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Book a one way ticket directly on medview's website. Airport is Gatwick not Heathrow though.

Congratulations

anyichi16:
Please everyone in the house. How and Where can I get a cheap flight to London between now and December 31st?

Big Amen Caribbeanwify28

Thanks for keeping your word & dropping by to checkup on me. *hugs*

Caribbeanwify28:
Yay...I pray it's good news hun!

Fingers crossed

We submitted on the 22nd of September

anyichi16:
Thanks very much....I submitted on September 29th 2016. I will soon post the time line.

Tell me about it.

Am so sobber. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for your well wishes

Darcy16:
Wow!!!

It feels so real for you guys now. The day you've been waiting for anxiously is here now and you’re dreading it.

Fingers crossed.

Please don't forget to be updating us. Trust me we are all waiting for the great news.

Amen to that!

Nah. Just got the decision made mail.

Hopefully I can pick up next week

oladunni4real:
Happy for you, all things will work out well for you, we can't wait to hear the good news.
you going there today?

I heard from Sheffield and TLS now.

My heart has officially relocated to my throat.

Sigh....fingers crossed.

Jennyze:
Thank you Abbylove.

I also got 'Decision has been made' response .. waiting to hear from shefield & tls now

Thanks Darcy16. God Bless You.

No we were not called for an interview.

Its hard to know what they would do. Just stay positive.

Darcy16:
You are in our prayers @Abbylove.

I noticed that they did not call you guys for an interview. Did they?

@the group I have always been under the impression that if they don't call or get in contact then that means that they are sufficiently happy with the application. What are your thoughts?

We are on working day 34 since biometrics. Christmas is going to suck

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-outside-uk

Use that link and follow the instructions

Jennyze:
Please how do you use the enquiry form?

Fingers crossed.

I decided to track my application using their enquiry form.

Got a response saying decision has been made... (the usual automated message)

Now patiently waiting for Sheffield & TLS' s mails

Someone needs to tell "This People" to hurry up on my application oh.

Lexusgs430:
Remember that prior to the jiration, the financial requirements were meet. You don't know when this people might call his employer. If they call and figures are inquired about and the figures are not meet, and you have not informed them about the new jiration, which would augment the figures (this fact they don't know, because you have not informed them of the change in job status).
This people - This are the people that look at your application, while drinking coffee, tea and doughnuts deciding if Mrs oladunni4real should go and stay with MrOladunni4real................

Thank you so much Caribbeanwify28.

Am hanging now.
Its been exactly 60 working days now...we are still hanging. No news whatsoever.

Hubby is getting ready to spam them with mails. Lol.

Am tired!

Hope your hubby is settling in well?

Caribbeanwify28:
Hiya @ Abbylove...

I haven't forgotten about you....wishing you all the best.

My hubby has been back nearly 3 weeks now so he's just settling in....

Sorry hun..

Just stay strong.

You would scale through eventually.

Nkiruka1986:
I hope so...We were rejected because we didn't provide evidence of communication before our wedding (bad advice from solicitor) so now they are saying they are not convinced we are a genuine couple so I think the only thing we can go is the emotional plea... I have also sent some evidence of our communication but it's almost impossible to prove to someone that you are in a relationship... it's easier to fulfil the financial requirement but how do you prove emotions and intentions?

Its been a while.

Did u apply for the visit visa as you said you would?

Are u allowed to ask for a review? The refusal was in October

Nkiruka1986:
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and that you are all soon united with your loved ones. This time I am not posting for advice but for prayers... I am sending a letter to the ECM tomorrow asking them to review our case. I am hoping that I will have something good to write about soon

Tell me about it!


11.1 working days av gone by...

No refund of IHS (thank God)
No interview invitation
No mail about process being complicated
No news
No update.

Hubby sent them a mail. Hopefully we would hear from them this week.

Lexusgs430:
Money speaking Queen's English. The power and might of priority application.....................

Congratulations Gbolaboy

Gbolaboy:
Hello Good people of nairaland most especially Lexusgs430,Foreveryours, Portsmouth and one man that thought my case was shady Justwise ;DI appreciate you all for your efforts and contribution in helping others achieve their goals of being with their partners.

I thought Is ideal for me to tell the house that my wife got her visa about a week ago now.she went for priority and it was approved based on the letter included in her package on the 29th of November. I will put my timeline on the forum soon.

Cool. Lucky u!

I used their website to inquire on the status of my application. They said no update yet.

Am waiting...

Foreveryours201:
I called them. They said they are refunding people the difference hopefully within the next 10 working days.

Did you pay for priority?
You only just submitted early this month

Gbolaboy:
I got this message from ukvi early this morning after my enquiry about the progress of my application.

We understand that you would like to know about the current status of your
visa application. I have tracked the status (GWF and date of birth
) and found that the application has been processed and it should
be with you in the next few days.

Please note that your passport and documentation could still take some time
to reach you whilst being sent back from the decision making centre and
whilst other administrative formalities are completed. The visa application
centre will be in contact with you regarding the collection or delivery.

If you have purchased a courier service then your documents will be
dispatched to the delivery address you have provided. We appreciate your
patience while you wait to receive your documents.

If you have not paid for the courier serviced, please ensure to check your
email including your spam/junk/promotion folders to see when you will
receive an email asking you to go and collect your documents.

As per your supporting documents, if your husband has included the prepaid
return envelop, they will be returned to the address provided.

what does this signify?
And will I still get the normal decision made email from them or just emails from the VAC

https://www.gov.uk/immigration-asylum-tribunal/appeal-from-outside-the-uk


Thats the link.

anyichi16:
Please can you share the link to the revised fee. I try to search for it but I couldn't get it.

Lucky you!

They would be refunding you.

I looked at their website and the rate has been reversed.

Foreveryours201:
I paid for the paper appeal because you're right £800 is almost the amount of a new application. Hopefully it will be just as affective... I think institutions and people are getting a bit 'brave' since brexit LOL.

Wow!

Unbelievable.

The closing remark is so mean...."pay more if they can afford to do so"

Oh well. Needle go pass before road close for thread like a popular song goes!

stillwaiting:
Government reverses 500% immigration tribunal fee increases

In a surprising but very welcome development, the Government has reversed the 500% increase in fees for immigration appeals which took effect on 10 October 2016. Fees will instead be charged at the old rates and those who have paid the higher fees in the last few weeks will have their payments refunded.

The fee increases were due to hit EU nationals and their family members very hard given the number of immigration appeals likely to be generated by the flood of permanent residence applications generated by Brexit. In addition, the Home Office may not have been terribly happy about having to pay the appeal fees in cases in which appellants succeeded in having their decisions overturned.

The Friday afternoon announcement was made by Sir Oliver Heald, Minister of State for Courts and Justice:

However, we have listened to the representations that we received on the current fee levels and have decided to take stock and review the immigration and asylum fees, to balance the interests of all tribunal users and the taxpayer and to look at them again alongside other tribunal fees and in the wider context of funding for the system overall.

From today all applicants will be charged fees at previous levels and we will reimburse, in all cases where the new fees have been paid, the difference between that fee and the previous fee.

We will bring forward secondary legislation to formalise the position as soon as possible. That legislation will come into force shortly, but in the meantime the changes will be effected through the use of the Lord Chancellor’s discretionary power to remit or reduce fees.

Alongside the fee changes introduced we extended the fee exemptions offered in the First-tier Tribunal, to include:
those in receipt of a Home Office destitution waiver in respect of their initial application;
parents of, and those with parental responsibility for, children receiving support from local authorities;
children in local authority care; and
those appealing a decision to revoke their humanitarian protection or refugee status.

The Government believes that these exemptions are proportionate measures that protect some of the most vulnerable users of the Tribunal. For this reason the extended system of fee exemptions will remain in place.

We also took the opportunity when introducing the fee changes to expand and clarify the guidance around the application of the Lord Chancellor’s power to remit or reduce fees in exceptional circumstances. This revised guidance is not affected.

The role of fees in the Upper Tribunal will also form part of the review. The focus of our work is now on carrying out that review. We will bring forward any new plans for Tribunal fees, including in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier and Upper Tribunals, for consultation in due course.

The Government’s belief is unchanged that it is right that those who use our courts and tribunals should pay more, where they can realistically afford to do so, to ensure that the system is properly funded to protect access to justice and to relieve the burden on the taxpayer.
This statement has also been made in the House of Lords: HLWS287

Source: Update on Courts and Tribunals:Written statement – HCWS284 – UK Parliament

That increase was extreme!
I hope so too. 'cos £800 is more than half of the application fee itself!!!

Is this the effect of Brexit?

Foreveryours201:
Thanks. However, I have read from a few sources that they are backing down with this fee increase and will be going back to the old fees and will refund the difference to anyone who has paid the new amount. Don't know how true it is though. I'm not holding my breath.

So sorry hun. & good luck

Foreveryours201:
Very real!! I paid for the appeal. I was really ticked off because I missed out by few weeks to pay the old fee amount.

Thanks a lot KemBee86

KemBee86:
Don't worry, it's gonna be fine, I waited 12 weeks and it was the longest ever..came into the Uk in March. I and hubby had a very short courtship and he was around for just few days after the wedding, so in a nut shell, it's definitely gonna worth the wait. All the best! Can't wait to hear your good news!

Wow. So this I real!

*see picture below

@kembee86

Am so glad u said this...

I have been so worried about my application. Been waiting for 9 weeks now to hear from UKVI

My hubby & i were introduced January by a mutual friend. We met physical in February (fast, right? We just clicked)

We were married by June!

Also I didn't submit any whatsapp chat but we submitted the call logs (we speak "everyday" for hours) and we have emails too.

Tons of pictures from our traditional & court wedding as well as a few pictures we took when we were together

I have been so worried they might say our relationship isnt substituting or whatever that evil term they use is.

Reading this gives me Hope again. I found this thread weeks after I had submitted.

Thanks for sharing.

KemBee86:
Don't be scared, I submitted just about 6 months communication details (just viber and bbm, we didn't even submit phone calls) too and some pictures we took dt same year( but loads of wedding pictures about 40) cos I and my spouse only dated for 8 months before we got married and applied and I got my visa.

Hey u!!!

Thanks a lot...my fingers, toes and even hairs are crossed in anticipation of good news!

Make sure you prepare a feast for the home coming! Congratulations once again

Caribbeanwify28:
Hiya @ AbbyLove

I keep checking in here for your good news.....My hubby's coming on Sunday God's willing.

All the best hun

Ur faith level gives me Life!!!

What are ur odds Mr lexusgs430 of naira bet. Lol

Lexusgs430:
Remember my prediction on your application? I don even place stake for nairabet...............

Lol. Those are the snacks to help one keep sane.

Av been lurking in the shadows... waiting to share my news.

My hubby and I get a panic attack if out batteries drop to 25% or less.

I saw a recent timeline recently; Application was submitted 2 weeks before mine & they got called 2 weeks ago. Visa was granted.

My fingers are crossed.

Am in my 3rd trimester (week 9 - 12)

Lexusgs430:

Are you sure instagram,twitter and nairaland addiction, is not also to blame?

Yippee!

Ur hubby would be with u soon!

My fingers are crossed caribbeanwify28.

Caribbeanwify28:
Thanks hun.... I booked it already with Med View he is coming next week God's willing.

I am still checking on here for your good news

A member of their staff is my close relative.

Its a good airline

Fear not!

Caribbeanwify28:
Medview is quite a new airline to run between Lagos and London. I don't know of any one that has used it.

Have you had good reviews about them?

Wow. Scam website?

Use medview. U can get a one way ticket for about £300.

Let us know how it goes.

Caribbeanwify28:
WOW...good thing I just came to check here. The website I was on was different and it was a pakistani guy I just spoke to on the phone who told me £442.

Thanks so much!! I wouldnt have booked over the phone anyway had to speak to my hubby first.

Amen & Thank You!

Caribbeanwify28:
Thanks @ Abby Love!

I wish you all the best! I'll continue to check on here to hear your good news