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by secret.simon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying discretion in absence: met or didn't meet requirements?
Replies: 15
Views: 951

Re: Applying discretion in absence: met or didn't meet requirements?

nopal wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:46 pm
is there a different application all together?
No.
nopal wrote:
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:46 pm
or do I state that I'd like to be considered on the 5 year route in my cover letter?
Yes.
by secret.simon
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: British Citizenship
Replies: 2
Views: 650

Re: British Citizenship

Did you apply for and get any form of documentation about your residence in the UK, either a Residence Certificate or a Document certifying Permanent Residence, before 2020? They would have been a blue coloured tri-fold card. You could try applying for Settled Status when you are back in the UK (it ...
by secret.simon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Child first passport, after parents ILR and British passport
Replies: 8
Views: 522

Re: Child first passport, after parents ILR and British passport

You must prove that you had ILR before the birth of the child.

What proof of your ILR status predating the child's birth did you provide with the application?
by secret.simon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Indian passport renew denied for children
Replies: 14
Views: 1621

Re: Indian passport renew denied for children

Thank you Simon for your advise. Is it legal to share the recent judgement copy from Delhi high court for a similar case to Indian high commission and request them reconsider their decision not to renew the passport for Indian born children living in uk ? Though judgement copy is Available to downl...
by secret.simon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Indian passport renew denied for children
Replies: 14
Views: 1621

Re: Indian passport renew denied for children

RonV , were the two friends married to each other, i.e. were they are family unit applying for naturalisation together, with both parents having ILR? Note that in the case of the OP, the mother/wife is still on FLR(M) and does not have ILR. Also, the OP's question is specifically about the child be...
by secret.simon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Referee with criminal conviction
Replies: 8
Views: 494

Re: Referee with criminal conviction

I am not a lawyer, keep that in mind. I am interpreting it in it's plain meaning.

I think it means that the offence that you were convicted of can or does carry a prison sentence is enough, even if you don't actually serve time for it.
by secret.simon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Referee with criminal conviction
Replies: 8
Views: 494

Re: Referee with criminal conviction

It is explicitly stated in both the Form AN guidance and the Form MN1 guidance in identical language. We will not usually accept a referee who has been convicted of an imprisonable offence during the last 10 years The absence of the table may just mean that the two guidances have been updated, but t...
by secret.simon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: Indian passport renew denied for children
Replies: 14
Views: 1621

Re: Indian passport renew denied for children

RonV wrote:
Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:29 pm
If yes, you can directly apply naturalization for your children, bypassing the ILR process.
I disagree.
by secret.simon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalise for non uk born under section 3 for Home Secretary consideration
Replies: 6
Views: 761

Re: Naturalise for non uk born under section 3 for Home Secretary consideration

Because this situation is caused by a recent change to the Indian government's interpretation of Indian law, it is a known unknown. It is worth noting that stateless children born in the UK and stateless adults living in the UK can register or naturalise only after at least five years of residence i...
by secret.simon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Is a child of a British (by naturalization) citizen a British citizen?
Replies: 12
Views: 1040

Re: Is a child of a British (by naturalization) citizen a British citizen?

If the child is born on or after the date of naturalisation, then yes, the child will automatically be a British citizen by descent if born outside the UK. But the child will not be able to automatically pass on British citizenship to their own children if those children (your grandchildren) are bor...
by secret.simon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalization for Non-UK born Child
Replies: 3
Views: 220

Re: Naturalization for Non-UK born Child

Children born abroad follow the same immigration status as the second parent and can apply for ILR along with the second parent, regardless of whether the child themselves have completed five years residence or not.
by secret.simon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Apply for Citizenship
Replies: 3
Views: 355

Re: Apply for Citizenship

To build on contorted_svy 's answer above, you can travel while the application is in progress. If you get a successful response, you need to contact the local council within 21 days and attend the naturalisation ceremony in the UK within 90 days. After that, there are many actions that you will nee...
by secret.simon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation Application Withdrawal Fee
Replies: 7
Views: 395

Re: Naturalisation Application Withdrawal Fee

can anyone give a guarantee Anonymous strangers on a web forum aren't the best people to seek guarantees from. We can guide based on the guidance published by the government, but none of us (to the best of my knowledge) work for the Home Office and certainly can't give you a guarantee on their beha...
by secret.simon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Can I travel before I get my UK passport
Replies: 18
Views: 1816

Re: Can I travel before I get my UK passport

I don’t know if the situation is different to the OP as SA nationals need a visa to travel to the UK. It is. A non-visa-national can get onto a flight and get to the UK border to make her arguments to a UK border official. A visa national will not be allowed to get onto a flight to the UK by the ai...
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: 297 of immigration rules
Replies: 4
Views: 458

Re: 297 of immigration rules

Just confirming that the children in question are from a previous marriage and you had divorced your previous spouse? What is the answer to this question? Were you at any stage in a polygamous marriage? That is to say, at any time, did you have two spouses, whether in the UK or abroad? Also see Rul...
by secret.simon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Skilled Worker Visas (UK Employer Sponsored)
Topic: Immigration Skills Charge on shortage occupation
Replies: 1
Views: 318

Re: Immigration Skills Charge on shortage occupation

3421 graphic designers, which is a shortage occupation, so the Immigration Skills Charge does not apply, That may not be completely accurate. The list of occupation codes for which there is no Immigration Skill Charge is quite short and not tied to the whole Shortage Occupation List. You will not h...
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Visitor visa documents query - Help please!
Replies: 1
Views: 448

Re: Visitor visa documents query - Help please!

Also see the advice in this thread for the chances of a single, unemployed male applying for a UK visit visa.
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Urgent Help with IHS form for settlement visa for Child
Replies: 6
Views: 494

Re: Urgent Help with IHS form for settlement visa for Child

Komshee wrote:
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:17 pm
My wife is having UK ILR. Our Child is born in the UK
Was the child born in the UK before or after the date your wife got ILR?
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: can I use 2 separate 5 year route periods for ILR?
Replies: 5
Views: 288

Re: can I use 2 separate 5 year route periods for ILR?

Please expand on your answer "ILR generally requires five continuous years." In which situation can the five years be separate then ? Some immigration routes, such as Global Talent or Innovator or Start-up, allow for ILR in less than five years if specific conditions are met. Therefore I ...
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Topic: can I use 2 separate 5 year route periods for ILR?
Replies: 5
Views: 288

Re: can I use 2 separate 5 year route periods for ILR?

2016 my wife was on 5 year spouse route. 2019 extension: my wife was moved against her will to 10 year route. 2022 extension: my wife was back on the 5 year route. Presumably the first and last LRs were FLR(M) and the one in the middle was an FLR(FP) because she failed to meet one of the requiremen...
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Employment offers and job seekers
Topic: Heard, that with the EU ppassport it will be easier to get a job in the EU
Replies: 5
Views: 1550

Re: Heard, that with the EU ppassport it will be easier to get a job in the EU

Heard, that with the EU ppassport it will be easier to get a job in the EU. That is correct. But the EU itself does not issue the passports. An "EU passport" is a passport issued by a Member-State of the EU . If you hold the passport of any EU Member-State, or even of any EEA Member-State...
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: Permanent Residency in Sweden as a Surviving Spouse
Replies: 3
Views: 822

Re: Permanent Residency in Sweden as a Surviving Spouse

How old are the children?
by secret.simon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:55 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: MN1 Application for UK born Child
Replies: 8
Views: 610

Re: Child born in the UK and applying Citizenship.

The child will have an entitlement to register as a British citizen when either one parent gets ILR, because they were born in the UK. Their UK immigration status does not matter.

So your child can be registered as a British citizen regardless of whether their BRP has expired or not.
by secret.simon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: General Visitor Visa question
Replies: 11
Views: 776

Re: General Visitor Visa question

mya_44 wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:06 pm
My little brother...is 27 years old and still studying art at a university. He lives with his parents.
He, a single unemployed male with little or no strong connection to his home country, is highly unlikely to get a visit visa. He should be prepared for a refusal.
by secret.simon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: request abot for ARD and Section 4L
Replies: 25
Views: 1762

Re: British overseas citizen how to get ROA,ILR or full citizenship

At the same time, what prevents the OP applying for an indian visa based on his indian spouse, as he has already done? The OP needs to meet both the eligibility requirements listed The OP has multiple ways to apply for Indian residency , perhaps through OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India, essential...