In reply to the original Q asked in this thread - I googled these two links which may interest to you.. and anyone who lives, eats and breathes statistics! Seems to be a full breakdown of BC grants and refusals by country, age, etc. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hosb0704.pdf http://www.hom...

Thanks for the advice. I'm booked to go to the Newcastle NCS next Thursday to submit my application. There arent any in Scotland so it's a couple of hours travel to the nearest, but from what I've read here about using the NCS it'll still be worth it. I guess I dont need to get hold of an actual pap...

I will shortly be applying for naturalisation based on 5 years (4 yrs work permit + 1 with ILR). When I applied for ILR I needed to show bank statements, but for naturalisation I dont. My question is - is my bank balance when applying for naturalisation likely to affect the outcome, assuming all thi...

Hi, I did the test yesterday and got my certificate. Afterwards the ten of us from that session compared notes and turns out we'd all been asked at least one question the same (Which is UK's largest ethnic minority). I wondered if this was just co-incidence, the planets lined up just so, or whether ...