Hello All, Back in 2008 an overstayer concession was introduced which stipulated that anyone who had overstayed and left the UK before a certain date (30th September I believe it was) would not have any future entry clearance applications affected by the period of overstaying. I availed myself of th...
I don't deny your point. I do want to hear what you think as I will be better able to gauge what I am up against. Regarding overstaying; when I got the refusal notice I was already an overstayer as the notice arrived after my visa had expired though it was dated before leave expired. I actually rece...
Does the fact that they overturned the initial refusal show that it is their fault? Is there any case law that you could point me to that says the Home Office is duty bound to grant me citizenship if the overstaying was their fault or something to that effect ?
That's helpful. In your opinion does the fact that they overturned the initial refusal show that it wasn't the right decision and hence their error? I mean this regard to you saying unless they admit it was their error. They claimed I had two late applications - but they were not late; date of posti...
In the naturalisation booklet AN - the requirements it states "You should not have been in breach of immigration law during the residential qualifying period. You should have been here legally. In other words, you must have had the necessary permission under the immigration laws to be in the UK...
My application for ILR under the ten year rule which was refused in 2007 was subsequently granted in 2009 after a second review of my case by the Home Office. When my 2007 application was refused I became an overstayer and then left the UK and applied under the then existing overstayer concession to...
I read this on the home office website ? Naturalising as a British citizen in the future What are the proposed changes? On 20 February 2008 the Government published the Green Paper ‘The Path to Citizenship: Next Steps in Reforming the Immigration System‘. In this document we outlined our proposa...
My friend had a student visa; then she got married to a holder of a British passport. I think she got married so she could get permanent residency here. Shortly after getting married she claims the husband was mean to her and atleast in one instance she reported him to the police. The relationship b...
thanks williamblake I also want to ask you, how could they overturn the original refusal decision? did you just ask them to reconsider the original decision and they just overturned it? Well no life is seldom ever that easy. One application - it is the date of posting that counts; recorded delivery...
can you clarify please When did you come to UK? When did you apply for ILR and on what basis? When was your application for ILR refused? When did you leave UK? When did you get your wp and returne back to UK? When did you come to UK? --> Aug 1997 When did you apply for ILR and on what basis? ---> N...
congratulations, you can visit the following link for british nationality. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/ May I please ask few questions: 1) what was the original reason for refusal in 2007? 2) how long did HO take to make refusal decision after you submitted your application...
The link posted above states that I should have 12 months without immigration control and the last five years must have been without a breach of immigration rules. I am presuming that because the period of overstaying fell under the overstayer concession and that I overstayed as a consequence of a r...
I got my ILR based on ten years long residence in November this year (2009). It was granted after a second review of my initial application which was refused in 2007. When can I apply for British citizenship? And could I apply earlier owing to the fact that the initial application was in 2007 ? Plea...
I like it. :) And some people criticise foreigners and yet the people on this board are so witty and intelligent. Well just to get my two sense in, I found Osama Bin Laden in my backyard and he confirmed that he does not wish death to America. He also confirmed that he will be doing a duo with the X...
Hi All, I thought I'd update my post. My initial application for ILR based on ten years long residency was refused in 2007. I was able to secure a work permit shortly after the refusal whereupon I availed myself of the overstayer concession left the UK and returned on the work permit. I was particul...
Hi All, I thought I'd update my post. My initial application for ILR based on ten years long residency was refused in 2007. I was able to secure a work permit shortly after the refusal whereupon I availed myself of the overstayer concession left the UK and returned on the work permit. I was particul...
I am not a financial adviser either... well I got the impression it is a requirement to say that before posting on this thread :) Well I would say it is always a good thing to own your own property - crash or no crash. It doesn't have to be for investment purposes only - you can just enjoy living in...
Hi All, Five months ago I submitted to the Home Office a request for a second review of my application for Indefinite leave to remain which was initially refused. I had a letter from the Home Office today asking me to send them my recent passport. It just says with reference to your recent request f...
Hi member, What I had in mind was this. The requirement for indefinite leave to remain under the long residence category states that the applicant has had ...[10 or 14 years depending on your category] continuous residency. So your application would have been based on the time you had already accrue...
well i think you should stay put but you may be able to go without jeopardising your application since 14 yr rule is based on time already accrued. Sorry mate I know its tough
