by phones there is obviously no reply 'standard recorded message running to call back in 15 mins'

by email ...awaiting response

still no response from BHC..... anyone knows how long they take to return the passport?

we have now send the signed appeal withdrawl form and apssport to BHC. Does any one have recent experience of how many days it takes BHC to return the passport with visa?

My wife's settlement visa was refused. An appeal was filed in May, enclosing the missing document which was the basis of refusal. My wife has now received a letter from BHC Islamabad asking her to submit her passport via Gerrys/Fedex. They have also asked her to also sign a form (APP 9) to withdraw ...

i think the details are kept at their records more or less permanently. i know a friend who had applied to come to UK as a student 15 years ago and was refused was still on their files (although he had forgotten himself!) i dont know what was the reason for your refusal at both the ECO stage and app...

Brit Chick. how long ago was that?

anyone nows how long it takes for the formal letter to arrive? and how many days after that to get the visa stamped. thanks in advance

My wife's application for settleemnt visa was refused in May 06, for not filing my divorce certificate from previous marriage. Filed the appeal with AIT on 1 Jun 06, enclosing the missing document. AIT gave BHC until Oct 06 to reply. After filing appeal I exchanged a few emails with BHC Islamabad. T...

to be honest i am really confused about re-applying. i was told by the solicitor that it might confuse the issue and i should wait for the appeal... so dont know really. did u make the appeal through a solicitor? did your H considered applying for a visit visa...as it takes only 5 days to process? i...

Brit Chick, thanks its very helpful.....doesnt help in a way when i think of the long undue delay by AIT/BHC though!

can one of the moderators please respond if making a complaint to UKVisas help or mess upthe case even more?
thanks

Brit Chick. i am in a very similar situation to you with AIT advising ECO to reply before mid Oct. can i ask you on what grounds was your H's visa refused? did you appeal directly to AIT or through BHC? did you have any communications with BHC via email etc and did they respond? in my case they advi...

i would send it to both AIT and BHC islamabad with a short letter. It is unlikely that BHC would have started reviewing your appeal papers yet.

please keep me posted when you actually hear from BHC as i am stuck with a long wait after my wife's refusal. AIT has given BHC until end of Oct to reply

these divorce laws/polygmous marriages are very complicated. my personal experience is BHC islamabad looks for excuses in such cases to refuse the visa (happened to me) if i were you i would get advice from one of the solicitors in uk (preferable who deals with pakistani marriages etc) to get it rig...

My wife's settlement visa was refused on the grounds that we did not produce my divorce certificate (from previous marriage) with the application. No other reason was stated in the refusal letter, as all my other documents were very comprehensive including salary slips, mortgage stats, jog letters e...

i wouldstrongly recommend to provide more information on your finances(guarantee letter from your parents + their bank statements if they are healthy!). my wife visa was refused on non provision of only one document (divorce certificate from my previous marriage) All other documents were very compre...

as long as you include certified copies of decree absolute and nisi ...you should be ok. unfortunately in my case we did not include those and my wife's visa was refused....

it took my wife exactly 14 weeks. however it is now coming to 12 weeks. make sure you provide all evidence as it is very easy for embassy to sit on the application and refuse after 12/14 weeks....this happened to me...and i was like u a few months asking everyone if they have heard of cases where vi...

thnks badboyz2006

but what evidence can i provide to satisfy that she will return?

Settlement visa for my wife was refused on the grounds that she did not include divorce cert as evidence of dissolution of my previous marriage. No other objections were made as my salary and accomodation documents were quite comprehensive and adeqaute. I made an appeal to AIT, UK enclosing the divo...