hi all,
sorry Rella to hear that they had not sent not even an email confirming receipt...well, at least your husband managed to get through the busiest number in the UK and get some "valuable" information, right?
To be honest, I am tremendously eskeptical about what people are telling us from Sheffield. i have a few good "evidence" to be so worried about how they handle our futures dreams and hopes...
1. look, back in Aug 04 i managed to speak several times with many members of the HSMP Team. although they were very nice to me, most of the times there were a bunch of very young voices not being able to give me the right information... (i dont know if that made a difference but i was calling from Germany and "MAYBE" they saw the number on their caller ID and picked up immediately. the reason why i say this is because when i have gotten "connected" from ecuador, it rings, rings five, six times and then it gets "disconnected" VERY VERY strange!!
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2. then in jan i came back to Ecuador and it has been NEAR impossible to get through. ive spent over 45 minutes redialing until i get something like explained above... until the 11th Feb when i miracously managed to get through...and even spoke with my caseworker, herself!! yes, somehow i got transfered to her, her VERY young voice (i thought she was one of those new secretaries to whom i got transfered by accident) was telling me that "i will let me know as soon as i make a decision". i then politely asked her if she needed ANY extra evidence i could send to her BEFORE she assess my appl and she said "i will let you know"... then she refused my application on feb 17 and she NEVER wrote any email as i had requested her...
NOW, the mission for all the refused members who have already sent the new more complete applications or 2nd applicators is the following:
just to double check this information given to rellas husband, i encourage you all to call HO and try to get their applications put on the first queue (if there is any) or simply ask about current processing times.
has any of the refused (applying again) or second time applicators gotten a receipt confirmation email? i got one email like this ONE day after they charged my CC on may 25th in which this guy from costumer relations answered in detail every question i had asked the hsmp team . he even suggested me to fax them a letter explaingin that "i would like to be informed as soon as a decision is made so that i can make arrangements for a courier to collect the decision letter and my documents"
why are they treating us differently?
talented people like Rella, her husband and many more incredible prepared people are getting so much trouble or even being rejected and some who doesnt sound that strong candidates are being approved in a few days, can anyone explain that? can ANYONE do anything to intercede for july 04 applicants?
oh, i just remembered that in that of the emails sent to me within these days from HO said that they claimed to be working on july applicants. the funny part is that ALL of us know that fresh applications even some from april have been ALREADY answered.
hope we can all work together as a team and get deeper into this annoying situation we are all involved now!!
best
jhonny