I agree that advice for now should be based on what the current guidance says. Just giving a head up that there is a likelihood that the guidance will be updated soon to potentially say that 548 days limit will still apply to absences prior to 11 April 2024. Hopefully, any such change, if made, shou...

Thanks a ton, Zimba :). This forum and moderators like you have been amazing. My period of absence started before April 2024 and I don't have a continuous absence of more than 184 days so I should be fine. A follow-up question, I am applying for ILR in July 2024 after completing 10 years. Between 2...

Check at exactly 1am UK time. I did so a few days ago and was able to book Super priority at 1.01am

Assuming the current rules do not change by April 2025, you should apply for the ILR just before your visa expires but book biometrics for a date in May 2025. You should granted the ILR as long as your application is considered on any date that is 28 days or less before 15 May 2025.

How long have the kids lived in the UK?

Sorry to hear about the refusal.

Can you post details of your absences and the reasons for the refusal from the decision letter? Make sure to remove any personal information.

Applicant 1 Type: First adult passport (16 years old) Application method: Online Passport Office: Corby (was Hemel Hempstead but documents were sent to Corby in the same envelope with siblings) Application submitted: 4:45 pm on 8 April 2023 Ask someone to confirm your identity: 4:45 pm on 8 April 2...

Applicant 1 Type: First adult passport (16 years old) Application method: Online Passport Office: Corby (was Hemel Hempstead but documents were sent to Corby in the same envelope with siblings) Application submitted: 4:45 pm on 8 April 2023 Ask someone to confirm your identity: 4:45 pm on 8 April 20...

Login by clicking the link in the email you received from UKVCAS relating to the Naturalisation

Eligibility criteria: Children have lived 10 years in the UK and have ILR. Method of application: Online Date of application submission:16 /01/2023 Date of debit of fees: 16/01/2023 Date of biometrics appointment : 13/02/2023 Date of approval in the certificates: WAITING Date of receipt of registra...

Eligibility criteria: Children have lived 10 years in the UK and have ILR. Method of application: Online Date of application submission:16 /01/2023 Date of debit of fees: 16/01/2023 Date of biometrics appointment : 13/02/2023 Date of approval in the certificates: WAITING Date of receipt of registrat...

prati wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:30 pm

Thank you for the reply.

My actual question is can I apply for Naturalisation just for a Child only ( <18 yrs form MN1 else over 18 yrs form AN ) and both parents are currently ‘settled’ ILR status in the UK not applying for Naturalisation?

How long has the child lived in the UK?

If your children have lived in the UK for more than 10 years, then you can apply to register them as British citizens at the discretion of the Home Secretary. As per Home Office's latest guidance, Caseworkers "must normally register if a child has lived in the UK for more than 10 years and: the...

chethanshere wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 11, 2022 7:11 pm

Understood, Thank you for the reply.

I see @Zimba has already told you about your wife's non-eligibility. I have nothing to add.

Hello, Hope you are doing well. :) Earlier today while we were looking at our travel dates noticed that my wife had been staying in the UK for more than 10 years now on multiple visas. She arrived in the UK on a Tier 4 student visa on the 11th of September 2011, with which she stayed in the UK unti...

My wife's application Date application (online): 25/01/22 Biometric Appointment (if applicable): 22/2/2022 Complex Letter received (if applicable): N/A Approval/Refusal Received: waiting BRP Card Received: waiting My wife's application Date application (online): 25/01/22 Biometric Appointment (if a...

Thanks much. Do you know someone who received ILR similar situation liked me. I really confused what to do next. They just told you precisely what to do and you are still "really confused what to do next"? As the previous poster has said, this question is asked every time yet the solution...

My wife's application

Date application (online): 25/01/22
Biometric Appointment (if applicable): 22/2/2022
Complex Letter received (if applicable): N/A
Approval/Refusal Received: waiting
BRP Card Received: waiting

Date of Standard Application (online): 17 December 2021 – (3 children) Date Biometrics submitted: 14 January 2022 Complex Letter received (if applicable): N/A but Child 1 received email on 12 May 2022 requesting all pages of passport for 10-year period. Approval/Refusal Email Received: 12 May 2022 ...

Date of Standard Application (online): 17 December 2021 – (3 children) Date Biometrics submitted: 17 January 2022 Complex Letter received (if applicable): N/A but Child 1 received email on 12 May 2022 requesting all pages of passport for 10-year period. Approval/Refusal Email Received: 12 May 2022 ...

Date of Standard Application (online): 17 December 2021 – (3 children) Date Biometrics submitted: 17 January 2022 Complex Letter received (if applicable): N/A but Child 1 received email on 12 May 2022 requesting all pages of passport for 10-year period. Approval/Refusal Email Received: 12 May 2022 –...

UKVI will conduct whatever checks they deem necessary as long as it is in permitted by the Immigration rules.

As long as you answered the questions on your application form correctly and have nothing to hide in your Immigration history, you should be fine.

Having a start date for Skilled Worker visa which is after your visa expiry date has no relevance to you future ILR application based on long residence.

What is important is that you submit your SW visa application BEFORE your current visa expires.

No. The date you submit and pay the application fee online is the Application Date.

1. Type of application: Switching to Skilled Worker 2. If switching, category changing (switching) from Tier 4 Dependant 3. Service used: Standard 4. Date of expiry of current leave: 30 January 2022 5. Number of dependants applying at the same time: 0 6. Date application submitted online: 11 January...