Good luck happylife3011, keep us posted on your application. Got my ILR last Friday in Liverpool. It took me 2 hours to pay for the application fee and wait and just 15mins for the interview and another 30mins to collect my passport. I got both printed emails from UKBA and HMRC but the officer didn...

Below is the letter from UKBA: Dear Mr Euston, Further to our conversations this week, I am sorry that the information you required regarding the Health in Pregnancy Grant was not available when you contacted the Immigration Enquiry Bureau. You enquired about your wife's SET(O) application, for inde...

Good news, After several lengthy calls to both HMRC and UKBA we have got a result!! UKBA have contacted HMRC to confirm that we are indeed eligible for the HIPG as I am a British national and my wife is on work permit - (under the section I highlighted above). The manager I spoke to at UKBA is sendi...

Hi there, Me and my wife are in the same situation. I am a British National my wife Chineese. Our midwife rightly encouraged us to apply for HIPG as it clearly states in HIPG-FS1 that if you are subject to immigration control you may still be able to get the grant if : "you are a family member ...