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by kadd » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:55 am
I recently received my ILR(10 Year Rule),on the 16/October/2013----But I also got a daughter born on the 25/September/2013.
The mum to this new born is still trying to sort her papers with the Home Office,as of current.
My Question to the Guru's of this helpful forum is---Can I now, apply for British Citizenship for this new born ????----I have read on the forum about form MN1,but I got slightly confused.
Any one with such knowledge can advise !!
For those waiting for their ILR(10 Year rule)---I can only say that,I had a torturing and painful wait,without work, for 5 months and 3 days----My application to me, didn't seem straight forward either---as I mentioned earlier in my previous post.
When my visa got refused in August 2009--I lost both appeals in the lower and upper tribunal---partly because I represented myself---I later got a lawyer involved---And just one letter, to the Home Office,threatening more legal action,by way of a judicial review--- then did, the Home Office concede defeat----But, I had to wait for 1 year and 4 months, to get my leave extended.
Later,whilst applying for ILR---this period came back to haunt me,in a form and shape of a ''Gap''---a Gap many thought was too long,way off the mark---I even believed it,that my chances of an ILR under 10 year window was next to impossible.
The contrast was my friends,I felt also that, this so-called ''Gap'' was not my fault,it was the Home Office to blame--they didn't consider all the evidence in front of them, in 2009 when my visa got rejected,They acted negligently, as they always do--Yet,we pay lots in fees
Though both Judges,dismissed my case,as I said earlier----in both tribunals,they agreed that,it was not the fault of a student studying, if a College or University lost it licence----And the Home Office should have given me 60 days to find another education provider---which clearly they didn't----They should have used their '''Discretion''' later on, when dealing with my application.
So--don't worry,you can still make it, to the final line---Explain to the Home Office what caused your ''Gap'' and may be,you will have a story similar to mine.
Lastly---If I had quit,when the Home Office refused my visa in 2009 and gone back to Uganda(As intended by the UKBA then),I would have lost out, on my ILR(10 year rule)
Keep fighting on,Don't give up---however painful the hour,however frustrating the moment-----Your destined to win
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kadd on Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:08 am, edited 6 times in total.
