But would it be as unclear as this? I would expect, in such a case, that the reason would for refusal would be given more explicitly. Could not this be a standard letter explaining the retention of a passport because the Home Office has not (yet) accepted that she has any right to be within the UK. Remember that she had leave to remain, became exempt from needing leaving to remain, and now the leave she no longer requires has expired. The Home Office has not yet accepted that she was ever exempt.noajthan wrote:The guidance clearly instructs caseworker to follow the 4 stages in sequence.
And only proceed to next stage if the previous/current stage (ie test or check) succeeds or passes.
The relationship test is at stage 2 and this must be what triggered the email to OP about their relationship.
A "No basis of stay..."-type email shows the applicant is not recognised as a family member so the relationship is not acknowledged/confirmed by caseworker.
As it appears that Parparcita has not yet been instructed to 'enrol' her biometric details, I now suspect that consideration of the application has not yet begun, let alone reached Stage 2.