do you think that we should personalise the letters or send them a s they are? I personally think that a standard letter for a formal complain is fine. Also they usually reply with standard letters so why should we bother. However, I would like to check. have a look at http://www.writetothem.com/ab...
yes, it's correct. "points system for applying for ILR" is people's concern based on what the HO has done in the past 3 months. i personally don't think that would happen. well, hopefully! but i totally understand where the concern comes from. plus, if the HO importunes the current WP/HSM...
As a leading immigration lawyer told me, it is not by accident that the 4-5 year change is coincided with the new point based system. The aim is to reduce the number of economic migrants qualifying for settlement so as to pick and choose only the ones who will bring substantial contribution to the ...
Labour took a beating this past local elections - does anyone have numbers on how many WP/HSMP holders are Commonwealth Citizens (who hopefully all voted!!) to demonstrate any impact we could already have made? This could add weight to "what might happen next time" when we all have ILR...
Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but does it now effectively take 6 years from zero to naturalisation / British Citizenship? ... edited to say that the home student rates also bites really hard if your spouse wishes to study. My wife in fact postponed her studies by a year (we would have ...
