juliaK wrote:

cantab wrote:

sakura wrote:Do you already have ILR?

yes, i do, from 17 Aug 2007.

Thanks.

So when do you want to apply?/

Well, it looks like it is possible to apply after 9 months, so that makes it middle of may?

sakura wrote:Do you already have ILR?

yes, i do, from 17 Aug 2007.

Thanks.

Hello everybody. It appears that it is possible to apply for British citizenship through naturalisation while having less than 12 months of no time restriction on one's stay in the UK (ILR). The guidance mentions that if the time restriction was in place for between 10 and 90 days at the beginning o...

i'm in.

also, where shall i send my email so that i am contactable should we decide to pursue the legal case?
i can contribute £200.

great news about mcnulty getting the boot.

Rt Hon Keith Hill, MP for stretham has written to the home office (McNulty) regarding the retrospective change as well. i still think that a court case is the best bet. is anyone in touch with LIBERTY, run by Shami Chakrabarti? it is the largest UK civil liberties group. i am a member of the group, ...

i will repeat myself and say that the home office would almost certainly lose a case in court... but someone has to bring it! i have 1.5 years left under the old rules...

Papafaith and cantab, thanks for posting the letters here. hopefully more and more people can do the same, so we can forward the letters to Christine Lee's team and they can use them for the lobbying. thank you very much for making CL aware of the letters. I tried calling her office to obtain an em...

i have got a reply from my MP (Jeremy Hunt, Conservative, Surrey). he has written to the Home Office. Dear , Thank you for your letter about the changes to the immigration rules affecting the qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain. I agree that the retrospective element of this change is d...

a wrote this letter to my tory MP. is there anything else we should be/could be doing? Dear Mr Hunt, It has come to my attention that while failing to track, not to mention deport some 900 plus illegal immigrants who have committed crimes and were in HM custody, the Home Office have proposed to retr...

Hi! I want to make a point regarding retrospective effect of new rules. You already know that when Home Office issued HSMP approval letter during 1st extension they mentioned that we would be qualified for ILR after 3 years ( 1+3= total 4 years). My point is: is this not a written commitment? Can w...