Strange situation please advise

[t_kaay]

Just a quick question. Applied for various visas in the past for family members but haven't had the need to be involved for a few years so just checking that something hasn't changed whilst I've been away!

The situation is this: a female friend of mine (Pakistani) got married to a British guy in Pakistan about 18 months ago. She tells me that he has told her that he has submitted a visa application in the UK via a solicitor about 7 months ago (Sept 2017). She has her doubts that this is true, and after she told me, so do I.

She says the only involvement she has had was to go for the English test in Pakistan. She hasn't had any correspondence, and the weird thing is that she still has her Pakistani passport in her possession?? When she asks him he just says he is waiting for a reply.

Am I right in saying that she should have submitted the case in person via gerry's in Pakistan, along with her original passport? That's the way I remember. The only thing that I think has changed is that the husband's evidence can be sent to a UK address (Sheffield?) after submission of the case in Pakistan?

She thinks he was pressurised into the marriage and is stalling.

Thanks for any information.

[Londoner007]

This is not an visa issue, this is an relationship issue

[Londoner007]

I meant the above in the most blunt way possible.

For someone who has done many visa applications in the past how naive can you be (in conveying to your friend) that a application has NOT been submitted, especially provided that she has not signed anything, not TB, no English A1 certificate, NO BIOMETRICS given by her, no trip to GERRYS at all to submit passport.....

Like i said this is a relationship / trust issue not a visa issue at all. I smell a rat, if what you are saying is true. Perhaps he has his reasons, but I can assure you no application were submitted, certainly not settlement application.

[CR001]

There has been no major change other than that SUPPORTING documents have to be sent to Sheffield.

The applicant still has to submit at VFS, enroll biometrics and submit passport. No change there.

An application for ENTRY clearance cannot be made within the UK. It has to be made in home country of applicant.

[t_kaay]

There has been no major change other than that SUPPORTING documents have to be sent to Sheffield.

The applicant still has to submit at VFS, enroll biometrics and submit passport. No change there.

An application for ENTRY clearance cannot be made within the UK. It has to be made in home country of applicant.

Thanks for your help. I thought that was the case but just wanted to make sure as procedures can change so often.