Agree with you that the Home office is never reliable. In Jananuary 2006 I knew someone wrote in to them to enquiry if the 4 to 5 will be applied retrorespectively and the answer is also ' no plan at the the moment'...
Also Clark has been sacked......
Wonder what we could do next to send the enquiry in, more important, focus on getting promise from HO no new rules will be applied again retrorespectively!
RobinLondon wrote:Just to requote from my previous post, the former Home Secretary Charles Clarke wrote to me on 25 April 2006 with the following comments:
...As confirmed in a previous letter [5 April 2006], Mr ... should apply for further leave to remain on the basis of UK ancestry near the expiry date of his leave to remain in order to meet the 5-year qualifying period for settlement. Once he has completed five years in this category, he will under the current immigration rules be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain. There are no plans to extend the qualifying period for ILR under UK ancestry again at the present time...
So there is a "promise" in there. But I got a promise from him before, so I'm not sure how worthwhile this all is. But unlike the previous promise, he's covered his back this time with the added words "at the present time". It's all a bunch of malarkey, if you ask me.
Toss me a coin, Home Office. I'll do a song and dance for you. Anything you want. I'm here to please!