Hello,
I've been trying to find out if a phd student at a uk university counts as a "worker" or "student" when it comes to bringing non-eea parents though the eea route. phd students do get money and it is essentially a job....

is there some website that advises on this?

I wrote a letter to the HO a few months back, asking questions under the freedom of information act. i only got the answer to one. 1. How many application have been made under the Surinder Singh ruling since 01/01/2010? How many of these applications were successful? What is the average processing t...

parents need to be dependent, or qualify as an "other family member" to be eligible.

1 Should i send her an invitation letter to visit or should i apply for FP for the two of them? 2 secondly, she had an accident last 2yrs which is not properly treated and still disturb her. if she comes here will she need medical insurance b4 she could be treated as me and my wife re both working ...

(1) Is your mom and/or your father covered by the Directive going to the Netherlands? The Dutch IND seem as evasive as UKBA. I've emailed them and got no response and didnt pick up my phone calls. the IND website doesnt give a comprehensive requirement for non-eea family members. The Dutch embassy ...

Hello, I want to bring my parents to the Netherlands and then the UK. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Situation: I am a UK citizen. My parents are non-eea citizens living in asia. When I was young, before I moved to the UK, we lived in the middle east for 15 years. Since then my mum has lived wit...

new caseworker instructions based on these regulations:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

got my ILR today!!
soo glad thats the last uk visa i'll ever have to apply for!

Taylondon, really sorry to hear that. When I got mine today I hoped you would too. On the plus side, you wont have to worry about this till 2012?

ps. i'm a girl.

foxy wrote: Yes that forum even charges you to read the posts. You can actually see the titles but you cannot read the content without paying.

thats strange, i've never paid to read it... maybe because i registered there a long time ago...

Great. Now I hear about someone getting their 10 year ILR in 2 weeks on the other well known forum. UKBA specifically said that it is dealing with ILR applications on date received order and ours are held on a queue. If someone got ILR in 2 weeks that is amazing? Don’t you think that the person w...

Dear Aman5 and Foxy, I agree and disagree with you both. Aman5, I appreciate your drive to try and sort out the injustice. You have my full support on that. Unfortunately money, time and experience may not be enough, as the HO are not bound by law to process applications by a time limit, legally the...

The most complicated part of a 10-year ilr is checking for gaps, especially over several old passports with old visa stamps which have worn out and are not logically ordered over 10 years amonst all holiday stamps too ( took me ages to work out my own departures and arrivals!). With that in mind, it...

Does anyone know of any other application types changed to postal only? There is a possibility that they have changed 10-year ILR to postal only as this method of ILR is soon to be abolished (i think its still on the path to be abolished). They basically could be preparing the HO for the new system,...

terriblefish wrote: 'i think this is too long winded' Approx. half a page of letter looks too long winded to you? terriblefish further wrote: 'Questions asked buried in too many words'? Oh really....Are you serious? :roll: terriblefish then wrote: 'Think about if you were working there and getting ...

Perhaps formatting of the letter could be something on these lines: Subject: ‘10 years continuous legal stay’ Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications Dear Sir/Ma'am, I write this letter for certain information specifically pertaining to people applying under '10 years continuous legal sta...

or in your case-> what is the average processing time of postal applications which are not completed in the 6 months service standard, in the past 6 months. Better yet -> what is the average processing time of 10 year ILR postal applications which are not completed in the 6 months service standard, ...

tell you all a sad story..... friend told me that he got a friend who applied 10 years long residence, submitted two years still not decided yet.solicitor told him that immigration has strict under 10 years long residence. which 10 years case unfortunately mixed with 14 year unlawful and asylum tog...

well my spring just snapped! Got another e-mail from Vivan Again... And was told that an MP is the only one that can get Ombudsman to investigate UKBA! Well I am screwed I got an MP who Give F*** all about his constituency since he aint seeking re-election. The Man is Elusive! Unless I go to House ...

Hey Oluwa I had exactly the same thing here. I rang my MP's office, told them that somebody had received his passport by getting his MP's help as it written on the link terriblefish sent. The lady was totally careless. She said there is nothing she can do, HO won't just give priority to a case beca...

copied post from the link above: posted on 1st Feb 2010 HI there, Just got mine today! my store: SET(O) Long residence (10 years) application made on the 14/09/2009 and acknowledgment letter received 2 days later. contacted HO just before Christmas as passed 14 weeks and was told it was still being ...

this post on a another forum might be of interest to all 10 year ILR applicants who are waiting: http://www.ukresident.com/forums/topic/123238-just-received-mine-back-this-morning/ in short, the guy applied on 14/09/2009, and after complaining to his MP, got his application prioritied, and his passp...

rajj wrote:Dear All
it is so disheartening to see you all still waiting for your vsas. waiting beyond six months is just a joke.
hope it will be sorted out soon.
best of luck
bye

Thank you Rajj.
: )

Is there anything we can do if the application goes over 6 months? I mean each time i called the home office they say that its still with in the 6 months processsing time. After 6 months do they give more information? Also, can we ask for compensation if its more than 6 months and a staightforward a...

hi terriblefish, did they tell you when you called them that the application is waiting to be seen by a caseworker cos that seems to be different from their usual response eg "under consideration" Most of the times that I have called the HO, they have said my application was "under c...

Terriblefish, You applied 3 days before than me. I have not received a respond from my MP yet, I wrote her by beginning of Dec, she stated in her acknowledgement that it might take up to 2 months to get HO respond I am really curious what HO says to my MP As soon as I hear from my MP I will share i...