i would like to know if anyone here is on the same boat as me or can give any info regading my case.
i came to uk in oct 2004 on student visa (my whole family is here aswell). i had my student visa extensions till march 2009 and after that i applied for further extension, had my biometrics done in may 2009.
During that time i met my husband and got married in sep 2009, a couple of weeks later my wedding i got the refusal of my student visa, then we applied for certificate of approval in nov 2009 to register the marriage and apply for the spouse visa, after a long wait of a year, in nov 2010, they granted us coa but kept my passport reason, me being an overstayer.
In sep 2011, we finally registered the marriage under the british law. thought now we finally could go ahead and apply for the visa as i wanted to regularise my stay here asap but then we found out that i had to pass some english language test in order to apply for the spouse visa which took another 5 months for me sit in the test due to the long waiting list.
So i finally passed the A1 test March 2012 and went straight to the solicitor to get the things going and then on the 3rd April 2012, we applied for the spouse visa. Had my biometrics done for the 2nd time in the begining of May 2012.
Now one thing i didnt mention is that i worked that whole time, paid tax and only stopped working in the begining of April 2012. I declared this on the application and also got a letter from my employer to say that he would be willing to give me back my job once i get my visa. i hope this wont affect my application as i am being honest with them and did not hide anything at all..
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The other thing is that going back to my home country and applying from there is not an option for me... as my whole family has been here for nearly 8 yrs established their lives aswell. ive got no place to go back home, no one to support there and not safe for a young girl to live there by herself (due to the unrest situation in the perticular city i came from) for the unspecified amount of time (waiting period of getting any kind of visa from pakistan) my husband can not come with me because 1,hes got on going medical treatment for his eyes and 2, hes got 2 kids from previous marriage which he can not just leave and come to pakistan with me for an unspecified period of time.
So yeah thats my story, I appologise for the long post
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