Guys, do they send your British Passport back once you apply for OCI or do they keep it until the process is over? It sounds like the process takes a fairly long time and I am hoping to travel in the May-June..

Foreign nationals are being offered ways to ensure they pass UK citizenship tests, a BBC investigation has found. Fraudsters are recruiting stand-ins to sit the tests, while one language school has been providing candidates with answers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7331550.stm Presumably...

Thanks Martha. The police officer returned with two of the Bristol contingent at 10.30pm. He came to the door first and instructed me, my mother and father to go to the backroom and he then escorted one of the two into the house and upto her room. Not sure obviously what was said and whether she ne...

I've been granted Indefinite leave to remain :D - can somebody please tell me if I still need a visa if I'm going abroad? Thanks!! Thanks for letting us know :wink: Your visa requirements for travelling abroad remain the same..ILR means exatcly what it says on the tin i.e. there are no time limits ...

thanks everyone, Yh i have been in contact with the GP and there can give me a letter stating when my wife registered there which is like a month after she arrived. and the the link was really helpful, so thanks for that. i will let you know as i go along, and continue to find more evidence to supp...

Hi everyone, Got a question: Are the two refrees on AN forms for naturalisation contacted in all applications or they are just investigated? I think there might be random checks on referees but they are quite infrequent. Referees of less straightforward applicants or those of people hailing from 'c...

I think I'm in a similar situation as netact so I told you my case, and lookign for advice. I have got two offers in two days. I stop looking for jobs after getting these offers, but in two minds which one to join. Both send me an almost identical contractual agreement( 2 copies), asked for referen...

Hi, Need help please. I have a minor criminal offence for fare evasion, I was prosecuted by TFL and received fine from court. This is the only offence on my record, and I have a good characer overall. Please advise if this will have a negative effect on my ILR application? Many thanks in advance. I...

Hi, I thought Charles Sturt uni/Goulburn was popular only for police training... didnt know they had business programmes - how are they ranked in Ivy league ? Ivy league??? Charles Stuart University is an Australian University which specialises in distance learning qualifications. I believe the OP ...

Hiya Had a search round the forum as i am sure this question has been asked a number of times before but could not find anything. So apologies .. My Q, I had a 5yr spousal visa wich expired in Aug 07, applied for my permanant residence (PR) which i receivd stamped as Feb 08 Now to apply for Citizen...

Although the OP 'qualified' for PR in 08/2007, I thought the 5 year PR without endorsement on the passport only applied to EU nationals and not their non EU spouses. The Directive 2004/38 is pretty clear in this. After 5 years of residence, both EEA nationals and their family members *have* the rig...

Now to apply for Citizenship i need to be on the PR for a year Does my year start from Aug07 or Feb 08? It starts counting when you became eligible for PR, which would be 5 years after you starting being in the UK under EU law. I guess that must be nearly a year ago? Tom Thsths, Although the OP 'qu...

Hiya Had a search round the forum as i am sure this question has been asked a number of times before but could not find anything. So apologies .. My Q, I had a 5yr spousal visa wich expired in Aug 07, applied for my permanant residence (PR) which i receivd stamped as Feb 08 Now to apply for Citizen...

I came to UK on 5th of May 2002 and got my ILR and got ILR on 28th May 2007. 1) When can I apply for naturalisation? 5th May 2008 or 28th May 2008? 2) Can some one please refer the check list of things to be submitted along with the application? 3) Any other useful links and procedure? Thanks, You ...

Hi Guyz, I could see couple of post from ppl who have gone to uk and struggling to find jobs and finding it difficult to survive there. Just a point of clarification here. I dont mind doing a part time job to survive in uk till we get a good job. Do you guys think that is a bad idea. Do you even fi...

gainvidya wrote:Initially I came in UK with a 6 months of WP. Would that be counted for ILR as I've been reading bia sites and it excludes 6 months WP for lot of issues.

If that's what it says on the BIA website..

The House of Lords have released their report on the economic impact of immigration on the UK today. They have concluded that there is little or infact a slightly negative impact from immigration on the UK economy and have suggested an annual cap on non EU immigration.More significantly, the cross p...

Christophe – are you 100% sure that the passport becomes instantly invalid and the person instantly looses Indian citizenship? Is there a process to this, or is it instantaneous and fully automatic? I'm pretty sure it's automatic. The question is when it happens. Based on Dawie's earlier post, it...

Vitalik, on both counts, your applications were "in-time" as you posted before expiry of your visa. Paulp, are you sure that any LTRs expiring whilst the HO is considering an application for extension/renewal would not be considered a 'gap' under the 10 year rule? Vinny, can you help us o...

ci07jjs wrote:thirdwave - I have spoken to the ho about this on several occassions. They have confirmed and that the date of visa application and it definetly counts towards ILR. It makes sense as the applicant cannot be blamed for any of HO's processing delays

Thanks for that ci07jjs..

Vitalik, on both counts, your applications were "in-time" as you posted before expiry of your visa. Paulp, are you sure that any LTRs expiring whilst the HO is considering an application for extension/renewal would not be considered a 'gap' under the 10 year rule? Vinny, can you help us o...

In behalf of my friend, she's a nurse in a private nursing home she got a working visa issued 2004 and valid till 2009. She resigned and looking for a new job but after being jobless for almost 2 months now she finally able to get a new job and her new employer woking her new visa in HO. What do yo...

Are you legally married? I mean - is the nikah marriage recognised by UK (and NL) law? What is your wife currently doing in the UK - is she working or studying? No its not..From what he has told us, I feel its highly unlikely that the OP would be successful in obtaining an EEA family permit based o...

I belong to Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and there is alot of Persecution against my faith in Pakistan. For more info visit http://www.thepersecution.org/ http://www.thepersecution.org/news/2007/dtp0128.html Cheers What prevents anyone who chooses to do so from claiming that they are from the Ahmediy...

... presumably the 'time' Thank YOU for your long tirade, but it: 1. Not on a theme. 2. Absolutely useless. ОК, a simple question,I will speak silly language so you would understand me: 1. There is at me a Russian citizenship if I never ever had received, and did not asked it. (except for the USS...