Oh dear, this situation is not good. The child, if a British citizen of course can stay. But your friend, even as the mother does not have. Their are some visas I think to do with being the main carer for a child, but it's very complicated, and I'm not sure she would have the right to work. Hopeful...
Sorry to add on to my previous comment, their child has a british passport, does that give him the right to be in the UK? If so does this give any status to the mother?
My friend is here on a 2 yr settlement visa, she is married to a British citizen and they have a son that was born in England. Her husband has been unfaithful to her and has a new girlfriend, he has also kicked her out of their house. He has been paying for a room in a shared house for her but now h...
My wife went to her appointment at the PEO in Solihull, where the staff were equally confused by her visa, 3 people looked at it and all said that it was confusing because the visa was valid for 2 years and not either 6 months or to the expiry date of the passport but they thought that my wife had I...
Syh, sorry for my ignorance, I didn't understand the difference between ILE and ILR, the visa was issued abroad so ILR was the wrong term to use. I got confused because of the need to apply for ILR. The visa that my wife applied for was a settlement visa. I didn't mean to be argumentative, sorry, it...
Victoria, we were together for 3 years before she aplied for her visa, I think that at the time 2 years proof of cohabiting was required, which we supplied. The only reason I posted here was because I rang the BIA to rearrange her appointment for ILR, the person I spoke to asked me to read the visa ...
She does have an appointment for ILR on the 30th, so in the worst case it will cost me £950 to find out, but at least I will get the opportunity to argue the point.
She does not have ILR if the visa she was issued with has an expiry date. The two years for the visa is certainly a spouse visa. She does not have recourse to public funds on a spouse visa...doesn't matter what anyone else says or what is/isn't written on her visa (although it is unusual). An ILR v...
She is not entitled to ILE!!!!! That is the point I am making. She doesn't qualify...you have not been living outside the UK for more than 4 years as either married partners or unmarried partners, right? So how does she qualify? Sakura, there are people who have been given ILE at BHCs abroad withou...
Clarky, You've hit the nail on the head, the BHC made a mishmash of it. The "D: Settlement" does hint at ILE but without the actual words/letters, it is very ambiguous. Can't you get a fax/letter from the BHC to confirm the type of visa that your wife has been given? Exactly, If BIA don't...
We met and married while I was living in the Dominican Republic, we lived there together for 3 years until we came back to the UK in Feb 2006. Whilst I appreciate it is not the 4 years that is required now, I am not sure but I believe the ruling then was you had to have be married or in a marriage l...
I just checked out the endorsements on the BIA website, it seems that the consul who issued the visa made a mistake by not adding ILE etc after the visa type.
If you like I can email you a scan of the visa so you can see for yourself.
I just spoke to BIA they are confused too, they say that the visa should say one of the following things, ILE or a restricted leave to enter. They can't clarify by phone and suggested I call the embassy that issued the visa for clarification. They also said if we attend the PEO they should let me kn...
