we went in the morning around 9.30 to take the token for surrendering passport. then we received the surrender certificate 4 days later. hope that helps.
The surrender fee is now 14£ as we found out just last week for my son's surrender certificate.
Unfortunately my husband and i paid 103£ each in May! Oh well, it is the high commission of india so you cant expect them to return the loot that they have taken from so many people..daylight robbers
Hi We applied for our surrender certificates on May 22nd and paid a whopping 102£ per person (that's 2 of us). We also got the certificate a few days later. While applying for the OCI, we realised our elder son who is a PIO card holder has had his passport cancelled but didnt require a surrender ce...
Now, the most important thing of all – If you have travelled on your Indian passport WITHIN 3 months of getting your citizenship/passport, then you are exempt from any penalty, as there is a 3-month grace period given by the Indian Govt. to travel on the Indian passport. If you have travelled on ...
Hi, I am looking for information for a friend of mine who is on work permit since Jan 2007. His work permit is issued until 2011. He is currently employed full time by his employer for 35 hours a week. He requires information on whether he can do any part time work whilst living here as a work permi...
Hi, I did get a separate letter from my employer saying that I have travelled on many business trips and that the details were enclosed. But the caseworker told me that even with that letter, they need to add the business trips to days outside the country. I think republique is right in terms of abs...
Hi, I took document for all 5 years but all they wanted to see was: 1. Life in UK test pass certificate for me & spouse 2. work permit documents 3. passports of course 4. birth certificate of my son 5. marriage certificate of me and my spouse 6. payslips for last 3 months 7. letter from employer...
So here are the details of our experience at PEO Croydon yesterday. I applied under the WP holder category for ILR with my husband and one-year old son as dependants. I didnt take my son along but my husband did accompany me. We reached the office at 1.45 for 2.30 appointment. After the security che...
Hi,
My husband, son and I just got the ILR stamped today at the PEO Croydon.
I just wanted to thank everyone for all their help and suggestions on this forum without which we would have probably not had it easy.
Will share our experience in detail with the rest of the members over the weekend.
We just got ILR issued today. And the caseworker clearly told us that the no. of days they calculate absences on is 225 days.
I have had many business trips over the last 5 years so the caseworker definitely made sure that I had less than 225 days!!
Thank you whirly for all your responses. I hope it all goes ok. I am applying for ILR after completing 5 years as a work permit holder. I suppose I could inform my employer after obtaining PR. In any case, I think I have to since I am going to put in a case for Flexi working (cant manage full time w...
hi rajumr i am also applying for ILR with my husband and son next friday at croydon PEO. I was not planning on taking my one year old son along to the PEO so it was reassuring when you said babies dont have to attend the appointment! I was told that you need to carry the originals and a set of photo...
Hello I am sorry if many have posted on this topic before. I have gone back as far as June to find related topics but couldnt find any. I am a work permit holder since oct 2003. Work permit was first issued for 2 years and subsequently for another 5 years until June 2010. I have an appointment at PE...
Thanks! I have already tried to put down all absences on an Excel sheet. I have put most of it down but some are tricky because the stamps on my passport are all over the place by the UK Immigration authorities (they stamp one on top of the other!!) Anyway, just another question, how many days are y...
I am on a 5 year work permit and have also only been working with 1 employer and have had continuous employment. I was planning to take only 6 months of payslips, bank statements and 5 years of P60. And of course the rest of the documents like work permit letter, employer letter etc. My question is ...
Maternity exemption is not considered a public benefit nor is maternity pay. The complete list of public funds is available on the home office website and maternity benefits are not part of them.
After reading the consulation responses document, the whole proposal is just even more confusing! So as WP holders, one cannot have family visiting us in the UK under Family visitor visa?? If we as WP holders cannot be licensed sponsors, then they need to apply for a Tourist visa but that will be fo...
Hi all I am a work permit holder living/working in the UK with my husband and son since 2003. My parents have come to visit us twice for a period of 3 months and both times, have applied for visitor visas for a period of only 6 months. We want them to come again in July to spend some time with our s...
Please see below link on Home Office website for detailed list of public funds. Also there is a leaflet called "No recourse to public funds" that gives more details.
I am a WP holder since 2003 and am currently on maternity leave. I received maternity pay upto 39 weeks of my maternity leave. Maternity pay is not part of public funds since it is paid out of the National Insurance Contributions that one makes. I have an email from the Home Office that confirms tha...
Well, sywahu seems to have had problems returning to the UK. But I didnt get asked any questions at all. It is really your decision as to what you want to do. I am just giving you my experience with stamping the visa for the baby in India. I strongly suggest that you visit the VFS website for a lot ...
Hello I had a baby boy born in the UK in August 2007. My son has an Indian passport which we obtained from the High Commission in London. My husband went and submitted the application form in person. You need to fill two forms - one form to register the baby and then one form which is a passport app...
I have read the consultation document that came out in Feb 2008 but it is not clear on Page 30 of this particular document what primary legislation is and what earned citizenship is?
It is not clear what they will apply in December 2008 and what they will enforce in 2010. Any one can clarify?
Hello purplepple Like John has rightly said, maternity pay does not come under list of Public Funds since it is paid by your employer. So you will be entitled to what your employer gives as maternity pay. However, child benefit, working tax credit and child tax credit are all part of the list of Pub...
