The items are not going to yield any significant amount of money. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that they can cover for the travel. Regarding the goods, I will surely leave the beds, mattresses, tables and chairs. However, I am off to West Africa, and I would like to take the electricals...
I am giving up the wait and am applying for the voluntary return programme (AVRIM, not the VAARP). The IOM informed me that I would only get support with the travel tickets. I explained that over the past 9 years that I have been here, I had accumulated lots of 'personnally-valuable' goods that I mu...
wanderer, that's a good one! I can see those fees going up soon. I remember the outcry when they started charging £150.
However, the system should not be complicated with only 8 major categories of ILR applications, unless they make provisions for all concessions and appeals obviously
Point backed up. There is a lot going on for the HSMP. I guess WP is not so popular because the process is mostly driven by employers, who have their own resources to deal with the applications or otherwise they have to make their own enquiries.
It looks like some criteria are pre-set in the system, with a series of if-then-else queries (those with an IT or process background would follow my meaning). If the case is straight forward, then the decision can be made on the spot otherwise, it is referred to a more senior case worker or to the r...
It seems that your case is borderline, should you lodge an appeal, try to find some evidence that would strenghten your case in addition to just the £73. As Makon said, your company should be able to show that you are in line for a pay rise sooner rather than later. Or maybe if you can add other qu...
My experience is that while the initial processing is generally done quickly i.e. £335 collection, passport, SET(o) form checks; once they realise that the case is not straightforward, they put it on a pile where it remains unprocessed. That's in my view why most overstayers' files take so long.
