Hello I have not posted here for many years as I have not had the need to. My wife is a Canadian National who has Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) since April 2011. This was granted based on marriage to me following entry via a Fiancee Visa and then 2-year Limited Leave as was in place at the time. ...

So my wife is a Canadian citizen with ILR in the UK, held since 2011. She holds her expired Canadian passport with her ILR sticker inside and a current Canadian passport issued by the High Commission in London. We have come across this online about changed that came into force re: Right to Work chec...

Application Type: First Child Passport (6 month old baby) Method of application: Check and Send (Post Office) Date of application: 20.03.2014 Date SMS Received: 24.03.2014 Date of deduction of fees: N/A Date of return of documents: *STILL WAITING* Date of SMS that Passport is being printed: 02.05.2...

Instruct77 wrote:So basically, at present if I were to visit the UK. I would be considered a tourist, despite the fact that I have a Bulgarian residency. Am I correct in this assumption?

Yes.

The number is 0300 222 0000.

You need to quote the Application Barcode number when you ring.

Have you called the passport advice line chasing already?

Application Type: First Child Passport (6 month old baby) Method of application: Check and Send (Post Office) Date of application: 20.03.2014 Date SMS Received: 24.03.2014 Date of deduction of fees: N/A Date of return of documents: *STILL WAITING* Date of SMS that Passport is being printed: 02.05.20...

Not at all. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Where have you seen that it will "automatically be granted"?! I read at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/guidance/ecg/ecb/ecb4/#header2 that "Where a non-visa national insists on applying (even if an entry clearance is not required), the application should be accepted.&...

See http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/general-info/visa-holders/ Others may clarify, but my own personal understanding is that having a visitor's visa greatly reduces the chances of being bounced. The difference is that when applying for a visa the applicant establishes their bona...

If she is overly worried about being refused entry ("bounced") she can apply for a visit visa beforehand. thank you, I'd considered that course, but I then read at http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/guidance/ecg/ecb/ecb4/#header2 that a visa application from a non visa nationa...

If she is overly worried about being refused entry ("bounced") she can apply for a visit visa beforehand.

D4109125 wrote:See How to apply for a certificate of entitlement

Is there no Express option for a British Passport for the child open to you?

I have always liked Vince Cable the part that makes me laugh is “There is an issue here. I vividly recall a conversation I had with a constituent before the general election and she was taking me to task for what she said were ‘millions of illegal immigrants in the country’. “Perhaps rather reckles...

1) see http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/civil-statu ... ion-office - 'Note' at bottom of page.

2) Not 100% sure but I would think it does count as absence since Gibraltar is not a part of the UK but rather a British Overseas Territory.

Brief history - Mrs Simmo is Canadian with ILR in UK, I am British citizen. Our in-laws are retired in Canada, they are naturalized Canadian citizens. They also hold Croatian passports, having emigrated to Canada some years ago. I understand that once Croatia accedes to the EU on 1 July this year, t...

INSIDER wrote:I very much look forward to your response.

So today marked the 20 working days UKBA had to respond (within law) to my request. But they have not!

Have sent a chaser e-mail - although looking at the site I used quite a few people have overdue FoI requests with the UKBA at present

I know at least two people who do this - live and work in UK under their EU passport, travel back to Canada on their Canadian passports.

Thanks for the quick and most informative reply!

US nationals constitute one of the largest groups of denials of entry at my port together with Brazilians who are well known for overstaying and illegal working. Do you have any links to show that this is the case with the UK? Also, do you have any links that describe why the UK government still al...

a european visa might be worth investing in too if going to france too? if you are concerned that uk might refuse entry, eu could too. Can't say for sure but I doubt that she would get half as much potential grief entering Schengen. We go a couple of times a year with my Canadian wife and in four c...

Know this is probably a basic question but these things tend to make me nervous so thought I would ask anyway. My wife is a Canadian citizen with Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK (ILR). She has just renewed her Canadian passport and received her new document yesterday from the Canadian High Comm...

I am a current IO. First off, you needn't have waited in the non-Eu queue. The convention is that non-EU family members should be seen at the EU queue if travelling with the EU passport holder. In fact, we are instructed by managers to see all and any passengers at any desk they present themselves....

Know this is slightly off-topic but wondering in particular if any of the current/ex IOs on this board can maybe comment? My wife and I arrived at Manchester Airport Terminal 1 this morning coming home from a break in Canada. Me (UK citizen) and wife (Canadian citizen, UK ILR) were faced with a 1h+ ...

You may be able to exchange your Canadian licence. See http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... DG_4022562 to check if you qualify.

Also the following may be of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Tra ... in_Britain