i have a son who is one year.me, i am an asylum seeker frm zimbabwe with fresh claim lodged april 2006.told by BIA that my case is a legacy case so will be dealt with anytime before end of 2011. problem is i am not getting any benefits (benefit cut 2003)and my son is staving coz i cant take care of...

Hi just to let you know we got a reply from Home Office this week via MP, with regard to the request to expedite our case due to not having received an inital decision. Reply stated along the lines of the file is now in Liverpool with the other case resolution files, and we have to wait blah blah ....

Is this the norm then? I mean - does everyone write to their MP? So, would I be telling my MP about my case and my situation etc and then asking him to write to them on my behalf? What is the outcome of this usually, do they respond to my MP or to me? hiya I think ur best chance is to make a fresh ...

Dose anyone know (or when) if legacy cases from single people are being looked at?? i applied for asylum as a single person 8 years ago - i also have an outstanding fresh claim which is about 6 months old. can any onewith more info on this help me please..!! thanx