Hi Wenner, Thanks for your e-mail and I'm so sorry to hear that you feel resigned to being refused your husbands visa. I hope that you are aware of the new legislation that came in to effect on 9 July 2012; and more specifically about sponsors earnings which now have to be £18,600 per year. However ...

Hi Newlight,

Thanks for the info I was aware of the HMRC guidelines; just wondered if anyone had been through the experience of the appeal and whether they had to wait for the whole 12 week duration.

Also do they usually contact by telephone or post?

Many thanks

Hi All, I notice that the UKBA issue their statistics for processing times for visa applications but not for visas which have been authorised for issue after winning an appeal. Could anyone please give me an indictation of how long we should expect to wait? We are six weeks into waiting after receiv...

Hi Albanian Citizens and loved ones, Good news at last our appeal for a settlement visa has now been allowed by the magistrates court! Just wondered if anyone has the experience of winning an appeal recently and can give me an indication of how long we should expect to wait for the visa to be issued...

Thanks Calyann and I will certainly contact the doctor as that sounds like it might help his appeal.

You have been incredibly helpful and I wish you the best of luck in the future.

Hi Carlyann, Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware about the NHS facility of £1000 for visitors and so I will mention this to my lawyer as you are right, I would find it hard to imagine that he has exceeded that cost. We submitted our appeal here in the UK on 05 April and we believed that it wa...

Sorry Carlyann, I spelt your name wrong....rushing and under extreme stress;hence the spelling mistakes in my last post!. My husband was never stopped by the police and does not have a criminal record and we had every document and more that was listed as being a requirement for his sponsorship. I th...

Hi CarlyAnne, No the only reason for the refusal was that he had entered the country illegally and seen a doctor on the NHS )he had some pescriptions for a stomach problem). That's what is so shocking about the refusal and why I don't feel we have any hope at the ECM Review stage because everything ...

Hi Wenner , Wenner I totally empathise with your predicament and I have the opposite problem that I may have visited my husband too many times whilst his visa application was beimng processed (5 times during the 6 month procedure. In the notice of refusal we were told that the Embassy recognise our ...

Hi, Although the British Embassy in Tirana has acknowledged our relationship in full, my husband was refused his settlement visa application on the grounds that he entered the UK illegally (he returned willingly to Albania and we married there last August). We are now in the process of appealing but...