The only straight forward and sensible way to come out of the mess is to apply for a fresh provisional licence providing real details to DVLA and hope for best.

had a similar experience (but no letter from court..., the policeman just said I should take my documents to the police station, they took the licence and post it back to me!!)

It will help if you can provide more details about your actual conviction e.g. speeding offence, drink driving etc.

Depends upon whether there were any clause/s specific to joining the said company upon accepting the offer. Normally the offer does not include any such clause/s but that does not mean that is the norm.

You should check what you have signed when you accepted the offer.

If your application for new leave to remain against you new work permit was done after expiry of your old leave to reamin against your old work permit, then UKBA will unfortunately treat this as a break in your continuous residence while considering your ILR application.

My husband is away at the moment and a letter has arrived from the Home Office, I am desperate to know the answer!!!

It seems a very very thin letter if it is approved!!!!!

topalessek

Well, just open it and see what it is !!!!!!

Upon your resignation your employer could write to UKBA and apply for cancellation of your work permit, in which case you will have maximum of 28 days to a) either search for a new job and get your new employer to apply for a new work permit, get an approval for the same and then apply for a fresh l...

btw it can be beneficial for IT professionals staying here under tier1 since employer will be having no choice but to recruit them.

not necessarily true, you are completely ignoring local/british IT professionals. Supply is out outstripping demand for sure these days.

UKBA should have records of all of your previous WPs, and as you have mentioned SET(O) form does not list these to be provided as a part of the required document list I do not think not having original WP copies will pose any problem.

Since your initial leave to remain expired on 02nd July 2004, and assuming you got your new entry clearance (out of country) ater expiry of your earlier leave to remain, this will be considered as gap and I'm afraid will hamper your chances of getting ILR for the 5 year period starting from 24th Jul...

You have posted in the wrong topic and forum mate. This topic is specifically related to timelines for naturalisation applications.

There is a separate forum for Tier 1 where you should post the timelines for Tier 1 applications.

I did check some other posts regarding this issue(ILR on HSMP for 5 years), but apparently in most of the cases people got ILR under HSMP+Workpermit. If you cannot find enough information that you are looking for, you can start a new thread in Tier 1 section and surely co-members of the boards will...

On what basis do you think should BIA apply discretion your case?

Just because you want to end uncertainity by gaining citizenship early than you qaulify for, does not warrant discrtion to be used on part of BIA.

If it is really urgent for you to travel the only way that I'm aware of is to withdraw your application so that you get your passports back. I have heard that some embassies can issue concurrent passports in such cases. But what is the provision for urgent travel by Indians inside UK to any other co...

NCS or Postal : NCS Date of submission or posting: Submitted to NCS on 26-Aug-2008 CRITERIA - 5 yrs (WP+HSMP) + 1 yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card : 28-Aug-2008 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01-Sep-2008 (dated 28-Aug-2008) Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting Date of Ceremony: Awaiti...

NCS or Postal : NCS Date of submission or posting: Submitted to NCS on 26-Aug-2008 CRITERIA - 5 yrs (WP+HSMP) + 1 yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card : 28-Aug-2008 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting Date of Ceremony: Awaiting Date of appln. for p...

Well with the current announcements from BIA and the released artefacts, there is nothing much one can conclude. It will become more clearer as we near the implementation schedule i.e. late 2009 as mentioned on BIA website.

I have learnt that one need to quit INDV and work for some other company for 6 months and then apply in UKC.

I've seen this approach being followed by quite a few UK companies.

It should normally fall under business and commercial category. The company that has filed the WP for you should be able to share more details.

Lot has been discussed about the subject here,

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=23718

Please refer to the following link http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/workin ... tingtimes/
for current timeline for work permit applications.

Changing the name on the passport will have no impact whatsoever on the work visas stamped in the passport. You can, if you want, pay extra to get the visa changed as well, but it is not mandatory. Your wife although would need to carry marriage certificate along with her passport whenever she trave...

Does the photograph has to be signed at the back while completing naturalisation form.

Not required for naturalisation application.

I stand to be corrected on this but below are my thoughts,

1. No
2. Yes, but you will need to get your new FLR stamped as soon as possible and within a fixed time limit.
3. Assuming 2 is correct, yes.

Wrong forum to post your message; this forum is related to UK immigration. There is a separate forum for US immigration where hopefully you will be able to get a quick response for your queries.

The endorsement in your passport tells you how long you can stay in the UK. You are not breaking any law by staying until that date. Unless after you leaving your current job your employer informs BIA to cancel the work permit, and as such BIA curtails your curent leave to remain in the UK, in whic...