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It measn the ECO has this length of time to get the appeal bundle of papers to the AIT in UK,so they can set a date for hearing here in teh UK.This system in Pakistan is rubbish. They should have emailed or contacted me. But no. Kept the papers for long time. AIT said they are not expected all docs to be recieved until 16th March 10. What does that mean?
At the front of the bundle write down all the docs that you are sending.So therefore i have hole punched corners of the orginal documents and placed a treasury tags to secure them ensuring they dont get lost or misplaced this time.So what i want to know is that Holepunching original documents does not compromise their legality or does it ? Batley khan if you could please advise
Hi everyone, I am new to the forum, however I do have an update on this issue.b92753 wrote:Visa refused for following reason
My settlement visa has been refused for the following reason
"I not that you were in pakistan on 24th june 2009 and while you have provided a marriage certificate this document is not evidence of a valid marriage under the pakistan Muslim family ordinance 1961. For your marriage to be valid it must be registered with the union council where you married. You have not provided a Nikah Nama or any evidence that your marriage has been registered.
I am therefore not satisified that you are married to a person present and settled in the united kingdom or who is on the same occasion being admitted for settlement and refuse your application under paragraph 281 section (i) if the immigration rules"
However i did submit a Nikah Nama which was certified and attested and also translated in english and attested. Why did they refuse ?? I didnt the MFLO 1961 was extended to pakistan ? And therefore having the nikha namah attested by the mufti and or the (kutchery) was sufficient ?
Also...LONDON: The British High Commission (BHC) in Islamabad has been accused of refusing hundreds of legitimate spouse visa applications from Azad Kashmir on the basis of confusion created by the recently-changed Nikah forms in Azad Kashmir.
The BHC has recently started refusing applicants with marriage certificates issued in the AJK en bloc on the basis that those certificates do not prove that a valid marriage has been contracted.
Affected families and their legal representatives state that the BHC is refusing to acknowledge that the Nikah forms or marriage certificates in the AJK have changed and no longer mirror those used in mainland Pakistan.
Thousands of people apply to join partners on spouse visas in the UK. A failure by the BHC to understand changes in local laws resulting in the revised marriage certificates being issued has led to unnecessary refusal of their applications, which is proving a nightmare for families.
Under the Pakistan Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961, the prescribed form issued in Pakistan as proof of a marriage is a Nikah Nama and until recently the same Nikah Namas were also issued in the AJK. It is pertinent to mention that the Pakistan Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961, which prescribes the form of marriage certificate to be issued in mainland Pakistan, does not apply in Azad Kashmir and this has been accepted in many Asylum and Immigration Tribunal decisions in the United Kingdom.
The government of Azad Kashmir recently prescribed a new form of marriage certificate known as ‘Nikah Khawani’, which is then certified by a Tehsil Mufti. A Nikah Khawani is proof of a valid marriage having been contracted according to the AJK law.
A leading solicitor and immigration expert, who is campaigning on behalf of the affected families, explained that a proclamation was made in May 1988 to amend the form of marriage certificate issued in the AJK to a Nikah Khawani but this change was not actually implemented until recently.
Muhammad Amjad of Dexter Montague solicitors told The News: “It appears that in practice the AJK authorities have continued to issue Nikah Namas until very recently and have only now changed their practice in this regard.
Salaam brotherVASEY wrote:Salam Jameel, what was the outcome of your application, i am still waiting for ours
Settlement Visa
Applied 19/11/2009
UKHUB informed decision made 14/12/2009
No update on website
No call from Gerrys as of yet.
Waiting and Praying Inshallah
Hi bro, why was ur application rejected?HeartGambler wrote:Allhumdolilah by the Grace of God I got my Settlement visa after a year long struggle as I had to do everything myself.
Submitted my passport at VAC KHI after an allowed appeal on the 10/12/2009 and got it back on the 31/12/2009 Remarkably quick as reading to some of the cases here like 8 months. Gerrys called me the same day when they got my passport as the envelope was postmarked as 31/12/2009. The Visa was stamped on the 17/12/2009. Just want to confirm if I travel in 2 months time will there be any prob. I am planning to leave on the 14/2/2010.
Initial Application (VAC KHI) 26/01/2009
Refused (Extremely Quick) 17/02/2009
Appeal Lodged 16/03/2009
Oral Hearing 26/10/2009
Determination Received 01/11/2009
Call Letter Received 05/12/2009
New TB Certificate 09/12/2009
Passport submitted 10/12/2009
Passport Received 31/12/2009
Jameel17 wrote:Salaam brothers. Ive just been in hiding cus of the footy result earlier!!!
My wife will be going tomorrow morning (monday) now as she got told that everythings closed during the weekend. She could have went before the new years holidays on the day they called her but its a travelling issue aswell. (Mission from AJK to islamabad).
Inshallah im gunna be put out of my misery tomorrow lol. Been a really long weekend. Work is going to be awful tomorrow. Im gunna spend all morning looking at my phones!!
Will get back to you guys tomorrow inshallah.
Cus I live 25 minutes away from Islamabad...ukusman wrote:Jameel17 wrote:Salaam brothers. Ive just been in hiding cus of the footy result earlier!!!
My wife will be going tomorrow morning (monday) now as she got told that everythings closed during the weekend. She could have went before the new years holidays on the day they called her but its a travelling issue aswell. (Mission from AJK to islamabad).
Inshallah im gunna be put out of my misery tomorrow lol. Been a really long weekend. Work is going to be awful tomorrow. Im gunna spend all morning looking at my phones!!
Will get back to you guys tomorrow inshallah.
Why did your submit your wifes Settlement case in Islamabad ? When she lives in AJK? According to the Stats mirpur processes the case alot quciker than any other VAC in pakistan!