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It is nothing new and applies to immigration (visas and ILR) applications and NOT to citizenship applications.DocKnow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:06 pmIf you are applying for naturalisation under UKVI's new front end service (UKVCAS), you may not be able to travel outside the UK while your application is under consideration:
This is what the official guidance says:
You should not leave the UK until you have received a decision on your application. If you travel outside the “Common Travel Area” (CTA) before the decision is made on your application, your application will be treated as withdrawn.
The CTA is:
UK
Republic of Ireland
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
If the decision is made while you are outside the UK and your current leave has expired you will not have a right to return to the UK and you may be refused entry at the UK border.
Here is the link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukvis-new-f ... ed-to-know
How did you miss the part of your posts that clearly states "your current leave has expired"?DocKnow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:06 pmIf you are applying for naturalisation under UKVI's new front end service (UKVCAS), you may not be able to travel outside the UK while your application is under consideration:
This is what the official guidance says:
You should not leave the UK until you have received a decision on your application. If you travel outside the “Common Travel Area” (CTA) before the decision is made on your application, your application will be treated as withdrawn.
The CTA is:
UK
Republic of Ireland
Channel Islands
Isle of Man
If the decision is made while you are outside the UK and your current leave has expired you will not have a right to return to the UK and you may be refused entry at the UK border.
Here is the link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukvis-new-f ... ed-to-know
You are wrong in your assumption.DocKnow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:33 pmYes but nowhere does it say that naturalisation applicants can travel. It is an assumption on our part- I realise that previously travel was allowed but under the new system, they haven't specified.
Also, that last bit about leave expiring is irrelevant. The guideline clearly says that travel outside of the Common Travel area (with or without an expiring leave) leads to the application being withdrawn
Thanks @alterhase58 that distinction makes a lot of sense and trust me I do hope you're right, I'm just still quite worried that the Home Office said "they don't know" when I asked if I'll be able to travel after I've handed in my citizenship application even though I have permanent residency...alterhase58 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:08 pmNaturalisation is not an immigration application. It comes under Nationality Laws. Ever since I have been on this board it was always the case that travel was not an issue. The implementation of a new application process doesn't invalidate this. Likely Steria are no too familiar with subtleties.