it concerns about the eligibilty for child tax credits for the year 2007 - 2008. we have a 2 year old girl. my wife is a british citizen and i was on spouse visa untill march 2008 when i obtained my ILR and have applied for naturalisation awaiting reply. during the financial year april 2007 - april ...

Does anybody have any kind of info on how bad is the backlog on naturalisation applications as many are waiting long just to get confirmation of submission of documents.

recent successful application timelines are welcomed . many thanks in advance

i am an Indian citizen who has ILR in the UK. my wife is british citizen Do i need schengen visa if i want to visit EU countries ( spain, france, germany , italy ) along with my wife ? I found this today ...http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33152.htm bit confused, advice from anybody in the same...

many thanks for your advice, Sakura san. my wife has already got british citizenship but i was trying to find out more about the matter of dual citizenship. i didnt think this would be the right forum.i know japan doesnt recognise dual nationality but will she have to formally renounce her Japanese ...

Thanx for the reply Sakura . i did not know that one's nationality had a bearing on the decision. Sakura can i ask, if you have a reference which refers to one's nationality before Naturalisation decisions are taken. my nationality is indian whereas my wife's japanese , will it make any difference ?...

Am i right to assume that even when one is on a non settlement visa their stay is counted for naturalisation purposes.
sorry to ask again do you know how long does this process take ?

i came to UK on a permit free training visa in 2002 met my wife in UK in 2003 , got married in 2005 my wife is a British citizen, got HSMP in 2005 Changed to spouse visa in 2006 and 10 days ago i got my ILR. completely legal stay through out without any blemish with respect to Law and maintained mys...