Kukuwife wrote:Hello forum members God has done it for me and my family. We have been granted 30months. Both the documents and Bio cards came 30minutes apart. I want to thank everybody on this forum for your support and encouragement. It has been a very difficult road but to God be the glory. I can't but mention the following people for I am indeed grateful for your help personally Believe, Dapsonlee, Nilemarque and Hatchsead. Also I can't but mention you Shondra sharma, Mrolaolu,rina, verbina,lily123, favour,winners, time503, crystal newbies,icehouse256, yummy mummy,mummy two,sanny26, GodGives, summer2013, Shareen24h for your advice and guidance on this forum.
So sorry I can't mention all names, I thank everybody on this forum for care and love that shown to each other.
For all that are still waiting I pray for the grace to endure to the end. Please be patient the glorious day is just around the corner
Please note the application was based on the 7 years rule. I have a daughter that was born here and as at the time of the application she is over 7 years old.
2004- Arrived UK. 6 month visitor visa
overstayer since then
2007- applied for leave to remain refused
2008- re applied refused
2010- re applied refused
2010- ask for reconsideration
Wait for three years for reconsideration only to be informed by end of 2013 that decision for
Refusal is maintained advised to leave UK
Jan 2014 - re applied again
Feb 2014 - refused
March 2014 PAP was sent
April 2014 - they asked for three month reconsideration
July2014 - further document was requested
Oct 2014 more documents was requested
Nov2014 - new biometric requested
Nov 2014 Date Biometrics / documents received no
Visa Type : 30 months
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hi guys as some of you might remember I applied for leave to remain based on the 7 year rule..I was refused last August with no right of appeal with the Home Office stating that I can go back to my country with my kids. They said although I have a child who has been here for 7 years it would be reasonable for us to go back together as a family unit..I was obviously devastated by this..I was advised by you my friends to write a reconsideration letter which I did, on November 15 I received a letter requesting for more documents which I submitted before the deadline I was given and today the 8th of December I got a call from my solicitor informing me that we have been granted leave to remain..in fact we was granted on the 28th of November but my solicitor was off SICK... I collected my BRP and my kids permits from my solicitmy IMMIGRATION history is as follows.
Congrants Tom no engine and kukuwife, Your above stories have always give me hope, I desperately need your advise because I need URGENT HELP. We planning to send reconsideration letter/PAP first.
My immigration history is as follows:
I came to UK in Aug 2005 as a
student from Gambia and I was on student VISA up till end of 2010. I
got post study VISA in 2011 which expired in April 2013 . My wife joined me
in UK from Gambia on Aug 2006 and my two children ( now age 14yrs
and 9yrs respectively joined us in 2007.The third child was born here in UK
in 2010. I put in FLR(O) application in 2013 when my post study VISA
was about to expire, we applied as a family unit like JTK( JTK and his family were granted then)
and we were refused , luckily we got appeal right in 2013.
I started using solicitor from 2013 when we were refused and given appeal right. We proceed the appeal process up to first tier tribunal who disallowed the appeal then proceed to upper tribunal but before we received upper tribunal permission ,we now put in fresh flr (FP) application by withdrawing the appeal and applied for FLR(FP) (when two of my children have lived continously in UK for more than 7years )the same day as normal process.
lHowever, the fresh application was refused without appeal right, the HOME OFFICE claimed as per the refusal letter was that we(parents) are illegal immigrant and that our leave expired in 2013 and we put in fresh application in 2014. HOME OFFICE did not consider section 3c and 3d in our application which I believe is an error of law on their part.
The home office even stated in their refusal letter to each qualified child that they knew each child has lived continously in UK for over 7years, got friends in UK , but their application will be refused because their parent application has been refused as well.
I will appreciate it if any member( OVERSTAYER/NON E.U/BRITISH PARTNER/CHILDREN) that are recently got their visa based on FLR(FP) should help with their advice.
N.B
WE ALWAYS PUT IN OUR APPLICATION ON TIME MOSTLY ONE MONTH BEFORE THE VISA EXPIRED.
many thank,
JOHFR2014
