Thank you so much - I suspected this was the answer, but going through the forms myself with all the legal language can make you doubt your own eyes.

Thanks again

Hello friends, I am settled(ILR) here after having a Tier 1 for 5 years. My wife who is currently on a working holiday visa of 2 years is planning to apply for FLR M as my spouse. BUT now after I thought it was all going to go so smoothly, I have noticed this from the ukba website! (Isn't it always ...

We have been together for over a year - and have been living together since december 2012 - we plan to marry in august.

So are you saying that the FLR(M) is good for 5 years or is it still 2

Thank you.

Hello beautiful people! I have my ILR - My fiancee has a Youth Mobility Scheme Tier 5 We plan to marry in the UK soonish then apply for her new visa. Would she apply for FLR(M) or SET(M)? Or is it she applies for the FLR(M) get the two years THEN SET(M) for ILR...? So is this why the requirement of ...

Thanks again! Yes we meet all the criteria laid out in the FLR(M) form and there are no past shenanigans on her part that will be an issue. Im just being overly cautious as has proven to be advantageous in my own road to settlement in the Uk - thanks for your advice and please let me know if there i...

Thanks for your reply! Do you mean Married and living together before the Tier 5 expires right - that will be done. So me and my wife to be are all clear? I qualify for the financial part and everything else and this is not going to be a sham marriage(but a small ceremony) SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN...

So I am a present and settled (Indefinite leave to remain visa) and my fiance whom I will marry here in the UK currently has a 2 year Working Holiday Visa and is from New Zealand - we want to stay here in the UK Can I use the FLR(M) form for her application... I know it all seems good on the form bu...

Application received 13th of July Payment taken 2nd August Letter received 6th August but dated 1st (with visa expiring on the 7th!) So they let me sweat it out till the day before my Visa expired. They seem to be working to the date of your expiry so anyone waiting expect to hear nothing until it g...

FINALLY!

Application received 13th July
Payment taken 2nd August

My letter should arrive just before 7th August when my visa expires hopefully as my employer is requesting the letter as proof.

UKBA you have made me sweat and cry like a little baby.

How long has anyone gone without an acknowledgement letter or payment taken - I am at 3 weeks so far with my visa expiring on the 7th of august - they are making me sweat - ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE RECEIVED MY G'DAMN APPLICATION! Meanwhile what do I do if I get to the 7th and they still haven't acknowle...

Can I state the obvious and say this whole operation they have going at UKBA is a cluster cuss of epic proportions. I have yet to receive confirmation on an application sent on the 12th of July - with my current leave expiring on the 7th of August can anyone advise me on what to tell/show my employe...

I applied on Thursday 12th July - No acknowledgement No payment taken. The post office tracking shows that the package was delivered to Durham by the 13th, YET I HAVE HEARD NOTHING! What is the best number to call to get acknowledgement that they actually have it - so I have a chance to scramble if ...

So I sent my Set(O) application on the 12th July - it is now the 26th, 3 weeks after and I have yet to receive acknowledgement or any money taken. I am so paranoid that even though my parcel was tracked and delivered to them it has somehow been lost, and I will only find out after my current leave e...

Oh boy! I sent away my Set(O) application 2 weeks ago (12th July) and was freaking out that I have no acknowledgement that they have even received it. I had no idea this was normal (right!?) So from what you are all saying I can expect to wait 6 months and hope I doesn't get rejected. Applying 28 da...

Hello kind people. How long can I have been outside of the Uk and still be okay to get my ILR (after 5 years being here)? How do you calculate the absent days? Do I count the day I left and day I arrived? eg: 23rd to the 26th of may - is that 4 days absent, or 2 because I was in the country on the d...

From the UKBA website;
"If you make your application to extend your stay in
the UK by post, we will send you a letter after we
have received your application"

Also if I apply for a premium service, do i get my biometrics taken when i go in for the appointment?

Thanks

Thanks for the quick reply! So I don't fill out the BRP box on section 1.12 of the SET(O) form? So I send my ILR SET(O) form away - then I get informed to go give my biometric data - then all passed I get my approval and plastic card (with no stamp/vignette in my passport... have I got this right. S...

Hello all,

I am applying for ILR with SET(O) form in July after being on the path of HSMP 07 Tier1 09.

Do I apply and get Biometric Residence Permit before I send my application in July 2012? Or am I going to have to do that after I get ILR?

Please help, I am so confused.

Much thanks,
M

So she could "switch" from a Working Holiday to a FLR(M) "extension of stay in the UK as the partner of a person settled in the UK." I know you can't "switch" from a visitor(6month or less) visa to FLR(M). but working holiday to my wife is ok? Amiright!? P.s I have yet ...

Hello everyone, thanks in advance for answering me these questions three. 1. If I get my ILR after being on a path of Tier 1 for 5 years am I considered "settled" in the UK? 2. If I am therefore "settled", can a Girlfriend who is in the UK from New Zealand on a 2 year working hol...

Anyone got any advice on this - seems to be a few views but not messages?
Thanks.

Oh and just for clarity - we were not married, just together for a long time so "Akin to marriage"

Thanks

Hi people, Unfortunately after a long relationship and many good times it has not worked out for me (currently Tier 1 general) and my Dependent - She left the UK and won't be coming back. I am due to apply for Indefinite Leave to remain this August; Should I inform UKBA or whoever that she is out of...

Can anybody please have mercy and tell me how much maintenance I need to show for myself and my dependent partner for a ILR SET(O). I cant find an answer anywhere. Also as someone going down the path of 2007 HSMP> 2009 TIER 1 > 2012 ILR has the issue of people who claimed points for a Bachelors degr...

I think the above answer I found means it's all O.K? By the time we apply in 2012 we would have been together since 2006 and have proof of that. Also while she is away for 31/2 months we can continue corrospondence and send letters, and I will be joining her for the end part of her trip to attend a ...