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Contents of the HSMP Forum's letter to UKBA - dated 29th May 2009

Date – 29th May 2009

To:

Jonathan Sedgwick                                                                           

Deputy Chief Executive, UKBA

From:

Amit Kapadia

Executive Director (Chairman)

HSMP Forum

Dear Mr Sedgwick,

I would like to raise some of the following issues which are concerned with our recent Judicial Review Implementation. I would appreciate if you can address this at the earliest;

1. Many of our members have informed that they are unable to get an appointment at the Public Enquiry Office (PEO). It seems individuals have to wait on a premium number for hours together and ultimately are given an appointment which is more than 30 days late. This is not helpful and it defeats the intention of attending the PEO for settlement. You did kindly inform me in your earlier communication dated 19th May 2009 that a special team has been allocated for this purpose. It is important that priority is given to all those who benefits from the Judgment and earlier appointments should be issued to them. The aim of obtaining a deadline for implementation was to ensure those affected will receive their settlement at the earliest and the delay will definitely defeat the purpose of obtaining that order. This is also applicable for postal applications. We believe the dates given for PEO and the decision for postal applications should not exceed more than 15 days at the most.

2. The policy document does not say anything about those applied and admitted between 3rd April 2006 and 7th November 2006. To be in accordance with the court order (1), migrants in this group when applying for settlement should not be asked for Life in the UK or language test (as this requirement was introduced in April 2007) or any other new requirement which was not there when they joined the HSMP scheme.

Just to remind you, I have not received any response from your end on the following point which I raised in my correspondence dated 15th April 2009, “Those migrants who left UK after the November 2006 changes and returned back and those subsequently returning to the UK as per the HSMP Forum Limited policy document of 9th July 2008 should be issued with a letter confirming the time spent abroad will be acknowledged for their ILR. Though the policy document acknowledges the time spent abroad will be carried forward for their ILR application but no such letter is being issued on individual basis in this regard. We believe this can have possible problem in future for the individuals concerned when making an application for ILR.”

Please feel free to contact me for any further information or clarification.

 

 
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