Finally, our letter arrived today so my wife will enter 2016 as a british citizen (obviously ceremony permitting!) Good luck to all who are still waiting... Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC, ILR Language criteria met: Cambridge Advanced grade C Nationality: Polish Method of application: NCS Wealde...

Not anymore they dont..... They now look at the applicants immigration history for 10 years prior to Bc application regardless of what category youre applying under. So for your wife, its better to put 1994. It appears your wifes case is pretty straightforward so Good Luck with it :) Let's hope so ...

I know what it says in the guidance notes but the ncs lady put it on loudspeaker and the guy clearly said its the first day physically present in the UK Cool. That's 31 years ago! Funny given that, as we are applying as spouse of BC, they only look at the last three years on the form. Best wishes M...

Its not a serious matter. Just put any date. This has no effect on the application. Hi PrestonLancs, I wish I could be as confident as that. Unfortunately our past dealings with the Border Agency and before that the IND have made it clear that if they can find anything odd about your application it...

I also queries this with ncs. she rang them up in front of us and they said its very first day present in the UK so 1994 Hi Average Joe, Thanks for the reply. My only concern is that when she arrived in 1994 it was not with a view to staying in the UK on a long-term basis. It was only after our mar...

Hi, We are filling out AN for my wife but we are stuck at 2.1 "Date of first arrival in the UK" The notes say this should be the date you arrive "with a view to staying in the UK on a long-term basis." My wife first arrived as a student in 1994 via Dover on a six month visa. Obvi...

A couple of further questions in connection with filling out the form. 1.) Some of the evidence we are presenting to establish residency over the qualifying period is in the form of utility bills and council tax. I noticed that a couple of the companies have consistently misspelled our surname (repl...

3) What is accepted as proof of meeting language requirement is limited, both as to the specific certificate and as to time. You may want to check that a Cambridge Advanced Certificate issued about two decades ago is still recognised as valid by the Home Office here . Hi Secret Simon. Thanks for th...

For Question 1, The HO reference starts with the initial of surname followed by numbers( as told by NCS) My husband keft it blank but when we received the acknowledgment letter, his HO reference was showing on the letter. Thanks for this. The ref number on the FLR(M) did indeed start with my wife's...

Thanks for the speedy reply. re. 1. You may also have an official letter from HO (UKBA), relating to grant of ILR, that also has a reference number. It will not be the passport number anyway. You could enter the most likely one and mention the others in the 'additional information' section. We can't...

Hi, We are just filling out the AN form for my EU wife who is applying under ILR. We had a couple of niggling q's for the forum which I haven't found exact answers for anywhere. 1. On her ILR stamp from 2000, there are 3 numbers (two at the top, left and right) and one on the bottom. Which do we use...