Hi, My wife is applying for her UK citizenship application. She has been in the UK for 6 years and acquired her ILR a year ago after being in Tier 2. I was naturalised UK citizen in 2016. As part of her application she needs to submit her marriage certificate. We got married abroad in the EU but nev...

Hi, My wife is applying for an ILR as her 5 year period is 7 Aug 2022 and her Tier 2 visa expires 25 August. We are completing the application online and have a couple of questions. 1. Absences - she has over 30 absences in the 5 year period but online application only takes 30. Do we need to provid...

Hi, Good day. My wife is about month+ away from hitting 5 years of her Tier 2 and hence is applying to apply for ILR. Her employer wants to create a letter of sponsorship as such they are asking for the UKVAC centre. She has not made the application yet so she is not aware of the UKVAC. How do we go...

Hi, I am a British citizen and my partner is on a Tier 2 General visa. We plan on marrying in Croatia this summer. My partner does not plan to switch her visa status, at least not in the immediate future. We are doing all the paperwork to get legally married in Croatia (i.e certificate of non-impedi...

No we are not the same sex couple.

Hi, My partner and I are planning on getting a civil partnership. I am an UK (and EEA) citizen she is Canadian on Tier 2. We have been together for a bit over a year and living together in the UK for 6 months. She is looking to switch from Tier 2 after marriage as the employer is not doing too well ...

Hi, My friend got a Tier 2 general. She is starting employment 10/08 but needs to enter the UK from Canada, in transit to Croatia on 27th or 28th July for a night or two. She will then return to the UK several days before starting employment. I understand that she can enter under Tier 2 14 days befo...

She has to apply and pay online, including health surcharge. Booking appointment is part of this process. There is nothing that can be done to expedite. What is the rush anyway? Needs passport back to be in Europe for a family wedding. I am still unclear: 1. From the point of getting the COS and go...

Thank you. If she gets the certificate of sponsorship on the 12th, how quickly can she get an appointment to submit the documentation? Is this something that the VFS global can expedite?

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3. Priority service but no guarantee it will be processed quicker even for the extra fee.

What is the value is using a service like VFS Global in this case versus going directly?

Thanks

I did get the visa, subsequently extended it in 2013, then ILR in 2015 and UK citizenship in 2016. Thanks all for your help!

Hi, My friend got an offer for a Tier 2 and will receive the certificare of sponsorship around July 12th. She will need to fly back to Ottawa to apply for Tier 2. The challenge is to expedite the process as she needs to be back in Europe as soon as possible. 1. For Tier 2 applications, does an appoi...

There isn't really one but returning soon after Tier 5 expiry will raise a red flag. She has to convince IO that she is a 'genuine tourist' and based on what you re saying, she is not, especially after 2 years in the UK on Tier 5. Does she have a UK born grandparent? She does not. There must be a p...

Thanks - what is the grace period before she is allowed to re-enter as a tourist?

Hi, My gf is a Canadian and I am a UK citizen. She is currently on a Tier 5 visa due to expire in a couple of months. Her current employer cannot sponsor her for Tier 2, so she is looking for roles elsewhere. While this is our main strategy, what alternative options do we have if she does not find a...

If I have multiple nationalities/passports can I just send in the one which I used to enter the UK/apply for naturalisation and travel on my other passport? Thanks

Hi, I become naturalised UK citizen next week on June 22nd. I would like to shortly or immediately thereafter apply for the UK passport, but the problem is that I have travel booked July 15th and then July 29th for a couple of weeks. Given the nature of my work, it will be difficult to not have the ...

Hi, Inam kindly following up on my query regarding if I need to submit additional paperwork to prove residence in the UK if I do not have UK entry stampa in my passport since 2014 due to entering with a Croatian passport. I have my original UK visa in my passport with original stamp as well as the I...

Hi, I have been in the UK since 2010, got my ILR in Jan of last year am eligible to apply for naturalization in January as it is 1 year that i had a ILR. From Feb 2010 to Jan 2013 I had a Tier 1 visa in my passport. The visa was stamped when I entered the UK. From Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 I had a Tier 1 ...

Stamp in your passport is sufficient. Also, make sure that your window of 'physically present 5 years ago' is not so small that it creates a problem (i.e. you were in the UK for 2 days and left again). Will you apply through NCS or by post when the time comes? I will be applying through NCS. I am s...

Thanks. I checked my travel log and I was in the UK on the day application will be received 5 years ago. Do I need to submit proof of that and if so what constitutes proof? Not sure how they can exactly check.

Hi, I am submitting my naturalisation for British citizen application early January and have a couple of questions from the Guidance. Application Form: Section 1.7 - I legally changed my first name in the US. Should I include a copy of the name change certificate or is this not necessary Section 2.2...

Thanks. Also I changed the spelling of my first name from my birth name when I moved to the US about 15 years ago. I have the name change certificate, do I need to include that in the application or just explain?

Hi, I have been in the UK since Feb 15, 2010 first under the Tier 1 visa and then I got my IRL on Jan 6, 2015. I met the residence requirements in terms of time outside the UK in terms of absence over 6 years and the last 12 months. 1. I am planning on using the Naturalisation Checking Service so I ...

Hi, I need to have the PEO appointment on Jan 6-10, 2015 (my Tier 1 extension expires on Jan 15, 2015) but I am traveling beforehand. I understand that appointments are released 40 days beforehand. I tried to, today for example, go and select a Jan 1, 2015 appointment (which is exactly 40 days ahead...