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Brick created on 17/09/2008 @ 10:25

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i sent off my application for ILR (indefinite leave to remain) on sept 1st. after 5 long years of working for the NHS...i am 99.9% sure it will go through without a problem...everyone tells me not to worry...but i am actually have episodes similar to a panic attack.... heavy chest, tightening in my throat and cold hands...wondering if they will find some small, obscure reason to deny me....besides stressing over the £750 it cost me that i had to put on my credit card!!!
it's been 10 days now and the home office website says 70% are decided within 20 working days....

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  • 17/09/2008 @ 10:42 ant said
    ant

    Dear Tracya - hope this works out very quickly in your favour ant

  • 17/09/2008 @ 18:05 harmony said
    harmony

    Fingers crossed for you, traceya

  • 17/09/2008 @ 18:55 tracya said
    tracya

    thanks for your support! it won't really change my day to day living kind of like getting married after years of living together....but i have earned it and it does lift most of the restrictions on where/how much i can work.

  • 17/09/2008 @ 19:31 roze said
    roze

    A friendly caseworker may be a contradiction in terms but i do so hope it works out well and soon! If you want some letters of support from anonymous supportive community members ......although come to think of it, that may get you exported! love roze

  • 18/09/2008 @ 07:33 ant said
    ant

    and don't forget to let us know! xx ant

  • 25/09/2008 @ 11:30 tracya said
    tracya

    stillllll waaaaaiiting...i did see on my credit card statement that they charged me £750 on 3 sept!!! it annoys me that they take your money and then just let the app sit there...

  • 25/09/2008 @ 12:32 UMxx said
    UMxx

    amazing that the money processing always gets better staffing isn't it? - I hope this goes well for you UM xx

  • 26/09/2008 @ 06:04 roze said
    roze

    This is so typical of how it works here. They took a friend of mine through such hell last year - and then refused her stay as she applied to remain under a long-term same sex relationship. I think the first selection criteria for these folks is bigoted, mean b******. Hang on in there tracya! Rxx

  • 26/09/2008 @ 09:15 UMxx said
    UMxx

    Strange - I would have thought that even denizens were protected from discrimination! Shame! UMxx

  • 10/10/2008 @ 15:19 tracya said
    tracya

    still waiting...i'm now five weeks into this nightmare. apparently because the whole system is changing to a points based system the home office is inundated with applications!!!!

    just my luck!!

  • 10/10/2008 @ 15:56 roze said
    roze

    Oh what a pain! Have they given you any indication of how long it may be?

  • 14/10/2008 @ 07:33 tracya said
    tracya

    the website says i can call after 14 weeks!! i see it as britishness training...you know
    "hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way"
    P.floyd

  • 14/10/2008 @ 11:52 UMxx said
    UMxx

    bizarre - not perhaps the most welcoming message ... um xx

  • 14/10/2008 @ 11:59 roze said
    roze

    But we are quite good at it .....we have passivity as part of our unique genetic heritage. Vive La Revolution!

  • 15/10/2008 @ 22:12 tracya said
    tracya

    roze....so right!! me and my american friends are often singled out/critisized for being to open/honest/expressive
    it's just how we are raised!
    i have come to accept it as one of my better qualities!!!

  • 27/10/2008 @ 04:53 UMxx said
    UMxx

    How is the time frame going Tracya??
    Just wondered ...

    UM xx

  • 30/10/2008 @ 21:08 tracya said
    tracya

    no news...i'm completely gone, insane....

  • 30/10/2008 @ 21:29 UMxx said
    UMxx

    No don't give in to them - it'll really do your head in - we have ended up to be a mean spirited world haven't we?

    I have my fingers and ears crossed for you .. UM xx

  • 02/11/2008 @ 17:01 roze said
    roze

    Hang on in there! You have a support team here! Rx

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