Thanks for the reply, Yes I understand the 180 days absence limit has not changed, however as the borders have been closed in all countries and flights have been grounded, there may have been a relaxation of the rules. We have been trying to book flights from China to the UK and no travel agents ...

Thanks for your reply, yes I understand the airports are still operating, but Stupid have cancelled flights, and some are imposing restrictions on entry. China is considered a safer place to be currently than the UK as our distancing restrictions' are still quite strict. My wife's time out of the UK ...

Can you please advise if the 180 days allowed outside of the UK have been relaxed or what is the current policy, my family are in China waiting to return to UK, they left at the end of January and where in lockdown, but as China started their recovery, the UK locked down.

I am trying to upload or attach the letter from the HO but unfortunately I cannot, I will type it shortly for you to look over.

I confirm we have never claimed or received any public funds, this point is clear, we meet the financial requirements for the leave to remain via PAYE on my salary. Our daughter was born here in the UK and is a British passport holder. just to clear up a couple of loose unanswered questions. I will ...

Is it possible to scan and send attachments here

Hi, I am not 110% sure, but I believe FLR M. The application form is still on my computer and there is no reference to FLR M or not, just states Family route.

There is no reason stated in the letter unfortunately

The English Ielts test centre she used was Cardiff for the second visa requirement.

The letter goes on to say “ in addition, a decision has been made that your application does not meet the requirements of paragraph GEN .1.11A of appendix FM of the immigration Rules, and therefore your grant of leave is subject to a condition of no recourse to public funds.

The letter states “She submitted an application for limited leave to remain on the basis of her family and private life in the UK. I am writing to inform you that you have been granted a period of 30 months limited leave to remain on the ten year partner route under paragraphs D-LTRP1.2 of Appendix F ...

We meet all requirement, yes she has her ielts English qualifications and we meet the financial requirements comfortably, this is why we were surprised at the change from 5 to 10 years

My wife has been granted leave to remain on the ten year partner route, but she was on the 5 year route 2.5 years ago, are you aware of any reasons why this would happen

Thanks for the reply, I would guess your correct but my question is still the same, will the initial notification come by email or through the post.

Thanks for any reply

I just need some clarification, we have submitted the application for my wife and she attended the appointment for her biometric Residence Visa card and small interview. We are waiting now for notification if all has been approved or if we have a problem. Looking at other posts I see that some ...

Again thanks for the reply, I figured as much.

Thanks for you help so far, we managed to get the appointment to submit my wife's documents and to arrange her biometric residence visa card renewal plus her interview. My question is about tracking the progress of the application, but not by telephone. Is it possible to track online and if so could ...

Is it possible to recover the online application and click on the link to book an appointment for Biometric fingerprint taking and submission of documents

Hi, looking at the payment confirmation (what to do next) we followed everything Download and printed the supporting documents checklist and where it says to Book and attend an appointment to provide our documents and biometrics. if there was a link to follow at this point then we did miss it, this ...

Thanks for reply, We opted as directed for the ILR extension on the family route, filled in all the online questions and followed the instructions as directed including the payment of fees, we were then directed on to the site to print off the document check list and as we are currently in Belfast ...

We are in a similar situation, but have managed to complete my wife's application online and paid all the fees, but we can not book an appointment in the Belfast centre as the application is not showing in the system as having been paid, they say the easy way is to pay them at the centre, but we ...

My wife filled her ILR extension application online and paid all fees as required, we have so far (2 weeks after submitting the application) have no information back about booking the appointment for her document submission and renewal of biometric residence visa. Can you please advise

Hi Guys we could really do with some help so we can move the application along and get my wife's biometric Residence visa applied for.

We have completed my wife's application online and have paid both the registration fee and the Immigration Health surcharge of £1000 online but cannot get an appointment for the biometric visa and document submission as they cannot find the payments in the system, I have printed receipts and bank ...