I've been waiting 10 years for a decision on my status as an asylum seeker, what can I do?
Hi, I need your help. I've been in the UK now for 10 years and I'm still waiting for a decision. The government doesn't seem to be doing anything - I haven't been refused, I'm just waiting. What can I do? What is the solution? Please help!
Re: I've been waiting for 10 years - get legal advice.
Anonymous — Sat, 05/29/2010 - 20:51hi, i have alo been living in th uk for the past 10 years, i was refused a the beginning but my case worker appealed for me before march 2007. I was asked to send 4 photos of my self twice in the past two months but i have still not received a response from the uk border agency or the home office. what can i do? what do you think will happen? my case worker has wrote to the Home office a number of times but has not got a response. thanks for your help
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Anonymous — Tue, 05/25/2010 - 11:50i've lived in uk from 2002. i am awaiting a decision until today still. i am 25 years old i can't do anything i just i feel as a prisoner in uk i am full of health but it can do nothing
Re: I've been waiting for 10 years - get legal advice.
Anonymous — Tue, 09/01/2009 - 19:42I suppose the most important thing to remember is that you don't want an answer from the Home Office....you want a positive answer. Get advice from someone who is qualified to provide the type of help you need - speak to an adviser who is qualified to provide specialist legal help on UK immigration and asylum cases. Their advice may help you to make an informed decision about what to do next. A legal adviser should, for example, advise you on what might be relevant to the decision makers at this point in time, possible outcomes of your case, and possible next steps. The following organisations provide specialist legal help on immigration/asylum matters - they may run a service in your local area. Contact details for these organisations, and contact details for other providers of specialist legal help on UK immigration and asylum cases, can be obtained from the Community Legal Services Directory telephone 0845 345 4 345, website www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/en/directory/directorysearch.jsp Good luck!
Re: waiting for 10 years - You are not alone
Anonymous — Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:04Dear Friend You are not alone i have waiting for decision for the last 7 year. Its seems like no solution for that no matter how hard people in different sector try to help Asylum. Sometime i feel like ........ myself, because this long waiting make me feel like hopeless and worthless in the world but really the home office do not care about us. Unfortunatly nothing we can do too because we dont know much about this country do we? Sad i know that but belive me you are not alone........
Re: Waiting for ten years
Anonymous — Sun, 08/09/2009 - 00:03Firstly, your case should be a legacy case. go to this page: http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/view/allocation_finder.form Put in your Home Office Ref No - usually a letter and seven numbers - it will tell you where your case is being looked at. Write to them with a contact address and any relevant information, for example if you have started a family here. They are looking at all the old cases again, with a view to resolving them all by June 2011 - either granting or removing. Second, if you have never had a refusal, you should ask for permission to work if you don't already have it. Write to the same address. JIM
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Anonymous — Thu, 09/02/2010 - 19:23I CAME TO ENGLAND IN 2000 I APPROCH THE HOME OFFICE SAME TIME AND I HAVE APPLIE FOR ASYLUM ON 2004 I HAVE BEEN CONTACTE AND INVITED FOR INTERVIEW BUT I DID NOT GET THE LETTER BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE MY ADDRESS THEY HAD MY OLD ONE SOO I DID NOT SHOW UP AND I DID NOT APPEAL FOR THE DECISION. ON 2001 I HAVE GOT MARRIED WITH EUROPEAN CITIZEN I HAVE SEND ALL MY DOCUMENT TO HOME OFFICE TO APPLY FOR RESIDENCE BUT MY PREVIEUSE SOLLICITOR MADE A WRONG APPLICATION AFTER THE IMMIGRATION SEND ME ALL MY DOCCUMENT BACK WITH A NEW FORM THE CORRECT ONE TO APPLY BACK AGAIN BUT I DID NOT DOIT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF MY SITUATION WITH MY WIFE MARRIAGE DID NOT WORK BUT UP TO NOW WE STILL NOT DIVORCE YET.IN2008 I HAVE WROT TO UK BORDER IF IAM ENTITLED FOR LEGACY BUT I DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM AT ALL WHEN I WROT THEM AGAIN TO INFORM THEM FOR MY NEW ADDRESS THEY SEND ME LETTER THAT THEY CONFIRM THEY UPDATE IN RECORD.IM WONDRING NOW ABOUT MY SITUATION
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Anonymous — Wed, 04/28/2010 - 00:25i just wandered where my case is and i didn't hear from any one please can any one can explain what my case circumstance is because i want find job and work because my life become so boring i looking foreword hear from you many thanks
Re: Waiting for ten years
Anonymous — Mon, 07/27/2009 - 23:15You could run your own campaign. There are very good and proven guidelines at the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns website: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/ Running your own campaign is a powerful tool, especially if it comes to fighting detention and deportation itself. You can't ever start too early! It means making your story public, though, but you will be amazed at the wonderful support you can get through this. You can download the full campaign guide from here: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/campaigns/guide.htm
Re: Waiting for ten years
Anonymous — Sat, 07/25/2009 - 23:26Hello, are you involved with any organisations working with asylum seekers or refugees. If yes, ask someone who can ring the liverpool, if you leave in the North West or home office in Croydon. Ask them to ring on your behalf. You only need to provide your Home office reference number, and ask for your case owner. Once you have the name of your case owner, write a letter with the person who rang with you (with their heading paper, it seems to be better on the Home office's eyes), on that letter the person writing on your behalf will say tha tshe or he believe that you are a legacy case. Then wait for a letter from the home office a standard letter, the same they send saying that they have 450000 back logs, they will finish taking decisions by 2011. Then you just have to wait. In a meantime, try to see your MP (they sometimes very useful, on one of the last letter we received from a MP on our client behalf, it said that the Home Office has the duty to answer as soon as possible to an MP's letter.Some MP are influencable. I will give you a link where you can verified if your file is on consideration.