Hello all, My mother got her longterm (2 years) visa in Nov 2014. I have few questions about my mother's long term visa. She arrived here in Dec 2014, soon after she got visa. I am doing my PhD and I need help with my toddler as he is only two years old and I am a single mother with no help here. I ...

Hello everyone, I have an ILR and my son is British. I have recently separated from my husband and I need my mother around to help me move to another place. Her visit visa expires in July. She arrived in the UK in mid May and was granted visa in January 2014. My question is can I apply for extension...

Thanks for the prompt response. I think I will wait for another advice on this, but I have taken your advice into my consideration

By legal separation my status remains Married, so I will still be British person's spouse.

Thanks for the reply. I arrived in the UK on 27 September 2010. I read on the UKBA website as long as your status is married, you can apply for citizenship after 3 years as long as eligibility criteria is satisfied. Please confirm if my knowledge of this is correct. I went to Pakistan for 10 months ...

Hello everyone, I arrived in the UK on a spouse visa. I received my ILR in February 2013. I am now going for a legal separation and would like some answers to the following questions: I have been absent from the UK during: 10 Aug 2011 - 10 Sept 2011 27 April 2012 - 10 June 2012 14 June 2013 - 14 May...

I have been absent from the UK:
1) 2011 ( 10 Aug - 10 Sept)
2) 2012 ( 27 April - 10 June)
3) 2013 (14 June - still in Pakistan but planning return in two weeks)

Thanks for the reply!

Hello, I received my ILR this year in February. I came to the UK on 27 September 2010, have studied in the UK on my spouse visa and taken Life in the UK test aswell. I think I have fulfilled all conditions for naturalisation except that I have more than 90 days absences in the final (third) year. My...

Hello, First of all, thanks in advance for your response. I need urgent help with answers to the questions I have, I will try to be precise. I got my ILR in Feb 2013 and have had a troubled marriage. My husband and I are separated and social services have put my son in Child in Protection plan becau...

I want to travel to Pakistan in early June ( I am a Pakistani and baby is British). I am confused whether I should apply for visit visa or NICOP for my baby to visit Pakistan. Visa costs £140 and NICOP costs £40.

Can members post NICOP processing time so I can have some idea.

Thanks.

Can senior members help?

Hello Casa,

Do you know what I should do? I have letter from bank confirming that it is their mistake.

I am thinking of getting intouch with my MP

Hello everyone, I need your help with an unusual situation I just encountered. My spouse visa already expired and I made an application for ILR 2 days prior to expiry. However, a week later I learned that the cheque of £991 bounced because of my husband had no signature mandate on system. But when w...

Can somebody reply to the above questions? Thanks

Hello.

Can you answer aforementioned question? Apologies but deadline is approaching soon.

I am going to ask the aforementioned questions again. I think I posted them in a hurry. My questions related to FLR M are: 1- Section 2: Category I am applying under I came on Spouse visa and therefore I am applying as Spouse of a person settled in the UK. 2.2 asks Is this the first time you have ap...

Hello,

Can somebody reply to aforementioned questions?

Hello everyone, My visa is expiring on 18 August therefore prompt responses will be appreciated. Background: I came to the UK on 27 Sept 2010 on Spouse visa but my visa is valid till 18 August 2012. I am eligible for FLR (M) and not ILR yet. Questions: 1 - I am applying under the category of Spouse ...

Hello Asim, I spoke to solicitor and will be seeing some more tomorrow. All of them are charging a lot. I have however paid them for initial consultation. They do advise FLR (M) but do acknowledge the confusion of varying application can cause for caseworker. Anyway, I am going ahead with FLR (M) ap...

Thanks Asim.

I am seeing a solicitor tomorrow.

Asim, can you check my understanding?

Okay so I will go for a safer option to extend and then apply for ILR. My spouse visa expires on 18 August 2012 and it is valid from 18 May 2010. Home Office informed me that I have been granted visa on 18 August 2010. For extension I have to apply (FLR M) before my current visa expires so I plan to...

Helly Jammy,

can you recommend any solicitor? I am facing similar problem.

Thanks, I know I am late but at least visa hasn't expired yet. I went to see MP today and they asked me to see solicitor and he will send me supporting letter on whatever the advice of solicitor is. I saw solicitor and he said advice is for £150 and application charges are £600. Asim can you explain...

This was emailed to me on 17 August 2010 [i]Dear Sir/Madam, A decision has been made on your application but it has not yet been returned to Gerrys by the British High Commission in Islamabad. I have contacted my colleagues in Islamabad who will look in to why and will try to ensure that the applica...