Vinny thanks for responding. In the refusal letter they have written 'we suggest you make a new application in 2018 when your 5 years residence requirement has been met' (along these lines,not exact wording) Why would they write that rather than mentioning a 10 year ban? any ideas? If anyone else ...

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Dear friends My husband and I applied for naturalisation earlier this year after holding ILR for a year. I got approved and now have a british passport but my husband's application was refused. Grounds for refusal were that in the 5 year period of stay needed for naturalisation, he was overstay for ...

Hi I'm posting on behalf of a friend, kindly advise if you can. She has been on HSMP, then tier1 for past almost 10 years, in 2012 she applied for ILR under 5 year period but was refused on grounds that she had spent too much time outside the country, she then applied for tier 1 extension which she ...

Thanks for quick reply.

Just to confirm that the overstay (during which main applicant's application was under consideration anyways) wont affect this?

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Hi I was on HSMP from 2005 with my husband as dependant, however we had to take a long leave out of country in 2010 which exceeded 180 days. I put in reason for leave when I applied for ILR in 2011 (hoping they would grant it ) but it got refused. When I was putting in my ILR application, due to ...

Thanks for the link - I will forward it to him.
The deed is joint in both their names.
Do you know if he can switch to student visa while staying in uk? I looked on ukba website but it seems that one has to leave the country to make the studen visa application.
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Hi dear forum users I posted about this situation with my friend few days ago but now the situation has changed. Kindly offer some advice. He has spent 8 years in UK, 6 under student and PSW, and 2 under spouse. Now when it is time for his ILR, his wife suddenly decided she did not want to live with ...

No, its not salvagable

He has no children from the marriage. He was a student for 3 years, then 2 years post study work visa, then 2 years spouse visa.
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Hi
My friend came to uk as student, then got married and changed to spouse visa - the marriage has broken down and he is now nearing end of spouse 2 year visa. What category can he switch to without having to leave the UK? can her apply as student again?
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I am pakistani passport holder. My 2 elder children have british passports with UK RIGHT OF ABODE. If I come to UK (on visitor visa?), can I claim child benefits and council housing for them? What I mean is, are child benefits payable because of children or parents? Their deceased father was was ...

My 2 children who have Right of Abode in UK were born in HongKong while it was British overseas territory.

BNO can claim british citizenship after 5 yr stay in the country and they already have 'Right of Abode' in the UK

Sorry for my long question in advance and I would really appreciate any guidance. My husband aquired british citizen overseas BNO for being a resident of HongKong. He had a BNO passport. I have 4 kids, the elder two, 14 and 12 years old, have BNO passports. The younger two, 9 and 6 yrs old have ...

Hi My late husband is Hong Kong origin British overseas. He died last year and I have Pakistani passport with Hong Kong 'right of abode'. I want to go to UK. Does anyone have any ideas as to the category of visa that will apply to my case? Any guidance will be highly appreciated. I am currently in ...