milan69 wrote:I think the same. Judging by the progress of November/December applications approval I think in March our January applications will start getting resolved.

Is this based on Fee date or application date?

Approvals at the End of Feb for the January applications seem too early. What do U think?

January application update: Total no of applications : 80 Total no of fees debited : 77 Remaining three applicants (listed below) have either not updated their timeline or are still waiting for their fees to be debited MY 10/01/2014 KyleDm 23/01/2014 cofe 25/01/2014 Good luck to all that have appli...

milan69 wrote:I applied on the 28th January and I would expect a decision to be made by the end of March judging by the speed November and some December applicants are dealt.

Good judgement.

According to the current trends, when do you think, January application will be handled/approval will be sent?

any approval please?

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yr (T1+WP) + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS Date of Application: 23/01/2014 Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/01/2014 Date of debit of fees: 03/02/2014 (balance went down) Date of receipt of acknowledgement: WAITING Date of receipt of approval: WAITING Date...

Please sit for ESOL exam (grade 5) whis is really easy- Trinity College. It takes 3/4 days for preparation.

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yr (T1+WP) + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS Date of Application: 23/01/2014 Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/01/2014 Date of debit of fees: WAITING Date of receipt of acknowledgement: WAITING Date of receipt of approval: WAITING Date of Ceremony: WAITING

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yr (T1+WP) + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS Date of Application: 23/01/2014 Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/01/2014 Date of debit of fees: WAITING Date of receipt of acknowledgement: WAITING Date of receipt of approval: WAITING Date of Ceremony: WAITING

My passport was expired on Sep, 2013. The issue date of the new passport was Nov 2013. There is a GAP between Sep 2013 to Nov 2014.

Would be an issue for the naturalisation?

I am employed. I am due to apply for naturalisation soon. I prepared the application form with the follwing documents: 1) Application form 2) 1 copy of Photo (Glued with application form) 3) Passport 4) Biometric Card with ILR 5) Payment form. My queries: 1) Am I missing any document? 2) I don't kno...

This is the same case of mine. Any expert please..........

Any suggestion please.

Hi, I want to invite my parents to visit us in UK. While checking my passport and parents' passports, I noticed that there is a mismatch in father's name and my passport. In his passport, name is like MD. Ra z ul Karim and in my passport this is written as Muhammad Ra j ul Karim. Issuea are: 1) Z an...

HI,

I am due to apply for Naturalisaon this Jan 14. However, my current passport has been expired on Sep, 2013. Would it be any problem if I apply for naturalisation with this expirse passport?

Thanks for th suggestions.

Somudro

University Lecturer can be a referee?

I need to fullfil KOLL. I passed LIUK in my IRL application. I am planning to go for ESOL exam.

Does anyone have experience of taking ESOL examination. Please share your experinece, what is done in ESOL exam.

These is a section in VAF1B form which says:

How long do you want your visa to be valid for? Put a cross (x) in the relevant box:
6 months 1 year 2 years 5 years 10 years

If I say 1 year instead of 6 months, does it affect dicision of case worker?

I hold the ILR with family in the UK. I am going to invite my parents(father+mother) on my weeding ceremony. 1) FAMILY VISITOR (VAF1B DECEMBER 2012) - Is this the latest form? 2) Can I donwload the form from the net. Or Do I need to go to VFS center and collect the form to fill up? 3) Do we need nee...

If your degrees are comparable to UK degree (i.e. are awarded 10 points on the PBS calculator) and were taught in English that should satisfy the new requirement in addition to the LIUK or equivalent. Does this mean minimun 10 points? If University name and degree are in the list and 0 point on the...

Do you have the list of the institutions for B1 Englist test? Any link so that I can find my nearest one?

Majjid wrote:English law doesn't accept overseas 2nd wife...

Why is this issue here? R u thinking for 2nd wife to take care of parents. Don't play with a girl.

WaitingAndWaiting2 wrote:Thank you all. My letter was indeed lost but I finally managed to get hold of UKBA and they re-issued the letter.

How did you manage?

Thanks Jumbo.

So, if a naturalised citizen (british, not by birth) of UK has any child born abroad (New born), what would be his (child) status? The child would be stateless?