I am intending to submit OCI applications for me + my wife + my child in person at CGI Edinburgh. The CGI Edinburgh website mentions the opening times of the counter between 9:30am -12:30 pm. Can anyone advise from their experience if there are normally long queues outside the CGI Edinburgh, and if ...
I recently applied for surrender certificate for me and my family through VFS (postal application) and I received the surrender certificates issued by HCI, London for all of us in 10 days. Me and my wife's surrender certificates have been stamped and signed by the relevant authority of HCI. However,...
I applied for British citizenship for my family including my son on the basis of ILR + 1 year (who was born in the UK, and thus entitled to registered as a British citizen) at the end of February through NCS facility. Upon making the application, we went to India for a 10 day short trip (from 20th M...
One of my friends is inviting his parents for a visit in March until mid-June for the first time. However, his visa runs out at end of June 2012, and he is worried that his parents may be refused the family visitor visa because their return is very close to his visa expiry date. His parents have bou...
If I and my partner wish to invite our parents, at the same time, on separate invitation letters (one by me for my parents and one by my wife for her parents), is that possible? Both of us are settled (ILR) in the UK and are working, have good savings amount deposited in our bank accounts and own a ...
It seems you are within 28 days of completing 5 years in UK, i.e., you have completed 4 years and 11 months. If that is so,you can tick "Yes" as an option for completing 5 years of stay lawfully in UK.
I have finally and successfully got my ILR at Croydon this week. More important to note is that I had a gap of more than 28 days (38 days to be precise) between my entry clearance date and first entry date. Having been an ardent fan of this forum, I have benefited a lot from the forum and would like...
I entered the UK in Oct 2006. My 5 year work permit expires in Sep 2011 and there is a gap of more than 28 days between the work permit visa issue and my date of entry into UK. However, as the gap is less than 3 months, I am thinking of applying for ILR directly end Aug / early Sep 2011 after readin...
I have read through all the above posts. I wish to raise the point for work permit holders (those with 5 years work permit visa) who are due ILR later this year. Some of them have gaps in their visa between EC and date of entry which is more than 3 months (so they cannot apply for ILR under recently...
Thanks Sushdmehta ! Your interpretation clears a lot of doubts regarding the rules. One final question that comes to mind. Suppose (Worst Case scenario here!) that the caseworker does not agree to issue ILR to an applicant using his discretion, will he then issue an extension to the existing visa? I...
I do hope that is the case and wish OP good luck for his ILR application @ rockyrajesh - Can you provide an update once you apply and get your ILR, it will be much appreciated and clear any doubts remaining @Vinny/@manyaonisland - Will OP need to specifically mention this new guideline to the casewo...
Vinny, From your post, does it mean that OP can apply for ILR after 4 years and 9 months only, ie., 90 days before completing 5 years in UK, assuming he applies for ILR on 19/05/11? AFAIK, the normal process is to apply for ILR 4 years and 11 months, ie., 28 days before completing 5 years. Apologies...
OP will not have completed 5 years of continuous stay in UK when his visa runs out on 15th June. Even though the new guidelines mention that the caseworkers may count the period between the visa issue and the date of entry for the purpose of calculating ILR provided this is no more than 3 months, it...
Hello Seniors, Due to no replies yet, let me put a simplified summary of the question that I had asked : Keeping in mind recently published UKBA modernised guidance regarding calculating of continuous period for ILR, when should an applicant apply for ILR if the gap between his visa issue date and h...
My friend is on a 5 year work permit as per the details below:- Entry Clearance Visa Date - 22 Sep 06 Date of Entry in UK - 28 Oct 06 (36 days after Issue of Visa) As the gap between his visa issue and date of entry in UK is more than 28 days, he was thinking of applying for Tier 2 extension and the...
Seniors, How does Modernised Guidance differ from Immigration Directorate Instructions (IDIs) and which one will take higher priority when deciding ILR cases? I don't see any real changes in the Modernised Guidance published today from the previous IDIs (Chapter 5) previously regarding calculation o...
As in this case, there are two passports, one with a valid visa and the other one a fresh passport, which passport should be quoted when making an airline booking as the airllines ask to complete API (Advanced Passenger Information) when booking the tickets, which requires quoting the passport number?
Can someone please guide that when filling the absences spreadsheet for SET (O), if we dont exactly remember the outbound and inbound dates, can we use the dates stamped on the passport both for outbound (ie, dates stamped on the passport when arriving at the destination country) and inbound ( ie, d...
Hi Sushdmehta, There have been many queries regarding the calculation for 180 days absence for ILR. I was searching through ILR pages to find more about it. Under this thread, I found your quote as: http://immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=52443&highlight=180 sushdmehta wrote: You can exclud...
The immigration rules shall be published only by mid-March 2011. However, the policy statement shall be issued around late January/early February as per Richard Jackson's email to me before Christmas. Following is the extract of the email:- QUOTE The Immigration Rules will most likely not be publish...
My colleague in the office has booked online a premium appointment in the middle of Feb with UKBA at Croydon PEO. However, he is also trying to book an earlier appointment through an immigration solicitor in Glasgow PEO as Glasgow is more convenient for him to travel. He will cancel the first appoin...
@sushdmehta - This is a very important clause that you have brought to the notice of general public here. I have spoken to a lot of work permit holders who are my friends and they are in the same situation as there is a gap in their visa and date of entry of more than 28 days, and they have been tol...
Seniors, any suggestions on my query? As I said earlier, my friend will submit 11 monthly bank statements on company headed paper as these are already with him. However, he can only submit a stamped and certified statement for the 12th month which the branch can give to him but not on a company head...
