Hello I am an Indian Citizen by birth and passport. I came here in UK on Work Permit. Then I got married to British (white) Girl. After marriage we deiced to get dependent visa on my wife. Date of entry in UK : 01/05/2006 Date of Marriage : 15/02/2008 Now my question is when can I apply for Permane...

Hello I am an Indian Citizen by birth and passport. I came here in UK on Work Permit. Then I got married to British (white) Girl. After marriage we deiced to get dependent visa on my wife. Date of entry in UK : 01/05/2006 Date of Marriage : 15/02/2008 Now my question is when can I apply for Permanen...

Have they changed rules for photos ? As per this link they allow 35x40 (UK Passport Standard) http://mha.gov.in/oci/ICAO-Photo.pdf And this link comes from : http://www.mha.nic.in/oci/Instructions.pdf , which says 35x35 , I am confused or do they want to confuse me ? Go to : http://www.mha.nic.in/oc...

Thanks for the replies.

I think it will better for me to go London to get Visa.

Hiya, I have query about visiting India. I was recently granted BC and I got British passport as well. I haven't cancelled my Indian Passport. One of my close relative just past away, I will have to be there ASAP. Can I still use my Indian Passport to go and on the way back I can show my British Pas...

Guys, I am due for BC application and my Indian passport is also expiring soon. My wife and kids passport is fine. I am applying on the bases of 4 year WP + 1 year PR . Myself and my wife has passed the life in UK test and booked appointment on 16th June. However, my Indian passport is expiring on 2...

mhunjn wrote:Why do you say so?... Did you apply at Dudley or Liverpool?...

bubbles wrote: Does that means Dudley / Liverpool is not a ideal place to apply at the moment ?

Sorry for the confusion, but that was the question ?


I applied at Dudley!

Also, I gave my Credit Card for payment, which is not debited yet.

Has the fee been taken from your account?... Nope! nothing yet.... everyday I check my posts(mail) and bank account.... no letters, nothing debited... I read on some other thread that the letter will be glossy... not the usual white or brown paper envelope... normally I throw glossy ones straight t...

John wrote: Do appreciate that IND in Liverpool are still recovering from the deluge of applications received in October just before the Citizenship Test requirement came into force.

Does that means Dudley / Liverpool is not a ideal place to apply at the moment ?

Applied at Dudley NCS on January 26th on 4 yrs WP + 1 yr ILR.
26/01/2006 - Application received at Dudley NCS

Nothing happened since then!

Its been a month now, should I start panicking or I should wait bit more ?

Thanks Guys!

I live in South West (Near Bath), don't know where will be ceremony. Anyway, I will make sure my wife passes test before ceremony and then we will be ready to apply straight away.

Guys, I applied for BC at NCS Dudley. I will update the TIMELINE thread with more details. One last question: When can I put application for wife's BC to NCS/HO ? Once I received Approval letter Once I finished with ceremony Once I received British Passport Once I received acknowledgement letter fro...

Didn't want to open another thread! I just booked appointment to go to Dudley for NCS application. I got couple of questions. Do I need to take my kid with me ? Whats the response time of Dudley NCS, I mean does it take longer or quicker After application how many weeks I should wait before contacti...

Khurram, I was looking on TSO website and amzon. They got same ISBN no. for the book. But on amazon it shows 120pages and on TSO it shows 146pages. Does anyone knows, which one is better ? Cheers :arrow: Just a comment ... wouldn't it have been a much better idea for the HO to have put out an e-copy...

My child was born before my ILR. So, I will have to apply for it.

John wrote:Bubbles, glad we all helped.

Out of interest ... the child was born .... before or after you and your wife got your ILRs? That is, is the child British now, or will an application need to be made?

Thanks guys for prompt response and information.

This information is really very useful for me to decide. Sometimes its pain to go through home office documents/website to find one simple answer. And I have got all my questions answered within matter of hours.

Thanks again!

Now that is some response you can appreciate. Many thanks! I think I will go for the path of applying myself in Jan'2006 and then for my wife. Cost is not a big problem for me, as I already spent a lots of money and time on [processing visa's for travelling France for my work. Once I have British Pa...

Hi, I entered UK in Jan'2001 on Work-Permit. I got my ILR sorted out last year December(2004). My wife enter UK on my WP dependent visa in July'2002. As far as I can see on this forum. I can apply for British Citizenship. Now my question is : is my wife eligible for applying or not for British Citiz...