returned whilst this pause is in place. If you submitted a passport with your application, this will be returned to you under separate cover through the Visa Application Centre where you applied.

As soon as we are able to conclude your application we will contact you on the email address you provided within your application.

NAUGOTIREDRAG1:


Have you had a look at the Judgement & critically examining how this might affect your application?

Does your application include a child?

What was the total value of income submitted?

NB : Google the judgement and interpret, relating to your circumstance.

NAUGOTIREDRAG1:


Have you had a look at the Judgement & critically examining how this might affect your application?

Does your application include a child?

What was the total value of income submitted?

NB : Google the judgement and interpret, relating to your circumstance.

joygirl2017:





Hi dear ,thanks so much wish I could I change back the hands of time we didnt see this coming

have a question . You said hubby applied with family visit [b][/b]different from the normal tourist visa ? Did you apply priority or standard ?

Cos for spouse visa you need to apply from outside the uk .
The lord will favour us this week . Gonna lay low for a while

sholeke:
In need of urgent advice my husband has received email saying our application is on hold. He received the following email. What do I do next documents submitted shows I meet the financial requirement.

Following a Supreme Court judgment on Wednesday 22 February 2017, the Home Office has paused decision-making on some applications under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. The applications affected are those failing to meet the minimum income requirement for a spouse/partner visa and Appendix FM applications falling for refusal which involve a child.

The reason for this pause is to enable the Home Office to consider the implications of the judgment. All other applications will continue to be decided as normal.


As a result UKVI is currently unable to process your application and your documents are being returned whilst this pause is in place. If you submitted a passport with your application, this will be returned to you under separate cover through the Visa Application Centre where you applied.

As soon as we are able to conclude your application we will contact you on the email address you provided within your application.

abbij:
The family visit visa not a Tourist visa took about 3 weeks to get. He wa given 6 months Visa. We he got here, we hired an immigration attorney who help filed an in country application Spouse Visa based on compassionate circumstances e.g, me here with with kids alone, working with their their main carer not with etc blah blah blah, apparently you could file that way (EX 1 New rules).
We have filed and he can stay until decision given, we we did biometrics last week. All I am grateful for is the non separation from the family unit.
Blessed sis.

abbij:
The family visit visa not a Tourist visa took about 3 weeks to get. He wa given 6 months Visa. We he got here, we hired an immigration attorney who help filed an in country application Spouse Visa based on compassionate circumstances e.g, me here with with kids alone, working with their their main carer not with etc blah blah blah, apparently you could file that way (EX 1 New rules).
We have filed and he can stay until decision given, we we did biometrics last week. All I am grateful for is the non separation from the family unit.
Blessed sis.

sholeke:
In need of urgent advice my husband has received email saying our application is on hold. He received the following email. What do I do next documents submitted shows I meet the financial requirement.

Following a Supreme Court judgment on Wednesday 22 February 2017, the Home Office has paused decision-making on some applications under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. The applications affected are those failing to meet the minimum income requirement for a spouse/partner visa and Appendix FM applications falling for refusal which involve a child.

The reason for this pause is to enable the Home Office to consider the implications of the judgment. All other applications will continue to be decided as normal.

As a result UKVI is currently unable to process your application and your documents are being returned whilst this pause is in place. If you submitted a passport with your application, this will be returned to you under separate cover through the Visa Application Centre where you applied.

As soon as we are able to conclude your application we will contact you on the email address you provided within your application.

teejay231:


This usually means the ECO thinks you don't meet the financial requirement. There are currently a number of cases like this pending. If you are 100% certain that you do meet the requirements, then you need to contact them by phone or email and ask that your case be escalated. Be advised that if you don't meet the financial requirement, the application will be refused. You may need to contact a lawyer for advice or simply draft a letter explaining how you meet the financial requirements and your calculations. Some applications have been wrongly put on hold and get escalated once you complain.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk


You right some said
Option 1: wait and do nothing.
Option 2: withdraw her application and apply again.
Option 3: If she's 100% certain she meets the financial requirements she needs to contact her MP. And have her MP request UKVI review their decision.

teejay231:


This usually means the ECO thinks you don't meet the financial requirement. There are currently a number of cases like this pending. If you are 100% certain that you do meet the requirements, then you need to contact them by phone or email and ask that your case be escalated. Be advised that if you don't meet the financial requirement, the application will be refused. You may need to contact a lawyer for advice or simply draft a letter explaining how you meet the financial requirements and your calculations. Some applications have been wrongly put on hold and get escalated once you complain.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk

teejay231:


This usually means the ECO thinks you don't meet the financial requirement. There are currently a number of cases like this pending. If you are 100% certain that you do meet the requirements, then you need to contact them by phone or email and ask that your case be escalated. Be advised that if you don't meet the financial requirement, the application will be refused. You may need to contact a lawyer for advice or simply draft a letter explaining how you meet the financial requirements and your calculations. Some applications have been wrongly put on hold and get escalated once you complain.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk

teejay231:


Be advised that a family visit visa and standard visit visa are one and the same thing. Unless you are an EU national or able to prove highly exigent circumstances applying for a spouse visa via this route is NOT advised. The ECO will likely argue that your husband obtained a visit visa with the intention of overstaying and thus lied. Trust me, if this was the best option, most people will be doing it.

Spinardo:


Hello Teejay.... Your view is valid however we also need to confirm if she has children cause the ruling also affects children based on teh increasing gross income required per number of children...so if she does, that will be a MAJOR reason..... She confirmed that she meets the minimum gross of 18,600...besides i think it will be fool-hardy for anyone to submit without meeting the minimum gross.....

Also, technical foul.... family visa is not the same as a standard tourist visa oooo...the requirements differ. That said, I agree with your thoughts that the ECO COULD preclude that her hubby deceived them into availing a visa with another intent in mind.... At this point, it is the superior argument of the lawyer that may be the winning strategy....even as much as we understand that once u read up this thread, u will not need a lawyer, this "strategic" move by abbij ehhhnn....na lawyer fit argue am... heheheheheeee...

Best of luck my peeps waiting....I know it can be VERY tiring and HBP-prone but all we can do is pray.....and keep faith..... It will all be well....

Just my additions for further clarity to OUR "family"....

joygirl2017:







Will pray along with you for favor , I know this kind of mail can be annoying and heart breaking .
I pray everything will turn out good for you .

Spinardo:


Hello Teejay.... Your view is valid however we also need to confirm if she has children cause the ruling also affects children based on teh increasing gross income required per number of children...so if she does, that will be a MAJOR reason..... She confirmed that she meets the minimum gross of 18,600...besides i think it will be fool-hardy for anyone to submit without meeting the minimum gross.....

Also, technical foul.... family visa is not the same as a standard tourist visa oooo...the requirements differ. That said, I agree with your thoughts that the ECO COULD preclude that her hubby deceived them into availing a visa with another intent in mind.... At this point, it is the superior argument of the lawyer that may be the winning strategy....even as much as we understand that once u read up this thread, u will not need a lawyer, this "strategic" move by abbij ehhhnn....na lawyer fit argue am... heheheheheeee...

Best of luck my peeps waiting....I know it can be VERY tiring and HBP-prone but all we can do is pray.....and keep faith..... It will all be well....

Just my additions for further clarity to OUR "family"....

abbij:
are you my lawyer....lol wink wink

sholeke:



At Spinardo

I do meet the financial requirement if not we will have not submitted the application and we don't have children yet. What I don't understand if they think the financial requirement is not met why they put on hold instead of refuse. I am not asking for it to be refused I believe God will take control . Am reading lots of applications are on hold

abbij:
I agree with the above post. however, ours wasn't planned that way. We had proof of everything showing that there was no deceit . I was living in the UK for the last 1 year with my hubby and 4 kids living in Naija. I came simply to work for a year, however, when my hubby and kids came for holidays in march (to return 3 weeks later , had return tickets for them all), the kids refused to leave. My husband cannot go back to file as that will require me to take care of them which means, i may have to quit my job. He is the full time carer for them. Unfortunately i cannot afford the cost of a full time nanny to take care of 4 kids and i work over an hour away from home. The kids are all british so they have a right to stay.
However, if i chose to care for them, then i will need to quit my job which make it ineligible for me to file for hubby in Nigeria based on income. We meet the income treshold with my well paying job as well as every single requirement needed. So the only option we had was the route we went as we had full mitigating circumstance to show . We found schools for the kids, they got accepted into football academies (my son wants to play pro)- He got a 1 year contract with Norich City FC. (smiles) etc. so they kids are basically now considered settled, with dad involved in the everyday routine which will affect their settlement. I could go on.
I am just adding to what Teejay had said, it is not the advisable route to go unless you truly had no choice.

Per the app, we did a standard route.

sholeke:



At Spinardo

I do meet the financial requirement if not we will have not submitted the application and we don't have children yet. What I don't understand if they think the financial requirement is not met why they put on hold instead of refuse. I am not asking for it to be refused I believe God will take control . Am reading lots of applications are on hold

Spinardo:


Hello Teejay.... Your view is valid however we also need to confirm if she has children cause the ruling also affects children based on teh increasing gross income required per number of children...so if she does, that will be a MAJOR reason..... She confirmed that she meets the minimum gross of 18,600...besides i think it will be fool-hardy for anyone to submit without meeting the minimum gross.....

Also, technical foul.... family visa is not the same as a standard tourist visa oooo...the requirements differ. That said, I agree with your thoughts that the ECO COULD preclude that her hubby deceived them into availing a visa with another intent in mind.... At this point, it is the superior argument of the lawyer that may be the winning strategy....even as much as we understand that once u read up this thread, u will not need a lawyer, this "strategic" move by abbij ehhhnn....na lawyer fit argue am... heheheheheeee...

Best of luck my peeps waiting....I know it can be VERY tiring and HBP-prone but all we can do is pray.....and keep faith..... It will all be well....

Just my additions for further clarity to OUR "family"....

Spinardo:


I feel your pain in this regard... You can check with "Your Move".... they have a number of houses (to-let) that fits your description. They are also widely recognized in the UK.

Hope this helps....