Tasha, Our MP was not actually that helpfull, but his PA has been brilliant. She has been chasing the BIA and the Ombudsman weekly. I spoke to the Ombudsman yesterday and they are still going to carry on with their investigation even though we have now got my wifes ILR. Maybe we will get some compen...

Tasha,

As John says you have to go through your MP. Go to this site:

http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/make_a_complaint/index.html

and complete the form then send it to your MP.

If your MP is not already involved in your case then make an appointment to see him/her at their surgery.

Hi John,

Yes we have already printed the forms and next week will fill them in and apply for her British Citizenship. Another years wait I suppose!!!

Thanks to everyone for their support on this Forum.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=23814&highlight= As you will see from the above topic, we have been waiting over one year for my wifes ILR. On 17th June we complained to the parliamentery ombudsman, and today her passport with ILR has turned up. I strongly recommend using the Om...

So have you been stuck without a passport for five years, unable to travel?

If so you have an amazing amount of patience. You should definately go to the ombudsman.

Thay have already contacted us and said they are investigating our case.

Is your partner going with you??? My wife is Zimbabwean and had overstayed a visitors visa for 3 years when we married. We married in 2003 and went to Zim in 2005 and got the spouse visa in 2 weeks. I spoke to the High Commission in Harare before we went and many times while we were there. They were...

Hi all, I was just wondering has anyone on here had their complaint referred to the ombudsman by their MP. If so how long did it take and what happened? I ask because ours was referred yesterday. My Zimbabwean wife applied for her ILR after 2 year spouse visa on 3rd July 2007. We went together to Cr...

Have you been to your MP. We applied for my Zimbabwean wifes leave to remain in July 2007 and like you just get told it is being considered. We complained in December and the MP became involved in January. Today we have put in our complaint to the parliamentary Ombudsman, via the MP. They have the p...

Twin wrote:[


Did your wife have 28 days left before the expiry of her visa when you applied?

Yes we were within the 28 days.

jamalkhan wrote:SUE THEM

Is this a serious suggestion?? Can you sue them or is it better to go to the Ombudsman??

For anyone interested here is an update. I spoke to the MP's PA yesterday who has phoned the HO again. They told her they will look for the file and phone her back!!!! She says that this means they have either lost it or more likely, because of the MP's intervention that it is finally in front of a ...

Thanks jamalkhan.

We have not used a solicitor so far. We did it ourselves. As stated we have been to our MP but the reply to him again just states that it is still being considered.

We are wondering if they have lost our application!!

Do you think this is possible??

Her visa started august 2005 for two years. We came back to the uk 8 days after it was issued. We have complained to the customer focus team all they said was that it was under consideration. We do not understand why they have not called us for interview if they have any queries. Has anyone else bee...

My wife was an overstayer. She originally came in 2001 on visitor visa.

We got married in 2004 went to Zimbabwe in 2005 and got a spouse visa in 3 weeks after explaining everything at interview.

Returned together and had no problems at Heathrow. Live and work together.

Yes we had over 40 documents and they stated that they were all ok.

Did not give any reason as to why it could not be deciced on the day.

Hi. We took our application to croydon on 03.07.07 and paid £950.00 for the premium one day service. On the day they gave us a letter stating that our application was valid but could not be deciced on initial consideration. We were told it should be processed within 70 working days. We went to our ...

Hi. We took our application to croydon on 03.07.07 and paid £950.00 for the premium one day service. On the day they gave us a letter stating that our application was valid but could not be deciced on initial consideration. We were told it should be processed within 70 working days. We went to our ...