The referee need not have known the child for a minimum time limit. We moved to a new area and the GP and school originally refused to sign our children's application on the 3 year grounds. We showed the school the form and clarified that there is no 3 year requirement for a child (which exists for ...

Amber - thank you for clarifying. One follow up question if I may: To confirm, so long as the PBS grants the points for English language for a certain degree (and we have the PBS calculator printout as proof), we don't need a separate NARIC certificate stating that the qualification was taught in En...

Thanks for the inputs Smam and Jambo @Smam - I was originally under the same impression as you that one needs to complete 1 year post ILR for BC. However, to be granted a BC, one needs to meet the residency requirement of not having been outside UK for more than 90 days in the last 12 months before ...

Hi - we got our ILR in Dec 2012 and now need to leave UK for professional reasons. Our preference is to get the citizenship and then leave if we have to but looking at a Plan B in case that does not work out. So, the question is, if we were to leave UK now and return, say, after 1 year and 11 months...

Dear all - wanted to thank this group for all the inputs that helped us prepare for our successful ILR application in Dec. Our case was WP (2008-2009), Tier 2 ICT (2009-11) and Tier 1 thereafter. Carried documents as suggested by this group 1. Applicaton form 2. Life in the UK certificate 3. Cohab d...

Recently got an online appointment for ILR after a few attempts. Posting a few tips that may be beneficial for the group: 1. Found the safari browser more effective than IE or Chrome. While it is not foolproof, when you get a "page not displayed" error because the server is overloaded, Saf...

Dear all - I had a question on the time duration between ILR and naturalisation. If a person leaves UK after getting an ILR and returns within 24 months, what impact will that have on the naturalisation application? Couldn't find this in the FAQs or search so if this has already been answered, would...

From 23 May 2011, Section 19 of the UK Borders Act 2007 will restrict the evidence that an applicant can rely on at an appeal hearing. Any evidence submitted must have been produced at the time when the application was made. This change is effective to applications made in the past but where first a...

For my Tier 1 switching application, I had submitted two qualifications - BCom and CA both of which gave 30 points as per PBS. Since the tool only allows you to select one, CA was selected. The Tier 1 application was rejected on the grounds that CA Final examination certificate was provided and they...

Hello all - does anyone have a NARIC statement / certificate for the CA qualification from ICAI in India that you can share a copy of? Am making an appeal and wanted to confirm that CA is recognised as Masters before I send my appeal / witness letter. My NARIC letter will come by 26/7, hopefully, in...

Thanks Sush for clarifying. I don't need 35 points since the total of age, income and UK experience is already 60 and I believe I need a total of 80 points for Appendix A). So even if they gave 30 points for CA, that should have been sufficient. I take your feedback that I should have included NARIC...

Yes it is although admittedly the PBS can be a bit confusing and gives different results for the same degree depending on what is selected as "qualification" e.g. if qualification is master's degree, it gives 35 points and if qualification is member / passed finalist (which is what was sel...

Thanks for the swift response. I did not include a letter of comparability from NARIC but plan to do that as part of my response and appeal (hoping they will accept). I already have 60 points across age, income and UK experience. So 20 points should be enough for qualification. By including CA and B...

Dear All - hope all is well. My application for a Tier 1 has been rejected on the grounds that my qualification (Bachelors, Chartered Accountancy (CA)- both from India) are deemed to be less than Bachelor level in UK. According to the UKBA, "You provided a certificate from the Institute of Char...