Family face being separated and thousands of miles apart after blunder from immigration officials

[joebloggs]

Seeing the gov up , she should stay

A father says he faces being separated from his wife and two-year-old son because of the “absolute incompetence” of the UK Visa and Immigration Service.

Read more here ..... http://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/fa...ials_1_3759329

[Terpe]

I'm feeling grouchy today so have to take the view that taking life-impacting decisions based solely on the advice of a call centre operative is foolhardy at the least.

[Dedworth]

I'm feeling grouchy today so have to take the view that taking life-impacting decisions based solely on the advice of a call centre operative is foolhardy at the least.

Agreed you'd want something in writing and who are The UK Visa and Immigration International Service ?

[joebloggs]

I'm feeling grouchy today so have to take the view that taking life-impacting decisions based solely on the advice of a call centre operative is foolhardy at the least.

But they say they have it in writing

Agreed you'd want something in writing and who are The UK Visa and Immigration International Service ?

I wondered that too

[Terpe]

Agreed you'd want something in writing and who are The UK Visa and Immigration International Service ?

Well unless I've got it wrong again :-
New international enquiry service for visa applications

[Slip]

My workmate just got married here to an American lady. She was due to come here for three weeks with the wedding taking place a couple of days after she arrived.
When she arrived she got held by immigration for 8 hours and told she wasn't allowed entry as she didn't have the right visa (although my workmate insists they followed the advice given on the UKBA website) Eventually they allowed her entry for one week only. As far as I know the wedding went ahead and she did go back after the first week. I have a feeling he may have gone with her to the US for a few weeks as he hasn't been back to work and somebody has been covering his shifts.