There is no way to prove the 3 year knowing thing, however the referees must be happy to sign and more so if UKBA calls to verify, they must answer "more than 3 years".

As VR said it is critical to apply before 28 Oct with new rules coming in after that.

its 3 months in which you have to attend the ceremony. You contact council tomorrow and book the ceremony.

Someone else had mistake in name and it took few weeks.

They write for the sake of writing. I don't think it will be anywhere on their systems.

Yes, stop worrying.

Decision will be made very soon. "Soon" has no time scale.

SA302 just a kind of Self Assessment receipt from HMRC, you can just ring HMRC and give your NI number and can ask to send last 2 -3 years SA302. As such you will not need any if you have passports to show your full 6 years residence. Only if your passport is expired and you have not renewed it or i...

Just enter the certificate number. They will have record from your ILR.

Nurse will do. The list is just an example and is not exhaustive.

I appreciate your courage to come out and tell the truth. You should not have trusted the consultant, but on the other part you would have known that there is shortfall in your funds and so consultant has made up the bank statement. The biggest mistake from your side was to apply again and hence got...

You will need your Unique Tax Reference (UTR) number and tax return or you can ask HMRC to send you SA302. As such only UTR will do.

No need to declare accidents, unless it has gone to court and you were charged.

You can inherit agricultural property, however you cannot buy new agriculture properties. If you sell inherited property, HMRC may want a share in the form tax, that is if you tell them.

Referees are allowed to put "Available on Request".
As you say, they may not be contacted in straight forward application, however they may be contacting in applications with convictions.

neither were mine. My ones didn't even put their passport numbers.

I still think either have the certificate on the system and will only print on the day of ceremony or HO sends them certificate in advance, because we can collect certificates for children as they don't need to attend the ceremony. Or it may be other way round, they ask HO to send the certificate ba...

Yes professional referee don't have to be British.

NCS will return all the original documents. you can travel using your passport and BRP to re-enter uk.

Yes

They request parents details so as to search their systems if they were British citizen and if they were then you may qualify for BC thru decent. No harm in providing.

There is 6 months time limit on reference, so you will need it signed again. NCS is wrong. You can use a solicitor to send you application, they will charge you but you will not need to send original passport. There have been cases where people have asked for passports back due to unforeseen travel ...

I think council receives the certificate same time as approval letter or earlier. That is the reason they don't confirm any details and just see on the system that they have certificate and book the ceremony. If you don't receive the letter, take an identity and attend the ceremony. It seems they ar...

Manager of VAT registered company can act as professional referee and the other colleague as general referee.

Just to clarify, husband is Canadian Citizen, married for 5 years to your friend. Can you tell me how many years your friend has has actually lived in Canada? If she was accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada that will be counted towards her residency obligations and may be she can apply for...

mine is on 14th, when I called to book, they didn't check or ask any questions, just took my name and said ok ceremony is booked and sent me an email invitation. I think they have the certificates already and no need to confirm anything as they will be checking our id at ceremony.

Derivaz, have you booked your ceremony?