I have a question that I thought would be an FAQ but I can't find the answer... My Thai gf is coming to London for 2 months this year at my expense. The UK visitor visa was easy, much easier than I expected, but I was with her when she put the application in complete with my passport etc. When she c...

vinny wrote:Were they married too?

Yes, but for right of abode I think it doesn't matter..

As I see it, there are 2 laws in conflict. one from the 70s which says I'm a UK national. and one from 2006 which says RoA certificates expire with the passport. However, AFAIK, the first law was not repealed. You're a British citizen (apparently) but without any proof of your citizenship. Was your...

I was a contractor and had only been there 2 and a half weeks. I received an offer of an extension on the day I was sent home. I did know that the certificate was in an old passport, however I have travelled many times on it and carried both passports safe in the knowledge that this was normal. I ag...

vinny wrote:Making a complaint to the UK Border Agency

Thanks. I'll give it a go, but I'm a but surprised it hasn't come up before. Hopefully they won't fob me off the way their information centre did.

Your British citizenship / right of abode does not expire, although the certificate or passport may. Thanks. You and I know that, but the UKBA told my employer otherwise and it cost me my job and I think I should be compensated for it. I just don't know where to begin and there's nothing on the web...

If your stamp in your old passport says you have indefinite leave to remain or "there is no time limit on the holder's stay in the UK" then I don't think your employer has a leg to stand on. What does your stamp say? It says he has right of abode. Same as British. It says right of abode, ...

Thanks, but it's not what I'm looking for in the meantime.. I've already been through the passport farce..

I've been out of work and on the dole for 2 weeks now because of this matter and don't really know what to do next. On one hand, I can just suck it in and send my passport away knowing that without it as ID, I won't work before new year and won't have evidence should I take any kind of legal action....

Thanks, that's basically as I understood it. I would have thought they would just cancel the right of abode if they issued the passport wouldn't they? They would have the document in front of them when processing the application. I've since been advised that the information came from the Home Office...

Hello, I have Australian citizenship and live in the UK on a certificate of entitlement in a now expired passport. The certificate was issued in 1997. I have a new passport and currently carry both old and new when I travel. Apart from the odd question about how I qualified for right of abode, I hav...