My Husband applied for ILR but hasnt got his passort back

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:36 am

I am a British national and My Husband applied for leave to remain in uk last year in april, in december we got a letter saying the case has been refused therefore we appealed the case.

In january 2012 we attended the appeal at the tribunal service at Manchester, the appeal was granted straightaway and we were advised that we would get his passport within 28 days.

Its been nearly ten months since we have not received anything back from the UKBA, I have contacted them on various account, whenever i ring them they are very rude and advise me to wait, our solicitor has contacted them on various account to and he is getting the same response that we should just wait.

i was also told to write a letter to UKBA which i did and i have not got a reply. My local MP has also written to UKBA but he has not got any response

My husband needs his passport so that he can visit his sick parents.

hope you can help and advise

Post by **vinny** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:11 am

See also Unlawful retention of passport by ECO.

Post by **Greenie** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:57 am

Is your legal rep actually a solicitor or just an immigration advisor? A letter before claim would sort this out (this is letter threatening to apply for judicial review)

tier-1 · Post by **tier-1** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:14 pm

Try escalating to the ombudsman. PHSO.

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:02 pm

Greenie wrote:Is your legal rep actually a solicitor or just an immigration advisor? A letter before claim would sort this out (this is letter threatening to apply for judicial review)

He is a solicitor, he has tried to contact them and they keep sayin the same thing to him.

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:03 pm

tier-1 wrote:Try escalating to the ombudsman. PHSO.

sorry i do not understand please can you make me understand?

peppekalle · Post by **peppekalle** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:58 am

woteva25 wrote:
Greenie wrote:Is your legal rep actually a solicitor or just an immigration advisor? A letter before claim would sort this out (this is letter threatening to apply for judicial review)
He is a solicitor, he has tried to contact them and they keep sayin the same thing to him.

What are they saying to him?Wait for how much longer?Has he written a letter threatening UKBA with judicial review?

Has your husband been given status or just his passport is being held?His passport is likely being held at your local UKBA enforcement team.Phone them them up and ask them to implement the appeal if the hasn't been given status or ask for his passport.

Don't call the 0870 number they are just a call center the numbers to call are here http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=86090.

Some mps are not sympathetic to the plight of immigrants i just hope your mp is not conservative.UKBA have a dedicated team to answer ALL inquiries from mps

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:48 pm

peppekalle wrote:
woteva25 wrote:
Greenie wrote:Is your legal rep actually a solicitor or just an immigration advisor? A letter before claim would sort this out (this is letter threatening to apply for judicial review)
He is a solicitor, he has tried to contact them and they keep sayin the same thing to him.
What are they saying to him?Wait for how much longer?Has he written a letter threatening UKBA with judicial review?

Has your husband been given status or just his passport is being held?His passport is likely being held at your local UKBA enforcement team.Phone them them up and ask them to implement the appeal if the hasn't been given status or ask for his passport.

Don't call the 0870 number they are just a call center the numbers to call are here http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=86090.

Some mps are not sympathetic to the plight of immigrants i just hope your mp is not conservative.UKBA have a dedicated team to answer ALL inquiries from mps

the UKBA are saying just wait and that theres nothing else they can do for us we just have to wait. when i rang ukba and asked for his passport back they said to me do i wish to withdraw his application.

i am so confused on what to do, i will ring the croydon number as i do not know which local ukba office has his passport. My husband has been granted marriage visa.

please can you advise me further as i am very confused on what to do also i do not understand what judical review is so please can you help me further?

will appreciate all your help

peppekalle · Post by **peppekalle** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:49 am

Phone the local center nearest to your home.Have your husband home office reference number ready.If you still have the refusal decision phone the number on the decision or fax them the judges determination and ask them to implement the appeal

To find more about judicial review go http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=38426 http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the ... ial-review

If your solicitor is not helping you go to your local law center http://www.lawcentres.org.uk/ most of them offer free immigration advice.

The call center have no clue........all UKBA has to to do is to implement the appeal not to ask you if you want to withdraw the application the one that they have already refused .

Once they get the letter from the law center they will act quickly.

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:40 am

peppekalle wrote:Phone the local center nearest to your home.Have your husband home office reference number ready.If you still have the refusal decision phone the number on the decision or fax them the judges determination and ask them to implement the appeal

To find more about judicial review go http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=38426 http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the ... ial-review

If your solicitor is not helping you go to your local law center http://www.lawcentres.org.uk/ most of them offer free immigration advice.

The call center have no clue........all UKBA has to to do is to implement the appeal not to ask you if you want to withdraw the application the one that they have already refused .

Once they get the letter from the law center they will act quickly.

I do not have a law centre near me, they are 4/5 hours away what shall i do? i will ring the refusal number tomorrow

peppekalle · Post by **peppekalle** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:33 am

Please let us know how you got on with the refusal team.You could find some other lawyers here http://legaladviserfinder.justice.gov.u ... rSearch.do

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:31 pm

peppekalle wrote:Please let us know how you got on with the refusal team.You could find some other lawyers here http://legaladviserfinder.justice.gov.u ... rSearch.do

i was not able to contact the refusal team but i will ring them again tomorrow

tier-1 · Post by **tier-1** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:13 pm

Did you try contacting Parliamentary and Health ombudsman organisation about this?

woteva25 · Post by **woteva25** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:36 pm

hi everyone

i just wantb to say i have received my husbands passport and visa today.

i just want to say thank you to everyone for your help

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My Husband applied for ILR but hasnt got his passort back

My Husband applied for ILR but hasnt got his passort back