Quote Originally Posted by Bazman999 View Post
He worked hard for approximately 1 year getting all of the relevant paperwork together to move his now Filipino wife to the UK - which I was involved with - providing a character reference that needed to be witnessed by a lawyer.

Regrettably this visa application failed about 1 month ago, with 7 reasons being given as to why. 5 of these 7 issues were 100% correct with the initial application and my friend found it very frustrating that he could not confront the relevant people dealing with this in the Philippines, as it was being dealt with by his wife.

An appeal has been launched and with all of the necessary legal requirements and various “hangers on” for money, my friend has been told that he needs to send a further £8000 to make all of this happen.
He doesn't need a character reference for a spouse visa application

7 reasons? ! What were the reasons?

send a further £8,000 , all appeals are held in the UK not in the Philippines

If he needs someone to handle the appeal process, get someone in the UK, like Victoria Sharkey from Medivisas who has helped a few on here and is a Level 3 OISC immigration adviser. And £8,000 seems very expensive to me.

http://www.medivisas.com/