Not the best quote from Shakespeare, but the Home Office has ways to get its pound of flesh. You haven't mentioned the age of the children. Keep in mind that children above the age of 10 are expected to meet the good character requirements when registering as British citizens. Being an overstayer ca...

If the child was born in the UK and either one parent has Settled Status/ILR, the child has an entitlement to be registered as a British citizen.

Such a child can be registered even if living abroad, though that would obviously take much longer.

I must confess that this Private Members Bill was not something I was aware of till today. It is a Private Members Bill (so introduced by individual Members of the Commons or or the House of Lords, not by the government), but which has government backing. Indeed it was prepared by the Home Office, &...

Naturalisation is not on the immigration pathway (which ends at ILR), but is a separate process under different laws, with different requirements. There is no priority service for naturalisation. And the six month period is an aspiration, not a hard-and-fast rule. There has been one case on these fo...

A child born in the UK has an entitlement to register as a British citizen if one of the parents is granted ILR, even if the child themselves is abroad. But you will face practical difficulties. The MN1 form will require referees, who are not related to the child and who have known them for at least...

I'll start by saying that a Form ARD application is effectively cost-free, because the £130 citizenship ceremony fee is fully refunded if the application fails. So, no harm in applying. However, such an application is highly unlikely to succeed. 4th Maternal Great Grandfather born England 1804 3rd M...

So I just asked my father, and yes, he was in fact married a year before I was born. That weakens your case quite a bit. The definition of father in the British Nationality Act 1981 is quite specific. (9A)For the purposes of this Act a child’s father is— (a) the husband or male civil partner, at th...

debssss wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 10:34 am

My father was married to someone else shortly after my birth (however, I'm not sure of the details regarding this, he's since been divorced)

Was either your father or your mother married to somebody else on the date of your birth?

I came into the country October 2021 What visa did you come into the UK with? It is unusual for somebody to get ILR in less than five years. will I be able to apply for my British passport next year 2025 What is your age? Are you married to a British citizen? If you are past your 18th birthday and ...

Straight off the bat, the odds of a dependent single young male (your brother in law) getting a visit visa are close to nil, especially when

atikur wrote: ↑

Sat May 11, 2024 9:04 pm

His next semester will be starting whenever he wants.

I don't know if Section 3(c) applies to EEA applications - may I ask how did you switch to EEA permit? It didn't. contorted_svy is correct in pointing out that an EEA application would not have extended pre-existing leave. So, from the time of the end of your student visa till the time of the grant...

I am curious to know why a child with Indian nationality suddenly cannot get their passport renewed ? There has been some newly introduced legislation in India that removes citizenship from children whose parents have acquired another nationality. It is not so much new legislation as a stricter int...

London_dreams wrote: ↑

Fri May 10, 2024 12:30 pm

My visa started on 25 March,2020

What visa do you have? Is it is a skilled worker visa, a spouse visa or another visa?

Every different type of visa has different requirements and different rules.

An MP said as much in the Commons yesterday . Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con) I have stopped the large number of so-called asylum seekers from attending my surgeries, and I have instructed my office not to deal with asylum cases, for two reasons: as MPs we have zero authority, mandate or influenc...

I thought the same as well, and checked a few immigration law websites where they say the birth certificate is usually enough for pre1983. I am inclined to agree that a pre-1983 birth certificate may be sufficient on its own. You may be asked for proof of the parents' occupation in the UK, at most....

My husband was born in the UK in 1976, his parents were working in the UK at the time. They left the UK a few years later to India. He has recently found out he is eligible to apply for a British passport. I don't think the marriage certificates may be relevant, nor their immigration status in the ...

reetisrivastava wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:32 pm

if both parents( mother and father ) have ILR and my daughter is also ILR then is it okay to fill MN1?

How long has the child been in the UK?

If the child has been in the UK for more than 10 years, then yes.

I had no idea, upon Naturalisation - I have to immediately claim a British Passport or RoA-COE. That is not true. You only need to apply for one or the other if you need to re-enter the UK, and really only if you are a visa national. Your profile flag suggests that you are Australian. So you should...

The gov website says something about the 90-day limit in the last year That is for a naturalisation application. Note that ILR and naturalisation are separate processes, under different laws and with different requirements, and assessed differently. ILR may have different absence requirements, and ...

Northern Ireland is a part of the UK and Pre-Settled Status is valid over there as well. However, you can't travel to the Republic of Ireland based on your Pre-Settled Status, even though there are no border checks. That will require a visa, as Pre-Settled Status is a status limited to the UK. You c...

Regarding ILR dependent visa, children are following the status of least privileged parent, which is your wife, in this case. That is true of children born outside the UK . In this case, the child was born in the UK, so it may (I am not absolutely certain) be able to follow the path of the most-pri...

Is it fine to have the child, who's born in the UK, reside in the UK without a legal residence status while their citizenship application (MN1) is under progress ? I've got my ILR in Feb 24, and the current dependent status of my child is coming to an end in June 2024. So he'll be without a residen...

PS. Also factor in time applying/waiting for your passport from HMPO (not UKVI), for which no acceleration is available for first passports. I am going to emphasise this point, because a UK naturalisation certificate will almost certainly not be recognised outside the UK. You will need to apply for...

Sources for meeting the financial requirement Where the applicant has to meet the minimum income requirement, the financial requirement can generally be met in the following 5 ways: income from salaried or non-salaried employment of the partner (and/or the applicant if they are in the UK with permi...

Why would the Indian Government not renew your sons’ passports? India allows children to keep Indian nationality until they are 18 when they can choose. How old are your sons? The Indian government has recently changed its interpretation of the law (I believe, but am not sure, that there has been n...