we were denied today

[KeithD]

From what I remember, everyone who has appealed on here following all the advice given have passed.

[joebloggs]

an appeal could take many months, and appeals have a success rate of about 66%..

long shot, i don't think the embassy will allow it thou, contact the caterer and get them to state on headed paper that the documents supplied were genuine, and that she had never received a call from the embassy, and try and contact the case worker and see if they will reconsider the visa app with a fax or scanned letter from the caterer., like i said i doubt it thou.

[phillip]

the only trouble is the caterer is a very small opperation like part time when somone local to the village gets married .she is so good at her job and have been to several weddings in the village.its not a big firm just a one man band with local friends helping her.i know i could get letters from couples she has catered for ,were a close nit comunity here on exmoor.the wedding was only going to be a small affair my perants and brother are the only family i have and just close friends.

[phillip]

why do you think they denied us we are so genuine,is it just to keep the numbers down?

[joebloggs]

small op then maybe she never answered or missed the calls from the embassy then

i would have thought with a little chance of reconsideration you would have to be very quick, or they will tell you to appeal, i take it, in the letter they said you could appeal?

[phillip]

it was only yesterday the interview i sent an email asking to check again with the caterer.i asked father miller from the church where the wedding was to take place he said they never contacted him.yes the carerer has a job and does the funtions when asked by local villagers like myself.she does it from home

[phillip]

think frances will get a refusal letter next week

[keithAngel]

Do I get some REP now?

Dont like 69 anymore Boss?

[joebloggs]

i asked father miller from the church where the wedding was to take place he said they never contacted him.

a warning to others, the embassy do random checks, i know for all the visa's i've appiled for (5) , no one was ever contacted by the embassy.

[andypaul]

Sorry to hear that the granting of your visa has been delayed to you both.

But you have lots of useful advice and help.

I would serously get to work on getting them letters testfiying all was in place from the church and caterers etc to the embassy asap.

I would also ask J lewin what number she called on and when? did they have the current number and was there a reason why the call may have not got though.
I.e tuesday afternoon the caterers phone line was being repaired.

As joe mentioned pete wrote from others experince the days after a denial are vital as it can be reconsider in some cases.

have you tried your MP (again a long shot but worth tryign anything?)

Its worth a try.

[phillip]

thanks for all your help

[flomike]

i would be intrested to hear from anyone who has appealed and what was the outcome and how long did the process take

Hi sorry to hear your bad news:( Though I didn't follow your case or what visa you're applying? But on my friend experienced (they're both filipino) she applied for dependant visa for her husband last year (usually only takes 15 days for them to wait for the visa, no interview) unfortunately it was denied on the grounds that the ECO don't believed that they are genuine couple the reason is they check the NSO office (one of the random check of the embassy I guess) and found out that the husband is married to diff person (therefore she is not married to his husband). Though its my friend fault as well that they didn't submit in the application his annulment paper.

To make the long story short, the appeal went to the high tribunal court here in UK and the appeal granted they waited for 9 months to get the good news and his here now in UK so happy ending.

I wish you both the best. Anyway, if they allow you to appeal the case I believe you don't need to pay for visa fee again? Good luck

[5olidsnake]

appeals

i think there is a time limit that you have to lodge an appeal, but the others will know for sure.

good luck

[vbkelly]

please pete and win -win frances and i need your help yesterday frances had her interview and was denied the reason jackie lewin gave was that she did not belive there was a wedding taking place {how wrong she was} she told frances that she belived the document from the caterer was false as the embassy telephoned 3 times only to be hung up on,i have spoken to the caterer today and she told me she has had no such call.the other reason was last year frances aunt invited her to the uk to visit her and also we were going to take the oppertunity to meet each other at the same time,but jackie lewin said why did she not mention me in the application fo the visit visa.we did not hide this as i mentioned in my support letter that when her visit visa was denied i decided to go to the philippines.as far as i can see we met all the requirments ,how can they deney us when we had eveything?.please all you experts what should our next step be ? were not giving up without a fight i meam were never giving up until were together.that lady redused my fiancee to tears and put words in her mouth i wonder if she can sleep at night?

sorry to hear this bad news from you phillip and frances, guys you need to sort this straight away i think the embassy give you a notice to appeal but i don't know how long will its take.

[Frances]

hi everyone! Thank you for all prayers and support.
Phillip has been writing the embassy but he did not receive any reply.
I got the letter of refusal today.
We are planning to proceed with our appeal.
Can anyone suggest where is the best to submit the appeal,here at the British Embassy Philippines or send the directly to the UK?

[jimcarie]

sorry to hear the news

dont give up, your in our prayers

[Frances]

thank you jimcarie!

[Stuart888]

Hi Jimcarie

Im not an expert on this but my wife was denied a visitor visa to visit her sister in uk.

They appealed in the uk and it took 6 months before they had an appeal date here in the uk.The appeal hearing took a couple of hours then the visa was granted.

Hope this helps.

[Frances]

thank you stuart888

[trina]

Hi sis...just don't give up...everything will be fine....

[Frances]

Thank you sis!

[trina]

Thank you sis!

I sent you a private message

[patti1227]

Sorry about the visa status. Just keep on pushing. With the assistance of the helpful forumers, it`s going to be a success the next time around. Good luck!

[lizaphil]

i apply my visa last may 2007,im just bring all my documents and fill up all the form and the lady says we wait about a months or it might be i have my interview or not,so we wait just month and they send all my document,im so lucky just pray!!!and good luck

[Frances]

hi everyone!

Where is the best to lodge the appeal here or in the UK?

Thank you