My question is can anyone advise what our best options are to stay together??
We have both been ignoring the Sept deadline hoping it would go away, but these things just don't do they (unfortunatly!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
H
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What kind visa is he on?hignfu wrote:My albanian boyfriends visa expires in Sept, we have known each other for 1.5 years and have been together for nearly a year, we have never lived together as for a while I was not living in the area.
My question is can anyone advise what our best options are to stay together??
We have both been ignoring the Sept deadline hoping it would go away, but these things just don't do they (unfortunatly!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
H
:cry:
Ok, in my opinion, ur options are:hignfu wrote:Hello.....
He is currently here on a student visa..
H
Not everyone in Albania lives in abject poverty you know...Wanderer wrote:Ok, in my opinion, ur options are:hignfu wrote:Hello.....
He is currently here on a student visa..
H
1. Extend/new student visa, new course etc assuming he's finished his current one. Expensive tho - how did he fund his uni fees, no disrespect to Albania but it seems unlike he has rich parents.
2. Marry - can switch in-country from student visa so no need to home. Maybe need a CoA to marry - 395 pounds and the FLR visa immediately after is 385 pounds (I think) so more expense I'm afraid. Have to quick with this plan cos I think u need three months left on ur visa.
3. IGS - assuming he got his degree, I think he might qualify for this one-year scheme - check tho I'm not really familiar with it.
That's all I can come with for now!
I know! Whilst I've not been to Albania I've been to almost all the other Eastern bloc countries and I know what it's like for the majority. I was trying to find out if the OP's bf had independent means in which case he can go for another student visa. Or maybe the OP has funds and she can sponsor his further studies? Just looking for options!clairey wrote:Not everyone in Albania lives in abject poverty you know... :roll:Wanderer wrote:Ok, in my opinion, ur options are:hignfu wrote:Hello.....
He is currently here on a student visa..
H
1. Extend/new student visa, new course etc assuming he's finished his current one. Expensive tho - how did he fund his uni fees, no disrespect to Albania but it seems unlike he has rich parents.
2. Marry - can switch in-country from student visa so no need to home. Maybe need a CoA to marry - 395 pounds and the FLR visa immediately after is 385 pounds (I think) so more expense I'm afraid. Have to quick with this plan cos I think u need three months left on ur visa.
3. IGS - assuming he got his degree, I think he might qualify for this one-year scheme - check tho I'm not really familiar with it.
That's all I can come with for now!
clairey wrote:Not everyone in Albania lives in abject poverty you know...Wanderer wrote:Ok, in my opinion, ur options are:hignfu wrote:Hello.....
He is currently here on a student visa..
H
1. Extend/new student visa, new course etc assuming he's finished his current one. Expensive tho - how did he fund his uni fees, no disrespect to Albania but it seems unlike he has rich parents.
2. Marry - can switch in-country from student visa so no need to home. Maybe need a CoA to marry - 395 pounds and the FLR visa immediately after is 385 pounds (I think) so more expense I'm afraid. Have to quick with this plan cos I think u need three months left on ur visa.
3. IGS - assuming he got his degree, I think he might qualify for this one-year scheme - check tho I'm not really familiar with it.
That's all I can come with for now!![]()
Well done Claire. I was just about to write the same...but you are very quick. My mum's had her interview yesterday and it went really well. They asked her to bring a couple of documents and hopefully once she supplies them with this they will issue her the visa. I have just written to them today also.
Albaxx
I'm afraid the only route I know about is getting married - I've not had any experience of other types of visa - sorry!
How strange, I have friends in exactly the same situation, I wonder if they are the same people or just coincidence?! I guess if the Embassy have started keeping marriage certificates this might be a regular occurance now.Out of interest, I saw my friends last night who have just got back from Albania where the got an EEA Family Permit on the basis of their marriage. It turns out the British Embassy kept their original marriage certificate, so now they can't apply for a Schengen visa. Should the Embassy have kept it? And is there anything they can do short of reapply for another copy from the town hall in Albania where they married?
Is he from Korca and is she Dutch???Marie B wrote:How strange, I have friends in exactly the same situation, I wonder if they are the same people or just coincidence?! I guess if the Embassy have started keeping marriage certificates this might be a regular occurance now.Out of interest, I saw my friends last night who have just got back from Albania where the got an EEA Family Permit on the basis of their marriage. It turns out the British Embassy kept their original marriage certificate, so now they can't apply for a Schengen visa. Should the Embassy have kept it? And is there anything they can do short of reapply for another copy from the town hall in Albania where they married?
We took photocopies of EVERYTHING and they gave us back all our originals - it does seem weird they've started keeping originals now. They also kept some of his pay slips and his reference letters from his job. However, it was the horrible little man from the embassy that everyone I know hates, so he may have done it out of spite. He also charge my friend a fee for his EEA Permit (!) until one of the British girls spotted it and gave it back to him.Marie B wrote:When my husband applied for his spouse visa (April 2005) the British Embassy in Tirana handed back our marriage certificate but kept some of my financial documents such as original invoices, pay slips etc. which I needed back for my tax return. I rang them and they sorted out everything they could find and handed it back, they were quite helpful about it although some of the documents were still missing. I had submitted a complete set of photocopies and was in Albania at the time though so it was relatively easy. It might be worth a phone call to see but I think they only hand documents back to the applicant or spouse, it might be worth finding out if a member of his family can collect it.
Otherwise the only option is to obtain another marriage certificate from the registry where they married. It is possible to deposit an overseas marriage certificate at the General Register Office in the UK and then if you need certified copies for anything you can apply for them any time. Either that or get a few from the register office in Albania - they are needed for everything!
The embassy now states that all documents must be originals or certified copies from a UK solicitor.If you wish to submit originals they will not be returned!!! I normally send a certified copy of my passport only because if I start taking copies of every piece of document that I supply them with and have to pay the solicitor for that service, I guarantee you that with the amount of information we provide and how many times my parents have come over here... I would be bankcorrupted.clairey wrote:Is he from Korca and is she Dutch???Marie B wrote:How strange, I have friends in exactly the same situation, I wonder if they are the same people or just coincidence?! I guess if the Embassy have started keeping marriage certificates this might be a regular occurance now.Out of interest, I saw my friends last night who have just got back from Albania where the got an EEA Family Permit on the basis of their marriage. It turns out the British Embassy kept their original marriage certificate, so now they can't apply for a Schengen visa. Should the Embassy have kept it? And is there anything they can do short of reapply for another copy from the town hall in Albania where they married?
We took photocopies of EVERYTHING and they gave us back all our originals - it does seem weird they've started keeping originals now. They also kept some of his pay slips and his reference letters from his job. However, it was the horrible little man from the embassy that everyone I know hates, so he may have done it out of spite. He also charge my friend a fee for his EEA Permit (!) until one of the British girls spotted it and gave it back to him.Marie B wrote:When my husband applied for his spouse visa (April 2005) the British Embassy in Tirana handed back our marriage certificate but kept some of my financial documents such as original invoices, pay slips etc. which I needed back for my tax return. I rang them and they sorted out everything they could find and handed it back, they were quite helpful about it although some of the documents were still missing. I had submitted a complete set of photocopies and was in Albania at the time though so it was relatively easy. It might be worth a phone call to see but I think they only hand documents back to the applicant or spouse, it might be worth finding out if a member of his family can collect it.
Otherwise the only option is to obtain another marriage certificate from the registry where they married. It is possible to deposit an overseas marriage certificate at the General Register Office in the UK and then if you need certified copies for anything you can apply for them any time. Either that or get a few from the register office in Albania - they are needed for everything!
Oh, they're not the same, he's from Kukes and she's from Sweden! They are trying to get another marriage certificate from the registry where they married (up in northern albania, easier said than done).Is he from Korca and is she Dutch???
Oh no Claire... I am sorry if I didn't sound very clear. No you can't certify the albanian marriage certificate in UK... i suppose the easiest thing is to get a couple of spare marriage certificates from the register office (civil office) in Albania and as they come in different languages, you may be OK to use them for different purposes. I had my original English marriage certificate lost by the HO when I got married 7 years ago. I sent it with my application which anyway they refused it as I needed to go back and get EC.Now I have a couple of copies from the register office in London. Anyway I don't send my parents anymore certified copies of my documents. I only certifie my passport. I then send one original payslipp and a bank statement. One of the many many offer letters from the bank for the house mortgage... you know the bank always sends you loads of papers... and I suppose as long as they have our names on it the embassy staff seem happy with those but it all depends on individual cases because by now my name is more or less familiar in the embassy as my parents have been over here more then 8 times... but to tell the trueth I am so sick and tired of certifying my passport all the time.clairey wrote:Yes, we had to pay £150 to certify all the documents of ours that the embassy wanted for my in-law's visas. But how can you get an Albanian marriage certificate certified by a UK lawyer when they won't let you into the UK without taking the marriage certificate???
hignfu wrote:My albanian boyfriends visa expires in Sept, we have known each other for 1.5 years and have been together for nearly a year, we have never lived together as for a while I was not living in the area.
My question is can anyone advise what our best options are to stay together??
We have both been ignoring the Sept deadline hoping it would go away, but these things just don't do they (unfortunatly!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
H
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