Kadafi

My wife booked her life in the uk test online and paid the 50 pound fee. We arrived 20 minutes early and straight away the lady in the centre started moaning that we should have arrived 30 minutes early and that maybe we would loose the fee and had to rebook.

She then asked for her i.d, we explained my wife is on a tourist visa and does not have any utility bills in her name to show her address and no bank account. We showed her family name passport along with a letter from the UKBA with her family surname and correct england address. As we are recently married we showed her married surname passport also and thai marriage certificate. Straight away she said ''no good, leave and pay again and come back when you have UKBA letter in married name''.

We believe this is unfair, it felt like a money scam to be honest. They had only one customer in the test centre taking there exam and seems like they were itching for a reason to send my wife away to rebook. Do we have any grounds to try and claim our money back and put in a complaint?

Hi got married in thailand a couple of months ago, my wife flew from uk to thailand using her birth surname and now she will return under her married surname. The ticket of course is under her previous name, will showing her marriage certificate at check be ok?

Hi

The mother of our child is applying on Monday for 'access to a child' living in the UK. Does anyone know the expected waiting times for this category? is it similar waiting times to family visit visa as that is what form is used? or is it longer like a settlement of up to 3 months wait?

Thanks

hi

Getting married in a few weeks time and looking for a quiet relaxing week somewhere. Never been to Hua Hin before so thought it might be an option, ive been looking at this place

www.putahracsa.com

My budget is 4000b-5000b per night

villa would be ideal as there will be me, wife and 2 year old son

Thanks

My girlfriend came into the UK on a 6 month visit visa (she is 20, im 28), we have been together just over 3 years and have a 2 year old son. We lived together in Thailand before coming to the UK in June, I have a house in the UK and got a job couple weeks after arriving in England.

Our son is receiving treatment from Moorfields eye hospital and had his first operation in November to correct an eye problem, a second operation is required this year and he has to attend checkups every 6 weeks.

We applied for FLR (O) under compassionate grounds in November, supplied letters from the Moorfields surgeon stating treatment will continue for 2 years and another operation is required this year, supporting letter from my local MP and family members as we felt our son cannot leave the UK while treatment is ongoing and it would be unfair to separate him from his mother.

After 4 months of waiting we have received a letter back from UK Boarder agency rejecting her leave to remain and asking my girlfriend to leave the UK immediately, giving not strong enough grounds for compassionate leave and that she came in on a visit visa as the reasons for refusal. We can only appeal if there is other information to be given that we havent already stated, which there isnt.

We feel that asking my girlfriend to leave the UK for a minimum of 6 months when she has not been apart from our son since birth shows no compassion from UK Border agency at all.

I dont know where to go from here? as i work fall time and would need to get a fall time carer in while his mother is back in Thailand. I guess we need to legal advice, surely there some sorts of human rights to prevent families being split up like this?