Nosey Employees

[Sean7398]

Hi everyone. My wife is going to apply for her settlement visa in the next week.
I will be her sponsor. The people at my workplace can be very nosey and gossipy. Does the ECO have to show any documents that we submit, to my employer? Only reason why I ask is because people gossip for no reason and a lot of them are private documents.

[BROOMIE]

The ECO should show your employer any documents however they coukld call your work place 'anonomously'

[John]

Does the ECO have to show any documents that we submit, to my employer?

You work in the UK? Your wife is applying for a 27-month spouse visa somewhere outside the UK? Unless they have any reason to suspect that something might be wrong with a P60 or payslip, there will be absolutely no reason for the ECO dealing with the application will make any contact with your employer at all.

And if they do feel the need to make contact that would certainly be on a confidential basis.

In other words, stop worrying! They are subject to the Data Protection Act!

[3crown]

we've gone through two refusals, followed by an over-turn and no-one has contacted my workplace yet. Good Luck

Does the ECO have to show any documents that we submit, to my employer?

You work in the UK? Your wife is applying for a 27-month spouse visa somewhere outside the UK? Unless they have any reason to suspect that something might be wrong with a P60 or payslip, there will be absolutely no reason for the ECO dealing with the application will make any contact with your employer at all.

And if they do feel the need to make contact that would certainly be on a confidential basis.

In other words, stop worrying! They are subject to the Data Protection Act!

[susy1]

we've gone through two refusals, followed by an over-turn and no-one has contacted my workplace yet. Good Luck

Does the ECO have to show any documents that we submit, to my employer?

You work in the UK? Your wife is applying for a 27-month spouse visa somewhere outside the UK? Unless they have any reason to suspect that something might be wrong with a P60 or payslip, there will be absolutely no reason for the ECO dealing with the application will make any contact with your employer at all.

And if they do feel the need to make contact that would certainly be on a confidential basis.

In other words, stop worrying! They are subject to the Data Protection Act!

my application was refused but my employers did not receive a call or anything.

3crown, do u mean the decision to refuse was overturned and you got the visa - if so how long did this process take? thanks.

[3crown]

Hi susy1
We were refused 7 May, decision overturned and Visa granted 1 June.
(not without help of good barrister, MP and daily emails to the ECM from me I have to say)

we've gone through two refusals, followed by an over-turn and no-one has contacted my workplace yet. Good Luck

Does the ECO have to show any documents that we submit, to my employer?

You work in the UK? Your wife is applying for a 27-month spouse visa somewhere outside the UK? Unless they have any reason to suspect that something might be wrong with a P60 or payslip, there will be absolutely no reason for the ECO dealing with the application will make any contact with your employer at all.

And if they do feel the need to make contact that would certainly be on a confidential basis.

In other words, stop worrying! They are subject to the Data Protection Act!

my application was refused but my employers did not receive a call or anything.

3crown, do u mean the decision to refuse was overturned and you got the visa - if so how long did this process take? thanks.

[susy1]

Hi susy1
We were refused 7 May, decision overturned and Visa granted 1 June.
(not without help of good barrister, MP and daily emails to the ECM from me I have to say)

we've gone through two refusals, followed by an over-turn and no-one has contacted my workplace yet. Good Luck

You work in the UK? Your wife is applying for a 27-month spouse visa somewhere outside the UK? Unless they have any reason to suspect that something might be wrong with a P60 or payslip, there will be absolutely no reason for the ECO dealing with the application will make any contact with your employer at all.

And if they do feel the need to make contact that would certainly be on a confidential basis.

In other words, stop worrying! They are subject to the Data Protection Act!

my application was refused but my employers did not receive a call or anything.

3crown, do u mean the decision to refuse was overturned and you got the visa - if so how long did this process take? thanks.

thanks for your reply 3crown, and congratulations.

my husband appealed late june but we havent heard anything yet..

[3crown]

Susy1 - I'll keep my fingers crossed. Do you have a good lawyer helping you? It doesn't hurt to email the embassy yourself direct on a daily basis believe me, Be polite (to the point of grovelling!) and just keep asking what the hell is going on. Contact your MP too.

Hi susy1
We were refused 7 May, decision overturned and Visa granted 1 June.
(not without help of good barrister, MP and daily emails to the ECM from me I have to say)

we've gone through two refusals, followed by an over-turn and no-one has contacted my workplace yet. Good Luck

my application was refused but my employers did not receive a call or anything.

3crown, do u mean the decision to refuse was overturned and you got the visa - if so how long did this process take? thanks.

thanks for your reply 3crown, and congratulations.

my husband appealed late june but we havent heard anything yet..

[susy1]

Susy1 - I'll keep my fingers crossed. Do you have a good lawyer helping you? It doesn't hurt to email the embassy yourself direct on a daily basis believe me, Be polite (to the point of grovelling!) and just keep asking what the hell is going on. Contact your MP too.

thanks 3crown.

i dont have a lawyer and i didnt name myself as the representative which i really regret now. my local MP has written to the embassy and has asked them to review the documents again. il email the embassy and ask whats going on - i emailed them before when we were making the inital application but did not get a response. - but you're right, its worth a try.

[SMOOTH OPERATOR]

Hi susy1
We were refused 7 May, decision overturned and Visa granted 1 June.
(not without help of good barrister, MP and daily emails to the ECM from me I have to say)

how did u get hold of the ECM's email address was it on the refusal letter or what??????

[3crown]

Hi Smooth Operator, No nothing on the refusal letter; the barrister faxed a letter over to the embassy once we'd been refused (to save time) and the ECM responded by email so it was made easy for me. The general rule is, you can telephone the Embassy and they should give you the name of the ECM - the emails usually follow the following format <name>@fco.gov.uk

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Hi susy1
We were refused 7 May, decision overturned and Visa granted 1 June.
(not without help of good barrister, MP and daily emails to the ECM from me I have to say)

how did u get hold of the ECM's email address was it on the refusal letter or what??????