That passport is your lifeline to the UK as an original document. Not knowing what is your present Nationality, before you try to renew or add pages, I would spend the small amount of money, go to a Solicitor and have them make one or two certified copies of your entire passport, all pages front and...
Couple links with actual policy guidance as used by caseworkers for adoptions by British Citizens; http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/nationalityinstructions/nichapter3/chapter3?view=Binary and http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/nat...
You are not going to have a problem getting leave for your wife and children. Other points to be aware of. Because you have been married for more than four years, she can qualify for Indefinite leave to enter (ILE) which is the same as ILR. Because of all the changes that are being proposed you need...
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa under United States law. Further the visa is for a specific employer. The fact that you did not go further with the employment that "did not work out" means the visa is now just another expired visa in your passport. It would be illegal for you to go to...
I moved my family from the USA to the UK (South Yorkshire) and have no regrets, none. I support my wife and children on 30,000 a year paying far less tax (and health care cost) than I ever did in the United States. Compared to the IRS, HMRC is staffed with intelligent and caring individuals who actu...
This is actually not a problem at all. It is clear under Italian Nationality law that he is not Italian because his father was not Italian. However under Polish law he is clearly Polish!! 1. APPLICANTS WHO WERE BORN OR HAVE FAMILY FROM POLAND. • By descent from parents, where at least one of them ...
Two interesting comments from the second reading yesterday. Baroness Hanham; We will also test by amendment the effect on existing migrants of these changes. In the White Paper, The Path to Citizenship, the Government acknowledge the importance of understanding the effects of the proposals now befor...
OK, I have been reviewing the new Bill and something seems to escape me. By way of background, unlike many here I am a dual UK/US National thanks to parentage. My children are dual UK/US with slightly "more" effort. So I am looking at all this with the concern being my wife who is currentl...
I just read today that the new immigration minister says, "there would be a sharp reduction in the number of foreigners allowed to stay in the country." I am a dual national (UK/US) who is extremely active in US politics and if this action is taken in the UK that there will be reciprocity ...
This year, my children received their Certificates of Registration in less than four weeks with a regular postal application. If you are concerned about speed, then review the nationality case guidance instructions and follow what they look for exactly. You may also want to prepare a detailed cover ...
I am assuming that you are trying to "register" your child in order to get them a British style birth certificate. Keep in mind that you do not need to do this, your Child is a full British Citizen by descent, under the law. Your full British passport is proof that you are a British Citize...
A couple of things to think about. What if your old passport is lost by your respective country passport issuance office? Before you leave the UK, go to a solicitor and pay to have every page copied and certified as a true copy. You should have two sets made. One to take with you and one to leave in...
I am British and my spouse has ILR but does not work in the UK. She would like to pay Voluntary Class 3 NIC, open a Cash ISA and open a non employed stakeholder pension plan. All good things for a non working spouse to do in order to help build their own retirement security. The instructions on the ...
although RobinLondon might be right that they will try to incentivise naturalisation. I had some thoughts on what the draft legislation would look like because I too was led to believe that they would provide incentives to get people out of ILR. It looks like any incentives will have to be in how t...
Or ILR-holders might get so sick and tired of dealing with immigration that they simply throw in the towel and become UK citizens. So true. Using my spouse as an example whose vignette states "Indefinite Leave to Enter the United Kingdom" with an expiration date that coincides with her US...
I'm not the Home Secretary, iceman10899, You would make a much better Home Secretary than what we have!! And thanks for the clarification, now I see exactly what you meant too!! My families "path" began with me becoming British under s 4(c), followed by the children under s 3(1) and we no...
I must say at looking at the discussions we are all having and using the terms "journey" and "path" and trying to figure out what the politicians have done, it is very clear to me that in order to be a MP you have to certified insane. This is really utter madness. In my opinion a...
RobinLondon, take a look at the flow chart on the consultation document that was released in February. I would suggest the chart on page 20 as a start. They specifically use the term Indefinite Leave to Remain as one of the two possible journey ends, "Permanent Residence." ILR is never ass...
RobinLondon, that is a great post, thank you for the insight. I started a thread on the volunteering portion as to when and whom. I think you made a mistake in typing your comment. Did you not mean? "However, I would expect that individuals who have been granted ILR before that phrase is abolis...
A new thread came up by senior member RobinLondon that has some tidbits and assumptions on timelines that may apply to this topic as well. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=28711 Transitional measures: Again this has not been addressed at all in the documents thus far. However, I woul...
Whirly, that was a good find and sheds some light on to the matter. That got myself to probe further. I would cut and paste but unusually, I can not seem to cut and paste from the draft bill. Anyway, on page 107 is the section called Commencement. The part that would be of interest here is that afte...
The draft bill has the following language; A is exempt from participating in such activities. The government response to the consultation had this line but nothing else. Some concerns were raised about how those already in the system will be affected by the proposals and how any transitional arrange...
Good news from the Government today; In addition to the earned citizenship changes we intend to make a specific change to section 4C of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the interests of fairness. Currently people born to British mothers between 1961 and 1983, who would have become British automat...
Well the draft bill is http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/immigrationandcitizenshipbill now published so the big question is how does it affect people already in the system? Basically the qualifying period for spouses is five years and eight years for all else. You ...
