Finally I received my wife's approval letter on 29th June (dated 18th June). We applied on 16th Feb so took a while to come

Best of luck for the rest !

You can also have a private ceremony that lasts for about 15min. There is an additional cost of £54 for that but you might be able to get the date you want.

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 + 1 year ILR Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): NARIC & IELTS (from initial application in 2008) Current nationality: Pakistani Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Redbridge Date of application:...

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 + 1 year ILR Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): NARIC & IELTS (from initial application in 2008) Current nationality: Pakistani Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Redbridge Date of application:...

I along with my wife wish to apply for naturalization (using A N form).At present we have ILR which i got on the basis of points based system( tier1) and my wife as my dependent also got ILR and now one year has been passed since we have granted ILR. Same as IRL13. In addition to 12 months after IL...

I successfully applied ILR in Nov last year and had 120 total holidays in last 5 years. I didn't provide any letters for absences

I and my wife got ILR on 7th Nov 2013 and after that we applied for our son's registration using MN1 form on 13th Nov. I applied myself without using NCS service so had to send my original passport and ILR, son's passport, his UK Birth Certificate (born in April 2011) and his BRP (due to expire on 2...

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: section 1(3)
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 11/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 24/01/2014
Date of receipt of documents: 29/01/2014

I got my ILR approved on 7th Nov using 90 day concession rule.

I got my first Tier 1 (G) visa on 3rd Dec 2008 and came to UK on 24th Jan 2009 so had a delay off 45 days but applied on 7th Nov 2013 which is 27 days before the initial visa date and not my arrival date under the 90 day concession rule.

I got my ILR couple of days back, on 7th Nov 2013 and I used my expired IELTS (7.5 band). I did my IELTS back in 2008. But I also provided UKNARIC letter from 2008 stating that my BCS degree was equivalent to UK's BCS degree. My whole appointment lasted for 90min at Croydon and nothing additional wa...

Yes exactly. I scored 7.5 in IELTS when I first applied for Tier 1 (General) entry clearance in 2008 and subsequently ticked the 'Proved Eng Language in EC' option in my extension application. If you look at the new SET (O), section 4 (4.3), they haven't provided this 'exemption' option as they did ...

wpilr_nov12 wrote:ask copies from branch and get them stamped. plain paper prints are fine as long as they are stamped.

Sure can do that. Thanks !!

Me and my wife are going to apply for ILR on 7th Nov 2013. I was just going through the docs and noticed that my wife has 4 bank statements missing out of last 24 bank statements. They are not continuous four months. That is, one missing statement is from mar 2012, second is june 2012, aug, sept 201...

Yes I agree and this is what my first impression was when I read about it yesterday. New guidance was published: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/modernised/cross-cut/ilr-calculating-continuous/ilr-calculating-continuous.pdf?view=Binary Absences must be connected ...

Page 20.

I think it shows it is not connected to personal leaves and just business trips. What others interpret from this?

I support all your arguments but I think the reasons I have stated in my previous post, the policy seems fine. They are trying to track out of UK holidays DURING your work-related leaves so that they can add it to the ILR absence period. This seems to be a rather convoluted way to address a rather ...

I support all your arguments but I think the reasons I have stated in my previous post, the policy seems fine. They are trying to track out of UK holidays DURING your work-related leaves so that they can add it to the ILR absence period. This new policy just makes zero sense. For example: -Someone w...

Yes exactly. This is what I discussed with my friend. Evidence of all work-related absences (including paid annual leave) can be interpreted as "work-related absence from country " So, for example, you were in Pak/Ind for 5 months project and you took 2 weeks holiday so you should report t...

I think what confused me was the word "work-related" as our hoildays are not work related (They are personal). It should rather be "during your work" (and not work-related) if you have take ANY holidays (including paid annual leave). Further, how can an employer give reasons of o...

Did you ask about the work related or personal holidays? I don't think any paid leave comes under 'work-related' absences comment that they have given in the SET (o) form. But I guess you were right in cancelling your appointment as it is confusing statement. Sections 6.2, 6.3 from: http://www.ukba....

Sections 6.2, 6.3 from: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/settlement/forseto04091.pdf Evidence of all work-related absences (including paid annual leave) is required from those applying under Tier 1 (General);Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer);Tier 2 (General); Tier 2 (Mini...

Once you register, you can check the exam schedule on 5 various locations close to your postcode. So, register first and then book your test on the time/date you want. You can give test in first week of May provided slots are available in your test centre. I know that ... But it requires one to regi...

I hope it should be fine but read this FAQ.

http://lifeintheuktest.ukba.homeoffice. ... 70.html#q3

sphinx5 wrote:Thanks Kevin, I have my fingers crossed.
Has any one had any similar issue in the past ? Was that an issue during ILR Application?

koolyaar wrote:

ram80 wrote:21 people now registered, haven't checked for any duplicates though.

where do we need to register ? and how ?

Register here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XBI0w5 ... c/viewform

You can find his details here:

http://www.conservatives.com/People/Mem ... _Mark.aspx

UKorUS wrote:I have filled in the google form. also anyone knows the mail id of Stever Harper.

In case it would be helpful to mail him directly.

Thanks