The Saga Continues - Anyone received an email like this??

[womanhandy]

Today was the 15 working days since the UKBA New York emailed me to notify me that my appeal was received by the New York office, taking into consideration that they took the 4th of July off. The following is what was emailed to me

'Dear applicant,

We are contacting you to give you an update on your UK Visa Appeal .
On June 29th we received your appeal form and the time extended request.
On July 6 we received additional documents to support the appeal.
At the moment your case it's being review by an officer.

Thank you for your patience and apologies for the delay.

Kind Regards,

New York Visa Team
UK Border Agency'

Has anyone else gotten an email like this?

[king2be98]

I assume you applied for a spouse or fiance VISA? In fact I thought settlment VISA appeals could only be lodged through the IAT in the UK.

Nevertheless, the emails people receive differ from country to country so what you have received may not be the same as what others have.

The next stage is they send the documents to the ECM/ECO to review and to determine whether they want to overturn or uphold their decision. They are given 19 weeks to do this for settlement appeals.

You've been sent an email about the progress, in other parts of the world, you're not even sent an email.

[womanhandy]

It WAS lodged throught the IAC. This is the stage where the ECO/ECM is allowed to review the decision. I just thought it a strange email and was asking if anyone else had seen a similiar one, as NOTHING about this application or appeal has been "normal" when reading through the forum.

[womanhandy]

This was the email before

> 'Dear Applicant,
>
> Your Notice of Appeal against your UK visa refusal has been received
> at our office. An Entry Clearance Manager (ECM) will review your
> appeal within 15 working days, taking into account any further
> comments and supporting documents you have submitted. The ECM will
> either uphold the refusal or overturn the refusal based on the
> information you have provided.
>
> If the refusal is overturned: If the ECM is satisfied that your
> application meets the Immigration Rules, the original decision may be
> overturned, and entry clearance approved. You will receive an email
> informing you of the next steps.
>
> If the refusal is upheld: If the ECM is still not satisfied that your
> application meets the Immigration Rules, the original decision may be
> upheld. If this is the case you will receive an email informing you
> that your appeal is being sent to the UK for a hearing at the Asylum
> and Immigration Tribunal (AIT). You will receive an email informing
> you of the next steps.
>
> For more information about the appeals system please read UKBA guidance:
> http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front ... 8721068442
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> New York Visa Team
> UK Border Agency'

[womanhandy]

Obviously it meant nothing, because nothing has happened. The 15 days for review are well up so I guess I wait till November and see if they bother sending all the documents to the UK for a court appeal.