Hi all, I completed the OCI form A and B this afternoon and then scheduled an appointment for 7th of this month at HCI London. However, having reached home in the evening, I realized that I made a small spelling mistake in form A. Doing a quick search on this forum, came to know that I can fill in t...

Hi all, I had a couple of queries about the OCI application of my family that I would be glad to have answered. I tried to call the the hci london phone number for more than 1 hour today but finally had to give up as no one answered the call :-( I have to apply for the OCI for myself, my wife and my...

thanks silentreader. I am going to send an email to vfs about the possibility to make simultaneous application for surrender and visa. Lets see what they come back with. As for OCI application soon after getting a 5yr visa, the statement that you have underlined does make it really clear. However yo...

Thanks Greenie. Its all a lot clearer now.

Regards,
mandhan

Thanks again silentreader. Just a couple of questions. Do you know if I can I apply for both surrender of passport and an indian visa at the same time to VFS so that I dont have to apply them separately one after another. I guess this should save some precious time in my case. And after wife has ent...

Thanks Greenie. Yes, the child is not born yet. However if born in India to at least one of the parents who is Indian, s/he will qualify for an Indian passport even though the other parent might be British. It takes at least 4 months to get a British passport for a newborn from India whereas getting...

Thanks again Lucapooka. You know, me and my wife are on the verge of gaining british citizenship and our baby is going to be born soon in India. Hence I am evaluating various options available for us before deciding on the best course of action. Back to my post above, how will answer to questions 2 ...

Thank you very much Lucapooka.

Can you please elaborate on your answer to bullet point 1? Did not really get what you meant by ROA.

Regards,
mandhan

Hi, This is the situation: Tthe baby is born in India to British father (through naturalisation) and Indian mother (on ILR), and has got an Indian passport based on the mother's nationality. The questions: 1) What kind of visa will need to be stamped in the baby's Indian passport to bring him back t...

Hello, I wanted to know if one has to wait until the receipt of the British passport before surrendering the Indian passport or it can be done using the naturalisation certificate. I will acquire the british citizenship on the day of my oath ceremony and hence should be able to surrender my Indian p...

Thanks silentreder. I have contacted FRRO in Bangalore about the 90 days grace period and they seemed to have no clue. This is what precisely I want to know. If one travels to India immediately after getting the British passport (taking advantage of 3 months grace period to travel on Indian passport...

Hi, My wife will be travelling to India for a few months in July. She will have enough time to apply for her British passport here in UK before she travels. I am aware that one can travel on an Indian passport for a period up to 90 days from the day the foreign citizenship is acquired. Hence she can...

anyone? sushdmehta, vinny?

Hello guys, I had a question about the professional referee for the naturalization. Is the CFA (level 1 & 2) considered a professional qualification by UKBA for naturalization reference purposes? My wife's colleague is CFA level 1 and 2 certified and I was hoping that his reference as a professi...

Hi Guys, I am planning a trip to budapest, prague and vienna and thought will apply to Hungarian embassy here in London as Budapest is my first port of entry. Those who have had schengen visa issued by Hungary can you please reply the duration for which the visa was granted. I hope they give it for ...

Thanks for the replies guys. I went to my local Barcalys branch this afternoon. They have given me the statement for the last 30 days on a coloured Barclays letter head with the address of the branch also printed on the right hand side. The statement has got my name, account number, sort code and th...

Hi fellow members, I have my ILR appointment on 14th but still have to get the latest statement for the last 30 days from my bank. Please can someone who has recently taken stamped AND signed statement from a Barclays branch in London reply so that I can visit the branch to get mine? Thanks in advan...

Thank you all for the replies. Actually I get the statement up to 12th of each month and I get it in post 4-5 days later. So the last statement that I have got is for the period of 13th Nov to 12th Dec. Hence, I will not have received the statement for the period of 13th Dec to 12th January in time ...

Hi, My latest month's bank statement still be in post when I go for the ILR next month. I went to my bank today to confirm whether they will print, stamp AND SIGN the up to date statement for the past 30 days. However I was told that they can only give me the print out on an A4 size paper with offci...

Thanks. I booked online about 2 weeks back. Keep checking regularly for the date that you want. Appointments do become available, sometimes within a week as well.

Hello, I will be applying for the ILR based on completing 5 years on WP +Tier1. I have got the letter from employer dated today, 21st December, for an appointment on January 14th. My question is whether I should take this letter more closer to the appointment date? Or it does not matter since the le...

Thanks vinny. Booked an appointment for 14th Jan at Croydon. Will let the forum know of the outcome!!

Hello all,

I know this might have been discussed umpteen times on the forum but please bear with me on this.

[b]If I came to UK on 10th February, as per the 28 day rule, what is the earliest I can apply for the ILR?[/b]

Is it 13th January or 14th January or 15th January?

Thanks!!

Hello,

We will be qualifying for the ILR in first week of January. I wanted to know:

a) How early can we take Life in UK test?
b) Once the test is taken, when is the earliest we can call for a in-person appointment?

Thanks in advance.

push_hsmp, I think what romanslon might have meant by "printed sheets with company headers" was the payslip printed on a simple sheet with compny details printed at the top.
Otherwise the 2nd reason given by the HO for his rejection does not make sense. What do you think?