Dear members, I kindly need your advise on an issue. My partner is currently in the UK on student visa. I have been together with this lady for about 13 years and we currently have 3 kids together but not legally married. She currently lives with our 12 year old daughter who is on her visa as a depe...

Thanks for the clarification. I guess first the mum has to use the British child to apply for the two and half then i can proceed with the daughter's application after that. I take a salary from my UK company and pay my taxes so I believe that can qualified as present and settled.

Yes please. She was born in Ghana.

Hello guys, I really need your advise. I have a partner with whom we have 3 kids. The last child is a British citizen because he was born after my citizenship. The first girl is currently Tier 4 dependent as the mother is currently on tier 4 visa. I have a small business in the UK but currently work...

Start here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/document/files/guide-free-mo-2013_en.pdf thank you for the link. As you know these EU policies are not respected by many countries. I really need practical advise. I irish immigration website is not clear enough. It says those on C-visit visa can not ...

I am a British citizen currently working in Ghana. I have been in a relationship with Ghanaian lady which is akin to marriage for over 10 years now but we are not legally married. We have 3 kids together. I am thinking of moving my fiancee and my kids to Europe and Ireland is one of the options. I w...

Thank you for your concise clarification. If I get the child into a boarding school school in the UK or get a student visa for the mother to study in the UK, can I circumvent the requirement of both parents living in the UK before the child can apply for nationality. Currently I have no plans of mov...

Please I need advice regarding my Child. My child was born in 2007 in Africa. The child has never lived in the UK. I became a British Citizen in 2014. I have recently moved to Africa for work and I will be living in Africa for a least 5 years. I would like to find out the best way to apply for Briti...

As a director of the company you are an employee of the company not self employed. Your position in the company is Director. As a director you are require to submit tax returns and the tax office reference number may be your UTR number or the employers PAYE reference number.

I think you should be fine. I had a worse situation than yours but my application was approved. I will advice you to keep your accommodation in the uk and try and come to the uk every 3 months for some few days. Once you have your estate in the uk and your absence is below 180 days and you meet all ...

I applied on the 7th March through Newham NCS. I had excess absence of 170 days in the final year. I wrote a covering letter explaining the excess absence which was due to trying to build my small uk registered business in africa. I received my approval today. Thank God.

Applied on 7th March 2014 through NCS. I sent additional documents through the post as NCS refused to take certain documents claiming they were unnecessary. I received my original documents back from HO on 26th April but there was no decision letter included. They stated that they have taken note of...

by Soebmk Hello everyone I called home office thus morning to find out an update on 03001232253 this time telephone operator was bit gentle first of all he asked when did I made an application I said 1st week of March as he replied me standard waiting time is 6 months then I said if I want to hear ...

I applied on the 7th of March through NCS but I sent additional documents by post to the home office a few days after. I received a letter today from the home office that for my convenience sake they are returning these documents as they have noted it on my application. Does this means that my appli...

I had a bad experience with Newham NCS last Friday. I had excess absences in the final 12 months (167 days) which is due to trying to develop my own consultancy company which is UK registered in my home country. I had prepared my application with the help of a solicitor friend. We added enough evide...

VR thanks for your advise which I really appreciate.

I had my ILR in February 2013 and I am due to apply for naturalization next month. In September 2013, I moved abroad for work. I have a small limited company registered in England and Wales and as I wanted to expand the company I moved to my country of birth to look for some government contracts. At...

I applied for my ILR in August 2012 under 10 years long residence and I received a decision in February 2013. I want to apply for my citizenship but have few queries. 1. When can I apply for citizenship. Can I take advantage of the protracted delay through no fault of mine which allows me to apply 1...

I just had my ILR about a week ago. I was previously on Tier 1 General and I had my ILR through 10 years long residence. I want to bring my partner whom I have two kids as well as the kids to come a live with me in UK. Can someone please answer the following queries for me. 1. What form do they need...

ILR Granted. Type: 10 years long resident Application date: 13/08/2012 Bio invitation: 09/11/12 Bio given: 11/11/12 Approval letter: 14/02/2013 BRP: still waiting I had CCJ from my university which was not declared in my previous applications because I was not aware of it. I declared it this time an...

ILR Granted. Type: 10 years long resident Application date: 13/08/2012 Bio invitation: 09/11/12 Bio given: 11/11/12 Approval letter: 14/02/2013 BRP: still waiting I had CCJ from my university which was not declared in my previous applications because I was not aware of it. I declared it this time an...

Hi all, My indefinite leave application was rejected. The letter was dated 15 February 2013. I do have the right to appeal, but they are refusing me on the fact that I have not lived in the UK continuously over the last ten years. To share a bit of my history, I first moved to the UK when I was twe...

Correspondence from me to UKBA Dear ****, I hope this email finds you well. I will be very grateful if you can give me an update on the the progress of my ILR application as it has been about six months since I submitted my application. For administrative and operational reasons, my current employer...

If you want your wife to keep her job then you should pray that her employer does NOT use the employer checking service to confirm her status. As she has not given her biometric, the employer checking service will confirm she has NO right to work in the UK. This will give the employer enough ground...

If you want your wife to keep her job then you should pray that her employer does NOT use the employer checking service to confirm her status. As she has not given her biometric, the employer checking service will confirm she has NO right to work in the UK. This will give the employer enough grounds...