Just bringing up this topic again.

My wife has been registered as self employed since last Nov and she has been making voluntary class 2 NI contributions.

We are having our 2nd baby later this year. Is she entitled to get maternity allowance for self employed as I understand its not a public fund?

In same boat here. Cannot find any appointments with any EU country embassy in London.

We are not even willing to plan holidays for which ever country we can get Schengan visa appointment for.

Any tips and pointer will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hello everyone, I have got a question about maternity allowance. As my wife is on spouse visa, she cannot claim child benefit which is ok. But she is also missing out on national insurance credit due to this. My question is can she be registered as self employed and make voluntry class 2 national in...

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:10 am

rommy wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:03 am

If my calulation is right we should be able to apply for ilr from 17/01/2026? I.E 28 days before 5th anniversary on 14/02/2026

Your calculations is correct, you still got to scale the extension hurdle 1st.

Of course. Thank you ever so much for your input.

If my calulation is right we should be able to apply for ilr from 17/01/2026? I.E 28 days before 5th anniversary on 14/02/2026

Hello respected member, We are in a situation where we need to possibly extend my wife spouse visa early to take care of urgent family matters back home and need advise from forum members. My wife was granted spouse visa on 20/12/2020 and she entered UK on 14/02/2021. Her initial leave is expiring ...

Hello respected member, We are in a situation where we need to possibly extend my wife spouse visa early to take care of urgent family matters back home and need advise from forum members. My wife was granted spouse visa on 20/12/2020 and she entered UK on 14/02/2021. Her initial leave is expiring o...

Thank you as always for your kind response.

I am a bit confused about capital gain tax. Does CGT counts toward the £50k income threshold? I.E if my salary is £40k and I also earn £20k as captial gain in a year , does it take me over the threshold?

Good afternoon, I need your help with regards to child benefit. I am originally from Pakistan and now also have british citizenship. My wife is on spouse visa with me being her sponsor and we will be applying for extension in Sep 2023. I am currently earning around £40k. We just had a baby. Can I ap...

Oh lord. I missed couple of them as I am overseas and didn't answer due to roaming charges.

Hopefully they will drop an email in case of any urgent queries????

Can anyone help me to identify number from which HO calls in case of any query? Is it a private number.

I am currently overseas and yesterday I missed a call from unknown number. Now I am worried I might have missed an important call.

Not sure if there is a definitive time but recalled mine was less than 2 weeks after contacting MP. My Mp send query for me on 12 november but we havn't had a response yet. Fingers cross Did you apply for priority visa as standard processing time is 60 working days? Priority application being unava...

How long does home office take to reply MP. Not sure if there is a definitive time but recalled mine was less than 2 weeks after contacting MP. My Mp send query for me on 12 november but we havn't had a response yet. Fingers cross Did you apply for priority visa as standard processing time is 60 wo...

Hi Guy's Today i have received an email from H.O saying that "Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer." i am just worried it's bit late to r...

Hi Guy's Today i have received an email from H.O saying that "Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer." i am just worried it's bit late to r...

Thank you guys for your help.

I had to pay as only premium was available. Its for 24th Oct.

Which date did you get? Free one?

Finay got an appointment this morning. There are still few left so hurry up if you are still waiting. With regards to appointment can someone please help with documentation required on the day. My wife will take : Original passport 2 colour photos Appointment confirmation letter Application checklis...

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Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:40 pm

Booked an appointment today in Lahore ao guys keep an eye out. More likely between 1pm to 3 pm and 10pm to 12pm at Pakistani time.

Happy days. What date you managed to get?

The number we have been calling is 9999 from mobile.

There are two email addresses. One is their main CS useless with everything customercare@vfsglobal.com. 2nd email is their mobile service team odmv@gerry.com.pk

Please please share any useful information you might find.

VFS has the most useless customer service I have dealt with. Last Thursday their mobile CS called and said they have availability for 28th October. They asked us to email the details which they already had. No followup from them afterward. Now today I received another email from them after many call...

Still nothing at all. Called them numerous time. But they refuse to provide any information

Yes it is for lahore. But no it won't accelerate visa application in any way. But the problem is without biometric they won't even start processing visa application so there is that.

You are trying from Lahore as well?

A small update. Finally had a call from Gerrys mobile team. The earliest appointment they have is for 28th of October and nothing before that even with their ridiculous fees.

Any luck any one? It just seems that they won't have any slot available at all for a while.