Quote Originally Posted by polancod View Post
the sponsor wont sign the ILR so a divorce has been filled since the marriage was not working anyway.

now the spouse visa expires on June 7th what is the process? will a letter be sent asking to leave the country before 28 days? does one need to leave the day the visa expires without needing to be told officially?

i guess even to apply for Further Leave to Remain you need the husband/wife to sign the document, right? If so, it's not an option as the sponsor will never sign it. Also since there are no children and a divorce in process from last week i guess it would have been rejected and would have reflected badly on future applications.

For now - what happens after June 7th? anybody knows?
If there is no change in your circumstances or visa status, then after June 7th you will be regarded as an overstayer and you will be subject to deportation if the UKBA manage to track you down. If you did apply for FLR it would not necessarily have any affect on any future applications, but if you don't get FLR and you decide to overstay, then that certainly will affect any future applications.

I think I read somewhere (but I could be wrong) that the home office are sometimes sympathetic to applicants in your position who apply for FLR, if the reason for the marriage breakdown was because of spousal abuse and if there is evidence to prove this, ie, if the police were involved or if you were hospitalized etc.

Iain