Hello ,
Sorry I did not update our status (my Husband's ILR application sent on 26th August 2014)
We unfortunately received a refusal on 23rd Dec 14
But our Tier 1 General visa is valid till Jan 2016 for when they have stated we can apply ILR again
However we are not convinced with the reasons the have given for the Refusal. IF ANY seniors members can offer advice,we will be very very grateful.
The case has been handled by a junior case worker. On one page where he has listed husband's immigration history he has stated some information completely wrong. He has stated that his visa has been rejected on 3 occasions in the last 10 years, where as my husband has got not even on rejection. I will clarify further.
The first place he mentions
rejection is
"On 26 October 2006 you applied for further leave as a student and your leave was rejected on 30 November 2007"
BUt, in my husband's pp there is a valid visa continuous from Visa from: 18 Nov 2006 , Valid upto :30 Nov 2007
and funny part it was during this period my husband traveled to India twice once in Jan for our engagement and once in Apr for out marrriage, How could he travel if his pp was with Home office
Next 2 rejections: They were not actually rejections as we applied for student visa on March 2009 , the application came back saying the my(dependent's) photo had a slight smile and it was not in line with guidelines, in the ukba letter it stated ' Arrangements will be made to refund the paid fee if we have not received a valid application within 28 days within the date of this letter.' No where we were told that our application is rejected.
But unfortunately for us, may be we were tensed cause it came back, when we sent the fresh application in April 2009, But again the application was returned saying invalid ,as in the dependents application one particular question we by mistake missed a tick on Q.D26, and it was question asking if the dependent's leave as stated in the passport has now expired , (which was No)
But yet again they send as an enclosed application and asked us to fill and send back. and we have had no letter saying visa is REJECTED
(sorry for the bold letters)
so this guy says the time from March 2009 the first time we send the application to the time our second application got approved in July 2009, Although we may have been staying in the country, it was 'unlawful'
We thought any period of days where the application is considered or time given to re submit is lawful. If it was rejected we should have left the country that time itself as we had no other visa but the fact is no decision was made and we were just asked to re send the applications on both occasions.
Now, we are confused and pained as we thought his was a straight forward case as he never had any rejections or out of time applications,
the case worker though claims that the second time we re send the application it was out of time. is his point valid ??
We have not been given a right to appeal, it says as we still have a valid visa, but we can discuss the case with a senior case worker if we wish.
One rejection on the letter is completely untrue and the second and third are not also actual rejections . Please can some one guide can we question them on this. and have we been un lawfully in the country during waiting for the application and re applying within the period they stated.
Sorry for the long post. Senior members please help!!
Thanks