Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
Sadly your friend has been, and still is, being scammed.

As Joe Bloggs has said, there is no requirement at all for any character reference in connection with a spouse visa.

It would be interesting to know what those 7 reasons for refusals were?

An appeal costs around £140 last time I looked.
But why on earth would anyone make an appeal when there are allegedly so many reasons for the ECO to refuse.

Anyone without any business sense at all will need a large fortune to make a small fortune.Period.

So how do you think you can help your friend?
I'm going to show him all of these responses and hope he can, at the very least, see that something is not right here. Many thanks to all for this great advice.