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by ukusman
Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:31 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

hi can anyone please help me?? when they call your employer, does that show on the application tracker on the net? No it does not show on the track status whether they have contacted your employer. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Why is everyone so interested in weather the ECO contacted t...
by ukusman
Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

salaamz everybody. well ive got the reasons for refusal with me firstly i submitted phone cards which they believe do not show who or when calls were made . secondly, they believe that our relationship is not genuine. when i first submitted my case in november 2008 and it got rejected i went back t...
by ukusman
Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:20 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi all, I am new to this forum - just came across it recently and have found it very useful. My husband applied for a settlement visa in Lahore which was refused.. here are my details: Submitted (Lahore) : 07/09/2010 Forwarded to BHC : 23/09/2010 Ready for Collection : 26/11/2010 Collected : 29/11/...
by ukusman
Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:50 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Well i will enquire regarding my application this week Inshallah as my twelve weeks will have been up by the end of this week even though they have advised on Gerry's site that at the moment it is taking over 12 weeks but i think its worth giving a shot, At least i will be aware of that either they...
by ukusman
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:51 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: tax issue

hi all, all my paper work is completed.but the only issue thing im stressing on is the tax.iv got my paye tax coding notice but no tax is being deducted as i have not used the allowance of the year,which £6,475.i am payiing national insurance and that is stated on the payslips. my employer is in a...
by ukusman
Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:47 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: Advice...

salaam guys, just wondering if ANYONE can help, if somebody's appeal has been overturned at the review steage, and doesnt need to go to courts......HEN hey submit they passport to get they visa stamped..how long does this process, for the passport to be collected...does i take take is it 5-7 days o...
by ukusman
Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:41 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi, my sister's husband also submitted his application almost 5 weeks ago at the Mirpur Vac. He still is awaiting for his application to return. Lately they seem to be to be doing alot of enquiries i.e contacting sponsors employers, hm revenue and so on( they contacted my sisters employer and ive a...
by ukusman
Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi, Has any 1 got thier passports back after getting visa stamps recently? My hubby's pp been 5 weeks now and no response. My MP sent a letter lets see. If anyone do get thier passports back please let us know. Many thanks Hi, my sister's husband also submitted his application almost 5 weeks ago at...
by ukusman
Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:39 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

OK, About the applicants documents in that batleykhan post "4. provide an original NIC card with 1 photocopy" I guess this copy is part of the original and not part of the copy of the whole application. Would this need to be certified? seems pointless since the original is also handed in....
by ukusman
Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:35 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi, Has any 1 got thier passports back after getting visa stamps recently? My hubby's pp been 5 weeks now and no response. My MP sent a letter lets see. If anyone do get thier passports back please let us know. Many thanks Hi, my sister's husband also submitted his application almost 5 weeks ago at...
by ukusman
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Salaam all. I'm back from Pakistan after lodging my wifes application in Mirpur VAC on 3/3/10. Still waiting on the status to change from 'Application forwarded to Islamabad OC on' However my employer states he did get a call about my work and whathaveyou, so that is a positive sign. Perhaps I was ...
by ukusman
Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:53 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi Deemi Thanks for help guys. One other question - asked the wife today if the Urdu nikah Nama was stamped by union council as I couldn't remember. She has told me that there is a stamp but all she can read is the words "nikah registrar". Is this all it needs? Or do I need to get it rest...
by ukusman
Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:44 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi Deemi Thanks for help guys. One other question - asked the wife today if the Urdu nikah Nama was stamped by union council as I couldn't remember. She has told me that there is a stamp but all she can read is the words "nikah registrar". Is this all it needs? Or do I need to get it rest...
by ukusman
Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:17 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Application date 1/14/2010 Status Your application is ready for collection; please visit the UK Visa Application Centre where you submitted your visa application to collect the same status changed today...please make dua that its good news and I will be reunited with my wife and kids :? inshallah y...
by ukusman
Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:35 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

my parents are strict, they wont allow me to go to appeal as they dont like my hubby but i love him and want him here. i will have to fight to attend. but if i fall pregnant wen i go bangldesh then wen i come back i will not be fit to go and they wont let me i am in such a dilema ( i desparately wa...
by ukusman
Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Wife and Child stuck in pakistan
Replies: 28
Views: 5828

Re: ILR from pakistan

ILR from pakistan = when i asked this at the BH in islamabad they stuck to the letter of the rules and told me ILR application has to be made with wife when she is on uk soil. kitty yep your right just a money making, time wasting excercise for them as as soon as she lands next day were going to pr...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:10 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

thanks so much for replying giving me some encouragement, i am so stressed belive me,as i have no support. i will try to make a new application, but i use international phone cards with landline and not mobile how can i show prrof of this?...is it not enough showing many cards which i have used, al...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Hi everyone. Just wanted to share my experience, and hopefully this will help other members and I would also appreciate feedback myself. I've been married since 28 Feb 09. I left Pakistan on the 15th March. Since then I did not find employment til September, and have only just recently accumalated ...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:02 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: re: spousal visa

Hi Batley khan, i personally think using calling cards is not the sole problem. The EC0 would ideally prefer few means of communication. Calling cards accomponied by an explaination why they are used (use calling cards because cheaper than the conventional direct landline telephone and allow us to t...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:11 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Asalam alaycum all Anyone applying for a spousal visa, documents required have been listed on this forum by batley khan. Please go through the last few pages or more and you will find more than enough info on it. Its really straight forward and you dont have to go the lenghts ukusman did, which is ...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:07 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

About 4 weeks is the turnaround for settlement visa.[/quote bro on your post above listing all the documents you've submitted - is the pakistani id card copy of the sponsor attested essential?? Cant see this anywhere as a requirement from a sponsor i thought all they need in terms identification do...
by ukusman
Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:31 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

About 4 weeks is the turnaround for settlement visa.
by ukusman
Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:53 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: Nikka Nama

Salaam, I just want to clarify something. With the application we obviously need to submit the original and photocopy of the Nikka Nama (Urdu) and we also need to submit a "certified english translation". What qualifies as "certified"? My wife had the english translation done at...
by ukusman
Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:07 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: Nikka Nama

I sent the follwoing documents : - Completed vaf4 form 6 months wages slips 6 months bank statements copy of last years p60 letter from employer confirming job title, position and wage/salary along with stating type of contract savings account statement for the past 6 months envolopes from my wife a...
by ukusman
Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:59 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan
Replies: 20315
Views: 3573920

Re: Nikka Nama

Salaam, I just want to clarify something. With the application we obviously need to submit the original and photocopy of the Nikka Nama (Urdu) and we also need to submit a "certified english translation". What qualifies as "certified"? My wife had the english translation done at...