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.
Thanks
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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 ...
Thanks Chrisrich, My husband works nightshift in Croydon and will meet us at PEO, hence my struggle to carry originals and full set of duplicates using public transport, it is so much and so heavy and I remembered how I struggled 2 years ago when I switched to spousal. My husband has just pointed ou...
Hi All, I am a constant reader of the forum (wish Set(M) was listed separate from Set(O)) as difficult to read through all Set(O) to find what you are looking for, but enjoy reading about other users experiences. I have PEO appointment in Croydon on 23d March for Set(M) app, my details as follows : ...
If i was you, i would find out if i can switch to the spousal visa in country, which is what i did. then after 24 months on spousal, apply for ILR which you will be on for 12 months before applying for BC. Takes 2 years off your waiting time at least.
Can you not switch to spousal visa?? if you can, this will be issued for 27 months, but you can apply for ILR after 24 months and then you will need to do 12 months on ILR before applying for BC.
I think this is the link referred to : http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/partners-families/citizens-settled/spouse-cp/settlement/ and this one is also relevant : http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/naturalisation/spouseorcivilpartnerofcitizen/ I am curr...
