Hi John Many thanks for taking the time to reply. I guess my concern was that when she was removed from the UK presumably she would have been added to a list of 'persona non grata' to the UK, obviously her settlement visa now overrides this but I suppose the neurotic side of me worries that they for...

Also re the previous refusals, I can see why they refused her application(s) as there was clearly a compelling reason for her to want to stay beyond the time scale of her visa. This should not penalise you in the case of a settlement visa application but you are right to bring the previous refusals ...

On the face of it, based on the information you have provided (and I qualify this by saying I am not an immigration expert, I am a UK national who recently successfully underwent the spouse visa application process for my Thai wife) it looks like a fairly sound case, in my experience the things I ad...

I think the issue here is less about the overstay and more about the fact that you haven't submitted anywhere near enough information to demonstrate a bona fide subsisting relationship. Likewise a full property inspection needs to be carried out - the ECO has flagged this too. An overstay isn't a de...

Greetings all My wife was removed from the UK for overstaying her student visa by 20 days. Removal was in April 2010. We weren't in a relationship at that time and always knew once we got into a relationship that the visa application for any settlement visa to the UK would be more difficult and had ...