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1) Referee: Does nanny hold a professional qualification, eg nursing status or qualification?herschey wrote:Hello all,
I am applying for two children - a 4 and a 1 year old. A few questions on form MN1:
- For Section 5 Referee: We have a nanny that takes care of our children at our home; is she able to be the professional referee? Note that she is not a British Citizen
- For the travel history, is there any guideline on how much travel is too much? My daughter was away 203 days over 5-years; 63 of that was due to a death in the family where she stayed abroad with my wife and her family
- Also on Travel, the application suggests that you have to list travel for the full 5 years of residence, but then the guidance notes makes mention of 3 years; anyone know which I should follow (3 or 5 years of travel history)?
- In the FAQ I saw mention that the applicant needs to be in the UK the day the Home Office receives the letter. My family are due to travel roughly 3-weeks after submitting the application (via NCS) - is that safe in terms of assuming the application will be received?
- For biometrics, how much time are you given from receipt of letter to doing the biometrics?
Thanks all
My understanding is Q2.3 relates to applications made under section 3(2) or 3(5) of BNA.herschey wrote:Thanks for the feedback. I didn't even realize that annex existed with the professions that can referee. "Nanny" sadly is not on the list. I've asked my GP but annoyingly she is going to charge £20 for the 2 minutes it will take her to fill it out on top of us having to make a special appointment. The appointment doesn't surprise me and I've seen other posters mention fees, but frankly they get paid for their time out of my taxes so I think this is BS as we say back home.
As for my question on Section 2.3 Residence, here is the bit from the Guidance that mentions "3 years":
"2.3 Fill in this table showing the periods the child has been abroad during the 3 years residence in the UK or British overseas territory if appropriate ignoring the day they left and arrived back in the United Kingdom/territory. If there is not enough room for all the absences then continue on page 14. Add up the total and write it in the space indicated"
So the mention of 3-years residence is confusing since Section 2.2 asks for all the places they lived while residing in the UK up to the last 5 years (my daughter is nearly 5 so in her case I have put all that travel history). Just for completeness here is what the Guidance notes say about Section 2.2:
"2.2 Provide all the child’s home addresses in the UK or the British overseas territory for the last 5 years. If the child has lived in the UK for less than 5 years, please provide all addresses since entry."
1(3) is an entitlement to citizenship (see page 3 of guidance) so you can relax.herschey wrote:My kids are applying under section 1(3): they were both born here while I was under a Tier 1 and now I have ILR status so they are eligible to become citizens.
From reading the guidance and application they don't seem to distinguish on who needs to complete Section 2, including the travel history. As you point out they also don't say anything about maximum times out of the country.
Regarding my earlier query about needing to be in the country - I saw in some other threads that if you apply for citizenship you need to be in the UK on the day the Home Office receives the application, else it voids the application. Ideally I will have the letter back from UK Visas & Immigration confirming receipt and so won't have to worry, but this is a rather extreme technicality to get nailed on.