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Hi marra123,marra123 wrote:my partner came here in july 1996 as a visitor he applied for asylum in 1998 and was rejected. in 2008 he took a solicitor and he said he should apply for legacy, so he apply for legacy in 2008 and we haven't heard nothing form HO. And in July 2010 he was qualify for the 14 years long resident. He took the life in the uk test. but what worries me is that the solicitor didn't submitted his application until November 22, and he didn't ask for any supporting documents except the life in the Uk test. No passport, bill, or bank statement. my partner ask him why didn't you submitted my passport he said there is no need. Is it possible that he might sell the documents to someone els. am just worried because of the way he behave is nothing straight forward. Can someone please reply me. but he did post us a letter from HO.
So, do you have ILR or British passport yourself? Or both of you are applying under 14 years rule? If you are British citizen, then your partner is very likely to get something legalised his/her status.marra123 wrote:Thank you all
yeah we have 3 year old and I am a student we have been together for about five years.
I don't know then. It might take a long time to legalised your partner's case, then your child, and finally yours. 14 years case can't apply with spouse. (as far as I know!!!).marra123 wrote:No am not British, I'm an international student.
when you agreed with the solicitor, did you make it clear that you wanted ILR only? Because it seems your solicitor used form FLR(O) instead. There is no requirement for you be legalised to get ILR under 14 year residence.chorc123 wrote:After exactly 1 years waiting time, we have finally received positive news from UKBA. However, we are granted Discretionary leave to remain. Actucally, very bad new. We were told by solicitor that he filed our case was just to legalised our status. Then, the next thing is pay him extra £ 2700. Then he will fill another application for ILR within 6 months time. He told us to have a holiday back home first, look for jobs etc.
We are going to another solicitor after we pay that £2700. We cannot afford not to, as he won't release document.
I don't know if I should be happy or not.
We did pass life in the UK test long time ago, 2008 I think!!joh118 wrote:how did that happen?
Have a look here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... chapter18/
And look under 6 Granting Further Leave to Remain
It specifically says: "Prior to 2 April 2007 it was not possible to grant leave to remain on the basis of long residence. On 2 April 2007, paragraph 276A1 and paragraph 276A2 were added into immigration rules to allow long residence applicants to be granted an extension of leave to remain when all the requirements for ILR under long residence were met, except for the knowledge of life (KOL) requirement."
The only reason why you could have got the LTR using SET(O) form was because you did not provide Life in UK test.
I think your solicitor is a bit fishy IMHO. When your solicitor sent off the application, they should have got the aknowledgement letter from UKBA. Did you see it? It should say what application form was used.
If you don't have it, DEMAND that you see it.
Also, you didn't sign anything??? now that is worrying.
Hi, yes, the £2700 is part of £4500, however, it turns out it was just for DLR, then now he said he wants £2000 for ILR application.thelastman wrote:@ chorc123
I'm confused and you have left me scratching my head. Is the £2700 you are owing part of the £4500 he initially quoted?
Quoting kiwigirl from the first page of this thread - "A good OICS qualified solicitor would never withhold a clients passport or visa documents. It's unlawful!!"
I wonder if you can approach your local citizens advice bureau about if it is legal for your solicitor to withhold your documents even if you are still owing him.
If your solicitor have acted inappropriately then there is a way to report him to his regulatory body. I think letting him know this might make him aware that you are no longer to be messed with.
And that is beside the point that he has missled you from the begining, making you unaware of the application he has submitted, while you have been waiting for result for something totally different.
Like joh118 said there is something fishy going on, perhaps he has you ILR and he is trying to sit on it for more money. Can you at least get a photocopy of all your documents from the HO that he has. Also I wonder if there is a way for you to contact the HO and ask about the status of your application and which one it was etc. Perhaps you can do another Subject Request Access (SAR) and have the reply sent to your addresse or that of another solicitor.
Definitely do not use this solicitor anymore, once you can wrap up your existing case.
And how comes he only wants £2000 for the next application of ILR when he charged £4500 for what turned out to be DLR, why less this time. More importantly you have already paid him for getting you ILR so why should you pay him again, its stand to reason you have already agreed a fee for him to get you ILR. So you should not need to pay him again, afterall the what he has spent the money on was not the instruction that you gave him!
I believe he must have signed of the application forms himself since he has your signature on other documents you submitted. There are so many points of contention if you wanna get him in trouble for messing you about.
I hope you can find a way through this. Amidst this problems there is a ray of hope.
why don't you ask specifically what law?chorc123 wrote:We did pass life in the UK test long time ago, 2008 I think!!joh118 wrote:how did that happen?
Have a look here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... chapter18/
And look under 6 Granting Further Leave to Remain
It specifically says: "Prior to 2 April 2007 it was not possible to grant leave to remain on the basis of long residence. On 2 April 2007, paragraph 276A1 and paragraph 276A2 were added into immigration rules to allow long residence applicants to be granted an extension of leave to remain when all the requirements for ILR under long residence were met, except for the knowledge of life (KOL) requirement."
The only reason why you could have got the LTR using SET(O) form was because you did not provide Life in UK test.
I think your solicitor is a bit fishy IMHO. When your solicitor sent off the application, they should have got the aknowledgement letter from UKBA. Did you see it? It should say what application form was used.
If you don't have it, DEMAND that you see it.
Also, you didn't sign anything??? now that is worrying.
Yes, we have acknowledgement letter which is set(O), which it didn't say which form.
Then , we spoke the solicitor again today, he said the law had ' changed' so we had to apply for DL first then ILR. Then he asked for more money £2000 for ILR application legal fees. And, he said we would be granted very shorty.
The biggest problem is the first £2700 for all the documents back. I don't know where to borrow more. If we could sort this out then we will go for somebody cheaper and reliable.
Very very exhausted today just for thinking about it.
By the way, he didn't say the ILR was refused, just said he had to put us through DL first then 14 years ILR.
yes, we did. What he said today was we had to get DL first before we can apply for ILR.joh118 wrote:why don't you ask specifically what law?chorc123 wrote:We did pass life in the UK test long time ago, 2008 I think!!joh118 wrote:how did that happen?
Have a look here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... chapter18/
And look under 6 Granting Further Leave to Remain
It specifically says: "Prior to 2 April 2007 it was not possible to grant leave to remain on the basis of long residence. On 2 April 2007, paragraph 276A1 and paragraph 276A2 were added into immigration rules to allow long residence applicants to be granted an extension of leave to remain when all the requirements for ILR under long residence were met, except for the knowledge of life (KOL) requirement."
The only reason why you could have got the LTR using SET(O) form was because you did not provide Life in UK test.
I think your solicitor is a bit fishy IMHO. When your solicitor sent off the application, they should have got the aknowledgement letter from UKBA. Did you see it? It should say what application form was used.
If you don't have it, DEMAND that you see it.
Also, you didn't sign anything??? now that is worrying.
Yes, we have acknowledgement letter which is set(O), which it didn't say which form.
Then , we spoke the solicitor again today, he said the law had ' changed' so we had to apply for DL first then ILR. Then he asked for more money £2000 for ILR application legal fees. And, he said we would be granted very shorty.
The biggest problem is the first £2700 for all the documents back. I don't know where to borrow more. If we could sort this out then we will go for somebody cheaper and reliable.
Very very exhausted today just for thinking about it.
By the way, he didn't say the ILR was refused, just said he had to put us through DL first then 14 years ILR.
Have you even seen the visa in your passport yourself?chorc123 wrote:yes, we did. What he said today was we had to get DL first before we can apply for ILR.joh118 wrote:why don't you ask specifically what law?chorc123 wrote:We did pass life in the UK test long time ago, 2008 I think!!joh118 wrote:how did that happen?
Have a look here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... chapter18/
And look under 6 Granting Further Leave to Remain
It specifically says: "Prior to 2 April 2007 it was not possible to grant leave to remain on the basis of long residence. On 2 April 2007, paragraph 276A1 and paragraph 276A2 were added into immigration rules to allow long residence applicants to be granted an extension of leave to remain when all the requirements for ILR under long residence were met, except for the knowledge of life (KOL) requirement."
The only reason why you could have got the LTR using SET(O) form was because you did not provide Life in UK test.
I think your solicitor is a bit fishy IMHO. When your solicitor sent off the application, they should have got the aknowledgement letter from UKBA. Did you see it? It should say what application form was used.
If you don't have it, DEMAND that you see it.
Also, you didn't sign anything??? now that is worrying.
Yes, we have acknowledgement letter which is set(O), which it didn't say which form.
Then , we spoke the solicitor again today, he said the law had ' changed' so we had to apply for DL first then ILR. Then he asked for more money £2000 for ILR application legal fees. And, he said we would be granted very shorty.
The biggest problem is the first £2700 for all the documents back. I don't know where to borrow more. If we could sort this out then we will go for somebody cheaper and reliable.
Very very exhausted today just for thinking about it.
By the way, he didn't say the ILR was refused, just said he had to put us through DL first then 14 years ILR.
can anybody tell us if they know of any good solicitor who can get us legal aid for 14 years case? We can't fork out any more money.
On the other hand, I have searched online all day about discretionary leave to remain. I have never ever believe we got this. What rights do we have between now and ILR? I am very confused and mentally exhausted.
Thanks.