I have a savings book account too and the building society offered to write me a letter on their headed paper with their details, my name, address, account number and how much I had in that account. It was free of charge and they said it was standard practice so it may well be worth asking if that's...
The visa will be issued with the date you've specified and this is the date from which you can travel from - if it was the 14th Feb, you can only travel on or after this date (and not before). Of course you can delay your travel by a few weeks. I don't think you can travel before the intended date a...
Ah, we have come across this problem too. My husband was all set to go onto an esol course at our local college; we were told that it was £205 for that term but when it came to paying the cashier told us he needed to have lived in the UK for at least a year to qualify for the home student fee but i...
I plan to complete the Sponsorship Undertaking form SU07/01 but was told by my friend that my parents should fill this in as they own the property where we plan to live. Is this right?
As he applied for asylum does that mean he should also answer YES to the following question: Have you made an application to the Home Office to remain in the UK in the last 10 year?
Hello In the spouse visa application, there is a question '[i]Have you ever been deported, removed or otherwise required to leave any country, including the UK in the last 10 years?' [/i] This requires a yes or no answer. My husband-to-be was a refused asylum seeker - the home office suggested he sh...
Hello kirill My other half returned to his home country today :( - he's a refused asylum seeker. We decided it was best for him to leave voluntarily and was advised by our solicitor to show them his air ticket and travel document. They kept hold of his travel document which he had to collect from th...
We're still unsure of what course of action to take but hopefully the solicitor we're seeing later today will help us reach a decision (hopefully the right one).
Many thanks for your thoughts on this, SYH. As he doens't have any documentation, would the Home Office arrange for his travel documents or would he have to do it himself? If he decides to go back voluntarily, how long does this usually take? I take it that if he doesn't appeal, he'll become illegal...
Hello. Apologies that this is going to be a long one... My boyfriend came into the UK in 1997 and claimed asylum shortly afterwards. He never came to the attention of the authorities until some Home Office officials checked a restaurant for illegal workers. One of the staff ran and they were all tak...
