Thank you very much for the advice.

Hi. I am about to apply for my first extension for my Spouse Visa and since everyone was so helpful previously with my tricky situation I was wondering if I could ask a few questions again. I was an overstayer until 2018. Returned voluntarily to South Africa and applied successfully for a spouse ...

Hi there. I'm posting this to say thank you for advice and give others hope. Some may remember me posting and my history. But briefly I was in the UK since October 2000 and overstayed since 2003 after meeting my partner. That is 15 years. I applied when I could meet requirements to try and ...

Thank you all for your advice.

Thanks physicskate. Are you speaking from experience?

Hi there. I was an over stayer in the UK who has now returned to South Africa to apply for Spouse visa. I just want to ask a question about the documents I need to submit. Here in South Africa we submit our own supporting documents at the visa office. Do I need to add letters of refusal from the ...

Congratulations. I am very happy for you.

Thank you for the encouragement and advice.

Thanks! I also want to ask why some people send supporting documents straight to Sheffield and others not. It would be so much easier than taking all that stuff with me. But I've been told South Africa is different. I wanted to know why and what the best way was to make absolutely sure I have the ...

Thank you so much for this post. It is most encouraging. I'm about to leave myself. Just waiting for documents to apply for emergency travel document as my passport expired. Hopefully within 2 weeks I can leave and apply. I just had a question about the cover letter. I'm not entirely sure what I ...

Thank you for your insight. I have made up my mind to leave. I know I risk a lot with a long overstay but under the circumstances I feel it is the right thing to do by my family. I haven't used deception, absconded, used public funds etc. Not going to make anymore frivilous applications just to pass ...

Hi there.
I just want to find out if anyone has experience of returning to the UK after being an overstayed.
How long did it take?
Any particular problems?
Anything I should do specifically to help my application?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi. I am in need of advice. I am a South African who arrived in th UK on a 2 year visa in October 2000. Early 2002 I met my partner who was a Palestinian asylum seeker at the time with a case pending at the home office. I extended my visa as a visitor for a further 6 months but by May 2003 I had no ...