Immigration Case Update
JPA received instructions to regularise the leave for a client who was an overstayer on their visa.
The client gained entry to the UK as the spouse of a settled person. She was initially granted a visa for around 2 ½ years. At the time of renewal for her visa, the client was given poor legal advice whereby she was informed that no application can be made to the Home Office as she had, at the time, not passed the appropriate English Language Test, being A2.
As a result of this incorrect advice, the client did not submit an extension application and became an overstayer. At this stage, the client approached JPA for assistance.
Under normal circumstances, upon submitting an ‘out of time’ application for extension of their visa, the client’s route for settlement would be changed from 5 years to 10 years. However, following a meticulously drafted legal argument, our experts’ submissions were successful in not only regularising the leave of the client but we were also able to persuade the Home Office to permit the client to continue on their original 5 year route to settlement.
This whole experience was traumatic for the client and we are pleased our hard work has been able to save the client from uncertainty, stress and wasted costs that would otherwise have been spent on numerous applications and legal fees.
We strongly recommend that any applicant seeks the appropriate legal advice from a qualified professional with experience to avoid such disastrous consequences. Our experts are always on hand to assist.