hi rainbow24.. happy Eid!!
Sounds like you're making good progress on getting all your evidence ready, keep all those phone cards, but explain what they are... I've been calling my wife everyday since she went back, but they would not accept the calls as evidence because I use a telediscount number and as the 087 number is all that shows on my bill they said it was not evidence... !!!
You don't need to be at the interview... and i'm sure that they'll see you have a very good reason why you cannot be there. Try not to worry, with your child on the way, it looks like you have ample evidence of a subsisting marriage
i've been told that appeals take 6-12 months in the UK, but cross that bridge if you need to, concentrate on the application for now.
Talking of appeals, I have been advised not to appeal but to wait some time, build more evidence of a subsisting marriage and apply again in 12 months!! Apparently the appeal will be based on evidence that was submitted with the application, and I can see the mistakes we made in not providing enough. While I'm not convinced that the evidence we did submit was considered properly I can accept that we should have provided more... eg we submitted a small selection of photos, but on reflection we should have submitted every photo we have.. I've learnt my lesson the hard way !!
I'd appreciate some advice on waiting 12 months though? I think its too long, me and my wife want to be back together now, and getting on with our life again. I'm also worried that if we wait a year it's not going to look like we want to be back together? i plan to visit my wife as often as leave and finances will allow - probably every 6 weeks, and hope we'll have enough evidence early in the new year. Do you think this will be ok, can we apply again sooner?
S