Hi Gretnadawn If you are applying for spouse visa and your husband is british or has ILR, you dont add him to the booking you have made, the booking is only for you as you are the only one applying for set(m). Your husband will be expected to attend and they will indicate on your receipt that it is ...
Hi, I submitted BRP(RC) second last week of November 2011 (can't remember the exact date). Waited two weeks for payment to go through my bank account and nothing happened. 3 weeks after submitting, recieved everything back saying that the payment page 'was not completed'. I phoned UKBA immediately a...
Hi, My daughter lost her BRP and we also applied for a replacement in November last year. With all the hassle and back and forth correspondence between myself and UKBA, I eventually received it beginning of February 2012 adn they had issued it with the incorrect immigration status and I notified the...
Hi, I am guessing that you might have received your BRP already. If not, I am sure it is fine for your friend to sign but I think they will need proof of your as they check the detail agains the information printed on the envelope. If no one is home when the courier delivers, you will need to arrang...
Hi You need to buy the official Home Office book from TSO or also available in WH Smith (£9-99). You get an official Home Office book with test question (£5-99) as well. As far as I know, some websites are availabel but only have test questions, not the actual course material. Once you have the book...
Hi, I would query the 'start date', which should be the same as the date you applied and were granted permission. When I switched to spousal in 2010, my appointment at PEO was on 14th April. I received my BRP about 2 weeks later and the start date was definitely 14 April 2010, not any other date aft...
Hi, I am advising you based on experience and fairly good knowledge about the spousal visa route. Have a look at this link and if in doubt, speak to the Home Office or contact your Citizens Advice Bureau. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/while-in-uk/rightsandresponsibilities/publi...
You will be fine to apply when you are ready as your AV extension is more than valid. You don't HAVE to apply bang on 5 years and could stay for another 5 years if you wanted to or extend again or apply under 10 year rule once your current AV is almost up.
Hi, Council Housing is considered public funds which your wife is not entitled to due to 'no recourse to public funds'. My British uncle's wife has been stuck in South Africa for two years because her first application for spouse visa was declined due to my uncle being housed in council housing and ...
Hi Sunil, Thanks, its been a long hard stressful time from when we decided to move to the UK in March 2008. Yes, you do normally have to wait a year on ILR before citizenship but I have been in the UK for 3 years and 3 months to the day, details below : 29 Dec 2008 - Entered UK same time as BC spous...
Hi All, A quick update on my ILR process : 23/03 - PEO Croydon - ILR granted as Spouse of BC 27/03 - DX Secure attempted to delivering BRPs to home, left calling card 28/03 - Contacted DX and arranged to collect BRPs in London 29/03 - Collected BRPs at 07:50am - all details on BRPs correct Next hurd...
Hi, The test is not the same for everyone, questions are different per person in the test room and are generated by the computer. I found when I did my test that the questions I got were identical to the official Home Office book from TSO, which I read once and then did loads of practice questions i...
Hi, if you ticked yes to question 11, that you need special arrangements, question 12 asks for a letter from your GP/specialist /consultant etc who must be registered with the GMC, not for a letter from the GMC.
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Hi, Any documents you have in either your name or your wife's name can be used as long as they go to the same address and span the FULL two years. It doesn't have to be in joint names but ideally you want at least 1 or 2 in joint names. The caseworker asked me specifically for something in joint nam...
Hi, Agree it is not the most comfortable place for children but if you have all you documents in order and avaialbel covering the FULL 2 years, you will be in and out of PEO in about 3 hours, which is how long it took me from entering the builiding to leaving, with my dependent and british spouse. Y...
Hi, From what I understand, when it says main applicant it means the person who has the appointment and if you have made an appointment for 1 person and bring a dependant to the appointment who is included in your application for ILR, it is not acceptable as you would have had to make an appointment...
Hi all, A quick update that ILR was granted today on Set(M) for myself and my dependent. Total time at PEO from arrival to leaving = 3 hours Very impressed with caseworker handling my application and paperwork. Now I can apply for naturalisation as BC and I will start reading that pack of papers thi...
Hi,
Congrats on passing your test.
Not sure you will get an appointment before 6th April at Croydon, thinks its a bit late as its only two weeks away and appointments get booked weeks in advance.
You might want to try one of the other PEO's
Wish you luck though.
Thanks
No, as I am not 100% sure which numbers to put down from the bankers draft and need to pop into the bank this week to check or ask at the PEO on Friday when i make the payment.
Forgot to say that if I HAVE to make all these copies (+/- 2.5 reems of paper), my biggest problem will be getting the heavy paperwork to the PEO by myself as my husband works night shift in Croydon and is meeting me there.
The number I called is : 0870 606 7766 and I got through each time within about 2 minutes. Can't remember what option I chose, but went for general immigration enquiry.
Hi members I have the same query. Applying Set(m) on Friday, 23rd and have 3 lever arch files covering two years worth of paperwork including payslips for my husband who is paid weekly and two different sets of bank statements, plus utilities, leases, council tax and loads of other 'proof of address...
Hi, I have my PEO appt on Friday and when I was in the bank to order my bankers draft I phoned the Home Office 3 times and all three times they told me it has to be made out to : Home Office Set(M) does say who to pay re. bankers draft on page 2: How can you pay? You must pay by one of the methods s...
Your biometrics will be taken during the process on the day of your appointment, you don't need a separate appointment and only need Set(m) completed. Complete all relevant sections on the form that are applicable to you. You need to say on the form where it asks when and where you had your biometri...
Hi, the appointment is for the person applying for ILR. If you are applying on Set(M), your settled spouse needs to be with you but you don't need an appointment for them. If you have any dependant children, your appointment must be for as many as you are including as your dependants if under 18 is ...
