Can someone share the experience of converting PIO card to OCI ? I have applied online and have appointment booked with VFS. As per application n instructions only documents needed are PIO Card and Current passport. Just wondering if they will ask for any other document. Its for Minor applicant. Als...

Hi All, I need advice on re-issue of OCI card. I just find out that my sons passport is expired and have applied for the renewel. Looking at VFS website , its says if person is under 20 years then OCI must be transfered to new passport on each renwel and for that OCI Miscellaneous Services form have...

Thanks MPH,

That's where I am struggling, what can be counted towards evidence?

He Returned with in his visa limits last times , does that not count as evidence ?

He attached his Graduation Mark Sheets and letter from Education institute confirming his status. But not sure what else we can add.

My Parents and Brother (Unmarried and Still Studying) applied for the family visit visa in India. All of them have visited me (together) on one occasion previously and returned back to India with in the Visa Limit. My Parents has been granted Visa however Visa for my brother has been refused based o...

Hi All, I need a bit of advice on PIO card.

can someone confirm if PIO Card also has Sticker on the passport or its Just a card which you carry along your passport.

Also , at the time of application do you need to submit the passport as well?

Hello, we are supposed to travel to India in next 4 weeks, does anybody has experience if PIO can be obtained in this time frame for infant or should we not take risk and apply for Visa?

OCI Application(infant kid): 21st May 2013 (in person @ HCI London) Photo/signature at mission: Registration Status at Mission : OCI documents printed : OCI dispatched from Delhi : OCI documents Recd London : Hello vij_sp_1980, can you please share the status of your application as I am about to ap...

Hello,

I will be appying for me and my family's surrender certificates soon by post to HCI London.

Can some one please confirm the name to which postal orders should be issued.

Thanks
Gari.

HI All, Below is my timeline, Hopefully It will help those who applied mid December. NCS or Postal: NCS Date of submission or posting: 17 Dec 2009 CRITERIA - 5 years WP + I year ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card: 05 Jan 2010 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14 Jan, 2010 [dated 07 Jan] Date o...

Hello all, I am filling a form AN ( 5 year WP + 1 year ILR) for myself and wife. The first column is home office ref and I am not sure what to fill here .. Will it be my WP number ( I had 3 WP's during the five year period) or any is there number I need to get from Home office ? Also what about my w...

Hello all, I am filling a form AN ( 5 year WP + 1 year ILR) for myself and wife. The first column is home office ref and I am not sure what to fill here .. Will it be my WP number ( I had 3 WP's during the five year period) or any is there number I need to get from Home office ? Also what about my w...

The employer letter will not include your contract end-date anyway. It just tells that you are the employee with them in XXX designation since XX date.Of course it may state your residential address aswell. As mentioned by FKarim, under the existing ILR rules the applicant would need a letter from ...

Hi All, I am posting this query on behalf of my friend. She is Canadian citizen and here in UK on Marriage Visa. Recently she applied for settlement(ILR) on form Set (M). Home Office returned her application as Invalid for the following reasons. 1) Old form used (Apparently the form she used was old...

The reason I am worried is because to apply for ILR I will need a Letter from my employer confirming my status and in there they will surely state my actual Job title. Will the case worker understand this difference in job title? Any suggestions please … [quote="garichd"]Hi All, After go...

Hi All, After going through one of the post on this board I am bit worried. My Job Title on my work permit is different to what my actual job title is. However I have been working with the same company and in the same capacity since beginning. My Job Title on the Work Permit is “Application Specia...

Hello I had a baby boy born in the UK in August 2007. My son has an Indian passport which we obtained from the High Commission in London. My husband went and submitted the application form in person. You need to fill two forms - one form to register the baby and then one form which is a passport ap...

Thanks for the link Vinny, Below is the extract I found for my condition. 14.7 - Children born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983 but who are not British Citizens ( Rules Paragraphs 304 and 305 ) In practice, ECOs will rarely have to deal with this category of entry clearance application. Before 1...

Hi All, I need a bit of advice with regards to visa stamping of a newborn baby. I am on work permit and my son was born last month here in UK. After trawling through the forms I now know that I need to apply for his passport from Indian Embassy and as we will be visiting India in Oct-Nov I have to a...

Nikhil,

why don't you get the Experince letter from the "BIG company in UK ".
They should give the experince letter to you as you are working for them.
Body shopper is just proceesing your payments.

gari..

One More thought.. After going thru OP. What they want to do is dependent will move to WP and WP holder will move to Dependent. I was wondering what would happen to their ILR in that case. Can the Time spent in previous categories be (WP + WP Dependent OR vice versa) amalgamate ? Any thoughts.. Hi, ...

BadPaul, To Join VBSI. Please sent a mail to info@vbsi.org.uk Gari. I have had correspondence with BAPIO in the last days and they have shared with me the names of their advisors in the court case against HO, it is impressive !!! Someone from VBSI please get in contact with me and I will pass on the...

There is a similar organization in the states called the VSI Is this the one: http://immigrationvoice.org/ ? Hello, Thank you for contacting us with this information. We will go ahead and post this information on our website and circulate this information in the news media in US. I went through you...

UK Citizenship and children out of wedlock 05 July 2006 After a long wait The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 provision relating to children of unmarried British fathers came into effect on 1 July 2006. The Government claims that this will bring equality under the law so that children ...

And we can't be organized without a organisation..

VBSI is the organisation, which provides us the ground and put us together under single umbrella.

The VBSI team has done Brilliant work, now all we need to do is take it further.

This was the email VBSI received in early June. My opinion is that he is not some “dodgy Chinese lawyer” (Eugene_UK If I were you I would refrain from making dearly beloved comments like that again and people should work together and not turn on each other). Instead of reinventing the wheel people ...