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in Nong Khai to sort some house wiring problems out please. If there are any qualified ex pats in Nong Khai who are interested please pm me.
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Electrician
2012-05-14 12:22:08
Does anybody know a good electrician that know what they are doing in Nong Khai to sort some house wiring problems out please. If there are any qualified ex pats in Nong Khai who are interested please pm me.
in Nong Khai to sort some house wiring problems out please. If there are any qualified ex pats in Nong Khai who are interested please pm me.
Language Test Challenged In The High Court
2011-07-27 20:58:00
There is a very interesting article in today's Daily Mail. A lawyer is taken the UK government's decision to force people who wish to come to the UK to settle to take a English test to a judicial review through the high courts on behalf of clients rejected for a settlement Visa in the UK because of this test says it "contravenes several Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8, the right to family life, Article 12, the right to marry, and Article 14, to be free of discrimination"
its a refusal..............
1) the english test she sat is not recognised by the secretary of state but before she took this test with the BRITISH COUNCIL she enquired if this was the right test for settlement visa and was told yes
2) i did not supply enough information as to where i live ie that the place is habitable and there enough room for the 2 of us ie a surveyors report as i live in a council flat why do i need provide a surveyors report; the place is rented, i dont own it, also i never showed i paying the rent,, ie a rent book, as i pay by direct debit a rent book would show nothing as it is not stamped, they could see on my bank statements that i was paying rent to the council, i wrote how many rooms there was in the flat when filling the application in with her,,,,, so what are VFS global there for if they let the application go through like this , thought it there job to make sure everything is fine, now we have to through an appeal,, we are both devastated
sorry no good news
phil
Sorry to hear the news!
Check the date the English test was taken. Check it was not suitable at the time it was taken. There have been a lot of changes in approved providers. It may be that the provider was suitable at the time the test was taken. This would be a point to argue.
There is no requirement to provide a surveyors report. This is ludicrous but take photographs, provide a floor plan. Highlighting the direct debit payments would be acceptable for anything but the most hard-core bureaucrat. Ask for a letter from the council ASAP confirming address, payments are up to date etc. It is possible to get the Embassy to review the decision prior to a full appeal or new submission.
If the English test was wrong you may be struggling to get them to review the refusal.
One of the experts should hopefully be alone soon to give their opinions.
bobrussell, on 2011-07-20 20:05:57, said:
geordiephil, on 2011-07-20 19:49:27, said:
its a refusal.............. 1) the english test she sat is not recognised by the secretary of state but before she took this test with the BRITISH COUNCIL she enquired if this was the right test for settlement visa and was told yes2) i did not supply enough information as to where i live ie that the place is habitable and there enough room for the 2 of us ie a surveyors report as i live in a council flat why do i need provide a surveyors report; the place is rented, i dont own it, also i never showed i paying the rent,, ie a rent book, as i pay by direct debit a rent book would show nothing as it is not stamped, they could see on my bank statements that i was paying rent to the council, i wrote how many rooms there was in the flat when filling the application in with her,,,,, so what are VFS global there for if they let the application go through like this , thought it there job to make sure everything is fine, now we have to through an appeal,, we are both devastated
sorry no good news
phil
Sorry to hear the news!
Check the date the English test was taken. Check it was not suitable at the time it was taken. There have been a lot of changes in approved providers. It may be that the provider was suitable at the time the test was taken. This would be a point to argue.
There is no requirement to provide a surveyors report. This is ludicrous but take photographs, provide a floor plan. Highlighting the direct debit payments would be acceptable for anything but the most hard-core bureaucrat. Ask for a letter from the council ASAP confirming address, payments are up to date etc. It is possible to get the Embassy to review the decision prior to a full appeal or new submission.
If the English test was wrong you may be struggling to get them to review the refusal.
One of the experts should hopefully be alone soon to give their opinions.
Marriage Extension
2011-05-06 19:47:44
I applied for a marriage extension yesterday for my Non 0 visa at Nong Khai Immigration, we duly completed the mountain of paperwork this involves including photographs.This morning the wife received a call from them ordering her to attend at 1pm with two witnesses to testify that we are married, When we arrived with our two witnesses they wanted their original id cards and house book, they were then required to sign documentation verifying that we were married. Is this a new requirement or am I just unlucky?
