{"id":1250,"date":"2022-09-30T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2022-10-01T17:23:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:23:17","slug":"into-the-great-wide-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/into-the-great-wide-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Great Wide Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like Plato once said\u2026It doesn\u2019t matter how the fuck you get there, as long as you get there\u201d —Conrad Brean<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three things have happened in the couple days since I wrote the previous ILR post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, the Home Office sent a response to the Pre-Action Protocol to the “bad cop lawyer,” dismissing it and saying that the process would be resolved through the administrative review request, which – the letter noted – was only 4 weeks into its six month expected duration. The review, it said, would be decided “in due course.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t find that particularly encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I got done wishing ill on all forms of intransigent bureaucracy, I forwarded the response on to the “good cop lawyer.” We agreed that the likely outcome was that I’d need to reapply on return from my business travel next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, I sent a follow up email to our MP, explaining the response I’d received and asking her (office) if she could reengage and offer additional assistance. I explained the upcoming business travel and provided the evidence her staff requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And went back to waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While sitting at my desk writing a document, my phone buzzed. Twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a message from the “good cop lawyer” saying “Hi Dan. I am pleased to advise that a decision has now been taken on your Administrative Review…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…I hesitated a moment at the line break…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…and ILR has been granted.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went back and read it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it didn’t change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I opened the letter from the home office…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

Dear Mr Berger<\/p>

Your application for administrative review has succeeded.<\/p>

You have been granted indefinite leave to remain. I enclose your approval letter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“Is very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue to Part 4<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s like Plato once said\u2026It doesn\u2019t matter how the fuck you get there, as long as you get there\u201d —Conrad Brean Three things have happened in the couple days since I wrote the previous ILR post. Yesterday, the Home Office sent a response to the Pre-Action Protocol to the “bad cop lawyer,” dismissing it and … Continue reading “Into the Great Wide Open”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-london-calling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}