Thank you for your response.

Dear Experts, I am in the process of applying for a Schengen Visa for my wife's travel(with family) to Norway. While my son and I hold UK passports, my wife holds an ILR and an Indian passport. I have a couple of queries regarding the application: Available Funds: What amount of available funds shou...

Thank you for your prompt response. I applied for name change in the existing UK passport for my child. In the online process, there was no section that asked me to provide any email id for identity confirmation. I followed the online form and now asked to provide identity confirmation. All required...

Hi, I applied for a name change in the passport via online service and submitted all the documents. A few days later, I was asked to confirm the identity of the applicant and was told that a form will be posted to me. The issue is that I never received any form in the post and when I called the offi...

Dear Experts, I am applying for a visitor visa for my in-laws, whose details are: Father-in-law - Supporting himself, retired and get pension Mother-in-law - Sponsored by her husband(my father-in-law, travelling together), housewife dependent on husband. In their individual application form, I menti...

Hi dontringthebell and rainbowbutterfly,

I do not have enough words to thank you both.
This is such a brilliant advice backed by authentic links. I am very very thankful to you guys.

Hi All, My son's passport is expiring in Apr 2022 and he holds UK passport with OCI. He needs to travel to India for 10 days and will return to UK in Dec 2021. The options are, 1. Get a new UK passport in one week - This will require OCI to be reissued which is not possible in the given timelines. F...

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : 6 months Visitor for mother Country/Town of Application : Delhi, India Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 26th Aug, 2021 Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 29th Aug Application under process at British High C...

Hi, I was not allowed to submit my OCI application today because I did not have a letter from employer. Now when I try to re-book appointment it gives me an error - "OCI Registration Number already exsist" Can somebody please help me and let me know how can I go forward with this? Thanking...

Cancelled passports are not required for surrender.
They returned my current passport as well with Surrender Certificate after cancelling it.

Hi All, I got Surrender Certificate of Indian passport but unfortunately the date of issue of UK passport is incorrect(both issue date of old Indian passport and British passport are same). Should I go ahead and apply for OCI or write to them to get it corrected? Any suggestions please? Thanks in an...

Thanks Char.
I never realized this. In that case, I shall wait for his citizenship application process to complete and then get this all done afterwards.

Hi, My 8 years old child has ILR and I am planning to apply for citizenship for him along with myself. At the same time, I also have a plan to make a change in his first name. Could please experts let me know if it is advisable to do so before citizenship application or no? If yes, what process do I...