khanz wrote:Hi All,
One of my friend has been in uk on student visa for more than 5 five years. He married two years ago and brought his wife from Pakistan. Now he has one year daughter. His college was black listed few months back. So, he could not apply for visa extension and due to insufficient funds in his account he could not switch to any other college. His visa is going to expire on 30-Jun-2009.
Somebody has suggested to apply for extension on humanitarian grounds writing the following facts that:
1. he has been living in uk for more than 5 years.
2. it would be very troublesome for his one year old daughter to go to pakistan as she was born in uk and is not used to living in pakistan.
3. he belongs to Abbotabad which is very close to swat where military operation against taliban is underway and people are already dis-located.
Experts! please give your opinion about the above or suggest any other way out for him.
Thanks,
Zahid
1. So what to be blunt, that in itself means nothing. Are there other family members in the UK?
2. Why exactly would that be, I doubt a one year old cares that much, it would be different if she was older and had spent a significant amount of time in school and didn't speak the language of her home country. She is young enough to adapt to life in Pakistan.
3. Internal relocation, Pakistan is pretty big. Your friend could use the qualifications he has gained in the UK to get a good job back home. He has been here for 5 years after all.
Your friend would have had to show sufficient funds whichever college he was going to, and where are the sponsors of this student?
If it was a proper qualification that he was studying for (ACCA, CIMA, BCS) the exams taken so far will still count and could be used to transfer to a new college part way through the course rather than start again at the beginning.
He could also go to Trading Standards or the small claims court to try to recover the fees paid to the college. If he paid by credit card perhaps the card company would give him a refund because he paid for something he did not receive.
Out of interest, what college was it?
Other options are Tier 2 as a sponsored worker.
There may be no options but to return to Pakistan for the moment until more funds are forthcoming for your friend to continue his studies.
