Victim of a rash immigration policy

[joebloggs]

if he had been living in Scotland for the last 14yrs he should have sorted his visa status out 4yrs ago, or when he married 6yrs ago , again looks like its their own fault

The Herald has argued consistently that a one-size-fits-all policy does not work for immigration when the conditions and requirements of the south-east of England bear no relation to those in central Scotland.

read more here .. http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...olicy.19011128

[raynaputi]

It's his fault..

[lastlid]

I don't understand why he doesnt have ILR already. An ex colleague of mine arrived here (Scotland) on a student visa from Cuba. Married a Glaswegian woman. And now has ILR. What went wrong with this guy in the link above? Why has he left it till now and not got things sorted several years ago?

[lastlid]

You cant say he acted rashly in terms of settlement. Quite the opposite. You would think he would have been itching to to acquire his ILR somewhat earlier.

[Arthur Little]

It's his fault..

Possibly. ... but even so, I sympathise because, unless people happen to be members of a site like ours, they're unlikely to give much thought to the seemingly endless updates on Immigration policy - the more especially in cases such as the one involving this unfortunate couple - where the husband's concentration had [understandably] been focussed on his doctoral studies (which, in time, would render him even more of an asset to his adopted country, don't forget!) while the wife (through no fault of hers) was required to temporarily relnquish her own job in order to deal with family illness ... itself a source of untold stress ... resulting in an unforeseen - yet significant - loss of household income.

[lastlid]

Possibly. ... but even so, I sympathise because, unless people happen to be members of a site like ours, they're unlikely to give much thought to the seemingly endless updates on Immigration policy - the more especially in cases such as the one involving this unfortunate couple - where the husband's concentration had [understandably] been focussed on his doctoral studies (which, in time, would render him even more of an asset to his adopted country, don't forget!) while the wife (through no fault of hers) was required to temporarily relnquish her own job in order to deal with family illness ... itself a source of untold stress ... resulting in an unforeseen - yet significant - loss of household income.

I think you are right. Many people don't use a forum such as this or use an Immigration agent either. They just go for it on their own. We have come across a good number of filipina Brit couples who have used neither. In some cases they have just gone on word of mouth amongst friends and relatives. In most cases they succeed.

My ex work colleague from Cuba used neither, but without any problems along the way. And this chap in the link has possibly been blissfully unaware of the changing requirements and got caught out.

[lastlid]

Obviously he needed to scratch a living aswell as complete his doctoral studies.

[joebloggs]

I'm guessing he kept extending his student visa, after 10yrs he could have applied for ILR then, when he married 6 yrs ago he could have applied for settlement, it looks like his student visa is expiring and they have left it too late

for someone who's been here for 14yrs on visa's and educated to a high level you would have thought he would have spent sometime looking into settlement

[lastlid]

I'm guessing he kept extending his student visa, after 10yrs he could have applied for ILR then, when he married 6 yrs ago he could have applied for settlement, it looks like his student visa is expiring and they have left it too late

for someone who's been here for 14yrs on visa's and educated to a high level you would have thought he would have spent sometime looking into settlement

Yes. A strange case really.