Hi

We got some great photographs at the citizenship ceremony yesterday!

Just a quick question about posting online? It's ok to post a picture posing with the certificate? There's nothing on there that's visible that could be a problem?

Great, thanks!

Hi So we are about to apply for my wife's first UK passport (following her citizenship ceremony next week) Looking at what supporting documents are need, it looks quite scary and complicated! My wife was born outside the UK (in 1978), not on a British overseas territory, so the only way she is claim...

Thanks, but when you go through the process of applying online it won't let you progress without confirming you have a digital photo?

Hi So next week my wife will have her citizenship ceremony, and then straight after that we'll be applying for her first British passport She's actually already had some photos taken which she'd like to use, but they are not digital, so she just has the physical copies. I understand that if she want...

Eligibility criteria: ILR since April 2023 (spouse of British citizen) Language: B1 test certificate + Life in UK Test Nationality: Russian Method of application: Online Date of application submission: 02/01/24 Date of debit of fees: 02/01/24 Date of receipt of acknowledgment (by UKVI): 02/01/24 Dat...

Fingers crossed it's not too much of a backlog!

Hi So my wife had good news today, the Atlas email confirming that her citizenship application has been accepted. :-) The email says to contact Birmingham council to arrange a ceremony to attend. However, the Birmingham council website says not to contact them, as their policy is to contact us with ...

Eligibility criteria: ILR since April 2023 (spouse of British citizen) Language: B1 test certificate + Life in UK Test Nationality: Russian Method of application: Online Date of application submission: 02/01/24 Date of debit of fees: 02/01/24 Date of receipt of acknowledgment (by UKVI): 02/01/24 Dat...

Eligibility criteria: ILR since April 2023 (spouse of British citizen) Language: B1 test certificate + Life in UK Test Nationality: Russian Method of application: Online Date of application submission: 02/01/24 Date of debit of fees: 02/01/24 Date of receipt of acknowledgment (by UKVI): 02/01/24 Dat...

Apologies!

Hi My wife has the reference numbers that were emailed to her for passing both the required English language test, and the Life In The Uk test We put both of these reference numbers in the application as requested. Is it also necessary for us to provide certificates as well (We only provided referen...

Thank You!

Hi everyone Just about to submit my wife's citizenship application When it came to the part about employment I'd appreciate a bit of guidance She registered a business back in 2021 to make home made cakes. Now, she does intend to try and expand the business and make some more more money, but so far ...

I hoped that would be the case, thanks for the speedy response!

Hi everyone We are putting together the citizenship application for my wife. When it comes to a referee who must be a “professional”. We have a friend who is a professional qualified solicitor, but he is now retired. Would the fact that he is retired mean he won’t meet the criteria for a professiona...

Applied for ILR Route: Set (M) 5 years Application Type: Standard Application submitted online: 12th March 2023 Biometrics appointment: 16th March 2023 11:00am (Free Appointment - Birmingham) Supporting documents uploaded on UKVCAS: 14th March 2023 Documents submitted to UKVI: All documents showing ...

Applied for ILR Route: Set (M) 5 years Application Type: Standard Application submitted online: 12 March 2023 Biometrics appointment: 16 March 2023 11:00am (Free Appointment) Supporting documents uploaded on UKVCAS: 14 March 2023 Documents submitted to UKVI: All documents showing as Submitted as of ...

There was a question on the application for ILR (M) asking if my wife has a National Identity Card? She does (although she always refers to it as an internal passport) so she answered yes, and provided the document number Do we need to provide a scan of this? It's not in English and not translated. ...

Great thank you!

Hi So it's my wife's appointment tomorrow to have her biometrics taken for her ILR (M) We have now uploaded all of her documents, but the "submit" button has disappeared, because we are less than 48 hours away from the appointment Does anyone have experience of what happens during the appo...

The online status for my wife's applications from Moscow changed to DECIDED on Friday!:-)) 59 working days since biometric submission. Also the TLS tracker has updated this morning to say that its been dispatched by courier, so we hope to know the result very soon! Fingers crossed! I still haven't h...

The online tracker for my wife's application changed to DECIDED today, 59 working days since biometrics!! They did not contact us at all during the process, no phone calls or emails to ask for further information. Now the nerve wracking wait for the decision to arrive in the post! Country applying f...

Today the online tracker changed to "DECIDED" for my wife's application from Russia!:-) Our timeline as follows Country applying from: Russia (Moscow) Type of visa applied for: Spouse Priority/Non-Priority: None-Priority Date application submitted (online or in person): May 9th, 2017 (onli...

Congrats who got your visa ,I got DECIDED status today My timeline as follows Online sub 16 May 2017(non priority) Documents to Sheffield 17 May 2017 Sheffield Received email from Sheffield on 16 June ,asking for a prepaid envelope but I had already sent one wit Docs Sponsor emailed Sheffield for A...