You guys must be the only GENUINE Surinder Singh case on the whole board - certainly the first case of someone genuinely using this as intended rather than faking moving centre of life elsewhere for a cheap tickets into the UK.

Fingers crossed for you

Britwiki EEA free movement rules are quite clear that people have to be exercising treaty rights among other things as workers or self sufficient with health insurance so as not to be a drain on the host nation. It isn't a free ticket to live and claim benefits wherever people please & OP should...

Since you aren't exercising treaty rights as your activity is marginal technically you aren't even here legally.

Also note that if your sponsor ceases activity as an EEA national exercising treaty rights this also invalidates your legal residence here eg your right to work and live here if she is your sponsor.

I found this invaluable, it has 2016 test questions and eliminates correctly answered ones as you go through, plus PDF and MP3 of the original material. http://ukcitizenshipsupport.com/mhome/

ohara wrote: Just out of curiosity, why are you so desperate to obtain British citizenship for your whole family if you intend to return to India for good? Surely it's better to be a citizen of your own country.

Particularly since India doesn't allow dual nationality. Makes no sense at all

arabindianbritish wrote:Ofcourse I wont say on my application.

You'll just knowingly lie on your application instead?.

(I say this as someone whose circumstances and future plans have been repeatedly changed by my employer since I applied via NCS in May)

It will be difficult for you to obtain British Citizenship without lying to the Home Office about your future intentions since you've already said you are going to move back to India for good.

The requirement to prove NI contributions for the past 10 years seems to be new and the form itself has not been updated. You should only need P60s etc to prove residence if you are an EEA citizen and therefore your passport does not get stamped - but I had to insist my P60s were copied even so. But...

Seems a moot point as if your friend has recently applied for DCPR, the documents her ex needs will be sat on some case worker's desk and may well continue to do so for another six months.

"Friend" is perfectly fine - if you put a policeman, judge etc as a referee it reflects better on your good character if you know them as friends rather than because they dealt with you through work

thank you, I have been registered with Guy and St Thomas Hospital. The letters from hospital will be enough? As I said I do not have any house or utilities contracts under our name. Many thanks, Letters are a start, including things like smear test reminders (or results which I guess you would be m...

Here's the link on the Gov.uk website for applying for an SAR with the UKV&I. The provision for a solicitor-verified photo-copy of identification is certainly news to me. Not entirely sure that is within the requirements of the Data Protection Act. The Information Commissioner's Office may need...

In the ILR forum here (I think) there is a pinned thread on how to do a subject access request. Although please note you now need the copy of your documents notarised.

With your fragile health you may well have a trail of NHS letters etc that can be used to prove residence too. If you haven't kept them, maybe a GP or specialist could write you a letter attesting you regularly saw them over the last 5 years, and they would probably make a good referee too. Read the...

There have definitely been cases where evidence submitted was insufficient so an RV was issued instead however in those cases a letter explained the situation. The lack of such a letter MAY mean they simply made a mistake and gave instruction to issue the wrong document OR if you didn't supply corre...

I don't think you *have* to unless you have an pending but it still ends up recorded if you use https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/AddressUpdate.ofml (I know this from a past SAR I made, both address changes after I received my PR document were logged in my records) I do feel it shows HO that...

The fact that there is no explanation does seem to suggest a mistake on their part. Hopefully someone will confirm he address to write to.

noajthan wrote:He does indeed. What a tangled web HO weaves.

Why process applications accurately and efficiently when you can confuse and scare applicants in the process

noajthan wrote:OP stated that letter advises card is coming in 10 days.

OP also says

"...and when I received my Residence Card with DX delivery I was Disappointed to see its a Residence card of a Family member of a Union Citizen for another 5 YEARS Validity"

Maybe the letter is actually referring to a permanent Residence Card. Try not to sweat it until you see what turns up. OP has already received the (wrong) card. There have been cases where PR wasn't sufficiently proven and case worker explained in the letter why and issued RC instead but it's very ...

Didn't you say earlier that your husband has insurance that covered you?

What is hubby to be's nationality?

Anyway congratulations - you may find more info on notification of marriage etc in other sections of the forum.

In that case if you did not submit evidence of residence I guess you were lucky - as per AN guidance you are supposed to send passport if this gets stamped or provide alternative evidence if your passport (like with EEA applicants) does not get stamped in or out. This includes P60s, employer letter ...

Thanks secret Simon and Richard! I have a masters degree from the university of Manchester and St. Andrews uni. in Scotland. What's the proceeds to apply for a residence card and how long must you live in the uk to apply to have one? Thanks! How long were you in the UK in total while studying and d...