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I am South African living in the UK, do I need to apply for permission before applying for my UK passport, as recently put out in the media.
There is a job scam running around by Wynnes Construction. I have contacted the proper company and they have said that there is no vacancies and all else is a scam.
My name is Barrie Morris. I am British born and lived in South Africa for a number of years where I met and married my wife Belinda Morris 10 years ago . We relocated back to England approximately three year as we were looking to start a new life in the UK. Belinda came to England on a spousal visa and they have now denied her leave to remain even though we have proved that we are in a long term relationship. She has now had to resign from her job where they would have been happy to continue employing her and have stated as much in a letter that we sent through to Home Affairs when she initially applied for an extension on her visa.
Border Patrol initially denied her leave to remain as they ‘are not convinced she can speak English’ despite her being a qualified Nursery Teacher working in an English Nursery. They have had evidence of her qualifications along with a letter from her manager stating that she was confident teaching in English. Further reasons were that they did not see why this relationship could not be continued in South Africa and were not convinced that she had severed her ties there. Firstly I am British and surely have the right to bring my wife here. Secondly her parents still live there and therefore the request to severe her ties is not a reasonable request. She has no legal ties in South Africa with the exception of her relationship with her Parents.
We went to court and have a letter from the judge which basically states that he doesn't know why she ended up in his courtroom as she is clearly fluent in English.
I am writing in the hope that you can publicise this and assist us to keep my wife in the UK and to help her to continue working and paying tax and National Insurance into the UK financial system. Whilst Belinda has handed in her resignation if a Visa is given then her position with the Nursery still remains open to her. While there is a lot of talk around immigration problems, I believe that the wrong people are being targeted. My wife has worked since she arrived here and has paid tax and National Insurance contributions, even though she is not entitled to any public funding.
Essentially what the government have done is tried to remove someone who is contributing to the state and spending her money in the UK and placed Belinda in a situation where the UK tax payer will now need to pay in order to attempt to remove her. Bearing in mind millions of pounds are spent every year on immigration issues, I believe as her husband that Belinda should be allowed to stay in the UK for the sake of our relationship, for the UK children that Belinda has helped to educate and for the UK tax payer where Belinda is paying Tax and National Insurance contributions.
I have been trying to get her passport back,inorder for for her to go back to south Africa,to get her visa there, but the border agency, seems to have lost her passport.please help
Thank you for your time, I hope to hear from you soon.
Kind Regards
Barrie Morris
Tel: 07442 165 583
I am South African born but never lived there, I resided in Zimbabwe until the age of 16, I came to the UK 13 years ago the year 2000 to live with my mum, twin brother and sister, my mum arranged for my siblings to gain a British passport but not myself, out of spite because of my sexuality. I returned to South Africa five years back to renew my ancestry visa, (my grandmother is Scottish) my visa then expired in August of 2013 I applied for an extension and paid the fee before this date, I was asked to do my biometrics which I did, I was then refused on the grounds of not producing enough documentation? I never received such a letter asking for these documents, so I believed all was well and my visa was being dealt with? Only to receive a letter 2 months latter stating I have been refused with no right to appeal, surely I am not at fault here? It’s the home office who did not send out the letter. They have kept my birth certificate and passport and 7 months on and I’m still none the wiser of what to do? I have been in touch with the local MP and they have done nothing but fob me off with it takes time.
I am worried I’ll be sent to a country where i have never lived, without any family, home or job. As it stands I am not able to work here in the UK either, which i have done so since I arrived here 13 years ago, paying taxes. I want to be legal, not only so I can work and support myself but so i can marry my girlfriend one day and so I don’t have to keep looking over my shoulder worrying whether I’ll be deported. What can I do to enable my right to stay?
Many thanks
Miss Lee-Anne Hofmann
Am delighted to welcome the new high commissioner, who is the man of integrity, we hoping our Embassy is now going to be a home for the community not for friends to stuff
I live in the UK although I am a South African citizen and have been here for 10 years. I have a small monthly income from South Africa which is too low to be taxable but I still have to complete a Tax Return. Now that SARS uses efiling I have a massive problem. My password does not accept and I have been trying for months to get SARS to send me a new password without success. Finally they agreed to send me the Return forms by post but these have never been received by me. I have phoned SARS approximately 7 times and have written a letter to the Head Office in Pretoria, which was acknowledged as being received by them with a promise to get back to me. That was at the end of last year and I am still waiting. I really don't know what to do and am afraid they will now fine me for not submitting a Tax Return for 2013/14. Please can you help me in some way?
Thank you
Jenny
I just completed my Masters in Public development and management, I would to get any experience as in public policy department so that I can get an experience.
In the last three months, four letters containing DVD's have been sent to a private address in Port Elizabeth. Not one has been received, along with an Amazon Package. The stealing of postal items is now endemic. I will never post anything to South Africa again. I also have proof of posting from UK Post Offices but this means nothing.Stop stealing the post. I will complain to the South African Embassy direct
Thank you to all the staff
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