[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cwm24.gif[/img] The chances of getting a visitors visa for a first time applicant are pretty slim, having already been refused, I would reckon it is slimmer. But they haven't refused point blank, and offered an interview, so maybe some hope.
If I were you though, I would have used a solicitor to process a new settlement visa, rather than trying to fiddle your way through the back door, the immigration do not like it.
Pete was the happy guy who met some freindly folk at the embassy [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img]