A visa endorsement mistake?

qrizza · Post by **qrizza** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:12 am

Hello all,
My partner's visa endorsement - TO JOIN SPOUSE/CP, but we are not married and he applied as Unmarried partner.
If it a mistake,should we do something?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Post by **vinny** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:17 am

It's a mistake and should be corrected.

qrizza · Post by **qrizza** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:21 pm

Thank you Vinny for your reply.
Do you think there will be any problems for his ILR as we have an appointment at Croydon on 13 July and I guess we don't have time to correct it.

Rozen · Post by **Rozen** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:04 pm

qrizza wrote:Thank you Vinny for your reply.
Do you think there will be any problems for his ILR as we have an appointment at Croydon on 13 July and I guess we don't have time to correct it.

Hang on! You mean he's had this error on his visa for a while, and never thought to correct it until now, when it's almost time to apply for his ILR?

qrizza · Post by **qrizza** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:40 pm

We are not an experts, after reading this forum I was doubt about that and decided to ask people.

Rozen · Post by **Rozen** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:40 am

qrizza wrote:We are not an experts, after reading this forum I was doubt about that and decided to ask people.

Experts or not, UKBA sure won't see it that way! Ignorance is not an excuse, and applicants are always advised to check that they have the correct visa endorsed in their passports. Perhaps you can give them a call, and see what they say? The sooner, the better! Good Luck!

Post by **John** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:47 am

qrizza wrote:My partner's visa endorsement .........

It is not clear from your posts whether your partner is the same gender as you.

Are the two of you now Civil Partners?

qrizza · Post by **qrizza** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:39 am

Oh John no,we are unmarried partners-man and woman.

Post by **John** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:34 am

OK, thanks for clarifying that. I have just looked up the UKBA structions to its staff and the endorsement should have been "TO JOIN PARTNER", rather than the one they actually applied.

Do you think there will be any problems for his ILR as we have an appointment at Croydon on 13 July and I guess we don't have time to correct it.

I don't think that the ILR will be refused but I would add this. Only straight-forward applications should be made in person and it view of the incorrect endorsement that has been applied, it is possible that they will not issue the ILR on a same-day basis. Unless you get clarification from UKBA that they don't see any problem, I would recommend that you cancel the appointment and instead post the application ..... and save yourself Â£200.

qrizza · Post by **qrizza** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:03 am

Thank you John for your recommendation. My partner sent an enquirie to UKBA and we're waiting for their reply.

Post by **vinny** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:41 am

qrizza wrote:Hello,
My partner and I went to Croydon yesterday for his ILR appointment and we have been turned down at the reception - SET(M) not right form and was given EEA2.
Our situation:
We are living together for 4+ years (not married) and have a 3 years old child.
My partner - he The Gambian ,he was removed as overstayer in June 2007 and in August 2007 he came back with 2 years visa to join spouse (wrong endorsement from my previous post).
I am from Latvia,but I never been working in the UK and I don't have Worker registration as my partner support us.
How do you see this situation, SET(M) or EEA2?
Will appriciate your advise.

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