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4th September 2014 #1
Oh I had a nice letter from my MP from the House of Commons on headed paper. He just said the rules are rules. They wont help you.
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4th September 2014 #2
Strange, last time I asked I had a full explanation both from the Home Office and the Clearance Officer in Manila, a Ms Lee and after examining the application I could see that mistakes had been made. This time I went through everything with Ivy with a fine tooth comb so I would have thought that that they will keep to their word and re-examine the application.
I'll keep you updated as to whether my MP does what she can
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4th September 2014 #3
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4th September 2014 #4
All the best Simon and I mean that. If it wasn't for Terpe, I don't think my wife would be here now. It's stressful but you will get through it. I think you will agree its just a money making scheme.
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4th September 2014 #5
Appreciate the sincerity, and for once we are in total agreement
I've heard but not verified yet that the budget for processing visa applications used to be £2.4 Billion but this has been cut to £1.6 Billion, yes that's not a typing error I did say Billion.
Now, I wonder how they try and make up the shortfall of £800 Million Hence my request for the statistics I asked for under the Freedom of Information Act
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4th September 2014 #6
By cutting 1000's of staff and
In 2012-13, the UK Border
Agency‟s total spend was £1,576
million resource and £141 million capital. The total resource spend was funded
by £614 million of taxpayer funding and £962
million from income,including £927 million from fees from migrant applications
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload..._2013.2.25.pdf
You've kicked up a fuss, so its possible she will get her visa , I've had to do it and others on here - who were refused but complained - got their visa in the end
It's sad it has to be like this for genuine cases but you have to partly blame the who abused the visit visa making it more difficult for genuine cases.
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4th September 2014 #7
Okay, things are progressing
Just had this back:-
Dear Mr Harrison,
Thank you for your email confirming your preferred action.
I confirm we have raised this matter with Sarah Rapson, Director General, UK Visas and Immigration. We stressed the circumstances of this case and that Ms Soliman’s third application has been refused. We stressed you would fully support her during her stay and pay for her return travel.
We included a copy of your correspondence asking the Entry Clearance Officer could look again at the decision in light of the concerns raised.
I hope this is helpful and we will, of course, keep you informed of the response we receive.
Best wishes,
Charlotte Adams
Office of The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
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4th September 2014 #8
What a palaver. But at least you're getting somewhere.
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4th September 2014 #9
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4th September 2014 #10
Obviously the MPs are going to pull out all the stops with a year to go to the next elections. But it won't get them anywhere.
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4th September 2014 #11
It's a step forward!
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8th September 2014 #12
It's a good job it's being looked at from this end because I just had an email in response to my original request from UK Visa and Immigration at the British embassy in Manila stating that they couldn't answer my questions because of the data protection act, and Ivy hadn't signed anything to say I was authorised to act on her behalf
In my haste I may have over reacted a little and replied thus:-
To whom it may concern,
I’m glad to see you’re being as efficient in dealing with this request as you are in dealing with the visa application! If you would care to scroll down and read the complete email I'm sure that even you can see that I have dealt with a Ms Lee and a Ms Po already in this matter and am therefore an authorised representative.
I would appreciate it if you could pass this matter onto someone with at least some modicum of common sense, rather than just sending pre formatted reply.
Many thanks for your proof of your usual ineptness, I’ll have great pleasure in printing it out to show my MP.
Sincerely
I'll await their response
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You couldn't make it up - further proof of the faceless inept bureaucrats who infest the public sector
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9th September 2014 #14
Its your government in the Home Office, Ded. Never forget you're just a number like the rest of us. Goes to prove just because you vote Tory, you don't get any special favours. Like Joe says, they have cut back too much and if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
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9th September 2014 #16
I thought you were well in with Mrs May, Ded. I thought you would have sent an email on Simon's behalf.
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