My experience today: - Normal PhotoMe photos were fine (well, at the least they didn't question them) - Avoid taking a laptop! You aren't allowed to go in with one and there is no storage facility. I had to take the risk and leave it at a nearby newsagent who charged me £3. - Got there just before ...

Having got my naturalisation pretty quickly, my wife has made her application and that, for some reason, seems to be taking more time. Application submitted through : NCS Date of submission or posting : 8 March 2007 CRITERIA - Spouse, 3 years Date of debit of debit/credit card : 14 March 2007 Date ...

In case anyone else is ever in the same situation, my final position when I made my application was that I had 135 days out of the country in the 1 year preceding my application. However, as most of this was due to my work, I got a letter from my employer confirming this and also stating that I cont...

Hello Unwanted! Firstly let me conglaturate on your ILR. well done. I need ask you regarding your application process. If you see my topic "documents check on 5years WP" you'll see what I need to know, and your worry about the date gap is different to my worries completely but I'm despara...

Hello, on the application form, it just says the letter from the employer, but is there a case that home office requires payslips? I'm not exactly full time employed therefore worried about the wage if the home office has strict guidence on minimum wage for work permit holder to prove.. and Is it p...

I'm planning to apply for ILR this month in person. I got the same situation as above. Got the employer letter last week and mentioned that my start date was 23May2005, but Work permit approval letter dated on 15June2005, (As our solicitor has got verbal confirmation from the case worker about the ...

Having got my naturalisation pretty quickly, my wife has made her application and that, for some reason, seems to be taking more time. Application submitted through : NCS Date of submission or posting : 8 March 2007 CRITERIA - Spouse, 3 years Date of debit of debit/credit card : 14 March 2007 Date o...

Cheers!

I didn't ask him specifically about the naturalisation certificate but I did ask 3 times if I could really turn up without the approval letter and he said yes. Will just see how it goes tomorrow I guess.

For the first time ever, I am impressed by the speed at which the HO has turned my application around. NCS or Postal : NCS If NCS, which centre : Barnet(by appointment) Date of submission or posting : 1st Feb, 2007 CRITERIA - 4Yrs WP +1 Yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card : 9th Feb 2007. Date ...

Folk, any views on this? John? PPron?

Hi all, A question on Question 2.1 of Form AN - "Date and place of first arrival in the UK" I'm applying on the basis of the 4+1 rule and my 1 year ILR will complete on 30th January 2007. However, on 30th January 2002, I was here on a visitors visa and remained in the country while my Work...

Well, IND has responded two weeks after I emailed them the same question. Response below. Unfortunately they haven't really made it any clearer to me so if someone can find some clarity in it, please post. :) "With regard to your question about absences from the United Kingdom. The instructions...

Hi, I'll be eligible to apply for British citizenship on 1st Feb 2007 (completion of 5 years in the country with the last 12 months on ILR). However, from 1st Feb 2006 to 1st Feb 2007, I will have been out of the country for 140 days and this is entirely because of work i.e. my UK company requires m...

Maybe my calculation is incorrect, but leaving aside discretion for excess absences, it seems to me that an absence of 4 months would reset the naturalisation clock by a whole year, not one month. I can't see that at all .... can you explain? Mathematically! A couple of worked examples? For simplic...

Hi,

Well I successfully got my ILR today with no questions asked. I decided not to tempt fate by seeking clarification from the case worker...

John: I'll be well within 450 days; probably around 250 in total if I end up spending 4 months away this year.

lemess: Thanks for the heads up. Sounds like a nutty rule but hey. I spent most of March and April 2002 overseas so that's definitely a point to consider.

Cheers

Thanks Lemess. Makes a lot of sense. I also just read the below in "Guide AN (NEW)" from the IND website and it will hopefully be helpful to others. Excess absences in the final year are considered in the following way Total not exceeding 100 days - we normally disregard Total absences of ...

Hi I got my ILR today! :D Many thanks to this board and John in particular. I also subsequently got a call from work asking me to fly out to India for 4 months for work. :shock: I am aware that you should not have been out of the country for more than 90 days in the 12 months preceding a naturalisat...

Thanks John. I was more concerned about accusations of 'working illegally' given the difference in dates between when my contract started and when the work permit was issued.

Hi, I'm going for my ILR interview on Monday 30/01 and would appreciate your thoughts on the below: My contract with my company started on 4th Feb 2002 and the letter from them confirming that my employment is continuing states this. I have a letter from Work Permits UK dated 11th Feb stating that t...

Congratulations!!

Thanks for the post too. My ILR appointment is in a week and this was exactly what I was looking for.

Hi, newbie here. Great site btw! I'm facing the same uncertainty as most people here as I am currently on a WP and have 10 months left before I qualify for ILR (under the 4 year rule anyway). Reading the details on BBC Interactive last night, there seemed to be a suggestion that the rules will apply...