Ftse100 Congratulations!!! How many weeks did your new passport take to arrive? Just curiosity.... :-) [quote="ftse100"]Mel, My heartiest congrats. to you and My sincere apologies for not updating yourself My fault..I should have updated you on my progress Got approved: 22 Nov 2012 Approva...
[quote="ftse100"]melyssa You are welcome. I will definitely update as soon as I receive something-And best of luck to you too and hope all goes well for your application. :)[/quote] I thought ftse100 I will update you. I was never asked for any paperwork and got approved for my citizenship...
Eligibility criteria:Spouse BC Method of application: NCS Birmingham Date of application: 23th of Nov, 2012 Date receipt by UKBA:24.11.2012 Date of debit of fees:04/12/2012 Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 04.12.2012 (received on 07/12/12) Date of approval: 21.12.2012 Received: 11.01.13 Date of ce...
burney1970 I don't know if this helps, but when I booked mine online, they basically say you cannot book your appointment earlier than 30 days from your previous visa expiry date, so, if you want your wife's interview on the 15/01/13, you should be looking at something like 15/12/2012.... I think I...
ftse100 Thank you for your reply! I guess it is too early for the payment to go out, but I am crossing my fingers and toes for everything to come out with a good result.... This lady didn't phone the HO but she phoned a person within the building to double check if it was discretionary on compassio...
Thank you for your reply Jambo ....However, I still want to defend my point....! lol (take no notice, it is more than anything to share the experience) Isn't the qualifying period the first 3 years? I have been in the country for over 4 and a bit, well, take out the 5 months and a bit less than 4 ye...
ftse100 Sorry, I guess I was not very clear... The lady did take my application after phoning another person. She confirmed it was on 'compassionate' or 'extenuating' circumstances and they said it was 'discretionary' so they gave me the choice to either gather more info about my dad's illness or t...
Jambo This has been taken from the UKBA website. I must really be delirious, not reading properly.... but.... have been present in the United Kingdom three years before the date of your application; and have not spent more than 270 days outside the United Kingdom during the three-year period; and h...
[b]ftse100[/b] I think we are in a very similar position. This lady also phoned somebody and confirmed that it would be 'compassionate' grounds, but that I needed as much supporting evidence as possible and that I could either wait to gather more evidence, or send the application with a note saying ...
NCS 23/11/12 ILR 09/10 (over 2 years) Sept 11 Left the UK for a bit less than 5 months due to father's cancer. I have been a resident for a bit over 4 years now. Attended NCS appointment (confident I met the requirements on the basis of marriage to BC) thou still worried..... However, when I got the...
