I have the same issue , my IELTS expired in July 2015 and I used this Ielts to get my ILR , is it still acceptable for my naturalisation application ? if yes is it true that it's just accepted till 5th Nov 2015 ? I took mt Ielts test in the UK ...

Hi I am about to apply for my naturalisation after holding my ILR for one year and I have below questions and really appreciate any help : 1- My residency on student visa , does it count towards 5 years required residency in the UK ? 2- Can I prove my residency only by sending my home country passpo...

hi what happenned to your application ? did you get it ? my partner wants to renew his travel document and has a spent drink drive offence ..

Hi thanks for the link I checked for my current and previous address and it says nothing registered for all options , the thing is that I have had several PCNs over the past 5 years that I paid ontime and I really don't know if I had to declare these ?!! Are PCNs come under civil penalties ?? or I j...

Hi; What are civil penalties and civil judgements ? and what exactly time of application means ? If someone applies for ILR , feels in the form and then while the application is being decided gets civil penalties or civil judgements for example because of owing to the bank a little money , how this ...

are there many people who get refused at this stage ?

thanks a lot for your advise , if they need more documents , do they normally ask for it before or after biometrics ? and how long normally takes to receive any news after biometrics ?

hi , I went for biometrics around 2 months ago and after that no response .. as we have recently moved to our current address , I found out there have been theft going on from the post boxes and I am really worried that I might have missed a letter from homeoffice .. how do I make sure about this ?

I found a part time job sometimes before sending my application and I had no idea this would affect my partner's ESA , so I included both his ESA earnings and my own earnings as an income , after sending my application after sometimes he received a letter from jobcentre that says his ESA has been re...

Thanks Amber , I really appreciate your time and advice , I am applying by post one more thing I went to the council asked for the letter to say that I have not claimed any benefits myself or through my husband and they said my council tax payment means that I am not getting any benefits and that's ...

I read somewhere presence of non-EU wife increases the amount of council tax benefit by%25 and this might have negative affect on ILR application , as the sponsor can not claim %25 of single occupancy discount , so I decided not to take the risk and continue to pay this amount although it's really d...

yes its just two of us living there the rent is 161 per week and he has not claimed for council tax benefit as he is exempted and I am paying %75 of the applicable amount as I get %25 discount

Hi thanks for your response I am from China and I am applying for set (m) ,
He receives full amount in rent from housing benefit and they know that I am subject to immigration control

Thanks a lot Amber for your kind help and soon response

Thanks but there is not such a thing on any of their letters and as I checked the rates on local housing allowance website I thought it's ok , I will ask them to provide me with a proof that the amount has not been increased as a result of me living with my partner, they also asked for my bank state...

Thanks for your response as my partner is over 35 and they know I have no recourse to public fund , and based on the local housing allowance website ,the allocated rate which shows no diference in couple and single rate for our post code , do I need to explain this to home office to reasure them tha...

Thanks for your response Amber , I don't have much in savings around 1500, my partner receives around 110 in ESA 40 in dla perweek and 700pcm for housing benefit , due to mental sickness he is exempted for CT payments and I pay %75 of the bill , he recievs the full amount for housing benefit and the...

Dear Sir I am about to apply for my unmarried ILR. my partner recieves housing benefit and ESA ( income related ) and DLA ( low rate ) , I am not working and I care for him as he is mentally ill , I have passed life in the uk test and I have english language certificate at high level , unfortunately...