Silverwing86
17th October 2006, 06:38 AM
Hi all,
We're not happy campers at the moment I'm afraid :( ...
Quick recap:
OH is main applicant, IT, 125 points, no job offer, no points claimed for me on either education or work experience.
I do not work at present because I have been retraining (study) after getting the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia end 2004, and realising that some serious changes were needed in my life if I was to be able to continue working succesfully long term.
I have had this condition for at least 18 years without knowing it, despite this I worked pretty much consistently up until 2002 (when I was forced to realise that I really couldn't continue in my old profession any more), and also managed to "better" myself along the way.
We submitted our ITA in March this year and made sure to preemptively add a reassuring letter from both my GP and Rheumatologist concerning my Fibromyalgia. We suspected that they would ask for it and this way hoped to save time later on in the process.
We were quickly allocated a Visa Officer, more information was required concerning my condition, we supplied new, more detailed, letters from both my GP and said Rheumatologist.
After a long wait, we found out that the information sent back to the Visa Officer concerning our situation was so ambiguous that she could not make a decision based on that. She went back to them for clarification and in the meantime I supplied a letter from another specialist and one from myself to further clarify the situation. We were told it would take 2 - 3 weeks before we received a decision.
This was beginning of September, then.... lo and behold, less than a week later, we received an invitation for interview in Amsterdam on October 6th ! No reference to the medical situation was made.
Interview went well, we were told they wouldn't be denying us (!), but we would hear a definite decision on PR vs WTR (as is the procedure) within 2 - 3 weeks. She did mention that she found no conclusion on the medical situation in the file and said she would ask our VO to let us know officially what the outcome is.
We heard nothing. Today I saw on a(nother) forum that some applicants who went for interview on the same day had already received their decision. Slightly worried I decided to call our VO to ask what the status is on our medical situation.
She told me that the Medical Assessor(s) had come back with a lot of information but nothing clear enough for her to make a decision on (again !) ! She sent it back again asking for clarification on October 1st, but has received no response as yet.
Now we have to wait till Friday, if she hasn't had my medical back by then she said she would contact us. She was very apologetic and sounded embarassed at the whole situation.
Anyone on this forum have any experience with Fibromyalgia or similar condition ?? I have to admit I'm feeling pretty low at the moment and don't know what more we could do to convince them there's nothing to worry about.
Apologies for the long post :uhoh, guess I just had to get it out of my system ...
We're not happy campers at the moment I'm afraid :( ...
Quick recap:
OH is main applicant, IT, 125 points, no job offer, no points claimed for me on either education or work experience.
I do not work at present because I have been retraining (study) after getting the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia end 2004, and realising that some serious changes were needed in my life if I was to be able to continue working succesfully long term.
I have had this condition for at least 18 years without knowing it, despite this I worked pretty much consistently up until 2002 (when I was forced to realise that I really couldn't continue in my old profession any more), and also managed to "better" myself along the way.
We submitted our ITA in March this year and made sure to preemptively add a reassuring letter from both my GP and Rheumatologist concerning my Fibromyalgia. We suspected that they would ask for it and this way hoped to save time later on in the process.
We were quickly allocated a Visa Officer, more information was required concerning my condition, we supplied new, more detailed, letters from both my GP and said Rheumatologist.
After a long wait, we found out that the information sent back to the Visa Officer concerning our situation was so ambiguous that she could not make a decision based on that. She went back to them for clarification and in the meantime I supplied a letter from another specialist and one from myself to further clarify the situation. We were told it would take 2 - 3 weeks before we received a decision.
This was beginning of September, then.... lo and behold, less than a week later, we received an invitation for interview in Amsterdam on October 6th ! No reference to the medical situation was made.
Interview went well, we were told they wouldn't be denying us (!), but we would hear a definite decision on PR vs WTR (as is the procedure) within 2 - 3 weeks. She did mention that she found no conclusion on the medical situation in the file and said she would ask our VO to let us know officially what the outcome is.
We heard nothing. Today I saw on a(nother) forum that some applicants who went for interview on the same day had already received their decision. Slightly worried I decided to call our VO to ask what the status is on our medical situation.
She told me that the Medical Assessor(s) had come back with a lot of information but nothing clear enough for her to make a decision on (again !) ! She sent it back again asking for clarification on October 1st, but has received no response as yet.
Now we have to wait till Friday, if she hasn't had my medical back by then she said she would contact us. She was very apologetic and sounded embarassed at the whole situation.
Anyone on this forum have any experience with Fibromyalgia or similar condition ?? I have to admit I'm feeling pretty low at the moment and don't know what more we could do to convince them there's nothing to worry about.
Apologies for the long post :uhoh, guess I just had to get it out of my system ...