Even if it is justified to charge residents on limited leave for the right to use the NHS, they should not be required to pay twice (ie. through IHS and then taxation). At a minimum, there should be some sort of credit equal to the amount of IHS paid which can then be used to offset any income tax, ...
There are already ways by which a BNO may apply to become British Citizen. Eg. under section 4B of British Nationality Act 1981 or under British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997. There is not much detail in latest announcement as to whether it might become easier for BNOs to do so as a result of the...
Dear Nusratali786 I may have taken too lenient a read of HO's guidance, but should it not be a three-year ban following the non-custodial sentence following the 2016 conviction? OP's post suggests past offences on two occasions. Did you mean to say that the OP would be considered a persistent offend...
I know there have been a lot of threads on whether speeding FPNs and PCNs for parking and traffic contraventions need to be disclosed. The new online SET(M) form however no longer comes with a guidance note. Instead, it asks whether the applicant has " a penalty for a driving offence , for exam...
I am trying to work out exactly when the ILR application can be submitted. The Immigration Directorate Instructions for Appendix FM says this: "A person who is eligible to apply for settlement (indefinite leave to remain) on a 5-year route, in an application made from 9 July 2012, should apply ...
It is often said that if you are a British National (Overseas), British Protected Person or British subject, once you gain an Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), you cannot lose ILR by virtue of being absent for more than 2 years. The authority cited is usually paragraph 16 of the Immigration Rules. H...
I am really interested in getting to the source of what you said to Premsai - in particular the bit about "within the past year". I have been digging around the home office's website to no avail. Would you be able to help point me to the right direction? Thanks.
Supermarket parking fines are simply payments that you have contractually agreed to pay to the parking company by using their parking facilities. Those are not fines in the legal sense and are not required to be declared. If however they successfully sue you for the unpaid amount and obtain a court ...
I have seen many posts which suggest that if you have received a number of FPNs, you should wait until you have only one FPN in the last 12 months before applying for naturalisation. Would anyone be able to explain the basis of such view? All I can find in the Nationality Poiicy Guidance is that: &q...
Does anyone know whether a passport should be considered as cancelled for the purpose of a British passport application if the nationality in question has lapsed or cancelled or no longer exists? In the case I am concerned with, the passport in question is a BDTC passport by virtue of a connection w...
Perhaps to paraphrase my question: has anyone received such warning notice after failing to return the BRP or been issued a fine without any advance warning?
I have returned the BRP albeit out of time - so would like to know if it would be possible to be fined now for having returned it late.
I also stumbled upon this: UK Borders Act 2007: Code of Practice about the sanctions for non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations March 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419232/UK_Borders_Act_2007-_Code_of_Practice_-_non_compliance_with_...
I think I may have got the answer: The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 No. 3048 Regulation 16 .—(1) The Secretary of State may require the surrender of a biometric immigration document as soon as reasonably practicable if he thinks that — ... (e) the holder’s leave to remain is...
Does anyone know the source of the law (chapters and verses) which imposes the legal requirement for return of the BRP and the power to impose the £1,000 fine?
