Thanks for the reply. After that she'd be in the mix with the rest, to be honest there are lots of native UK people in the same boat at that time, not sure a US English speaker would gain any kudos, those days are over so she'd be bottom of the list for a Work Permit. Bear in mind work Permits are g...

Hi - I am posting this on behalf of a friend. As my knowledge is not enough for me to help her, I hope that someone here might be able to advise. If I have posted in the wrong forum, please accept my apologies. My friend has just started her second-to-last year in high school in the United States. S...

Eligibility criteria: Spouse 2 years + 1 year on ILR Method of application: NCS Date of application: 4 July 2013 Received by UKBA: 5 July 2013 Date of debit of fees: 9 July 2013 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11 July 2013 (dated 8 July 2013) Date of receipt of aproval: 30 August 2013 (dated 24 ...

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Well that's not very helpful to anyone else, now is it? Did you come here just to show off? Or can you actually provide any useful information?

I'm not sure whether there is truth to this 'high risk country list' theory or not but even if there is, some of you guys are being rather impatient. A lot of you have only applied in June and are saying that your application is taking long. Stop basing your expectations on some of these recent app...

The special delivery is for your documents to be sent back. Yes, I am aware of that. My question is whether or not it is worth sending a new special-delivery envelope to the naturalisation team after I have received the acknolwedgement letter, and asking them to send the outcome in this envelope. C...

I applied early this month and didn't include a special-delviery envelope with my application. I received my acknowledgement letter this morning. Is it worth sending a self-addressed special delivery envelope to the naturalisation team now and asking them to send the outcome in this envelope, or sho...

Hello, I have recently submitted an application for naturalisation. I did not include a self-addressed special delivery envelope. Now I wish I had, as I have heard that it can take upwards of ten or twelve days for the outcome of the application to be sent after a decision is made via regular post. ...

Make NCS aware of the dates. They normally use Royal Mail Nextday delivery so they know when the application is received. Remember that only full days (24 hours) outside the UK are considered as absence. Thanks a lot Jambo, I left on 16th July and came back 4 days later, so my NCS appo is on 12th a...

Hi - my partner is applying for British Citizenship. He is a university lecturer. His contract came to an end at the end of May 2013 and his next contract starts on 1 August 2013. He was planning to submit his application in early July 2013. Technically, he is not employed. What does he put in the &...

Sorry I meant embarkment stamp , meaning a stamp showing when you left that country. I still have all my travel itinery for the last two holidays within the three years. How do think that will be enough proof? Really appreciate ur replies. Thx Ah. So you have a stamp in your passport when you enter...

Am not an EEA national but have realised the country I visited didn't stamp my passport when I arrived there but was only an embankment stamp and a stamp when I returned to the UK. Seriously am worried UKBA might think that's not enough proof. Pardon my ignorance, but what's an embankment stamp? Do...

A. Yes am married to a BC b. have only spent 40 days over the last three yrs n only 21 days the past 12 months, My only worry now is how to prove I was physically present in the UK 3 yrs back although I was. If the applicant is not an EEA citizen, I know of no country which will allow entry directl...

You just need to satisfy two main conditions (to naturalise as a spouse of a BC) 1. free from immigration restrictions at the time of the application - which you have since 4th Aug12 2. Physically present in the UK 3 years prior to the date of the application - It doesn't matter whether you were on...

Oh, dear. Very bad, indeed. Especially these two: Ministers have also been considering extending the probationary period for overseas spouses and partners of British citizens from two to five years and introducing an "attachment test" to show that the "combined attachment" of the...

And (I know this will be speculation) what are the chances that applicants who have already been granted spouse visas and who are a few months away from qualifying for ILR under the current rules will now have to wait five years instead of two? Or is it more likely that the new qualification periods...

Hi everyone Does anyone know if the proposed extension of the qualifying period for the non-EEA spouse of a British citizen applying for ILR from two years to five years will apply to those FLR visaholders who are within a few months of qualifying for ILR under the current (and soon to be old) rules...

Hello all, I am a UK citizen who will shortly be united in civil partnership with my partner who is a non-EEA national, but also resident in the UK on a Tier-1 General visa issued this past summer (expiry summer 2012). We have an appointment at the HO in a few weeks at which we will apply for FLR fo...

And therefore no guarantee that it would not happen again. True, true. But surely they could amend his record saying that he is not that individual...? I guess more than anything, we want to know if anyone else had ever had this experience (or something similar) and has had further bad experiences ...

My friend has a Pakistan passport and has been in the UK on a T1PSW visa, which expires in a few months. Several weeks ago, he applied for (within the UK) and was given a two-year T1G visa. The accompanying letter with the T1G visa said that his T1PSW visa was now null and void, although this was wa...

Not yet - my sister has resubmitted and we are waiting for a reply. Fingers crossed!

She needs to go to embassy and talk to the PR officer about the case. Do you have a xerox of approval letter ? Take that and the EC rejection letter while going. I think the BHC/embassy should allow this since it is their mistake. Thanks both for the advice. My sister just received the rejection le...

Question on behalf of my sister, a US passport-holder. She was approved for HSMP on 5 June. She applied for EC from the NYC British Consulate on 12 November. Yesterday, she received a letter from the consulate saying that her application was rejected because it missed the six-month deadline of 5 Nov...