You can make a new application while the appeal is going through. Some people say this isn't possible, but I was told this by the British embassy in Zimbabwe and have e-mails to prove it.

However, it's worth phoning the embassy in Kenya to find out what their position is on this.

My wife was refused entry clearance from Zimbabwe. We appealed and were told that the entry clearance officer would review his decision and perhaps overturn it. On these forums some people have said that the ECO would look at them with his supervisor. However, the person I spoke to at the embassy sa...

I phoned the embassy in Harare and was told that if I didn't want the documents sent to the UK, my wife could write it on her appeal form. We're going to do this and reapply.

This is getting really confusing. Having been reading the posts on this forum for the past six months, I've been given the impression that there's no reason why you can't reapply while the appeal is going through. I'm giving new evidence with the appeal, so the new application would not be exactly t...

Really? I'm sure people have mentioned reapplying while an appeal is going through.

I want the entry clearance officer to reconsider, but that's it. Maybe I can wait for his conclusion, then if, as I suspect, he stands by his decision, I'll withdraw the appeal. Is that possible?

Thank you

My wife is going appeal against the refusal of her entry clearance, to see if they might overturn their decision. If not, it then gets sent to the UK, which as you know takes many months. We'd like to also submit a new application, but won't the appeal go with all of our evidence? How can we reapply...

Hi, I've been reading through this forum and researching immigration laws, since my Zimbabwean wife was refused entry clearance to the UK. I am a British citizen, and I am fully prepared to move to another country to be with my wife if she does not get her visa again. Of course, Zimbabwe is out of t...

I'm assuming she can't apply for an EEA family permit to the UK, because I'm British. Actually, could someone clear this up for me. Can she do this in the UK? If not, can she do it in the Republic of Ireland or do I have to move to the continent for this to work. For some reason, I'm under the impre...

Fair enough. It's my understanding that if I appeal I can submit new evidence and a statement to say why I think he's wrong, then he and whoever's above him can possible overturn the decision. He wrote that he wasn't satisfied that I was even in Zimbabwe, yet we produced a valid marriage certificate...

I looked on the IAS website. According to them: "The old ‘primary purpose’ rule was abolished in 1997. This required a couple to show that the spouse entering the UK was not doing so for the primary purpose of gaining entry to the UK. This led to many unjust refusals and some entry clearance of...

She has to take it to the entry clearance officer, to give him the opportunity to overturn it. This takes a matter of weeks. The other route takes months.

I'll be speaking to my wife later to get the exact wording and I'll post it up here.

After months of worrying that my wife would be refused a visa for financial reasons, my wife was refused a visa because the officer didn't believe our marriage was subsisting despite us living together for three years. He also didn't believe that I was in Zimbabwe, even though I went with my wife to...

Apparently, they rarely do interviews. I was considering emailing them, but I was worried that by suggesting my circumstances had changed they might not want us to reapply. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what their decision is.

My wife is currently in Zimbabwe, waiting for her visa application to be processed. It's been over two months already and when I phoned today, I was told it would probably be done in early October. However, since we made the application, I have started new job, which pays considerably more than my l...

It's been about three weeks since we applied and I've only been back for a few days, but having spent every day of the last three years together I'm already distraught. I'd go live in Zimbabwe if it were possible to get a job that pays more than £100 per month. Unfortunately, the post of President i...

Of course a system has to be in place, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Can I suggest anything better? Probably not. Does that mean it's the best it can be? I have no idea. As for my wife's application, there are a number of problems that I can think of: Accommodation: I gave them the tenanc...

I just feel that we're at the mercy of some anonymous immigration officer, who sits behind a desk somewhere, flippantly making decisions which greatly affect the lives of normal people. "I'm having a bad day, so I'll reject this one" is pretty much how it seems to work. I also thinks it's...

I just feel that we're at the mercy of some anonymous immigration officer, who sits behind a desk somewhere, flippantly making decisions which greatly affect the lives of normal people. "I'm having a bad day, so I'll reject this one" is pretty much how it seems to work. I also thinks it's ...

I'm British, born and raised. Thanks for the reply. I'll definitely look into that. I've never heard of it before, but like I said, I'll live pretty much anywhere.

My wife is currently waiting for entry clearance in Zimbabwe. She overstayed in the UK and we went voluntarily to Zimbabwe to get married and apply for entry clearance. Having read a lot of the posts here, I'm getting pretty scared that her application will be denied. If so, does the IND actually ex...