rajat,

I would suggest going to her GP. They make a small charge, £15-£20, which is small change, given that you are spending over £1000 for the whole application.

imurlove, I was in the same situation around 4 years back, i.e. my daughter and I got ILR, but my wife did not apply with us and continued on dependant visa. When I applied for my naturalisation my daughter's application was rejected on the same grounds as yours. My wife subsequently got ILR and my ...

Newyorker, I would suggest going to the child's GP and ask them to sign. They normally charge you a small fee for this, but its the safest option.

Contact your local Councillor if the problem with Croydon Council still persists

I am a recently naturalised British citizen, and have applied for a passport. I have now been called for an interview as is the current procedure. Any idea what kind of questions they ask at the passport interview and how long will it last?

Gainvidya: Your NCS recepit should have the Royal Mail reference number (13 digit code). You can track delivery of your letter at the following Royal Mail website: http://track.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track;jsessionid=MKRR52ZWJXEUKFB2IGJFFHQ;jsessionid=MKRR52ZWJXEUKFB2IGJFFHQ?catId=22700601&emt=emt&...

London102: My understanding of the UKBA rules is that you have to take your citizenship ceremony within 90 days of the receipt of your approval letter. Check out the follwing website: http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/applying/ceremony/ It looks like the Council will keep your cert...

For a naturalisation application the documents required are quite minimal as compared to an ILR application. Make sure you have yuor Life in the UK pass certificate and the correct photographs.

sweet_soul: My wife took the test in Nov 2007, but only applied for ILR in Jan 2010, which was granted without any problem. Nowhere does it say that the certificate has a limited validity. She has applied for naturalisation (application pending with HO) but the issue of the validity of the test resu...

Hi motoslcross
To be honest the case officer did not ask too many questions to my wife. He just asked her where she was working. Apart from that he spent all the time examining her documents in detail and photocopying them. Sorry I can not be of much more help!

Tangozebra and Bobwebb,
Please advise me as to what you filled up in Section 4.4 of form MN1. Did you have to give the tax office reference of your child's school?

My wife and daughter (aged 12) are applying for naturalisation. In Section 4 of the Child Form (Good Character Requirement) they have asked for the school's name and address, which is fine. However, in para 4.4. they asked for the tax office or tax office reference. Do I have to provide this for the...

Dear Setm,
For the first 18 months we were renting, for which they asked to see the tenency agreement. 6 months ago we bough our place, for which we showed the mortgage approval letter from the bank.

Hi Setm, Thanks for your kind words. Answers to your queries are as follows: 1. I accompanied my wife but I did not accompany her to the interview window. The case officer only asked her a few questions and did not ask to meet me. 2. Both of us are working full time. I suppose they want to know if y...

My wife got her ILR without any problem today. We had taken a whole file full of documents/letters, but they focussed on the council tax bills, mortgage approval letter from the the bank and our tenancy agreement. They also wanted my wifes pay slips and P60 which she had. Thanks to all for your advi...

Dear setm and everybody else, My wife's appointment is tomorrow and i will let you know how it went. I have gathered as many documents/letters as possible including the following: 1. A letter from the GP saying that we have been registered at the surgery 2. Council tax bills for the last 2 years -- ...

Try these guys, they seem to be good:

www.joneskel.com/

My wife's 2 year spouse visa is expiring on 12th Jan 2010, and she has an appointment on 5th Jan for ILR -- SET(M). It should be straightforward, but I have very few letters in our joint name, mainly because all the household utility bills are in my name. Can you please give me some suggestions of w...

My wife took the Life in the UK Test in November 2007 and passed, However, she is applying for ILR only this year (Dec 2009). Is her test result still valid or does she have to take it again?

My daughter is due to go on a school trip to france and i want to avoid any complications with 2 passports. So plz, any advice on my original query would be most helpful

Yes my wife and I travelled to Prague on a Schengen visa last month. There were no problems at immigration.

My 10 year old daughter recently got a new Indian passport. I want to transfer the ILR stamp from her old passport to the new one. I downloaded the NTLTOC form the IND website and plan to send a postal application as I am not willing to pay the Govt. an additional £500 for the premium service! Sect...

Just to let you all know that my wife attended the PEO appointed a few days ago and was granted 2 year extension of her visa as the spouse of a UK national. She will be eligible for ILR in 2 years time. Thanks for all your comments.

John: Thanks for all your useful advice in this matter. Fingers crossed the FLR(M) application will be straightforward and she will get the 2 year extension when she has her PEO appointment. paulp: When my wife's postal SET(M) application was rejected, she was sent an FLR(M) form and asked to apply ...

Are you suggesting that if my wife just applies via the FLR(M) form [and forgetting about SET(M) or SET(O)], this will not be treated as a 'straightforward' application? Your views will be most welcome.