Hi All,

I was wondering if someone could tell me if i have to take my oath at the council where i used the NCS service or can I take my oath at any other local council please.

Thank you.

Oh boy you look like you are going to have fun just read up on my experience when I went for my 10 year rule I had a very bad day there too but manage to come out with an ILR eventually

If you are coming from Victoria/London bridge take a train from there that stops at East Croydon you really will not have many problems on finding trains that go to East Croydon as there is frequent services. Once, you get off at East croydon there is a tramlink stop right outside the train station ...

Hi All: Here's my case: Method of Submission: NCS Reason for applying: 10 years of legal stay and 1 year of ILR Date of Submission: 04.05.07 Date of acknowledgment and payment: 29.05.06 Now the strange part to date I haven't heard anything from them in such a really long time I just gave'em a call t...

No i did not have leave to reamain while my appeal was being processed however I did apply for appeal immediately after it was rejected

Dear All, Real big pickle here. I was granted ILR last year based on 10 yrs legal residence as a student. However in september 2005 in my 9th year my visa was rejected on the grounds that the school I went to isn't on the list of DFES education providers (The idiot officer apparently couldn't read)....

If you have the right of appeal given with this application then yes you should as trust me entry clearance officers abroad are a lot more stricter then judges here !!!

If I was you I would go to PEO and get the ILR in person the same day as I dont't trust the postal system. My case was a lot more complicated then yours and I had a refusal too but they don't really look through all of that as long as you've had a visa and everything for 2006

as long as you prove that you did intend to come back within the 6 months then it should not be a problem. It might also be an idea to get a subject access request done this would give details of all your 10 years of stay over here. if you go to the ind website and type in subject access request the...

as long as you have made an in time application and the appeal is allowed then yes all that time will be considered as legal, However the appeal has to be allowed and a visa needs to be endorsed on your passport. I went through the same thing and still managed to get my ILR

they look at stamps in your passport because even though they haven't got embarkation controls the country you arrive at would stamp your passport on entry.

thanks rogerio i hope so too

Hi guys,

I'm really sorry I forgot to thank people. I'm really grateful to john, nyrnu, penanglad and anyone else I've missed out for their invaluable support and advice. Well all is well that ends well.

Hey peeps, Just thought I would share my experience at the Croydon PEO when I applied for ILR based on 10 continuos years of legal stay. First let me give you a brief of my immigration history. I arrived here on 3rd may 1996 as a dependant of my dad who was posted here as a diplomat and so from 96 t...

hi there lily. My situation is exaxtly similar to you I lost a passport as well but I have proof from my college I was enrolled here for that period as well as exam and employment records.If it helps I also have a copy of my old passport as well as my visa I'm sure you must do to. If you think your ...

I'm pretty sure that you don't have to have all extensions done here. If you got any of the extensions done in some other country all you have to prove is that you had a legitimate expectation you were going to come back here so I wouldn't worry too much about having all the extensions done here

It usually takes about 4 weeks since the day on that letter so if the letter says 27th of march your hearing should be held within the 27th of april. If possible ask for an oral hearing as paper based ones take a lot longer then oral ones. Anyway good luck and god speed hopefully everything works ou...

well folks it looks like its not just work permit holders who are affected by these new settlement laws people seeking long term residence are too. if you click this link: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/laws___policy/policy_instructions/table_of_contents/chapter_18_-_the_long.html? You...

Hi guys, Needless to say I feel really sorry for all the people who have been affected by this I knew three people who were looking forward to applying for ILR in may, july and november and now all their plans have been delayed. I agree with the person who said we should take an ad out in a newspape...

I would've thought it goes through the parliament as its a pretty big change. But I'm sure this goes through unlike the religious hate thing. By the way its not that old an article it was published in nov'05 so only like 3 months old.

Hi guys, Just came across this article in the guardian here's the link peeps: http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/overseasstudents/story/0,12743,1605564,00.html If you read the 4th paragraph from the bottom it says that the new point based system will not be in place by mid 2007 and its being s...

Hey peeps, Just thought I would let you guys know that I had my appeal heard yesterday and my visa has been approved. My appeal was over in less then 5 minutes !!! the judge walked in and as soon as he came in he said everything seems to be in order and that my visa will be granted. I'm so relieved ...

the form is set o i believe. Chess dude is it really getting scrapped because I know a lot of people including myself who are kind of waiting on it.

I know three people including myself who are waiting for it so it does mean a lot to me. let me re-emphasize this is not for certain this is only what I've heard if anyone knows anything about this topic then please inform us as usually the administrators on the site know what is going to happen eve...

thank you for clariying that roger well so its safe to say that this provision is likely to be scraped a lot of people would have qualified for both the 10 year and 14 year concession next year but I guess all of those people would have to leave the country now I guess personally I think its very un...