It may be more clever to get a 2 bedroom flat and once she is here go back into a 1 bed as you clearly believe this is sufficient for 4 (though its hard to see how can a 1 bedroom flat accomodate 4 people), but the ECO will definetly pick upon your deceit, and you may be wasting time and money...

Hello Alex Again The advised given from the 2nd lawyer is absolutely the correct one – you will have to prove the money is coming from you but even most importantly the case for compassionate and exceptional circumstance. By the way I am not a lawyer but having experience the same thing and having...

I have to rush off now but i will response to your message later on today or tomororw. Its very hard to prove compassionate and so my first advice to you is to put together for a strong appeal from start and do your own research......... and yes you have to prove the case for compassionate grounds m...

thanks - the decision was overturned about a month ago and the ILR was granted so its all over for me..........just waiting to welcoem her here in the comign weeks...

you need to apply for her to get settlement visa first - british passport wont be granted until you are a permanent citizen in the UK. as seh is minor once she is given the dependent settlement visa then you have start the process of naturalisation therby citizenship. what you need to start worrying...

I DONT THINK YOU CAN CARRY VISA AN ON EXPIRY PASSPORT - YOUWILL CERTTAINLY HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS WHEN TRAVELLING..I HAVE SEEN OTHERS EXPERIENCE THIS AND HAD TO GO AND GET A NEW PASSPORT.........

i have heard of a case where the passport expires a year after settlement visa was granted and the person had to apply for a new passport once this expires..sadly the HO charge a fee of over £600 to have the stamp put bck into the new passport . It may be the case that the visa is stamped in your p...

As most people advised send the orginal BS with the refusal letter to the post and hopefully this gets overturn by the ECM..........they really dont want to waste time going to tribunal if they can know that you are going to win the appeal and you will do when the case is presented to the judge..the...

probably no need to repsonse -BHC in Jamaica just phone me to say they have made a mistake, the indefinte leave to remain given so there is no need for the 2 year and 3 months and she must take her passport back in..........oh wow...

Hello guys I am a little confuse and hope i can get someone to help clear this up for me. My mum settlement visa was granted on monday after an ecm review, however when she went to collect her visa she said she was told that she has 2 years and 3 months validity and after which she need to go to the...

congratulation - its nice to hear good news and now the family can be together once again. I had very similiar story a few days ago with my mum's settlement visa for elderly dependent, the process of appeal is so long winded that gettting a good grounds for appeal is well worth it so the decision ca...

FORGET TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL THE USEFUL CONTRIBUTION OVER THE PAST WEEK. ITS BEEN A A FEW MONTHS OF NIGHTMARE BUT YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

have some very good news on my mum's case and thought I’ll share this as I am sure others will be going through the same thing. I put in an appeal at the post on the 4th may and about a week ago I got a reply from AIT to say they have now received the noticed of appeal and have given Jamaica until...

have some very good news on my mum's case and thought I’ll share this as I am sure others will be going through the same thing. I put in an appeal at the post on the 4th may and about a week ago I got a reply from AIT to say they have now received the noticed of appeal and have given Jamaica until...

have some very good news on my mum's case and thought I’ll share this as I am sure others will be going through the same thing. I put in an appeal at the post on the 4th may and about a week ago I got a reply from AIT to say they have now received the noticed of appeal and have given Jamaica until...

hello bototo

how old was your mum? i have a case going through for my mum also, she is under 65 but is ill and wanted some advice on this.

hello qalien it is absolutely true that these visas are very hard to get though the case with your mum being over 65 at least get rid of the problems of compassionate or exceptional grounds once you can prove all the other immigration criteria... see this link - this is my case i am currently going ...

You have truly been helpful - very useful advice.... Sorry but i just join this forum, dont have a clue what you mean by PM lol....guess it may means some way of contact but not sure. Please let me know, as i would love to speak to someone who have been through the process already. Thanks Jam is Jam...

ok thanks - what reason did they give for refusing your visa application?

sorry whats BHC - i still dont know whats FCO but know the email i got from the last has this in the address...........oh wow, this is truly a long process - it only goes to show no matter what you do there is also a reason to decline the visa - they wnt to put people off applying and make the proce...

Thanks some useful comments there - i will do just this...i have already sent in the appeal at the post in Jam. I was hoping in light of the new evidence this will be overturn (it appears not as i email the FCO on Friday and someone reply that it was sent to the AIT on the 12/5 so i presume the trib...

it could well do - but this is not stated in their decision. I do believe they take these things into account though they say compassionate grounds means the person is very ill (literally dropping dead)...........why would you want someone ill to come here?? surely it would be a burden on the NHS - ...

I have been over and over those immigration rules - in fact i can now recite them. As i mentioned she met every single requirement apart from the fact that she is not yet 65 (she may never live to see 65 though i hope for the best) and to establish a more compassionate grounds is hard to imagine.......

THIS IS THE ECO DECISION I am satisfied your application meets the requirements of paragraph 317 (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) However i am not satisfied that your applications meets all (of course not, she is not 65 yet) the requirements of paragraph 317 of the immigration rules because: You wish to...

Hello I would like some advice. I am applying for my dependent mum to come and stay with me in the UK and she was rejected on the grounds of compassionate. She is under the age of 65 currently but is very ill, currently battling a stage 3 breast cancer .....she has completed all her major treatments...