When people refer to the NCS being a speedy service, I don't think they are referring to how long it takes the participating council to post the application to Liverpool, but how long it takes from applying at the council to when you actually receive the approval. Based on what members indicate in t...
Biggest problem of that is what proof will you have that you entered the country using the marriage visa, currently the immigration computer systems will have you entering on a visitors visa. If you were to subsequently apply for ILR there would be no proof in your passport that you entered on a par...
LOL! Just saw the report on news 24! They were randomly asking cabies what they thought about the test and asking them a question, one said don't let them in (!), one said its absolutely pointless having a test, and the other said it was a good idea. Of the 3 one got a really easy question wrong! (l...
Hi Roger, congrats on passing! What choices do you have on the answers, for example was it just straight A B C or D (select only the correct answer) or were there some questions where the answer could be A B and C (select all the right answers) and were there true/false answers too? Edit:- oh my, yo...
you mean as an indian citizen i can vote for the parimamentary elections, hence vote for MPs and hence influence the choice of prime minister. all these years i could have voted in the parliamentary election. so basically on the register of electors, i should put my name and nationality as indian. ...
Have you all seen the new Homeoffice website? Looks good, however I just tried linking through to immigration and get a bunch of errors! Hopefully that will be fixed by the morning!
I think it has partly got something to do with Zimbabwe declaring Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) at that point all BC lost their rights completely during this time (or something like that), therefore the only thing he would have been able to claim is Right of Abode through ancestry. I ...
Couldn't you get yoyr friend to get his employer call work permits uk or something? They will confirm that he doesnt need a work permit, or get them to look at this page on the home office website: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/0/preventing_illegal/uk_passport_stamps.html it shows a l...
When you say surrender your passport what do you mean? Surrender it to British officials or the officials of the country that issued it? The British Govt allows for dual citizenship so they are not fussed, however depending on the country that issued the passport, they may require you to surrender i...
If im not mistaken, its actually a standard question they ask thats laid out in there procedures manuals, you can actually view that on the homeoffice website. Its like when a work permit holder re-enters the country they always ask 'has your circumstances changed?' and thats it! Don't worry about it.
Seriously though, I suppose I better get my hands on the book and start studying! I wonder what they will do about ILTR applications as they said in the previous statement they will be introducing something similar for that too.
Just a quick one Kayalami, not directly connected with the initial question, but what the commonwealth recognises as a commonwealth country and what British immigration law considers a commonwealth country are two separate things. E.g Zimbabwe is no longer considered a commonwealth countrry per the ...
Do you need to include trips to the Channel Islands? The reason I ask is for tax purposes they are considered outside of the UK, and in fact when you return you have to go through customs (not the blue Euro line) However there is no passport control whatsoever, in fact you dont even need to carry yo...
Hi guys, In the interest of not raising to many alarm bells, I have a very quick look at the pdf and can't find anything to get too excited about in there! Theres no reference to making ILR 5yrs from 4 at least! Also it seems to make quite a few amendments to the current bill, but is not actually a ...
I don't think there is any guidance, but the closer, the better I would have thought. Mine was dated exactly one week before my interview date (even though it was prepared two weeks before that)
Absolutely and thats probably why the issuing of work permits now falls under the IND (or is it the Home Office) In fact you'll probably find that eventually there wont be a distinction between the work permit and residence stamp. Thing is the residence stamp/sticker is issued for a number of differ...
Sorry have to disagree your work permit is NOT your residency permit. A work permit gives you permission to work for a specific employer for a specific period of time. Your residence permit will be stamped in your passport and is issued seperately from your work permit.
Went in to do my ILR today at the B'ham PEO and I got it. However they did ask me for my Work Permits, and guess what I didnt take them! Oh well after a lot of umming an ahhing and checking things on the computer they gave it to me anyway. Though it was interesting listening to the their convo, they...
Congrats! I am going on Monday 13th to the Birmingham PEO to get mine done! I'm surprised they asked for your work permits as in the guidance it doesnt say you need them, also most people who have posted have said they didnt take or werent asked for there work permit?
Hi, my 'golden' date turned out to be 13th June, now I'm doing my ILR app through the B'ham PEO, so maybe they do it differently, but when i called (about 1 1/2 weeks before the 13th) all I said was I wanted an appointment for an ILR app, they then said the next appointment slot is on the 13th at 9:...
