Yeah, well South Africa has its own hoops for immigrants, and this time it will be you doing the jumping. As Wanderer will surely attest, trans-national relationships are not easy and they're not cheap. mmm, interesting... is there anything I need to know in terms of their hoops, or do I need a new...

I am not trying to deceive anyone, I just want to be with my girlfriend and it seems a whole world more difficult than I ever imagined. At this rate I will end up emmigrating. Yeah, well South Africa has its own hoops for immigrants, and this time it will be you doing the jumping. As Wanderer will ...

Yes I agree do it now, as it has no expirey date and it will only become more expensive and maybe more complicated in the future. Maybe, but I'd call your attention to the following article published by one of the members on the citizenship review panel. Granted it's still early days, but it looks ...

Hi all- I hadn't been planning on posting any longer, as I figured I'd exhausted every possible angle of my own immigration drama. However, I recently came across this high-profile review on citizenship being supervised by Lord Goldsmith. Basically he is laying the groundwork for Gordon Brown's reva...

I got ILR under the 10 year rule in Oct. 06. I plan to apply for naturalisation in Sept. 07 using the Nationality Checking Service. And how are you planning to apply for naturalisation in September 2007 when you only received ILR in October 2006? Are we talking about applying on September 30th for ...

notforayear, I'm sorry to be so blunt with this, but this Germany idea sounds like a bit of a non-starter. I have a bit of experience mit dem deutschen Lebensstil (German lifestyle). I studied at university in Freiburg for two years. I also worked in Hamburg and Berlin for another two. If you're not...

sunnyday wrote:Who here's taking Life in UK test much earlier than their application date?

Is it advisable?

I did, thinking I was being Mr Smarty. But (sigh)...

http://www.ukresident.com/forums/index. ... opic=47535

How much is British citizenship worth ? JAJ, from this and other posts of yours, it appears that you are of the belief that there is no practical ceiling on what the Home Office may charge for naturalisation. I find this to be an unworkable stance, as there are strong policy arguments against that ...

Then you should by all means comment on this in the related consultation on the issue.

http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6 ... nsultation

More than being just a collegiate paper, Mr Liam Byrne's ideas are powering a consultation to vastly rework the immigration and citizenship provisions. I'm not saying whether this is good or bad, but everyone who has a stake in this issue MUST RESPOND TO THE CONSULTATION. If you are not comfortable ...

Here is the link to A Common Place, the document authored by Ruth Kelly and Liam Byrne that addresses their ideas about further immigration and citizenship reform:

http://fabians.org.uk/fsblob/174.pdf

I'm sure if Robinlondon I knew what we now know we never considered comming to the UK it sucks! Well, I wouldn't say that entirely. There have been some good things as well as some not so good things. As with many things in life, it's necessary to try to strike a balanced view. I've never been deli...

I don't know what your personal situation is, so please take this as very general advice. In general , it's not worth it for a US citizen to immigrate to the UK. The salaries are not altogether higher and the lifestyle, not altogether better. Unless you have family ties to this country or are moving...

This is probably going to be a big deal. Watch this space.

You don't mention it in your original post, but if your husband is a UK citizen, you may naturalise immediately after receiving ILR. You don't need to wait an extra year on ILR. The years you spent on the ancestry visa count towards the three year qualifying period for naturalisation as long as you ...

I don't know much about that. I'm not a solicitor, but I asked Mr Kong if my role would be as an "amicus curiae", and he said yes. But maybe he was just being nonspecific to a non-legal person. Wikipedia defines the term as following, although this may be a more US-influenced definition: &...

I met with Stephen Kong recently to show him the contents of my file. He believes that I have a strong case based on the HO's breach of legitimate expectations. This results from a paper trail dating from February 2005 involving me, my MP and the then-HO ministers Charles Clarke and Tony McNulty. Th...

Hi there, I recently submitted a subject access request on my personal Home Office file. I specifically requested all correspondence that had taken place amongst me, my MP and the HO over the past two years on the subject of the four to five year change. I put forward a similar request about 18 mont...

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/newsarchive/chargingconsultationresponse Leave to remain (student): £250 --> £295 Leave to remain (non-student): £335 --> £395 HSMP fee: £315 --> £400 Leave to remain (HSMP): £335 --> £350 Work permit fee: £153 --> £190 Leave to remain (work permit): £335 -->...

From the IND website, given in the context of another announcement on illegal immigration: The Home Office will also publish later today to Parliament the responses to the consultation on new visa charges and the charges themselves for those who come to the UK to visit, study, live or work. The new ...

Firstly, you've posted in the UK area. This should be moved to Ireland's own special place on this forum, I reckon. Have you had a look at this already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationality_law#By_descent What I find curious is this statement: Citizenship acquired through descent may be ma...

And citizens of Commonwealth countries for whom the Queen was already the Head of State didn't even have to do an oath of allegiance at all, because they were already her subjects. This has changed because although Canadian citizens, for example, already owe the Queen allegiance, they do so in her r...

The Chief Immigration Officer told me that the stamp would be "temporary" in the sense that if would provide evidence of my current valid leave whilst my other passport was with the Home Office. He said it would just be a stamp that says something like "The holder has leave to remain ...

The new uniforms are spiffy though! I love how in one of the press photos documenting the roll-out of the new togs last month, the IO model combined her uniform with a metal-studded leather wristband.

Rock on!

Just as an update, I just rang up the IND enquiries hotline and put to them the question that I asked here. The worker there informed me that such situations were at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry and could not be determined by the Home Office per se . However, he did...