Received an email from the lawyer this morning and once again braced for more unpleasant news: more bureaucratic madness, more twists and turns in a long and winding road to nowhere. But what I actually got this time was the unbelievably good news that P is now able to stay longterm in the UK, and to stay without feeling like a prisoner devoid of rights and status. Ten months after our visa application nightmare began and eight months after entering the UK (an entry fraught with anxiety and so nearly denied to P and Sam), it looks like we can finally breathe out and inch closer to the kind of normality that most people take for granted - especially me before all this happened. Many thanks to our lawyer Philip, to my MP and his right-hand woman, Simon Hughes and Magali, and above all to my parents for supporting us every step of the way in this trip through hell.
Excellent news. Jonathan E.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. I forgot to add that today is Sam's 18-month "birthday", so that is two major milestones at the same time !
DeleteGreat news. It's shocking that it's taken the immigration people so long to sort this out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Manfred. Believe me, I have learned to expect the unexpected when it comes to UKBA and was in fact pleasantly "shocked" today that they came back with this positive answer so soon after our latest inquisition - in which they demanded yet more documents etc.
DeleteAnd just in case it was looking too good to be true, I have now noticed that they left off the final "a" on Pri's surname ... so her new visa will need to be corrected.
Such a great news!
ReplyDeleteThanks Camila !
DeleteAnd well done to you both Rob and Pri for your persistence and for staying the course when things looked and were really bleak. Great to see light at the end of the tunnel and hope you can have a brighter ride ahead!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anonymous. And welcome back to UK (?)
Deleteand happy 18 month birthday to Sam!
DeleteAre you not tempted to give SP another crack then?
ReplyDeleteJon