Hi Andy, My son did have a Chinese passport, but it had expired while we were living in the UK. The Chinese Embassy would not allow him to travel on a British passport because he was still a Chinese citizen, and therefore would not issue a Chinese visa to him. They issued the blue book to him instea...

Hello yesmaybe, Read your post. This forum has helped me a few times in the past, and that, coupled with my own experiences has given me some valuable insights at least into the situation we found ourselves going through in recent years. I'm more than happy to pay it forward. The difference was the ...

The Entry/Exit Permit will serve your needs for your daughter to leave China - be sure to buy the travel ticket using her Chinese name. When you arrive in France and you are entering through immigration control at the airport, you may use your daughter's French passport. Here's what we did though: W...

Hi! As it happens I am back and can offer further advice (based purely on our own experiences). When we arrived at the airport in Beijing to check in on that occasion, British Airways didnt have a problem. In fact, we have traveled there and back several times after that, and with Air China too. Eac...

Hi! I've been looking through the forums and couldn't find any situations quite like ours. My 6 year old has Chinese citizenship and UK citizenship. We live in the UK, and are currently visiting relatives in China. He used a Chinese Travel Document (Blue Book that looks like a passport) to leave the...

He will have no issues entering. They will scan his bio page. They will not even flip the pages. They don't care about visa/stamp in the passort.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply so quickly. That's a relief! Had it in my mind that this was potentially complicated.

Thanks again.

Following on from this thread about entering the UK as a British citizen using a foreign passport I understand and accept the paragraph ROA5 on the UKBA website, as linked to above. I have a real, upcoming situation to deal with and wonder if anyone can shed some light? My son (age 6) has dual natio...

I was reading through the forum with interest today since I was seeking a situation similar in extent to my own current situation which I have documented in the thread herein entitled: "UK child citizen with Chinese nationality - travel problems!" My own son who is 6 years old and was born in Beijin...

Hello and thank you in advance for reading my post. I have a very unusual situation which has caused considerable head scratching in the last 24 hours! I apologise in advance for the long post. There isn't a particularly easy way to explain! Quick background: My son (who is 6 years old) has a Chines...

Thank you for your reply. I have just re-posted in the section you suggested.

Thanks again.

Hello and thank you in advance for reading my post. I have a very unusual situation which has caused considerable head scratching in the last 24 hours! I apologise in advance for the long post. There isn't a particularly easy way to explain! Quick background: My son (who is 6 years old) has a Chines...

Hi Vinny, Thanks so much for replying. I'm British, born here 1978. To clarify, I see on the UKBA link you provided above (excerpt of): Residential requirements - have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and - have been p...

Hi All! My wife is on the verge of applying for her ILR after passing her LITUK test in December. She currently has an ILE (KOL REQ). I understand ILE and ILR are in many ways the same. But I am confused to an extent as to our particular situation. We arrived in the UK from China on November 5th 201...

Lucapooka, thanks for the reply. That makes things much clearer. We'll submit the application in January, so fingers crossed it should be fine.

Hi All, My wife passed her LITUK test two weeks ago after having been granted her ILE (KOL REQ) settlement visa in Beijing, issued on Oct 10th, 2011, valid until Jan 10th, 2014. We returned to the UK from China together with our son (already a UK passport holder) on November 4th, 2011. The list of d...

Hello, Thank you sushdmehta and Casa for the clarifications. sushdmehta, she was issued leave with "SETTLEMENT SPOUSE/CP(KOL REQ)". So she will be taking the test before Christmas so that we can hurry things along. Casa, it looks like taking the LITUK test sooner rather than later could be the bette...

Hello Harv, Thanks for your reply. Appreciate you taking the time. I was under the impression that ILR status could be applied for immediately upon arrival in the UK (with KOL REQ written on the visa itself) following completion of the Knowledge of Life test (where the married couple had lived toget...

Hi! My wife entered the UK on her settlement visa valid from Oct 10, 2011. It expires on Jan 10, 2014. We lived together overseas for more than 4 years and as such she will need to wait for 2 years in order to apply for British citizenship instead of the regular 5 years. How quickly will she need to...

Thanks Casa! As it would happen, my wife was in Starbucks this morning reading her Life in the UK test preparation book. She's pretty keen to get the test out of the way as soon as possible after we arrive. We'll be travelling in about 2-3 weeks since now we have the outcome we can focus on the logi...

I was away for a couple of weeks. Just saw your post. I'm happy to say that both my wife's settlement visa (KOL REQ) and my son's certificate of entitlement to right of abode visa's were both issued late last week. It was about a 10 working day turnaround. Certainly unexpected, but what a pleasant s...

Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply and apologies for the belated counter-reply. I'm grateful you took the time to help. We applied for my wife's settlement visa yesterday and the process was all quite smooth. I also applied for a certificate of entitlement for my son at the same time, so the application...

Hi Lucapooka, thank you for the tip. Here is an abridged version. We had a few concerns about my wife's spouse visa application which we'll be submitting next week in Beijing. We plan for our 5 yr old son to study in the UK. 1. We married in 2005 and have lived together for more 7 years in China. We...

Hi Folks!

Is there anyone on the forum who can kindly give me advice on the above situation which I posted two days ago?

Thanks in advance!

Ashley

Does anyone please have a few moments to offer some advice?
Thank you.

Having spent the last 3 hours reading so many posts I'm feeling much more reassured about the UK settlement visa application my wife will submit to the ECO here in China next week. We are just writing up the Additional Information page. After reading the MANY posts on this site, I'm feeling confiden...