hello....i just wanna share our big disappointment from the first reply we had from the uk embassy in the phils. after explaining to them the situation and the reply that we had are as follow:
Greetings from UK VAC!
There was no mistake or error in the visa issued to your daughter. We would like to inform you that application for leave to enter the UK from the origin of country initially are given leave to enter or visa valid for 2 or 3 years. Indefinite Leave to Remain is not issued in the Philippines , it is given after you have completed the probationary period in the UK . Shortly before the end of your probationary period, you can apply for permission to settle permanently in the UK . This is known as 'indefinite leave to remain'. This application is done inside the UK .
after we got the disappointing reply from the UK embassy in the Phils., I had consulted our solicitor (who handled our appeal for my daughters visa before) she contacted the UK Embassy both in UK and in the Philippines we had the reply from UK Embassy in the Phils as follow:
ENDORSEMENT FOR LEAVE TO ENTER THE UK FOR SETTLEMENT TO JOIN YOUR MOTHER
I am writing to inform you that your settlement visa has been endorsed incorrectly. The endorsement should have been
Settlement to join parent(s) Code: Indefinite leave to enter with validity from (ie the expiry date of your passport).
Please send this letter along with your passport and two passport photographs to the following address so that your visa can be corrected free of charge.
Finally, this is a big relief for us, after all the stress it has caused us again. If we had just accepted their initial reply that there was no mistake in my daughters visa, it would have cost us more or less a thousand pounds to apply for ILR.
It was very obvious that they have not thouroughly checked the 'documents we had attached' from the email and probably did not bother to fully assess the situation.
Thank you all again....xx
