Thanks very much. I take it then, that the situation I described is a bit risky. The article that you linked Vinny, it doesn’t describe specific cases where absences may be disregarded. It just explains the rules. Would anybody be able to share, from experience or from reading this forum, how likely...
My best friend is planning to apply for settled status with a view to applying for British citizenship. She has just finished her three year bachelors but has had absences amounting to four to six months per year. The reasons are partly Covid and the fact that her stepfather fell ill and died. Now s...
To write statements, declare financial support was advised to me by immigration lawyers. I have 3 statements with signatures and details attached to my application. I don’t see a problem to provide bank statements to a naturalisation application, especially when you already did for your immigration...
Let your family write a statement from what time on they supported you financially. Also you can gather bank statements showing these payments or if you received money by Western Union request a history of transactions and show/ or let them declare they paid your rent, costs of livings or they gave...
Dear all, In the new application form checklist, in addition to "Proof of living" the evidence checklist has an item saying: Evidence that you have been in the UK lawfully for your 3 or 5 year qualifying residence period. This should be evidence that you were here as a worker, student, sel...
Dear All, Do you know how long cancellation requests for natural. take to go through? Moreover, is it OK for me to submit a new application while my cancellation for the old one is being processed? From 4th July 2015 till Sep I went on a long holiday so I am in a rush to submit, as I otherwise would...
Thank you, dogcat, for sharing your understanding of the issue. Frou001, four caseworkers that I contacted expressed three different opinions. Taking dogcat's call into account and yours too, it would seem that it is a case where 4 definite yeas, 1 abstention and 1 maybe (it is retrospective) have b...
Hi all, If someone can shed light on whether EHIC route for proving CSI can prove difficult owing to the fact that one has to make a declaration that one does not intend to stay in the UK for the long-term, please let me know. I am seriously befuddled by all of this, but my intuitions tell me that ...
Responding the user with "dog" in their username, HO explicitly state on their website that intention not to stay in the UK is provable by means of a declaration. They don't say anything about the validity of a retrospective declaration, but that is my best guess as to how they could appr...
Hi all, If someone can shed light on whether EHIC route for proving CSI can prove difficult owing to the fact that one has to make a declaration that one does not intend to stay in the UK for the long-term, please let me know. I am seriously befuddled by all of this, but my intuitions tell me that i...
Responding the user with "dog" in their username, HO explicitly state on their website that intention not to stay in the UK is provable by means of a declaration. They don't say anything about the validity of a retrospective declaration, but that is my best guess as to how they could appro...
Dear All, Does having an EHIC for the initial two years of my qualifying period (QP) for naturalisation, accompanied by a cover letter stating that during this period I did not have an intention to stay in the UK indefinitely, count as valid CSI? I had private health insurance for the last 3 years o...
Has anyone seen anyone mention their having applied AFTER 15/05/2020 (the day when I believed the change in interpretation about CSI was released) and been successful , despite not having CSI and needing it? Would you say that needing to request a redeclaration AND having the CSI issue is a red flag...
Hi all, I am deciding whether to cancel and resubmit my application because I was not at the beginning of the qualifying period (BOQP) when I submitted (I came back to the UK on 08.04.2015 after a two-week holiday but submitted my form on 03.04.2020). However, they changed the interpretation of guid...
Thank you very much. That’s quite helpful. Given the new CSI development I’m facing a choice whether to ask for discretion on both CSI and redeclaration date on an application dated 03/04/2020, or whether to resubmit on 22nd June when I’ll be back in the UK and ask for discretion on CSI only in a ne...
I believe that the last post is not accurate. It is my understanding that once one has Settled Status, that is all HO will require for naturalisation, while CSI is not needed
I will rewrite my questions below in a more straightforward manner: Is anyone certain of when the date of redeclaration normally is? Is it any date that I choose within 2 months of the application date? Does anyone know whether it will be possible not to change my birth country passport name, which ...
Thanks very much again, Secret Simon, I appreciate your advice. It would be very helpful to me to know whether the date on which I might be allowed to declare will be a choice of mine within 2 months of submission, or it will be exactly 2 months after (since they will get back to me more than 2 mont...
Thank you for your reply, Secret Simon, I appreciate the advice, which sheds useful insight into my circumstance with regard to the multiple names issue. Regarding question (1), if anyone knows when the date of a potential re-declaration would be (the date on which I was e-mailed/the date on which I...
Dear All, I would like to seek your advice on what I believe is a rare and complex matter. To begin with, I will provide some background. On 3rd April 2020, I submitted a naturalisation application unaware that I had been absent at the beginning of the qualifying period "BOQP" (03.04.2015,...
