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Ilr After 27 Month Spouse Visa
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eumdixit
, Jan 02 2012 06:21 PM | Last updated Jan 03 2012 04:36 PM
in UK Visa Applications
Brief Background: This is on behalf of my son (UK) and his wife from Thailand. They married in Bangkok February 14th 2008, she obtained a Spouse Visa October 2009. We submitted an ILR postal application 21st December 2011. She received an acknowledgement 31st December 2011. She had earlier (2007) been refused ILR after 10 years in UK because there were accidental gaps between her student visas.
Submission Date: 2011-12-20
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Application Outcome: Still Waiting
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mdyea8
Jan 03 2012 02:56 PM
what accidental gap it was. If She obtained spouse visa October 2010 then she supposed to apply for ILR not before September 2012, thanks.
eumdixit
Jan 03 2012 04:35 PM
Very sorry indeed - I made a mistake and will edit it. She obtained her Spouse Visa October 2009 expiring December 30th 2011
Her first application in 2007, on the ground of legal presence in UK for 10 years as a student, failed because she had been unaware of the importance of applying for further Student Visas well before the current one expired. One delay was caused by using the wrong form, one by giving the wrong credit card number for the fee, and one was simply late. She was automatically disqualified by any one of the gaps. She made an ill-advised appeal. By then I had met her, and I found a better lawyer who advised her to leave before the appeal date and marry my son in Thailand.
In case it helps anyone else, I should say that it was very difficult to achieve a Spouse Visa because my son is partially disabled and living on benefits. That explains the long gap between their marriage and the Spouse Visa while he set up a small self-employed business with tax credits and achieved just enough income to satisfy the ECO that he could support a wife without further recourse to public funds.
Their ILR application is on the same basis.
Her first application in 2007, on the ground of legal presence in UK for 10 years as a student, failed because she had been unaware of the importance of applying for further Student Visas well before the current one expired. One delay was caused by using the wrong form, one by giving the wrong credit card number for the fee, and one was simply late. She was automatically disqualified by any one of the gaps. She made an ill-advised appeal. By then I had met her, and I found a better lawyer who advised her to leave before the appeal date and marry my son in Thailand.
In case it helps anyone else, I should say that it was very difficult to achieve a Spouse Visa because my son is partially disabled and living on benefits. That explains the long gap between their marriage and the Spouse Visa while he set up a small self-employed business with tax credits and achieved just enough income to satisfy the ECO that he could support a wife without further recourse to public funds.
Their ILR application is on the same basis.
eumdixit
Jan 03 2012 08:17 PM
I ask only in case there is some bug, as you, Tony, suggested that there might be. As names are added to the list, earlier ones disappear. Mine has, for example, and yours.
Maybe I have misunderstood, but I thought the names and experiences would accumulate so that we could all have a picture of the delays we have had, and what others might expect?
Maybe I have misunderstood, but I thought the names and experiences would accumulate so that we could all have a picture of the delays we have had, and what others might expect?
