The Home Office won't give you such an email - you won't be able to get through to anyone. Best you move on, get the adult referee, add a note with your application that teacher was "difficult". Thanks for the advice. I shall move on. I have email from the teacher clearly stating why she ...

So the GP refused to provide a reference for both children (as expected) I got a reply from child1's class teacher. They said they cannot provide a reference as the rules state they need to have know them for 3 years. Logically speaking no teacher could have known our child for 3 years as they have ...

Settled status valid or not, don't you need a passport now anyway to go through the border and return back to the UK? I enquired and original passport is a must. There is no alternative while applying for first passport within the UK. There is also no premium service available for first passport (a...

Settled status valid or not, don't you need a passport now anyway to go through the border and return back to the UK? I enquired and original passport is a must. There is no alternative while applying for first passport within the UK. There is also no premium service available for first passport (al...

Absence data is not required for children applying for registration under MN1. Thanks for confirming. I am still trying to understand what this checklist item requires: Mr XX’s (i.e. child's) parent's foreign (non-EU) passport or alternative evidence of residence Should I submit scans of my Indian ...

I have been doing some more reading looks like we need to supply some evidence of residence? I provided last 5 years worth for my own naturalisation along with full scans of my Indian passport. Can I reuse the same for both children? My India passport is not yet surrendered as I only recently got my...

Makes sense will ensure eVisa is sorted :) Right so going through the document checklist again... This checklist item is confusing us: Mr XX’s parent's foreign (non-EU) passport or alternative evidence of residence Not sure what this is? is this asking for my wife's passport? or my old Indian passpo...

eVisa and MN1 totally unrelated/separate processes. MN1 is nationality which is not an immigration application. You have no guarantee that it will take under three months for you or your children. My application was processed in 4 months and some applications take longer than 6 months. Suggest appl...

My process to getting the citizenship certificate completed in under 3 months. I am kinda hoping for the same for my children. But point taken, we shouldn't take unnecessary risks. We are planning a holiday in October half-term, so I will get the eVisa sorted by then if we have not heard back. I tak...

Thank you all for the support so far, its really helped and I have pretty much completed the applications for both children. Just waiting for the school to open so I can get teacher's reference for the first child. Two questions came to mind I'd like to clear up if that's ok: 1. Does it help to, or ...

Thanks for the clarifications. My parents have plenty of friends who are doctors and some of whom have known me since I was a wee boy. I used one of them as my referee under this clause: Professions that are not accepted Your countersignatory cannot: work for HM Passport Office be a doctor, unless t...

The forms are generic and members previously reported same. Application can be made successfully without providing such details not applicable to you/applicants. Thank you for the quick response. The next bit is finding a professional referee. I guess it's best wait till school opens in September f...

I have yet another question! So I have started filling the online application and the application asks for grandparents' details. The form asks to: "Provide details of your grandparent from whom your mother or father derived British citizenship by descent." I did not get British citizenshi...

Thank you vinny.

I'll confirm with the kids
One can barely speak

Thanks for the extra information about the grandparents. Childcare wasn't the issue, postpartum care on the other hand.... we had learnt our lesson after the first child and what complications we might face.

Should be okay to register them under Section 3(1). Hi vinny, thank you for the short, sweet and incredibly helpful reply. One (hopefully last) follow question, under the "Child’s future intentions" it states: "the child, or one or both of their parents, has recently left the UK for ...

Hello, I recently got my British citizenship and passport. I have two children both born abroad and would like register them as British citizens. My spouse who is also the children's mother has ILR. Child 1: Age - almost 7 years In UK since Feb 2018 (i.e. travelled as soon as visa was granted). Got ...

Hello, we applied at the Greece visa centre for a Schengen tourist visa. We are a family of 4, wife and two small kids. We all currently live in the UK and we are all have ILR here. I personally work full-time but my wife and obviously kids do not work. So I am basically sponsoring all 4 of us. I go...

I think you will need to read the government website for transfer of passport visa to BRP. https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/product/biometric-residence-permit-replacement-service Not sure this applies in my daughter's case. Her entry clearance visa/vignette in the passport is valid for just...

Sorry for posting a reply to my original post but I can't seem to edit it now. The exact wording in the letter that cause concern (I have obfuscated the exact dates for privary reasons): This notice explains that, when you arrive in the UK, you will have permission to be in the UK (known as permissi...

Hello, Thank you for all the advice last year, it really helped us a lot. As planned our child was born outside the UK and we applied for an ILE to bring our child back into the UK since both us parents have ILR. We received the ILE recently and the letter/email from the home office said the visa wa...

Thank you all for the information. Its taken me a while to read the links and the PDFs on the gov.uk website. I must say all this is a bit complex! Not sure if I missed this since there is so much information but... One thing I am not able to understand is for the financial evidence how old is too o...

Thank you Vinny for the links. So it seems the bank statement need to be on the "official bank stationery". My "formal payslips" are available online only. This poses two issues for me. I imagine the UKVI/home office are looking for the previous month or latest available statemen...

Thank you for the information Vinny. While I go through the links and material I wonder if you or anyone else are able to help with the second question? Also does the VFS in India accept online bank statements and payslips now? I remember in the past we had to submit stamped copies or bring the &quo...

Hello all, This is my first post here and I tried searching for information on this forum and on google but I am still stuck. My situation: Both my wife and myself hold ILR. My first child also holds an ILR. My wife is pregnant and we would like to have our second child in India and bring him/her ba...