mainak_das1 said:
thanks..the support for this is healthy. I will post the mail shortly
Hello forum, this is what i have been able to draft so far. I have to put the finishing touches. Looking forward to your inputs/feedback. I am planning to email on Monday
Dear Mr. Alexander:
I am writing to you as a representative of a group of people who have applied to sponsor their spouse at the New Delhi Visa Office. We would like to bring to your attention some serious concerns with this office that is compounding the pain of being separated from our loved ones. These have been listed in the order of their importance-
1. The first and foremost issue is that the files in the Delhi visa office are not being processed in the order they are received. Many applicants are routinely left behind or ignored as the office processes applications that are received months after. This practice is highly unfair and is absolutely unacceptable.
2. The visa office hardly replies to any emails or enquires, not even to those that are of an urgent nature. This leaves the applicants in a state of anxiety and fear, as many of these queries if not addressed have the potential to cause confusion that could lead to further delay or even denial of application. I believe that after having paid my taxes and a generous application fee, the visa office should have sufficient resources and the sense of accountability to respond to even simple enquires-let alone the urgent ones.
3. In many cases there is no movement in a file for months at a time even after a relationship is proven to be genuine. There should be no reason for keeping loved ones separated for months when the visa officer is convinced about the authenticity of the relationship and when no additional documents are being awaited for.
4. The visa office routinely rejects TRV (visitor’s visa) for applicants being sponsored. The reason for denial cited are disingenuous and unrealistic. My wife visa was rejected as the officer wasn’t convinced that my wife would have a reason to return back to home country. This is despite clearly telling them that her PR application was in process and there would be no reason to stay back and jeopardise her PR application. However, on rare occasions some applicants do get the visitor’s visa, and this makes the whole process unfair (more akin to a lottery). We believe there should be a realistic and consistent criteria to grant visitor’s visa for those who already have a sponsorship application in process.
