[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Is her husband British? I thought that was automatic residency hence fake weddings, it is a minefield and also I also think we are so reliant on computers now, if it says no, common sense will not be applied

Her husband is British and has an eight year old daughter who lives with them so her life is completely disrupted while this is going on. It was a news story a few days ago.

Nothing is automatic and it's not computers. The girl who is going to become a member of my family can't even get a visa to visit him for a holiday and some of the reasons for refusal are basically that they don't believe you. They have actually said that and you can't appeal. One time they said she didn't have leave from her job when part of the application was a letter from her job saying she had accrued extended leave for the holiday. Half the time it seems the whim of the idiot who looks at the paperwork and often refusals make absolutely no sense. They will refuse because a bank statement isn't dated within a month because it's taken them more than a month to look at it. And then of course once they have refused you, they will refuse you for being refused before. And you have to pay for this.

In fact they say Teresa May is responsible for the current mess so not a lot of confidence in her skills of diplomacy.