Denied and Appealed

We received word that Dylan’s visa request had been denied.

The letter was two pages, with the explanation of why, at the bottom of page one. Only problem was, when they printed it off, they failed to print the last few lines…you know…the ones that tell you the issues they had.

It picked up again mid-sentence on page two.

With some contextual reading, it appears that there were two issues:

1. They could not confirm that Shauna had leave to remain in the UK. (I don’t quite get this because everything is so computerized now, we have these little credit card type, micro chip things that have all our details on them….all it would take is a quick look in the computer system)

2. They did not believe that we could support Dylan financially in the UK because the document proving that support that I sent was not they wanted. (On this one, I sent proof of my employment with RBC and proof that I was sponsored in the country by RBC, but that’s not what they care about. They have a calculation that tells them a figure that we need RBC to state they will cover for one month….)

So, last Thursday I spent the day at Willamette Christian Church hammering out the online appeal and getting together the two documents that they specifically need. Looking over the paragraph 319H again, there should be (again…should be) no issue with approving us. We meet all the requirements and now have the specific documents to prove it.

When I finished the appeal, it stated that they will let me know that they received my request for an appeal in 10 days if I was in the UK and 28 days if I was outside. Wow! I sure hope this is just a government over-estimation, but right now, I’m not getting my hopes up.

We are moving again on Thursday to spend a bit of time with Shauna’s sister and will pray and await news.

On we go to week 7 of a very extended furlough!