ECAA

[popeye]

First of all Hi to everyone,
We (Bulgarians with ECAA Visas) have a little problem with our decisions for FLR i ILR. Some cases have been held more than two years.
After the scandal which led Beverly Hudges to resign, HO have rewritten their Guides for ECAA visas and change the low as appropriate to make switching in UK impossible .This was while ago and in January everything seem to be ok with case proceeding and decisions except that HO have issued only few FLR and none ILR. Yet in this forum seem that the Busy IND have managed to issue some working visa holders with ILR for les than 5 min.Of course the procedure is different and the law for both categories is different but seems that if HO is holding ECAA visa holders without document for quite a long period. Some of the ILR applicants already have decided to withdraw their passports just because their tired to hear the same story from HO IND caseworkers : “case is under consideration”.
Most of us are in position to think that the new immigration bill (2005-2006) will affect the law and these applications in HO IND will be decided under the new law and Bill. This is the only logical explanation why HO is holding our applications.
I am here to ask you guys if anyone can say which organization can help us....ILPA, JCWI ?which one need to be informed and is in position where can put some pressure in the current situation. Seems that HO is doing whatever to slow the issuing of any ILR even under the new guides.
Also some of our immigration solicitors and advisors have tried to speed up the process but without any success, IND workers can check all the document for less than day for each case...Let say that week for each case is just OK.
For the last six months after the introduction on the new ECAA guides and law there were only few FLR visas issued and the backlog now is more than 20000 for FLR and ILR.I am aware that HO consider ECAA law as mistake but the law is here and should be respected.
There should be some solution in the case where the proceeding authorities simply does not take the law in respect and trough their own methods applying different policy than stated ...
Please help?