HI paul,
I tried to reply to this post, however it doesnt seem to work...
First of all, congrat. to your success on the Spouse VISA.
I am having the same problem with my wife s spouse visa. The application was refused on the 1st DEC and we appealed on the 14th DEC, and we have heard nothing from them, apart from 3 months waiting. I read your thread about contacting the embassy and spoke to the person in charge. Is it worth it to do so? Is any other things I could do at this point such as contacting the local MP..etc
The reason of refusal is they think our marriage certificate is a photocopies, in fact, it is an official duplicate copy from the marriage registrar with an official stamp at the back….. however the ECO didn’t even see the stamp. Based on this, the ECO thinks our marriage is not real. On the top of that, I am working part time at the moment, and the ECO thinks I would get access to public funds… sometime that I never do in my life.. I have a very small mortgage of 100pounds per month and with over £15K saving.. and they still think I will access to public funds??? Having say that, I didn’t provide the latest bank statement when I applied… but now I did with the appeal form.
Is it worth it to contact the local MP and write a letter to confirm I never access the public funds before?? It has been very stressful to sort out this and it is just a waiting game…
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Regards
