Hi be123+, AmazonianX, seagul, Obie, Casa, CR001, physicskate, secret.simon and as ever THO!
Thanks for taking the time to reply to this thread. My apologies for my slow response.
I'm still learning how this forum works and if I understand correctly. Viewers can see the entire conversation despite my changing the subject during the journey (?)
Anyway, so I am really grateful to this immigrationboards community. You have really been of assistance to me during my relationship crisis, marriage failure, corona virus and isolation.
THANK YOU!
I feel I owe it to you to update you on my continued trajectory (or should that be Tragedy?!)
Due to the Covid-19 lockdown I wasn't able to return to collect my belongings until May 30th.
During the days afterwards I noticed that my passport was missing and I clearly remembered that it had been in the house when I left back in February.
As you know, I was struggling with the conflation of the end of our relationship but my desire to provide a happy future for my stepdaughter.
I didn't want to contact the Home Office (HO) to inform them that the marriage was "no longer subsisting" as I was aware this would induce the "curtailment process".
But it occurred to me that my passport might be being misused for the purpose of renewing the visa on my behalf.
So, I decided to create a Subject Access Request (AT) Home Office (DOT) Gov (DOT) UK
SubjectAccessRequest@homeoffice.gov.uk instead.
(If you are going to submit a request yourself - don't forget to include payment (£10 during June 2020) and a copy of your passport (luckily I had a digital scan of it on file))
This morning the reply has come from the Subject Access Request department.
Two interesting things I noted from the response were:
1) The Home Office already had data relating to my overseas travel - So be aware of this when telling them of your movements. They already know!
2) A status review had already been issued to "SRU Referrals & Enquiries" team (The Status Review Department) - So that must have been initiated by my estranged wife (?)
I know she contacted the Citizens Advice Bureau (because we booked the appointment together) but I don't know what advice they would have offered her. In terms of how to stay in the UK without a spousal visa. Any ideas?
My personal thoughts were that my stepdaughter might be permitted to stay in the UK on a student visa. Do you think that would be an option?
Especially during this corona virus era. You would imagine that people are not forced to leave the country in order to change visa types(?)
The problem is that communication has totally broken down between myself, my estranged wife and daughter, so I just don't know what, if anything, can be done.
I'm really just writing this for any future forum users. In the hope that it helps them, as it did me. How do I make a "thumbs up" smiley? <3
BTW, final note...
The loss of my passport was quite a mission to report. I attempted to report it in person at my local police station but they mistakenly pointed me in the direction of
non official weblink removed by moderator. Shocking! They want £5 for reporting belongings lost! (Amazing profiteering times we live in!)
On the second occasion I was advised to call 101... Again that was incorrect advice.
By the third time, when advised to report the loss to "my embassy" LOL I realized that I was dealing with an inexperienced police officer. (Very sweet but naïve)
For anyone trying to report their passport missing...
You need to report it online to:
https://www.loststolenpassport.service. ... ails/en_GB
Have a good day!