We don't have any stats on how many are granted and refused. Not all members here tell their cases so we have no idea. But most regulars here who you always see posting have their or their wives' visas granted.
We don't have any stats on how many are granted and refused. Not all members here tell their cases so we have no idea. But most regulars here who you always see posting have their or their wives' visas granted.
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Hi Raynaputi
Thank you for your reply, but off the chuff, how many could you say did have their visa and how many on here did not have their visa granted?
On another subject..
We, Olivia and I, sent all of our documents and photos to the Embassy for their valuation upon our visa application.
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When we got our visa, they did not send our originals documents, i.e. my birth certificate and our photos back to us
I was lead to believe from the beginning that we would get them all back, but why have they kept them and how can we demand them back?
Thank you with kind regards
Louis & Olivia
Louis, use the e-mail addresses and contacts already in this thread to contact the Embassy and request your documents back.Originally Posted by louismc44
Hi Terpe...Louis, use the e-mail addresses and contacts already in this thread to contact the Embassy and request your documents back.
Yes that is my point, as it is no use giving us email addresses as you did before.
I have to tell you, we still have not heard from them yet.
So what other chances do we have?
Regards
Louis & Olivia
I can't do any more than provide the contact details.
Surely worth a try to contact and get your documents back though ?
I have to agree the Embassy is terribly slow in communications.
Well, I make no apologies but, here are the details to 'up-the-game' a little and escalate your valid complaint:-
(Please try)
Stephen Lillie - British Ambassador to the Philippines
Trevor Lewis - Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Manila
Email: ukinthephilippines@fco.gov.uk
Telephone +63 2 858 2200
Fax (Management) +63 2 858 2237
I can't do any more than provide the contact details.
Surely worth a try to contact and get your documents back though ?
I have to agree the Embassy is terribly slow in communications.
Well, I make no apologies but, here are the details to 'up-the-game' and little and escalate your valid complaint:-
(Please try)
Stephen Lillie - British Ambassador to the Philippines
Trevor Lewis - Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Manila
Email: ukinthephilippines@fco.gov.uk
Telephone +63 2 858 2200
Fax (Management) +63 2 858 2237
As Rayna suggests, there's just not the stats available. Besides which they really would not have any meaning when presented as one 'lump of data'
If you have an interest in the refusal rate at the Manila Hub for settlement type visa's submitted from the Philippines alone
I can tell you it's 10% during 2012/2013
Between 2008 - 2011 the average annual refusal rate was 8%
There was a 'bit of a blip' during July 2012 which was likely caused by some folks not having a good understanding of the new immigration rules. The increase in refusal rate is almost certainly due to lack of experience in meeting the new Financial Requirements. It must be stated though that small clarifications/changes/allowances in the rules during the past few months have made a slight improvements in covering more examples of peoples earning differences. (eg Salaried Employment v non-Salaried Employment)
These days a "zero-hours" contract is getting more common and until the recent changes all but impossible to precisely fit into the UKBA 'Financial Puzzle'
So all in all Terpe
Would you say in about 100 applications
Only 10 were approved of?
Thank you
Regards
Louis & Olivia
No Louis, it's the opposite.
In every 100 applications 90 were successful.
In every 100 applications 10 were initially refused by the ECO's in post.
Of those 10 refusals 9 were appealed
How does historical data help you?
Since that data has been collated there has again been a significant number of changes. Most of which take a much better account of the changing employment & pay conditions.
Unfortunately doesn't change the gross Income threshold limits though
I believe that the forthcoming changes will also have impacts, especially to those folks who currently qualify for exemption from the Financial Requirements, but may face challenges in the future.
Anyway have fun with the data
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