Thank you John,

This re-assures me as I was a bit worried.

All the best and kind regards,

Dear All, I am applying for my naturalisation by the end of July. ILR + 1 year. Since the form asks for your occupation and at the moment I am studying some short courses that has always been of interest but could not really afford to do them. My question is will that affect my chances of getting th...

Dear Nikshala, First of all congratulations. I will be applying for my passport in September and since I am a student, I was wondering what problems you encountered. I was thinking of doing it via the NCS as some of my friends have done it and got their approval letter within a month. I would really...

Thank you very much for your information. i feel more confident now as this was my only worry about the time i was away from the UK. kind regards.

according to the home office website, the term lawful residence is confusing as i pasted below. since i left without overstaying my visa and applied for a course and got accepted and eventually returned, i think it that i had expectation that i would be lawfully able to return. could i have an opini...

thank you for your reply, could you be kind enough to explain to me by:"Rules say that continuous residence is not broken as long as upon your departure and arrival you have a valid entry to enter/leave" in my case i left when my visa expired and had intention to come back for further stud...

Hello, first of all this discussion board is very helpful but having gone through the different posts, my following query is not addressed, please help me. I am applying for my ILR in september. I arrived in the UK in 1996 and have been on a student visa since then (doing my research for my doctorat...