A Long Story But True

[madpaddy]

My partner came to the uk in 1987 with her mother and sister her passport had a permanent resadency visa stamp in it she has lived hear eversince.A few years ago her passport was stollen in the uk it was reported to the police ,we have applaid to the homeoffice for a new visa stamp but they have turned it down saying we havent provided enough evidence,i can ask them to reconsider the case if we have more evidence,she has no documents as they where in the passport when it was stollen but her mother and sister still have thr passports and visa stamps could they be used to trace my partners details any help plz as we have three children all born here,we have been together 15yrs and i dont want her bieng thrown out the country.

Edited June 3, 2005 by madpaddy

[lopburi3]

A Thai passport is only valid for five years - ten if extended. She arrived in 1987 and the passport had original visa stamps? A few years is more like a decade?

In any case it should not be hard to find information for her using mother and sister information I would think.

Strange.

[madpaddy]

We never kept the passport updated because we didnt think we would have this problem ,in hindsight yes i wish we hadnt kept it all together and it was only because she was going to renew her passport that it was all in the bag that got stolen,i hope you are correct about the mother sister passport visa being enough and thanks for ya help.

[samran]

If you can't find old copies of the visa, you should get things like Bank Statements dating back to when she first got to the UK, her NI number (which she would have needed a valid visa to get), utility bills in her name, anything basically, which proves she has been in the UK. Also provide the police report.

You should also make sure that the home office is using the correct name when searching for her ILR status. All this should go a long way to proving here residence in the UK. Once done, make sure you get your partner British Citizenship so you don't have to worry about these things ever again!

Edited June 3, 2005 by samran

[madpaddy]

Thanks for your help we have given them the NI number and bank and doctors letters ,there is a chance they have looked at the wrong name because she uses a english name here but i did put her real name and details down aswell but i think i mite need to point this out to them as they are not very good at there jobs,she was 17 when she came here do you think theres a chance her details maybe under her mothers ??,if i send the mother and sisters passport details and visas do you think they will help,once again thanks for your help all.yes the british citizenship is a great idea and maybe getting married after all these years .

Edited June 3, 2005 by madpaddy

[lopburi3]

Thanks for your help we have given them the NI number and bank and doctors letters ,there is a chance they have looked at the wrong name because she uses a english name here but i did put her real name and details down aswell but i think i mite need to point this out to them as they are not very good at there jobs,she was 17 when she came here do you think theres a chance her details maybe under her mothers ??,if i send the mother and sisters passport details and visas do you think they will help,once again thanks for your help all.yes the british citizenship is a great idea and maybe getting married after all these years .

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By all means send them copies of everything you can. Family details and if you know she received visa/stay at same time as sister tell them. That should get any name problem solved and give a time line.

[madpaddy]

Once again thanks for your help and support i think the home office dont care about the strain people are under when they just say,sorry cant do it with no real effort on there behalf,to top it all the letter we received had three spelling errors and 2 grammer errors not what i would expect from a government professional employee.