The answer is simple... when any parent gets ILR, his/her status changes to settled in the UK... hence any child born in the UK, before or after the parent's ILR will automatically become British regardless of whether the parent is eligible for citizenship or not or whether that parent has British c...

I've taken all information from http://egyptianconsulate.co.uk/Visas.php and I believe that I will be able to obtain the visa for myself with ease. The reast of my family has British passports. Has anyone known any issues with visas being issued to Indian nationals?? I ask this question because a co...

My wife and children have recently acquired British nationality and have also obtained their British Passports. We now plan on applying for an OCI for all of them. One of the requirement is that of a birth certificate. I can understand a birth cert for children (parents always carry them). Do I need...

Wanderer wrote:U will need a visa. EEA Family Members are those who have residency under EEA rules - u r on UK rules if u have ILR.

Visa should be free if ur missus is a BC.

Do you know whether I need to submit my travel itinerary? We were required to submit this when we all had Indian passports.

Hi all, I've got an odd situation here. My wife & our 3 children have just got their British citizenship, while I've got an ILR (been over 1 year), but will be technically eligible to apply in May 2010. We plan to visit Europe a few times before my application in May 2010 (I am aware of the 90 d...

anyone out there with some advice?

Hello again, I am planning to apply for naturalisation at the middle of next year and have a few doubts & questions about my application. I have 3 criminal convictions, DR10, LC20 & IN10 which will be 4 years old when I apply. It is quite a regret that I have these and other than DR10 (which...

He needs to get a birth certificate from the local council where the child was born. (3-6 weeks to get an appointment if not done yet) Then apply for a passport at the Indian embassy. (1-2 weeks) Once this is done, he will have to apply to the Croydon office for a dependant visa which may cost aroun...

Benz52, I calculated now - the total unpaid holiday is 109 days now (with valid reasons). I will mention this in my applicatoin as well. I am going to apply in person, as my wife has to go to India in November. What do u recommand - should i apply by post or by person..? Rgds, Techy Hi Techy Novemb...

katrina wrote:hi

benz

can you write to us what you wrote to sheffield office . i send you pm as well check ur mailbox .

Here is the letter that I sent to Sheffield. I hope this will help.


We xxx & xxx had recently applied for “indefinite leave to remainâ€

Hi techy,

I had 236 days in all and 136 of them were paid. Just make sure that when you apply for your ILR, clearly mention you paid leaves. Overall, being honest will give you the best chance of success.

Cheers

Hello, I would now be happy to say that I have successfully overturned my refused ILR application. My application was initially refused owing to my absences abroad. However, I had not provided any evidence of paid leaves as there was no reference to annex f in the application form. I then wrote to t...

Thank you for all the replies. will keep you people updated on my situation.

I am planning to reapply for ILR after it was refused last month on the basis that I had spent 236 days outside the country. However, at that time, I had not submitted any evidence of taking paid leaves, which if discounted will bring down my stay outside UK to only 100 days. However, I want to rein...

Does anyone know whether brother's marriage is a compassionate reason for the absence to be discounted for ILR? I have attended 3 marriages. One was my bro & 2 were my wife's brothers. Needless to say that my wife has been in the UK for the same period as me and we have always travelled in &...

i am not upset about anything knowing that I can still make it to the ILR later. However, it is a bit disappointing that the HO keeps changing things every now & then. No hard feelings repub. I do appreciate your advice. And if I did not have any chance at all, I still would not be upset as life...

rimm wrote:thats true . do you have still leave to remain benz .

i am good rimm. as long as I have work, i should eventually get my ILR.

Cheers

hi all One more thing i want to bring it up on this forum is . when ILR was 4 years number of absences were 180 days (45*4) but now ILR Is 5 years number of absences should be 45 *5 (225) days . but still it is 45*4 (180 days ) why the law is so tricky ? just to earn money by refusing application ....

I just told you it wasn't. If you look at what they counted and what you have, deduction would tell you how they were counted. You clearly didn't read the guidance regarding how to calculate absences, perhaps you should proceed to review it before you run off half cocked and resumbit a bad applicat...

Try to get SAB file and see the details. what would you mean by SAB file? Also, are inbound & outbound days calculated towards absent days? I have counted them and come to the figure of 260 days. Also, if they are not going to reply to my request of reconsideration, I can reapply and submit the...

My total absence is 260 days, out of which 160 days was paid leave. That would leave 100 days overseas. However, HO rejected my application saying that I was overseas for 236 days. I thought HO considered my recent pay leave of February 2008 where I was outside the country. I had submitted my paysli...

Hello there, My recent application for ILR has been declined as the HO said that I had been out of the UK for 236 days in the past 5 years. However, out of the exact 260 days, 160 days have been on paid leaves and they only considered 24 days (off the last 6 months pay slips that I had submitted wit...