The Chill Out Zone

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

Totally different circumstances but that response reminds me of when we applied for Ging's visa to join me here. Ging applied at the British Embassy in Manila, waited . . . . and waited. Christmas was approaching, of course we wanted to spend Christmas together so I sent a fax (shows how long ago it was!) to the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) dealing with the application, on my knees on a piece of paper begging to know if Ging would be here by Christmas or would I be better going over there. I got a two sentence reply "the process is ongoing. I will advise you when there is any change"! That bubbled inside me until I exploded! I'm not taking that from some little civil servant I went to the press here, wrote to my local MP, even wrote to Buckingham Palace! I faxed the Vice Consul at the British Embassy in Manila stating I was not happy with the ECO's brush off reply and that I was making waves about it here. A couple of weeks later I came home from work to a fax from the Vice Consul saying Ging's visa had been granted, wishing us every happiness and the ECO was no longer employed at the Embassy. I can only think I wasn't the only one who complained about that particular ECO.

Well you know how it feels Steve, well now Fiona asked the insurance to put me on the policy to drive the car, once she told them I had surrender my insurance by voluntarily and now I’m ok to start drive yet, they refused to insure me until my licence is returned, which could be months. Which then means I can’t insure any vehicle with my licence.
So one step forward, but 10steps back.