Most important: we had a baby in 2015 and another will be due in few months. ... He's unemployed from 3 years, so i pay all bills and everything, and our life is extremely miserable. Immigration officials may wonder why any responsible person of good character in such a self described miserable sit...

Admittedly this was in 2014 but I lived in private rented accommodation for nearly 10 years without an official contract or paying direct bills (started out as house sitting for an employer, for £500/month rent all inclusive) and managed to get PR regardless (I had a rental contract from before this...

Congrats, Noetic , on your naturalisation. With both a Swexit and a Brexit on the horizon, I am sure this helps reduce tension about the direction of life. Indeed. I had heard of the premium service for ILR applications, if you can afford it it's surely peace of mind to get a quick decision and not...

Hi Noetic, my application has gone today. I got a response from HO 2 days after I have submited a request to my local MP (never expected they could be so efficient). It seems that the date of settlement was there all along but the guy on the HO migt have looked in the wrong field. Excellent. Yes mi...

EU nationals: have you recently applied for British citizenship? Not sure if anybody noticed this article in the Gruaniad . They are looking for EEA citizens who have applied for British naturalisaton in wake of the Brexit referendum to contact them. Interesting, although I am not strictly an EU na...

Updated for passport application: Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence EEA + 1 year PR (PR since ca 2007, PR card since 2014) Language criteria met: Trinity College B1 exam Leeds 07/05/2016 LITUK: Bradford 14/05/2016 Nationality: Swiss Method of application: NCS Halifax Date of application: 24/05...

I suspect it depends on the local authority. My HO letter said to contact the authority directly to book a ceremony, apparently Kirklees don't send out invites until you ring to confirm.

The form I filled in and submitted via check & send yesterday doesn't even have a section for grandparents on it.

If OP didn't have CSI or a foreign issued EHIC then the student years wouldn't count in the first place so it's a moot point? And if they did then they can be classed as self sufficient unless they cancelled CSI as soon as uni finished.

Updated for ceremony: Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence EEA + 1 year PR (PR since ca 2007, PR card since 2014) Language criteria met: Trinity College B1 exam Leeds 07/05/2016 LITUK: Bradford 14/05/2016 Nationality: Swiss Method of application: NCS Halifax Date of application: 24/05/2016 Paymen...

Yep..must be the case.. Interestingly (and well, thankfully), I received a text message from HM Passport Office that says things to the effect of 'your new passport should arrive within a few working days. We will send your supporting docs separately'. I take it as some kind of processing happening...

Getting your MP involved seems to help some people.

KASHIF830 wrote:She got letter on 27th August dated 19th August.

Same here, they must have a big tray for everything approved on a certain day and it sits there for a good while before being posted.

Saw this in the Times today, behind the pay wall but expecting the story to be picked up by other outlets soon. Basically HO have been trialling an online simplified PR form to cope with all the applications in the next few years. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/eu-citizens-can-get-resident-v...

You can also do a Subject Access Request for £10 to check what date HO has on record for you attaining PR, you can send that off and prepare for the test in the meantime (you should be able to use the UK degree instead of an English test).

Indeed you can

Does OP need to resubmit Spanish documents for UK PR application? PR documents should be about treaty rights in the UK the last 5 years although knowing what I know from a SAR about case worker notes there's no guarantee anything about your SS journey will have been noted down correctly.

Let us know how you get on - I understand why they want DCPR document for naturalisation (makes those applications the same to process as UK immigration route as you don't submit 5 years of evidence for EEA applications) but there is so so much about how PR applications are handled that seems awkwar...

Ok have now been approved showing that the UNKNOWN status of PR date isn't in itself a hindrance. I do hope you get this sorted out - so silly not to at least include the information on the letter you get with your PR document. Having it included would hopefully flag this up when generating the lett...

Updated for approval letter Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence EEA + 1 year PR (PR since ca 2007, PR card since 2014) Language criteria met: Trinity College B1 exam Leeds 07/05/2016 LITUK: Bradford 14/05/2016 Nationality: Swiss Method of application: NCS Halifax Date of application: 24/05/2016 ...

Hi Noetic, my PRC was issued on 07/07/2016. I think this might not be acommon issue as the guy from HO that spoke with the Council officer has told him this was the first time he have seen "unknown" as the settled PR date. Well you and me both. Sorry re-reading the thread you did mention ...

As long as the person "paying for your upkeep" (not calling him sponsor as this has a different meaning in an immigration context) isn't a non-EEA national also wanting to apply, I don't think it matters and I don't think his passport needs to be included. CSI cover should only be needed f...

From the evidence presented the HO will work from the earliest “deemed to have PR” date. The OP can file simultaneously and explain in covering letters with each application that this is what he is doing. That's just complete balderdash. PR document is MANDATORY for naturalisation applications from...

aderitopessoa wrote: I been told I won't be able to submit mine unless this is fixed first. And been told if I do sumit I will ose my fees . Really bad situation to be in.

You've got me worried now...

When was your DCPR issued?

I'm the same as per my SAR, although as my PR document was issued in 2014 NCS said to go ahead anyway. I submitted employer letters and P60s covering 2001 (although I was on a spouse visa initially and only started PR clock in 2002 when Swiss bilaterals kicked in) to 2014 and ended up with "Unk...