Hello all We applied for the British citizenship on 16/09/13 having spent just over 1 year on ILR before that. Then there was some payment processing problem (the card was lost) so we were asked to send the payment details again which we did. Finally the payment was taken on 28th Sep. It's been over...

Thanks for your reply. Could the senior members or moderators point me to any posts or sticky which have a list of documents/ formats/templates. For example for the letter from principal of their college etc etc.

Thanks for your guidance. I'm afraid I've more questions - Speaking to a friend, I learnt that getting general visitor visa for young adults is not easy. My friend, who is a British citizen, applied for a visa for her sister along with his parents in Pakistan and was refused the visa. Does this chan...

One very quick question regarding inviting my sister and niece. Another nephew may also join them. I was wondering will a 2 bedroom house be sufficient to house them? If no, what if I get visas for them separately? We are just husband and wife- no kids. So in all there will be 5 people, all adults (...

Thanks all for very helpful replies !

Thanks for your kind replies.

Would my niece be counted as a family visitor when accompanied by my sister?

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Eureka

Hello I am an Indian citizen settled with an ILR in UK. I was planning on inviting my sister and niece from India to visit us during summer for 6-8 weeks. Which visa category will best suit them, tourist or visitor or any other? Is getting visas for family members difficult? Should I take help of a ...

Thanks for your kind reply CR001 yes I was present in UK on 12th Oct 2008. Oh I just realised its not 12th Oct 2007 rather it's 12th Oct 2008. Now I get it. Thanks once again. so its got nothing to do with the year I entered UK rather one year after that (and therefore 5 years before the naturalisat...

We got our ILR in Sept 2012. We have since spent around 60 days in India celebrating the ILR :-). We are within the 100 days rule for the last year before naturalization Our long term plan is to spend a year or so in India . We are just waiting to get through the next door i.e. naturalisation The pl...

Thanks so much for the helpful reply and the clarification regarding the difference between ILR and PR :-) I have another quick question to ask if you permit. I have about 9 points on my driving licence. The first 3 points will be taken off my licence in Feb'13 bringing the numbers down to 6. Next 3...

We got our ILR in Sep this year. After getting our permanent residency, we are on a two month long holiday in India . I was wondering if its ok for my wife to stay back for more than 90 days and come back sometime in Jan'13, in around 4 months time. What implications what this bring as regards our c...

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I ticked the first option i.e. Tier 1 migrant

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Eureka

Hi All I got my ILR last week :-) Such a relief. It was pretty straight forward but as expected the system went down for almost 3-4 hours! I am a Ltd Co director. If anyone needs any specific advice please feel free to PM me as I may not check the forum that often now. I want to sincerely thank all ...

First of all my apologies to depsnitz as I didn't see your question addressed to me. Luckily they have been answered by senior members so that's ok. I will be more careful about checking replies to old posts. Secondly, the news is that I have managed to get an appointmetn on 11th Sep, exactly 28 day...

Thanks for the replies

I used the dateandtime calculator as here:

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html

I entered 9th Oct and subtracted 28 days

Sorry I should have mentioned it too

Date of first HSMP stamp (aka valid from): 5th Oct 2007

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Eureka

Hi I am very lucky to have got the appointment at PEO Croydon last night. Please can the senior members advice if my appointment date is valid. Date of first arrival into UK : 11th Oct 2007 Expiry date of extended Tier 1 visa : 9th Oct 2012 Appointment date : 11th Sep 2012. The appointment date is c...

I did try at 12 midnight but may be my date calculation, for the made-up dates , were wrong. I will keep trying. Thanks for all your help everyone.

Thanks for your replies. Thing is I've tried , just out of curiosity, to book an appointment of, say 1st of Sept, to see if the appointmnets are available. Everytime I got the reply that no slots are free. I've never been able to book any appointment, for made-up earlier dates. Dont know if PEO is p...

Thanks cs95tdg The problem is I don't think I can send the application by post 28 days before the 5th anniversary of my arrival into UK. Which means that I cant apply by post before the second week of Sept anyway. So I have no other option but to wait till then. I can try the PEO appointment till th...

Oh thanks ... I didn't realize this.
So my plan is to try the PEO appointment booking website and the phone in the first week of august. If no joy, then I will send my application by post. Is this the right approach?

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Eureka

Thanks for the kind reply.

I will keep trying. But still if worst were to happen and there was a complete logjam and I couldn't get an appointment, will I have have to leave the country?

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Eureka

Hi all My current Tier 1 visa expires in the first week of Oct. I am eligible for ILR in the 2nd week of Sept. I've been trying to get an appointment for few weeks now but no luck. I called UKBA and they told me to try 6 weeks before the eligibility date. So I can only try from 28th July onwards. I'...

In light of the recent change for family migration, do you foresee any issues with my spouse getting the ILR. I came to UK on HSMP in Oct 2007 and later got Tier 1 extension in 2009. She fist came to UK a month later i.e. in Nov'2007. In other words, I would have completed 4 years 11 months while sh...