They are not obliged to by EU law, but countries can make such provision if they so wish. These are provisions under national law, not EU law. Thanks Simon. Do you know of any Schengen countries which actually do that? I know I'm unlikely to qualify for anything before Brexit, but I do still have h...

He just tried logging in here on my PC, but got the following error: The specified username is currently inactive. If you have problems activating your account, please contact a board administrator. He can't contact an administrator as suggested, because you have to be logged in to do that... His em...

Could a mod take a look at my friend's account please? Username is chaikhosi. He registered yesterday but the confirmation email never turned up.

He has tried requesting it again and checked his spam folder... no dice. Cheers

I'm a Brit working in Italy, with an EU temporary residence card. My job here will not last long enough for permanent residence (even if Brexit gets delayed) but I might be posted to another Schengen country. Belgium is the most likely but maybe Poland. If possible I want to get permanent residence ...

My wife is a British citizen since 2013 :D and now we want to invite her mother. Not immediately, but in a year or two. Mum wants to come for 2-3 years to help once my wife has a baby, but she isn't interested in staying forever or becoming a British citizen. She has some savings and will have a sma...

Probably just a mistake, but I wasn't charged for the call. The instructions say careline calls have to be paid for by credit card at 72p a minute, but they never asked for my card details.

Update - I called the FCO "careline", 020 8082 4729, to check what documents they want. My wife should send a photocopy of her Kazakhstani passport, her original certificate of naturalisation, our original UK marriage certificate, her original UK driving licence, and any other original UK-...

Getting back on topic, I need to find out if my wife should send her original KZ passport to Paris. I'll call the helpline and post what they say.

Someone who spent their whole life in Italy would qualify for naturalisation there, AFAIK. If they had ever left Italy as a Brit, even as a baby, they'd need a British passport to do that. Granted, becoming Italian probably isn't a very fast process, but the option would exist. Not that this is at a...

True, but I don't follow how that could happen. How would a British national end up in Italy with no other travel document from any country and no ability to get one? But if she didn't have a KZ citizenship (and passport) and was applying for first time British passport, that would mean she doesn't ...

Unless I'm reading it wrong, the notes only seem to call for photocopies of ID when you apply from abroad. So she would keep her KZ passport and IT residence card, and with those she can go to France. I'm a bit reluctant to call an outsourced helpline, when they are unlikely to have any more informa...

Thanks! She can't take so much time off work, so I think she will have to apply from Italy. That means the regional processing centre in Paris. Any idea if they will call her to Paris for an interview, and how much warning she would get? Is it published anywhere that she doesn't need her parents' ma...

Seconded about Solihull PEO. My wife and I went there for her ILR which was done with no problems :-)) but at the next interview window to us, there was a couple whose application was completely invalid. They admitted they had never lived together, and they didn't bring proper ID either. The casewor...

My wife sent her naturalisation application one week before starting a new job in Italy, and only three weeks later it's been approved! We know what to do about the citizenship ceremony, but can anyone confirm what documents are required to get a first British passport, as an adult, while overseas? ...

In that case, do you know what (if anything) they actually check up on? We always assumed that when a caseworker finally gets round to reading her form, they would try to check that what she put down was still true. Her application is based on the evidence submitted with the application not current ...

So you think it would make a difference if I move to a different address at which my wife is not a tenant? I would only be renting a room there so I couldn't have her on the contract.

Btw, I just changed the thread title to make my question a bit clearer.

Spidery_thread wrote:Leave it as it is, for the time being.

Thanks, that does make it easy to inform HO.

Any opinion on the risks of not keeping my wife's name on UK bills or rental agreements while she is abroad?

Spidery_thread wrote: This will help

I'm a BC, and my wife has applied for naturalisation (using NCS) two weeks ago. We got the acknowledgement letter on 11th Feb (dated 8th), and the fee has been taken from her credit card. Then on 14th Feb, she left the UK for a new job overseas, on a 12 month contract. We have been told quite a few ...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: Married to BC, 2 yrs marriage visa, just received ILR at Solihull PEO Method of application: NCS Newbury Date of application: 05 Feb 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 08 Feb 2013 Date of debit of fees: 11 Feb 2013 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13 Feb 2013...

My wife just got her ILR approval today :D and we're waiting for the biometric ID! Now the next question. She has lived here for 7 years and can apply for naturalisation as soon as the ID arrives. But she has been offered a very good job in Italy. If she takes it, she has to start work in 4 weeks. S...

Update: it is essential to bring the ID card to the nationality checking service. We finally got an answer from our local council, and from two other councils in other cities that I emailed. The letter is not enough.

Yes, I'm British. She has already been here more than 3 years so there shouldn't be any need to wait longer.

Can I ask where and when you were able to use the nationality checking service without the biometric card? Thanks!

Jambo wrote:I assume you are British

My wife and I can't get a straight answer out of the authorities or our lawyer, so I hope someone here has already done the above. Is it possible to have a premium ILR (settlement) interview at a public enquiry office, then go to our local council's nationality checking service the next day with the...

I'm British and my foreign wife has been here on a spouse visa for 18 months. Actually for nearly 5 years, but the rest of the time she had student and work visas. We still qualify for the old two-year spouse residence period, so in January 2013 she can apply for ILR, and citizenship immediately aft...