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They’d understand if you furnished them with the digital assets, right?

gambiting 8y ago
Home Office is probably the most difficult branch of the British government to work with, if they require a printed original even if no such thing ever existed, you better pull one out of your ass or the whole application will be declined. Not before they hold it for 8 months without any reply first though.
- code_duck 8y ago
  I can see how that works - you fill in papers, wait forever, get back a ridiculous response, appeal, it takes forever, and so forth. My experience with US agencies with poor reputations is generally more positive than their reputation would suggest. Eventually, I have reached higher up humans who treat me logically and reasonably. The problem when you’re dealing with something like health is suffering and/or dying in the meantime.
pjc50 8y ago
No? They have an immigration reduction target to meet and if they can do that by deporting you because you forgot to dot an i or cross a t they will. Someone I knew was denied the opportunity to take a required citizenship test because they'd applied without their middle initial which appeared on their ID documents (or vice versa): a mismatch of "John Smith" vs "John Q Smith" was enough to cost them the test fee plus the day off work and travel to the test. Similarly, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/08/visas-refused-for-a-dozen-authors-invited-to-book-festival https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/08/visas-refused-... "According to Barley, the dozen authors were asked to provide three years’ worth of bank statements to demonstrate financial independence, despite being paid to participate in the Edinburgh book festival, and having publishers and the festival guaranteeing to cover their costs while in the UK. Barley said any deposits that could not be easily explained were used as grounds to deny the authors’ visas; one had to reapply three times due to her bank statements." There definitely was a story which I can't find of someone being rejected because they didn't have enough money in their bank account, securing a transfer of money from a relative, re-applying and then being denied due to the "unexplained" transfer.

Home Office is probably the most difficult branch of the British government to work with, if they require a printed original even if no such thing ever existed, you better pull one out of your ass or the whole application will be declined. Not before they hold it for 8 months without any reply first though.

code_duck 8y ago
I can see how that works - you fill in papers, wait forever, get back a ridiculous response, appeal, it takes forever, and so forth. My experience with US agencies with poor reputations is generally more positive than their reputation would suggest. Eventually, I have reached higher up humans who treat me logically and reasonably. The problem when you’re dealing with something like health is suffering and/or dying in the meantime.

pjc50 8y ago

No? They have an immigration reduction target to meet and if they can do that by deporting you because you forgot to dot an i or cross a t they will. Someone I knew was denied the opportunity to take a required citizenship test because they'd applied without their middle initial which appeared on their ID documents (or vice versa): a mismatch of "John Smith" vs "John Q Smith" was enough to cost them the test fee plus the day off work and travel to the test. Similarly, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/08/visas-refused-for-a-dozen-authors-invited-to-book-festival https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/08/visas-refused-... "According to Barley, the dozen authors were asked to provide three years’ worth of bank statements to demonstrate financial independence, despite being paid to participate in the Edinburgh book festival, and having publishers and the festival guaranteeing to cover their costs while in the UK. Barley said any deposits that could not be easily explained were used as grounds to deny the authors’ visas; one had to reapply three times due to her bank statements." There definitely was a story which I can't find of someone being rejected because they didn't have enough money in their bank account, securing a transfer of money from a relative, re-applying and then being denied due to the "unexplained" transfer.