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by pantalaimon » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:46 am
Thank you so very much Casa and Batleykhan for the clarity on my situation. I had a gut feeling that I wasn't getting the straight facts. At the IAS I was told I could have third party support, I was full of doubt otherwise I would have read about the amendment in the UK government visa official site (I would have thought) and it would have been all over the net and a hot topic on all of the forums. But there wasn't much I could find on it. The guy at the IAS told me that I was allowed third party support as if a magic wand had been waved over my case. When I called another visa attorney after that meeting, I had the same response, except they said I had to make it clear that there is no doubt that the family support will be ongoing (although I could prove the past support going back a few years).
I have seen on another forum that there have been a few people who have been granted visas where the sponsor is wholly reliant on benefits and some where they refused due to suspicion of being on benefits (when they weren't!). For those who were on benefits and succeeded, I guess they were considered on their own individual merits, and I don't understand what those were and just because they did succeed, doesn't not guarantee I would, that I understand.
It seems logical to me that I stand a high chance of getting refused and winning via appeal. It's definitely not in the cards for us to wait the many months to get this opportunity though - so succeeding at first would be amazing for us.
I must go and feed my little one, I'll have another ponder over the situation and come back with my thoughts. Thanks again so very much!