Having become increasingly concerned at the validity and wisdom of advice we had received from a London based Brazilian legal services company, my (now) wife and I sought advice from PERMITS2WORK. After a helpful initial telephone enquiry we were able to make a rapid appointment to meet with at the company’s Swindon offices. Our requests concerned the best way to arrange for a “wife visa” following our intended marriage abroad and how best to deal with an overstayed visa situation for my wife. We were extremely concerned that if we did not prepare fully we could face a period apart immediately following our marriage and were very anxious to do all we could to avoid that and to present our case properly and truthfully to try and ensure the best result. PERMITS2WORK were sympathetic and genuinely caring and spent almost half a day discussing our case in a friendly and professional manner. We left the meeting feeling much happier and confident having agreed what documents we needed to collate and having had the likely processes well explained to us. PERMITS2WORK worked diligently over the next few days to assemble a substantial pack of documents for us from the items we provided and the information we gave. They presented those documents to us on time and less than a week later and we were delighted with the presentation and content. We were able to travel only a few days later taking the documents with us. After our marriage abroad we simply added the remaining documents and couriered the package (some 2.6kgs of documents!) to the British Consulate in Rio. We were unable to ascertain likely processing times so were left crossing our fingers that the wait would be short. The documents were returned to us from the Consulate 2 days later as a result of an incorrect photo size (our fault) used and we corrected that and sent them back again the same day. Less than 2 full working days later we received an email from the British Consulate advising that my wife’s visa had been issued and 2 days after that we received the documents and visa by courier. This was much faster than we had ever hoped possible and we will always be grateful to PERMITS2WORK for their part in the process. |