Yeah they charge me international fees, they have a consecion program that came in place in 2009 for asylum seekers to pay home fees but they say my course started before that came into place so i dont qualify, so i have kinda fallen on the qrong side of everything! I found this really unfair but i...

chakku71, they need to obtain visitor visas before leaving the USA. Without those they will be denied entrance to the UK. Thank You, I realise that but I am told since they do not have a visa stamp on the passport they are at a disadvantage/loss to get a visitors visa Hi Chakku71, Did you applied f...

vinny wrote:As the children were born in the UK, they are entitled to register for British citizenship 1(3) while they are under 18.

Thanks Vinny- as usual, the answers are spot on.

1. Yes. 2. They will need to apply for EC as child(ren) of British citizen(s) to enter UK after expiry of ILR. 3. Will depend on the age of the children then. AIUI, children above 13 need to fulfil residential requirements to be eligible for citizenship. regards Thank You Sushdmehta, Just a clarifi...

f2k wrote:where were the children born?

In the UK

My wife and I became UK citizens through naturalisation in 2010. We were Indian citizens- HSMP (JR)- we have the OCI's now. Our children are Indian citizens as they were born before our ILR-they have ILR since 2008. We have not changed their citizenship and not planning to do so in the near future. ...

TC, Does anybody respond to your question(below)? I have the same question. I already own agricultural land and I have no intention of selling it. Does anyone know what happens? I thought you cannot buy but you can keep the lands you already own?? If you already own a land, it is okay- nobody can f...

Hi Applied on : 3-Mar-2010 Date Of Acknowledgment :3-Jun-2010 Registration Status Granted : Under progress Photo/Signature Scanned On : 5-Jun-2010 Documents Printing Status : Not Printed Documents Printed On : Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on NOT DISPATCHED Documents Received at ...

rajesh9pl wrote:It wasn't only myself, we both wanted to secure visa. Anyway!

We both went and got the visa.

So the appointment was not for next week as suggested in the earlier post!! As I understood a week started from Sunday to the following Saturday

Hi Applied on : 3-Mar-2010 Date Of Acknowledgment :3-Jun-2010 Registration Status Granted : Under progress Photo/Signature Scanned On : 5-Jun-2010 Documents Printing Status : Not Printed Documents Printed On : Documents Dispatched to Concerned Mission/Office on NOT DISPATCHED Documents Received at ...

Thanks Shadow Love. I did it by person and an 'acknowledgement' slip was given. So the next I would hear is when the whole process is completed and the OCI is ready to be stamped? Has that been the experience for CGI Birmingham applicants? Anyone??

I I saw a lot of posts were OCI have been granted in around 3 months time. Its been 2.5 months since I submitted to CGI-Birmingham (middle of March, in person) and it has not even been acknowledged. Has this been the experience for other who applied in Birmingham. A friend of mine who applied a week...

Thanks for the information. Like I said in my earlier post, I only think that this is the case. If there have been members on this forum who have successfully surrendered their passport and received their SC, then I would suggest you check with them. I went to the HCI only because I did not receive...

John wrote:chakku71, they need to obtain visitor visas before leaving the USA. Without those they will be denied entrance to the UK.

Thank You, I realise that but I am told since they do not have a visa stamp on the passport they are at a disadvantage/loss to get a visitors visa

Hi a quick query, My brother (Indian citizen) is working in the US (H1 visa) & his wife (dependent H4 visa) is going back and wants to visit me on their way back. He completed work for 3 years and got an extension for another year but is leaving before it expires (another 8 months before it expi...

That is Impressive shadow Love. Can you post it in the surrender certificate section as well

Dear all please if some one can answer my question. I am on hsmp and applied for my wife to come and join me as dependant. she got refusal because Entry Clearance Officer thought that one of the page of my bank statement was missing. but the matter of the fact is it was on the reverse side of bank ...

Hi I applied for SC to CGI-Birmingham on the 28th of January. I am yet to receive even an acknowledgement. I had not attached any self-addressed return envelopes as it was not part of the requirements. Should I be getting worried or is this time line a normal delay for postal applications? UPDATE A...

I acquired British Citizenship in September 2009, and received my British Passport in November 2009. I had to travel to France on my Indian Passport in Sept 2009 AFTER receiving my citizenship. I wasn't aware that my Indian Passport was then void, as I did not have any other travel document, and th...

Hi I applied for SC to CGI-Birmingham on the 28th of January. I am yet to receive even an acknowledgement. I had not attached any self-addressed return envelopes as it was not part of the requirements. Should I be getting worried or is this time line a normal delay for postal applications?

Hiya I am british born and Im applying oci on parents basis.. I have applied in November with all the documents they needed but still I havent receved acknowledgement from birmingham cgi. Im too tensed now already booked ticket for india during march.. dunno wat to do?? no one answer email either p...

I had applied for surrender certificate by post to Birmingham last week (28th Jan) and was on the illusion that I would receive the certificate next week! Now I know not to keep the hopes up for such a quick turnaround.

Applicants- Husband & wife (Indians) Application- Postal Criteria- HSMP (4yrs) + ILR (1yr) (ILR was backdated based on the judicial review) Date of submission- 30th Nov.09 Date of receipt at Home Office-1/12/09 Metord of payment- Cheque Cheque debited from account- 11/12/09 Acknowledgement lette...

Thank You sushdmehta,
The option would be to apply at the British Consulate in the US. Otherwise I would need to apply for visa- 'dependent of British citizen'!

Apparently, a minor cannot apply for an OCI if both the parents are Indian Citizens