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When and how was the application sent? It can take a few weeks for the Home Office to acknowledge receipt of an application, unless you can provide them with a reference number.snv80 wrote:Has anybody had any dealings with the home office losing applications?
My girlfriend is in the situation where the home office has lost her application for naturalisation.
I don't see how any of this can count as evidence of her application being submitted. Did she send it by special/recorded delivery? If so, your evidence is the reference number at the bottom right of the receipt. You can get confirmation of delivery from the Royal Mail website. You may also call the naturalisation helpline (0845 010 5200) and quote that reference number.snv80 wrote:We have no paper copies of confirmation but we have other proof that an application has been made, such as the issuing of a national insurance card, American submitted settlement forms, Father and Brothers Proof of application.
Let me get this straight...The application was applied for 4 years ago. Unfortunately there have been many moves by her family and documents have gone missing !!!!! ?????
In regards to evidence documents had been received and subsequently lost in moves. Her step mother filled all applications in the US before moving and in the UK when landing. She filled for my girlfriends NI number using her US passport & the reply from the home office, therefore knowing a reply was received at some point after the application was submitted.
We have contacted the naturalisation helpline and they didn’t have a record, but they did instruct us on ILR should have been filled first and they wouldn't get anything until 5 years was up.
I can't see how she has any right to be in the UK at all. Was she legally adopted by her British Stepmother? Presumably her father is American?snv80 wrote:My girlfriend came over to the UK in 2003 aged 17 under the custody of her stepmother (British). Her father followed 8 months later.
When she arrived she wanted to apply for naturalisation (due to her up brining in the US) her Father & Brother went for ILR there applications have been successful as far as I know (answers r difficult to come by)
My girlfriend started a new job in March. The company asked for proof she could work due to her passport stamp being out of date. A home office letter was produced from the stepmother. The company when validating the letter with the home office came across errors mainly the Ref Number not collating with the name. This now leaves her unemployed the first time since moving to the country back in 2003. Hence the link to the NI number being the strongest proof that at some point an application of sorts to remain in the country has been applied for.
Currently the home office have her passport due to us being advised that she need to complete the NTL form. Which we believe this is wrong imformation.
Do you mean that the passport with her ILR had expired?snv80 wrote:The company asked for proof she could work due to her passport stamp being out of date.
What does the Home Office letter say? Does it state that she has been granted ILR? What do you mean by "the Ref Number not collating with the name"?snv80 wrote:A home office letter was produced from the stepmother. The company when validating the letter with the home office came across errors mainly the Ref Number not collating with the name.
Who gave you that advice?snv80 wrote:Currently the home office have her passport due to us being advised that she need to complete the NTL form.
What makes you think so? From what you write it sounds like your girlfriend may have come over with a dependent visa and subsequently obtained ILR. When she applied for a job her prospective employer assumed the ILR stamp was no longer valid because the passport had expired (an unfortunate mistake). Your girlfriend then had to obtain a new passport and send both passports to the Home Office together with form NTL to get her ILR transferred to the new one. Is this what happened? If so, everything is ok.snv80 wrote:Which we believe this is wrong imformation.
There's only one I feel, especially if she did enter as a tourist, that's the return to the USA and apply under the proper rules.snv80 wrote:As someone who is trying to get there head around immigration my knowledge is limited, however i do understand ILR ect should have been applied for first as part of the naturalisation process.
Her stepmother has dealt with all the applications and since lost varying evedience. I understand im clutching at straws for proof of application. It seems strange though her brother has documents stating he can work who moved here at the same time as my girlfriend, and assuming, applied for the same application.
The passport stamp is believed to be a 6 month tourist stamp can't confirm due to the home office having it. With regards to application after solistor conversation it is believed we can complete the SET(o) form under the heading of other.
I appreciate ur answers but at this stage im looking for positives.
I would write that you need to speak with your girlfriend and her stepmother and ask exactly what they applied for. There might not be any positive news for us to give you, if we are all being frank.As someone who is trying to get there head around immigration my knowledge is limited, however i do understand ILR ect should have been applied for first as part of the naturalisation process.
Her stepmother has dealt with all the applications and since lost varying evedience. I understand im clutching at straws for proof of application. It seems strange though her brother has documents stating he can work who moved here at the same time as my girlfriend, and assuming, applied for the same application.
The passport stamp is believed to be a 6 month tourist stamp can't confirm due to the home office having it. With regards to application after solistor conversation it is believed we can complete the SET(o) form under the heading of other.
I appreciate ur answers but at this stage im looking for positives.
Ok, they're not your local GP service or something. Make an appointment for what? You can only make an appointment for an application, but that is not with the HO! The HO deals with a whole lot of stuff, including immigration...you mean the Border and Immigration Agency, but even with them you cannot make an appointment, otherwise thousands of people would do that to clear up their problems.When this has been done i will be trying to book an appointment with the home office to clear the situation up and come to a detailed understanding of a route to go down to clear this up.