Thank you Casa for your response. its very unfair of them to take a lot more money then push it back to normal queue. Any chance I could get my passport back quickly or will that mean cancelling my wife's application. I have a potential travel coming up. Skr Unfortunately her application is likely t...
Thank you Casa for your response. its very unfair of them to take a lot more money then push it back to normal queue. Any chance I could get my passport back quickly or will that mean cancelling my wife's application. I have a potential travel coming up. Skr Unfortunately her application is likely t...
Hello everyone My wife applied for ILR using SET (M) as a spouse of british citizen at Croydon PEO. however, they asked her to submit my passport and a cover letter by post to Liverpool which we promptly posted. its been nearly a month since she applied at PEO but heard nothing from UKBA so far. can...
My wife is in uk since 2001, first on student dependent than from 2006 on work permit dependent. Since oct 2010 she is on spouse residence permit. The trial period is ending by sept 2012. During these two years due to her parents illness and death, she has to remain outside uk for most of the time. ...
Hello all My wife has been on spouses visa since oct 2010. However, she had to spend a considerable amount of time (almost all of the 2 years) abroad to take care of her dad who needed intensive care. In the mean time, I also moved abroad due to job. We still have our family home here in UK and will...
Hello all. would like your advice/experience about my wife's case I have been recently naturalised and I have been married to my wife for 11 years. My wife was given her spousal visa on my ILR in 2010. We are thinking of applying for her ILR using Set (M) in Aug/sept 2012. However, she had to spend ...
Hello all. would like your advice/experience about my wife's case I have been recently naturalised and I have been married to my wife for 11 years. My wife was given her spousal visa on my ILR in 2010. We are thinking of applying for her ILR using Set (M) in Aug/sept 2012. However, she had to spend ...
Has anone applied for their first passport through Hong Kong regional passport processing office? how much time does it take? do you need an interview?
Hello Bob1979 well the registrars office called me to let me know that my certificate has arrived with them on 27th. (infact a day before HO printed my letter). They said I might get the letter before that, but didn't. They did say that sometime the letter will be delayed as it is send out by 2nd cl...
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just a quick update. I had my ceremony last friday (30/sep) but still no sight of the brown envelope. I know its academic now that I got the certificate, but its incredible that they take so long to send the approval letter even after sending the certificate to city councils.
Hello Jambo, Sushdmehta and osteophytes thank you all for your valuable comments and links. with regards to Osteophytes comment and Jambo's response regarding future intentions. In my case, the job offer was certainly after my nationality application. I have lived in the UK for 13 years and this new...
I got my certificate today, had my private ceremony at 10.30 am. Not sure if I have time to apply for my passport. I have to travel next to next week for an overseas appointment and the visa for that need to be processed as well. so not sure if I can afford to send my current passport to IPS and tak...
Hello PK just to support to what to rnr79, simon1111 said. the letter could take about 10-12 days. I still have got mine. I know my council has the certificate as I am doing my ceremony tomorrow. Hope you will get a good surprise tomorrow, and think about the celebration like rnr suggested all the b...
Thank you Jumbo for your response. Is is possible to get the form countersigned by someone here in the UK before I leave? As I will be new in China, I don't know anyone there who know me for more than 2 years. Don't have experience myself but surely there are enough Brits (by birth) living abroad wh...
Hello Sushdmehta I will be away till June or July 2012 as a resident on employment visa. My employer has agreed to help me get new my resident permit and visa once my UK passport is ready, as I can't use my current passport once I have another nationality. I will be in China (shanghai) for that peri...
Hello ILR_Applicant_UK. thank you for your suggestion.. look like my wait is over... even though I still haven't see the brown envelope nothing in the post for me today also... :cry: but this rather to get this post on top of the list Skr: While you wait, it maybe worth calling the council every now...
Hello there I would just give it a try ...i.e. to ring them and see to stop the agonising wait. Unlike what some said here about calling and diverting their time from dealing with cases, the documents from UKBA clearly shows that they have a separate team who deal with phone enquiry. Its not the cas...
Thank you AALI24...
any news from UKBA regarding your application? Mind you, I haven't got the much talked about brown envelope yet.... hope it will arrive before friday.
Hello all I am having to travel immediately after my naturalisation ceremony leaving me no time to apply for my UK passport. Is is possible for me to apply for my first UK passport from abroad. I saw the page on FCO http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/passports1/ but not sure if the 1s...
Hello again got my private ceremony booked for this friday. again great help from city council to understand the personal circumstance and do everything they can to organise it with short notice. :D will not be able to apply for my passport till next summer unless I can apply it overseas using my na...
great news.... :D My city council called me to say that they have my certificate now. They were on my case since last month as they heard my problem with travel. They have been very very helpful in keeping an eye for my certificate. So as soon as it arrive today, they called me to let me know. Now t...
Hi AALI24 not sure if a decision has been made. When I called last week, I sensed that it has been made. I asked them if I could send a prepaid special delivery envelope to send their response. And the person on the phone said it may be too late for that. Fingers crossed. dear ILR_Applicant_UK and a...
dear ILR_Applicant_UK and all others.. I called my city council about the ceremony and go to know the following details which may be useful for others as well. they told me that they get an email from UKBA with the approval for that week on Thursdays which is followed by the certificates on friday b...
