A newbie here!..who is going to share my immigration history/time line...

[Arthur Little]

And a warm from me too, Sophia Maria. Like Fred ... I'm at a loss to know why the authorities deemed it necessary for you to return to the Phils simply in order to apply for a Settlement Visa when your baby daughter was born here in the UK. It seems to me ... not to mention the added expense on top of your enforced period of separation from your husband and the baby from her father. But I suppose ours is not to reason why ... and I am sure all will be well with your application. Please keep us updated.

[joebloggs]

Just wondering and Im sure the experts will be here soon to tell us but as you had a baby in the UK what is the process of deportation if you had just decided to stay?
The child is obviously British and entitled to stay so how do they deal with a situation like that?
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And a warm from me too, Sophia Maria. Like Fred ... I'm at a loss to know why the authorities deemed it necessary for you to return to the Phils simply in order to apply for a Settlement Visa when your baby daughter was born here in the UK. It seems to me ... not to mention the added expense on top of your enforced period of separation from your husband and the baby from her father. But I suppose ours is not to reason why ... and I am sure all will be well with your application. Please keep us updated.

I was going to ask about the diamond mine and did you get any samples

you could have tired to stick it out in the UK and applied for FLR(m) b4 your'e visit visa expired, I'm pretty certain the HO would have taken a very long time to process your visa app (more than a year, and who needs a year of uncertainty )

as harsh as it seems, it is fair on those who follow the correct procedures, you cant settle in the Uk on a visit visa, you need entry clearance thats why you were probably right into going back to the phils and applying thru the same route as all of us
as for being unfair remember their are people who have been married a while who are without their partner (simm, tony etc) it would not be fair on them for a start if someone was granted settlement on a VV.

[sophiamarie]

I was going to ask about the diamond mine and did you get any samples

you could have tired to stick it out in the UK and applied for FLR(m) b4 your'e visit visa expired, I'm pretty certain the HO would have taken a very long time to process your visa app (more than a year, and who needs a year of uncertainty )

as harsh as it seems, it is fair on those who follow the correct procedures, you cant settle in the Uk on a visit visa, you need entry clearance thats why you were probably right into going back to the phils and applying thru the same route as all of us
as for being unfair remember their are people who have been married a while who are without their partner (simm, tony etc) it would not be fair on them for a start if someone was granted settlement on a VV.

Hi Joe, thanks but unfortunately I didn't manage to get raw samples at all:-), though my husband sees hundreds everyday but we never thought of putting some in his pockets, such a very cheeky thought indeed:-))

Go back to my case, yes you're quite correct I could have applied for settlement without having to return to my home country, easy as it may seems, though we didn't really know the exact reason as to why they didn't consider my case!...anyway, the bottom line is, we wanted it then have to do it through the proper channels without prejudicing your future application, cuz at the end of the day you will have to end up dealing with the same people!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts...