Just an update to bring the post to a logical conclusion and to let people in a similar situation in on our experience. We left for our holiday 3 months after I got my LR ILR while my wife was still on PBS Dep. We came back in 15 days time and there was not a sign of anything going wrong with the ...

IMHO your wife may have a problem on re-entry if she remains on her current visa. Thanks again Casa for such prompt replies, really appreciate it, seriously. Basically what I figure from what you are saying is that it's not an exact science and it's a "should" not a "must"? Of course I will switch ...

Your wife shouldn't travel outside of the UK without first switching to FLR(M). Thank you, that's what I generally gathered from here. However, doesn't the leave remain valid until expired or curtailed? And if she still has a valid leave upon return back and a pending application at Croydon for ...

Hello! I am sure this question has already been asked but I have seen so many different opinions and wanted to ask it myself just to be sure. I got T1E leave in Dec 2015 and my wife got the PBS dep. too, valid until Dec 2018. I have been granted with ILR (LR) in December 2016. The financial year of ...

After the request for further proof of "absences" I have sent over a few original documents (from school and guardians) confirming how many days have I been off and how many hols I've spent at host families. Wasn't sure what to do for the Uni period when I was 18+, so asked for another original ...

Leo, I have myself thought a lot about the action we could take and a FB group, in my opinion, won't help. A petition or a mass letter might though, but for that we need numbers, at least in the mid-hundreds (mind you, you need 10,000 signatures to get a response from the parliament). There are ways ...

I have not sent any additional documentation since the appointment. I have got a call from my caseworker and it has cleared up the fact that I have not received a letter from them that was sent to me on the 10th of October. They did thankfully accept this to be the case and I have now received a ...

The other thread I was participating in has come to its logical conlcusion so I will continue my story here I have not sent any additional documentation since the appointment. I have got a call from my caseworker and it has cleared up the fact that I have not received a letter from them that was ...

Sincere congratulations. Enjoy the UKVI-free life

Does anyone (moderators specifically) know what format the CW's email addresses follow? is it name.surname@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk? or is something else? last time I got an email from the Home Office was something like PlaceDevelopmentTeamN@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Rang the home office today Do you mean a Home Office employee/rep or do you mean UKVI's helpline that never gives any information other than what you can find yourself OR worse - something totally made up (with 0 responsibility they can say whatever they want there) It's not exactly accurate - it ...

Were you on student basis for the whole 10 yrs? No I wasn't.. Only 8/10 years as a student, then then Ent-r for another 2 on 2 different categories I don't have a clue what they're checking in my case. Well I doubt it's absences tbh, since you had 0 (wow btw, seriously? :? ) It's really a mistery ...

In that case your checks are most likely to do with taxes and SA.. the other thread (fixed on top about "peo further checks") has a lot of similar delays..

Also I have a feeling we might have seen the same case worker (judging by the empty promise of a "couple of weeks")

And also only 14 days, lol, no idea what to do now.

Haha, got the exact same scenario going on here - was asked for further proof. Except that my country does not hold such data - so unsure as to what I can provide and what the consequences would be if I don't

Congratulations! May you have a peaceful UKVI-free life

Hope admins wont mind starting a new topic.

yeah, they hate it don't they

The exact question is " Have you or any dependants who are applying with you been arrested and charged in any country with any criminal offence and are awaiting, or are currently on trial?" Given that they didn't use "or" instead of "and", this allows you to answer no if one of the constituents ...

Did you see your MP in the end or decided it's not worth it?

As far as I know (I have seen someone's history), you need to ask them this specific passenger history (also called API-Advance Passenger Information) and they will give it to you. All the airlines will report your travel details with your passport. I belive that indeed is the case, however, to my ...

As I know you can contact with SAR department to get immigration history (they keep your 5 years travel history) They only give you the landing cards they have on their record (which are usually just your first ones for every Entry Clearance). I have done a SAR very recently and I only got 2 of ...

Even if the passport was seized/lost/whatever it should not prevent people from getting the SET(LR) approval IMHO. But in your case, where the home country does not stamp passports, I don't see how you even had a chance, how any HK citizen possibly could. This makes it the unfairest "ultimatum" I've ...

Very quick and interesting development. Wonder what a good strategy here could be.. Maybe give a lawyer a quick call to check what your options will be in case you get a refusal on these grounds? I have a feeling they won't refuse just because of that (or they would have already done so), but if ...

Some posters stated that it made all the difference for them. In my case there was 0 impact. So it depends upon how busy and how 'big' your MP is. I am more interested in whether or not it's worth contacting multiple MPs (it's not like they wont help you just because you don't live in their ...

Do you think the delay could be due to the HO trying to get hold of your missing passport to work out your period outside of UK? No, they are doing something else, they sure as hell are using other means. It is not on SAR (only the first landing cards applicable to entry clearances are there). It ...

Anyone here tried to contact their MPs? Apparrently they either help a lot (give HO a call and remind them 'who da boss' kind of thing, lol) of they pretend to help (by scheduling an appointment for a "workshop") which is totally useless. Judging by this logic it's worth trying out a few MPs..?