Automated emails sent from HO have no legal bearings. You should not rely on them as legal expressions by HO. Unfortunately some applications can take very long time for all sort of reasons and postal applications tend to take much longer than expected these days. The OP could have received his/her...

few points from gov.uk website Service standards If you apply to come to or remain in the UK, we want you to know that if your application is straightforward (for example, we can make a decision on it without asking you for more information) it will be decided within our processing times (our custom...

thanx Zimba. the following is the copy of email they sent me every month ; Dear MISS xxxxxx Case ID: xxxxx We are emailing you to confirm that your recent Home Office application is still under consideration and we expect to make a decision within 6 months of the date of your application, which is o...

Hi all, just want to hear your opinion on my scenario. I applied for ILR (SET M) on 02/12/16 via post, money deducted within couple of days and bio-metrics done within a month too. After that no news what so ever apart from the automated email every month confirming application is under consideratio...

we were planning to rent it out for 6-8 months but due to unforeseen circumstances it ended being rented for 3 years. As I said we have been living there for a year now, would UKBA query why we weren't living there for 3 years?

CR001, no and no. As the rental was initially for short term I didn't bother declaring it to HMRC. but the property has not been rented out for the past year and only me, wife & our child live in it now. will we face any issues with this??

thanks for the reply Casa, yes we have all the cohabitation docs covering last two years, half of which is a parents address and other half at our property. she was granted FLR AFTER the 18 months she spent outside UK. Is land registry title, Mortage letter and elecotral roll letter sufficient for A...

Hi all hope you can help with this, bought a property back in 2012 with intention of living in it however due to mrs having a complicated birth we had to stay with parents so that she has someone to care for her and baby at all times plus had to stay outside UK for 18months etc. So we rented out the...

CR001, I am applying by post so does that mean I ont have to send any photocopies? I had a wild guess at 80 pages, it could be a lot more :lol: completely agree cyborg001. plus no mention of any requirements of photocopies on guidance notes. Still I hear lots of people going on about taking photocop...

Hi All, hope you can help, I am submitting for ILR SET M next week, got all the required documents but just wondering what the situation is with submitting photocopies of all documents? is it still required? it would mean I will have to photocopy around 80 pages :? anyone has any recent experience n...

Conviction is definetley spent as it was back in 2010.

She has LIUK and B1 English cert.

Hi folks, will try and make it as simple as poss, hope you can shed some light on this for us, My wife came to UK in May 2010 as spouse of British Citizen Applied for ILR in April 2012, ILR refused due to having an unspent conviction (£35 court fine for having an invalid ticket on a train) Granted F...

FLR M app sent : 03/11/14 Acknowledge letter received : 05/11/14 Money taken : 07/11/14 Biometric letter received. : 10/11/14 Biometric sent. : 15/11/14 All documents + Biometric Card recieved. : 23/12/14 As you can imagine I am chuffed to bits, I was expecting a long wait but Alhamdulillah (thank G...

Yes I have proof of communication,

Visited her 3 times whilst she was there

LIUK passed back in 2011

Done a City & Guilds B1 English exam

Conviction was in April 2011, so I take it it's spent now?

are we eligible for SET M??

much appreciated obie!

anybody know the answer to my original question?

Do I need to complete Section B - Maintenance?

She came to UK in May 2010 as spouse of British Citizen Applied for ILR in April 2012, ILR refused due to having an unspent conviction (£35 court fine for having an invalid ticket on a train) Granted FLR instead in Nov 2012 Had to go India in Dec 2012 to be with her ill grandfather who later passed ...

Thanks for your reply Obie,

The reason we are applying for another FLR is that she had to spend long periods away from UK for medical reasons.

hi all, hope you can help, I am in the process of filling FLR M application form and I have a doubt on Section B-Maintenance. It says 'you only need to complete this section if' ii) you were granted leave to enter or remain as a partner under Chapter 8 of the immigration rules following an applicati...

no, the medical was for the wife, not the child.

thanks, I was completely unaware of it until someone mentioned it to me few days ago. is it too late to notify hmrc? will I be fined?

Hi all, hope you can help, I am a British national, My wife is Indian, she was granted 2 year FLR after our application for ILR was refused, but she had spend most part of the 2 year FLR period back in India due to medical reasons which meant our two year old child also had to stay with her. The chi...

ESOL Skills for Life Entry 3 awarded by city & guilds and Trinity college has been removed from the HO approved list but what if the certificate is still recognised by Ofqual? is it still valid??

Hi all, My wife is applying for FLR and passed City & Guilds ESOL Skills for Life Entry 3 which is B1 equivelant, I am aware she only needs to pass A1 equivelant for FLR (M) but will a higher qualification reject our application? also on the UKBA website it mentions the following, You can prove ...

any ideas guys??