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Immigration Nightmare I am a nurse who used to work in Guernsey and was trying to move to the mainland UK to be closer to family. So I did interviews and managed to find a job for a private company who granted me a certificate of sponsorship. I then proceeded to lodge an application for UK visa on the 9th of May this year thinking I would only have to wait 6-8 weeks to get it. I ended my job in Guernsey on the 28th of May leaving me with no work visa. But it was okay because I was thinking I needed a little bit of breather before I start a new job. Fast forward it is now 28th of August, three months has passed since I resigned and still not a sign of my visa. I tried calling UK home office for support only to get frustrating generic responses and false reassurances which aren't really helpful. I was told to wait 8 weeks, then more, and that there is nothing else I can do. Meanwhile, I am running out of resources since I am paying bills without a pay check. I am very frustrated. It is just hard when someone is in charge of your life and you cannot do anything about it. I am very disappointed by the lack of proper support from UK home office as long as adequate communication regarding as to what stage of the application I am in or if my papers are being processed already. All I can really do now is pray and hope I get it soon so this nightmare could end. And lean on people who loves me and supports me despite the crisis. This is a very humbling experience.
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What a beautiful article and I'm so proud of you my friend because not many choose to help others more than themself. I really can't thank you enough for what you are doing for our society. Lots of love and prayers from my side
Thank you so much. I hope I can start working and nursing again soon. Praying for my visa to come this month at least.
That's so frustrating and I hope they attend to you asap. Paying bills without means of replacing it doesn't sound nice. I hope they act fast. 8 weeks is a long time... Place another call through to their customer service.
I am actually on my 11th week of waiting as of 5 minutes from now as it is almost midnight here. Indeed I am frustrated as I was saving money for travel or retirement not for this visa wait. It is a healthcare visa too so if UK were so short of nurses why do they do this to me. Anyway I may call them again tomorrow in the hope I get an agent who goes above and beyond. It feels to me sometimes they don't even listen and try to help. They are more or less dismissive.
I'm deeply sorry about this. I pray something good comes out. Prayer works too... Don't stop praying and have faith in God to do the best for you.
Thank you Ola. I am praying although sometimes I do feel like I am starting to lose hope. I find myself demotivated to do things past couple of days. I am afraid I am getting quite depressed and to be honest I am quite an optimistic person. But being on a foreign land and not having a source of income is disheartening. I came here to earn money and work. Not to spend money unemployed. Please add me to your prayers.
I understand. Everything will be fine. Sometimes when we pray we feel the situation is getting worse but that's when we need to raise our faith rather than our worries. I know things will work out well for you. God has never failed and He won't start now.
This is so comforting. Thank you for listening to me whine. I will try to be more faithful. God has been good to me. This is just a test of faith.
I am more than happy to be here with you. I'm glad you opened up. God will show up. It will end in praise.
Hello NTMY thank you for stopping by my place:) Did this ever get resolved? I hope so it sounded like a nightmare.
Hello NTMY! I'm on my 3.5 month wait. And I have finally mustered the courage to send in a complaint last week as it is well over the processing time. And I desperately need to work soon.
Hope it gets attended to soon. I'm sure there is a patient waiting for your expertise.
Yeah hopefully my patience pays off and I can tend to patients soon.