Your distinguished advice please

[ivor&mel]

JB,

Just something that might encourage you if you&#39;re still considering proceeding with the Visitor Visa. Mel and I bumped into a Filipina and her bf here this morning, and she is here as a Visitor (been here one week). He told me they had no problems at all getting the visa, and was surprised when I registered a little astonishment... The only hassle they had was that UK Imigration gave him a grilling on the phone just before she arrived in Manchester [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]. What I&#39;ve learned about their situation so far is that he is still married (divorce pending), she is from Davao, has 2 kids in Phil, and they met while she was working in Bahrain but she returned to live in Davao again.

Maybe even ECOs have a streak of humanity [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Ivor and Mel

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ivor&mel &#064; Jun 17 2006, 12&#58;51 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
JB,

Just something that might encourage you if you&#39;re still considering proceeding with the Visitor Visa. Mel and I bumped into a Filipina and her bf here this morning, and she is here as a Visitor (been here one week). He told me they had no problems at all getting the visa, and was surprised when I registered a little astonishment... The only hassle they had was that UK Imigration gave him a grilling on the phone just before she arrived in Manchester [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]. What I&#39;ve learned about their situation so far is that he is still married (divorce pending), she is from Davao, has 2 kids in Phil, and they met while she was working in Bahrain but she returned to live in Davao again.

Maybe even ECOs have a streak of humanity [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Ivor and Mel
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Its good to hear that Ivor, that some do get a tourist visa to come and visit, the problem is, the drop out rate on application is very high, but its nice to find ones nocking around the various towns who have managed to get through the process, so thats every encouraging, we always advise that a tourist visa is a waste of time, maybe we should be saying, a tourist visa is ok, but there is a higher chance of refusal, but go head and try, its worth it.

Thanks for that Ivor.

[Admin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ginapeterb &#064; Jun 18 2006, 08&#58;11 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Its good to hear that Ivor, that some do get a tourist visa to come and visit, the problem is, the drop out rate on application is very high, but its nice to find ones nocking around the various towns who have managed to get through the process, so thats every encouraging, we always advise that a tourist visa is a waste of time, maybe we should be saying, a tourist visa is ok, but there is a higher chance of refusal, but go head and try, its worth it.

Thanks for that Ivor.
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Must be all this crap info we keep giving out [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cwm24.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Erm.gif[/img]