JAJ wrote:If you were illegal before you got your ILR, then 3 years from ILR.

Under current laws. Might be different going forward. When did you get ILR?

got ILR in April 2008

well guys? would really appreciate any thoughts.

Hi people, I came to UK in 1998, had a visit visa, applied for asylum same day at airport. Asylum and appeal rights were exhausted in 2001. As a result, between 2001 to 2004, I was an "absconder" on HO records. My HR had not been dealt with during my asylum & appeals. So in 2004 I subm...

Yes I know I am eligible to apply for any of those benefits/tax credits!

What I wanted to find out is whether it can result in a refusal of my naturalisation application?

Dear all, My wife is a British Citizen and I have ILR and I now intend to apply for naturalisation. My wife and I earn £57k and we have just been blessed with a baby. I work full time, pay taxes and have never claimed benefits etc. My question is, if we were to apply for: 1 child tax credit/working...

how about a DNA test certificate proving 100% that she is your mother?

Liberal Immigrant's friend has already tried and been refused. He can try his luck again. It all depends if he falls on a lenient case worker. strictly speaking, the docs were retained by the PEO: it is now going to be considered by a senior caseworker. hence my search for arguments i can present s...

answer: No

hi people, am writing this topic on behalf of my friend, i will use "I" instead of "him" so as to avoid complicating things. here "I" go: I came to UK in 1998, was here as a student for 7 years, then in 2005 I applied to WorKPermitsUK for a WP whilst I still had 1 mont...

CAN SOME ONE TELL ME PLEASE, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RESPONCE FRO HO, AFTER SENDING 4 PHOTOS. THANK YOU. if there was a universal formula which every home office caseworker followed, life would have been far more easier! from my experience, its 4-8 weeks but then again it can take longer. ho...

hi people, am writing this topic on behalf of my friend, i will use "I" instead of "him" so as to avoid complicating things. here "I" go: I came to UK in 1998, was here as a student for 7 years, then in 2005 I applied to WorKPermitsUK for a WP whilst I still had 1 month...

I got my ILR today by post, and the werid thing that i got my orignal Pass notification for life in the uk back with it, are they normally send it back or they done mistake?? IN AN form if i ticked that i passed the Pass life in the uk to get my settlement do i still need to give this Pass notifica...

i am not sure to be honest. i hope u have already informed them about ur husband and child. if u havent, u should do so asap so that they can treat u as a priority case. ideally speaking, i wouldnt advise including long boring reports from 3rd party organisations who have nothing to do directly with...

hi liberal immigrant It is about the letter you sent to your legacy team, lawyers I have contacted are busy or on holidays until September/ October, so I need to do the letter myself, I am in contact with 2 humanitarian organizations who are willing to send me reports and informations relevant to m...

hi liberal immigrant It is about the letter you sent to your legacy team, lawyers I have contacted are busy or on holidays until September/ October, so I need to do the letter myself, I am in contact with 2 humanitarian organizations who are willing to send me reports and informations relevant to m...

I have a friend who received a letter from the Home Office asking for 4 photgraphs, and if he has any national identity from his coutnry of origin and to confirm his address. Is that normal that they ask for that? no, thats not normal, at least i ve never heard of them asking for national id docs. ...

I've got question and maybe Liberal Immigrant can answer it. I am a legacy case and I have not got any ID. if the home office give you ILR, would thay issue you with card as an ID or just a letter. without applying to travel document. I heard they issue you with ILR and a card contains all your det...

come on dude, u shoud know what it means!

it means ILR is on its way! just make sure u certify the photos on the back, probably best to pay a solicitor £5 to do it for u and then sent it asap via registered post.

best of luck.

initially i had received the same standard response from them i.e. wait until 2011 but they never asked me not to contact them. i am really surprised they ve asked u not to contact them. anyways, wot u should probably do at this moment in time is that u should involve ur MP and show him the correspo...

I am not a Legacy cases specialist so as much as my advise is sincere, it may not necessarily be the best advice. in regards to ur query, i think any documents which show u as a person of good character and morals is a good document which can be used to good use! thus, if the certificates show u bei...

how long it took from the first letter you send to HO untill you get your ILR. and did you get all the corespondence throuhg your MP or striaght to your address from the HO. IF you can let me, thank you very much. 1st letter sent January other letters exchanged in between and then ILR received in A...

also provide evidences in the letters i.e. attach copies of academic certificates (if you have any), copy of marriage certificate (if any). bak it up with evidence, anything and everything helps. also, if u have letters from well reputed people e.g. i had a letter from my college lecturer saying how...

Thanks Liberal Immigrant Sounds like your case is more or less identical to mine, I am a single case, came early 99 as minor at the time, same thing, its has been going on for over 9 and half years now, and your dates are very close to mine in terms of rejection and beyond, have alot of british cit...

firstly, i would suggest that you wait for a reply from the HO, lets see what they say. it usually takes the HO 3-5 weeks to reply to an MP (the target they have set themselves is 6 weeks). But wot i would strongly recommend you 2 do is that ask your MP to ask the HO in his letter as to whether the ...

came with family but was treated as a separate adult all along bcoz i was over 18 when i landed in the UK. family was later granted stay under EC law (nothing2do with asylum/legacy). my MP's 2 letters did the trick! in response to the 1st letter the HO confirmed i was legacy case and that i ll be de...