I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on some things for me. I will make my story as short as I can; I am an overstayer with a british child(1yr 7 months old) his mother is also british and we are not married. I made a Zambrano application last yr with the help of a solicitor and and I got my COA, luckily for me I was able to get a good job not long after I got my NI number. The HO requested for extra documents and I provided them, they even went as far as asking me to take a DNA test (which cost me over £500) to prove I am the father of my child which I did and at the end of it all I was refused in april this yr with the right of appeal. I decided to make the flr fp 10yr route application(parent of a british child) immediately without the use of a solicitor because after my last experience I now believe most of them are just vulchers. I got my acknowledgement letter, ECHR letter and Biometrics letter within the space of 10 days. I have enrolled my biometrics and I am now playing the waiting game.
like I said earlier the mother of my child and I are not married and to the HO I am the sole carer of my child because the mother developed health issues after the birth of our child which made it very difficult to care for our baby(I wrote a cover letter explaining all of this).my questions are, (1) does anyone know how long it takes to get a decision (2) does my case seem straightforward (3) is there anyone on this forum on a similar boat as I am(4)did I make the right application?
please I would really appreciate your help.
the anxiety is doing my head in