congratulation indeed!
your journey finally come to a happy ending with ILR granted~
Why not treat you a holiday to celebrate this?

With best wishes,

Its hard to imagine that the mother can got ILR at airport (or port of entry) even its by deception trick. The year of 1997 actually is not long long time ago and did allow foreigner to extend their visa at POE (port of entry). But I never heard that one can got ILR at airport. Did IO have the right...

one of my friend successfully got ILR based on 10-year student visa+ dependent visa long stay. although that's 1.5 years ago lawful stay = whatever visa your hold The picky home office will only survey if there is any gap during 10-year and what factor to cause the gap happen? by home office or by a...

If you want to apply based on 10-yead long stay and need to switch your status now, you better apply in the UK and in person.

My advice is -- to find a well-experienced lawyer to deal with your non-straight forward case.

If SAB recorded 1st entry date was on Sept 1997, then OP case should be straight forward. If it said 1st entry was on Jan 1998, then its OP's burden to provide documentry evidence he was legally in the UK as early as from Sept 1997, and accordingly his case might not quite straight forward and apply...

In OP's case, its better request SAB (Subject Access Bureau) first.

Its not unusual with no entry stamp for non-EU passport holders when arrived in the UK.

I have had two times similar experiences with no entry stamps several years ago. One was by Eurostar from Paris, the other one was by flight from Frankfurt and arrived at LHR T2.

. choose a good time at PEO, What is a good time ? Well, to my limited knowledge, Tue, Wed, Thurs might be better than Mon (a blue starting working day) and Friday (may think of how to leave office and catch a date later on all the time). Morevoer, morning time might be better than late afternoon. ...

To William Blake, Did you get your school offer letter before your previous expired, or before you left for France? If so, it can prove that you still maintain a tie and accordingly have strong attention to come back to the UK. So, I think the point is- if you want the caseworker to exercise discret...

Something here I don't quite understand. As far as I know, Home Office doesn't mind if you got student visa based on said MSc in XXX course at Birmingham Univ., then moved to MSc in YYY course at the same university, or MSc in ZZZ course at other recognised university. However, Home Office likely do...

One of my friend got long-term student visa at first. Then, after about 1 year time, he also apply 2-year spouse year at croydon as his wife just got ILR. The PEO at Croydon did not cancel his original student visa nor referring anything about the student visa will be voided. That is to say, when he...

to aikmonaikmon: Its simple. Once the caseworker decide to approve your ILR application, then your wife should file a FLR(M) application to request a 2-year spouse visa. Within 28 days of her 2-year visa due day, she can then apply her ILR. Once she get her ILR (suppose you should be british citizen...

Surely Adazhou's case will be treated as continuous when he get new visa in China before old one expire. It proves he/she maintain a tie with the uk all the time. However, if I were Adazhou, I will change my visa to a student visa before the PhD course starts (said 1/Oct/2007). Accordingly, as a pro...

It should be referred to IDIs Chapter 18- The long residence concession. However, when browsing the website, it said-- All applications for settlement on the basis of long residence in the United Kingdom are now considered under paragraphs 276A to D of the Immigration Rules. An updated IDI will be p...

Thanks mates. So, as I said above, giving a birth is likely a legitimate intention under B2. However, as it highly involve the cost of medical care, obviously the threshold will be higher than people with normal tourism purpose. That is, unless the applicant can show evidence that the expected cost ...

Hi, I am wondering and confusing in a common issue when I read a news that many women from Korea, Hong Kong, or China like to go to USA to give a birth. Surely they want their baby to get US citizenship as they think if can allow their baby to have a greater oppoptunities to study/work/or even migra...

28 days before your visa's expiry date.

yes, as a student dependent and hold such visa, you can absolutely work on full-time job with no problem.

Hello,

I just surf the UK passport office website and they said-

In 2007, a new process of face-to-face interviews for everyone applying for an adult passport (16 and over) for the first time.

Does anyone know if this has been carried out already?
If not, what exact date will it begin?

Thanks

Without further knowledge on OP and his wife, so I can only provide my limited comment. Hope its helpful. I think the dependent can do full-time job is a kind of benefit, but not the purpose when you file an application for. I had switched my student visa to dependent status in my original country w...

As far as I know, it doesn't matter you will soon complete your course or just start it. its ok to switch to dependent if your wife is going to study a degree course or above (the length of her course is supposed longer than yours). Also, when you want to switch your status from student to dependent...

Thanks everyone. I think, the best way for myself, is to delay my council ceremony until I get back from abroad if I find out the gap time is very unlikely to get british passport. Of course, likely expensive private ceremony and fast-track passport office visiting might allow me to get a british pa...

Hi, I just submitted my naturalisation application last week. However, I have a scheduled business trip abroad around mid-December. I guess I may get the citizenship approval letter from HO and even attend council ceremony before December, but I may not have enough time to apply and receive the UK p...

According to US law, if you are an US citizen, you MUST only use your US passport to leave and enter the USA.