Thank you for your prompt reply Vinny. I will have to continue with my own revision (I have read a bit more than hubby in any event). On the topic of the tests Vinny, there are numerous threads/posts recommending this and that website for practise tests. According to the Life in the UK helpline, the...

My husband is the visa holder (ancestory) and I and the kids are on Dependant visa's. We are now going to apply for ILR and need to write the test "Life in the UK". Does only my husband need to write & pass the test and we all just get the dependant status of ILR in our passports? Is t...

You should have applied for a passport and FLR for the baby as soon as it was possible. Funny as it sounds, but the baby has no status in the UK. The baby is not a British citizen so he needs a form of leave to remain. What do you mean by "our 2nd 5 year visa"? What visas have you been on...

Sorry, i'm new to the forum. I first posted my query in the wrong thread (or so I thought) and I wanted to edit it and change the thread title, but couldnt find a way to do so. So what I did was viewed it and then copied it and pasted it into a new thread in the category "General UK immigration...

Hello. We are on a South African passport on our 2nd 5 year visa. We qualify for ILR from 2 Feb 09. (Thats just around the corner) Now what we've done, is had a baby in July 08 and not yet applied for his SA passport (which we have to do until we are British Citizens) If we apply for it now before w...

Hello. We are on a South African passport on our 2nd 5 year visa. We qualify for ILR from 2 Feb 09. (Thats just around the corner) Now what we've done, is had a baby in July 08 and not yet applied for his SA passport (which we have to do until we are British Citizens) If we apply for it now before w...