Well done. It's always good to hear positive stories like yours. Shows the system is not as bad as the media makes it out to be.

Like the others said, please don't disappear! People in my situation need your insight.

Thanks.

Tricky one eh? "I think we should wait for the results of the appeal and then lay a better strategy...." Ok. Thanks. "So YOU applied for a workpermit!, this is quite strange as only employers are able to apply for workpermits......" Erm...now you've got me confused. Thats not wha...

Thanks, I hope I can clarify things for you... 1)Did you get a workpermit for a secretarial job??? I did not have to have a job to get one. I was told to just ask for one becuase I had an outstanding asylum case. 2). What happened to your assylum case? The first one was rejected, the second one 'van...

Assuming you have not been to see them already, this is my reply. To the first question, the best time is after 1 p.m. Believe it or not but I went there around 2 p.m. about three weeks ago and only had to queue for about half an hour. It was a waste of time though, as I suspected, because they don'...

Mine is an odd case. Any help would be appreciated. Below is a brief history: Arrived 6th October 1996 aged 17 with a 2-year UK student visa When Visa ran out, older brother (who is a British Citizen born in the UK) decided to apply for ILR as a dependant on him (he was aged 24 then) and two other B...