UKBA Inquiry Response

[angellegwen]

cute baby you have, congratulations on your baby. Yeah its hard with only one provider in the family. Big expenses on the visa processing and payments. Did you get your wife a health care insurance something here? Because I haven't have mine and i wonder if it affects my application. My husband says we will get that maybe when i have my visa.

[angellegwen]

me too, my friend me sa manchester, gay and got married here. He advise me to look for a cash on hand hand job pero diko sugtan ako husband. Delikado daw if mabaw-an or nay mag sumbong nya ma deport na nuon...
mao pud uso man ebay dri...daghan njud dagay ka sanina dha ako wla kaau ko namalit ky bsin masayang lang if makauli pinas, hahaha
maau pka ai, ganahan napud btaw ko mag work kung pwedi pa lang.

[jlags90]

while waiting find any job (when i'm allowed to) i will probably sell some of my clothes online. maybe on ebay. yes i'm very desperate to find some money

Same here -- desperate to get a job! It is sometimes frustrating seeing your husband's finances deteriorate because of additional expenses.

[malchard888]

cute baby you have, congratulations on your baby. Yeah its hard with only one provider in the family. Big expences on the visa processing and payments. Did you get your wife a health care insurance something here? Because I havent have mine and i wonder if it affects my application. My husband says we will get that maybe when i have my visa.

You can have everything on the NHS so why pay out for private healthcare which perhaps u can ill afford at the moment.

[angellegwen]

thanks malchard888 for your reply

[raynaputi]

My application reached its 10th month on 27th January 2013 and still no news yet! My grandma died that same day and because I'm still waiting for my FLR(M) and all the documents to be released, I won't be able to go back to go to her funeral. I know MissAna and jlags got letters from UKBA for additional documents, how about the others? Has any of you heard anything at all???

[MissAna]

My application reached its 10th month on 27th January 2013 and still no news yet! My grandma died that same day and because I'm still waiting for my FLR(M) and all the documents to be released, I won't be able to go back to go to her funeral. I know MissAna and jlags got letters from UKBA for additional documents, how about the others? Has any of you heard anything at all???

i'm so sorry to hear about your loss

[Akilah Blythe]

Sorry for your loss rayna. It's been almost 7 months since we submitted our application but until now we haven't heard anything back from them.

[Arthur Little]

Can't fathom how UKBA works at all. 'Leave to Remain' really OUGHT to be a straightforward formality ... yet, instead, it is turning out to be nothing short of a nightmare for so many.

[angellegwen]

My application reached its 10th month on 27th January 2013 and still no news yet! My grandma died that same day and because I'm still waiting for my FLR(M) and all the documents to be released, I won't be able to go back to go to her funeral. I know MissAna and jlags got letters from UKBA for additional documents, how about the others? Has any of you heard anything at all???

Condolence Raynaputi, i haven't heard anything yet, no biometrics yet.

[mickmyrna]

My application reached its 10th month on 27th January 2013 and still no news yet! My grandma died that same day and because I'm still waiting for my FLR(M) and all the documents to be released, I won't be able to go back to go to her funeral. I know MissAna and jlags got letters from UKBA for additional documents, how about the others? Has any of you heard anything at all???

Our condolences !!!! May she rest in peace...

[malchard888]

My application reached its 10th month on 27th January 2013 and still no news yet! My grandma died that same day and because I'm still waiting for my FLR(M) and all the documents to be released, I won't be able to go back to go to her funeral. I know MissAna and jlags got letters from UKBA for additional documents, how about the others? Has any of you heard anything at all???

We havent heard a thing either Rayna and our application was just a few weeks after yours, its nothing short of shameful how we are being treated.

[joebloggs]

well you can only blame the gov and the jobs cuts at UKBA, FLR and ILR used to take approximately 4wks for many years, people have now been waiting 10 months or more , and are forced to put their lives on hold

[jlags90]

I am sorry to hear that Rayna. UKBA's service is indeed rubbish.

[raynaputi]

I've got a final response from UKBA about my complaint on 20th November 2012..As usual, THE USUAL CRAP RESPONSE!!! The good thing though, I've accumulated lots of letters from UKBA, our local MP and Independent Chief Inspector that I can use as proof of address on my next visa application! I will include all those letter and show UKBA how their service made my life miserable from all these waiting!!! Bunch of tossers!!!!!!

[joebloggs]

its almost
surely this has to be an infringement on your human rights.

article 8, Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life

you've been waiting more than 10 months, how can you have a family life

[Michael Parnham]

I've just been looking at this story of your experience with UKBA Rayna, I'm lost for words other than it seems very unprofessional and I sincerely hope that it is resolved sooner rather than later because I can imagine what you must be going through, especially with your added problems at the moment. I will follow your story until the end, it's bad

[raynaputi]

Also, they can't even effin' get the correct date of when my application was received! They kept on saying they got it via post on 26th February 2012 when clearly it's not even possible as Keith and I got married 1st March 2012!!! Bunch of crap people really! Everytime I write to them or call them, I always tell my application was received on 27th March 2012 and yet they kept on getting it wrong in their letters! They can't even bother checking the right data! Such a simple data and can't even get it right!!! It's really doing my head in and I just want to punch all the people responding to my letters/complaints and everyone who run that crap border agency!!!!

[joebloggs]

I just want to punch all the people responding to my letters/complaints and everyone who run that crap border agency!!!!

i've got to work now..

[Terpe]

Rayna, I know just how angry you are. I also feel so much anger on your behalf as well as extreme embarrasment on the way UKBA has treated you.
I know your reluctant, but please send a few letters to David Cameron and Theresa May demanding action on just those grounds that Joe has said.
I really don't know what else to say, other than I'm so so sorry you have been treated so badly. It's almost unheard of that's why I wish you would bang on at Cameron.
Or even Milliband, maybe he could ask a question at PM question time?

[raynaputi]

Rayna, I know just how angry you are. I also feel so much anger on your behalf as well as extreme embarrasment on the way UKBA has treated you.
I know you're reluctant, but please send a few letters to David Cameron and Theresa May demanding action on just those grounds that Joe has said.
I really don't know what else to say, other than I'm so so sorry you have been treated so badly. It's almost unheard of that's why I wish you would bang on at Cameron.
Or even Milliband, maybe he could ask a question at PM question time?

You don't have to say sorry Terpe.. you no longer are associated with UKBA as you said..but if you still are, I might have pushed you to get my application and finish it yourself! Hahahaha .. Anyway, I have to ask Keith about that..I'm honestly already too tired of chasing my application . My local MP sent a copy of his last letter (on 9th January 2013) to UKBA to Theresa May so I probably don't need to write to her. As for David Cameron and Ed Milliband, I have to ask Keith to do that for me on my behalf.. I might just end up cursing all of them! Hahahaha My Facebook page has been full of my angst and moaning about this honestly. That's the only way I can vent on about everything as that's the only place I have a control as of the moment. This waiting game has been changing my patience and even my personality..I feel like I'm really losing myself because of this. I'm not the usual happy me..I'm okay but not happy

[fred]

You don't have to say sorry Terpe.. you no longer are associated with UKBA as you said..but if you still are, I might have pushed you to get my application and finish it yourself! Hahahaha .. Anyway, I have to ask Keith about that..I'm honestly already too tired of chasing my application . My local MP sent a copy of his last letter (on 9th January 2013) to UKBA to Theresa May so I probably don't need to write to her. As for David Cameron and Ed Milliband, I have to ask Keith to do that for me on my behalf.. I might just end up cursing all of them! Hahahaha My Facebook page has been full of my angst and moaning about this honestly. That's the only way I can vent on about everything as that's the only place I have a control as of the moment. This waiting game has been changing my patience and even my personality..I feel like I'm really losing myself because of this. I'm not the usual happy me..I'm okay but not happy

Sit in this position,take a deep breath and say
"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"

For about 20 minutes.

[andy222]

Have you tried a letter from a lawyer threatening to sue them? That usually works.

[MissAna]

to be honest, i can hardly cope sometimes too. the only strength for me is to pray and i keep saying to myself 'everything will be okay'. i really hope this nightmare will end soon especially to rayna and everybody else who have waited long enough for them to say this is far too much. lets be strong guys we can get through all of this.

[jlags90]

As for David Cameron and Ed Milliband, I have to ask Keith to do that for me on my behalf.. I might just end up cursing all of them!

I was tempted to write something in my caseworker's Linkedin profile (i was mistaken in one of my posts in the thread I started recently - I found the name of the caseworker at the back portion of her letter). But I thought I might be envading her privacy

[melovesengland]

This UKBA lark is getting so ridiculous and helpless for us GENUINE people who wants to live simply in the UK. Its been a long long journey of agony for some of our members now here waiting for updates and suffering from mishandling of their applications by UKBA staffs. This is so UNFAIR! They deserved to have a BIG SHAKE! This is so unacceptable!

[Akilah Blythe]

Hi guys, been following this thread ever since and I must admit, it made me feel somewhat uplifted in a sense that I'm not alone. There's someone else going through the same battle as i do. I was already in the verge of giving up, but after reading this thread, you made me realise that this is not over yet. It's been 7 months now of waiting in vain. But You guys have given me the courage to keep holding on. I do really hope this will be over soon and we can all move on with our own private/family lives.

[malchard888]

My wifes residency permit has just been hand delivered this morning 9 1/2 months after our application was submitted. Strangely enough I just e mailed my MP once again last night complaining about the atrocious service by the UKBA so have had to e mail him and tell him not to bother enquiring again. Nevertheless questions still need to be asked in the House as to why genuine applicants are being treated in such an appaling manner particularly when the applications are not State funded. Have u heard anything Rayna as your application was several week before ours ?

[joebloggs]

MyY wifes residency permit has just been hand delivered this morning 8 1/2 months after our application was submitted.

good news.

its disgusting that British citizens are treated this way

[Akilah Blythe]

Hi rayna, sorry to bother you. I'm just wondering if by any chance you can share which way would be best to contact ukba to inquire about the progress of my application?we have tried calling them several times now but to no avail. Thank you in advance.