My wife called up the Home office to withdraw the first application. They sent a confirmation mail and are supposed to refund the entire amount since we had not booked the appointment but it hasn't hit my credit card yet. Need to follow up. Created a fresh application and had an option to get expedi...

Thanks! Rectified the mistake and my wife has just received her ILR. Am I right in assuming that we can apply for her UK citizenship right away as I am a citizen and she has lived here for over 5 years? She does but I have UK citizenship now and so does my son. Based on my settled status, she has ap...

She does but I have UK citizenship now and so does my son. Based on my settled status, she has applied using set m. Is that wrong?

My wife has submitted a set m application for ILR. We have not taken an appointment for the biometrics yet because I believe that her BRP will be taken at the biometric. Is that true? Also, we have traveled to a couple of European destinations after the application has been submitted. I see some pos...

I had applied for ILR in early May 2020 and due to Covid, it was delayed and took 6 months and I finally received it in Nov 2020. During this period, we had a baby who was born in London in July 2020. Question is - Will the baby be considered British at birth and I can apply for a passport directly ...

Thanks! I had submitted my application with a modified version of the consent letter and got one of the 5 other directors to sign it. Home Office hasn't contacted me again after submission. I hope they aren't able to reject the entire application due to this..

It seems that they are two consent letters required - one from yourself and one from a third party to check on accounts that might affect the third party. The templates on the Home office site (https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/documents/family_consent.pdf) including the third party do not ad...

We get the options - Tier 1 Entrepreneur (Initial) 3 years - Tier 1 Entrepreneur (extension) 2 years And before these options even show up, we need to provide the date of expiry of the current visa. You suggested providing a date 3 years ahead as the date of expiry of visa, instead of the actual dat...

Thanks a lot for the quick reply!

Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry for tagging earlier. Would it not be incorrect to put an expiry date as 3 years from now, when my visa is currently under review? Also, when I actually go to the https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/payment/IHSPortal/Welcome, it doesn't show me th...

I have a similar query. I have applied for ILR using the accelerated route for Tier 1 Entrepreneur but as my application is still under process, my wife who I got married to only 2 years ago, has to apply for an extension using the PBS dependent visa. Now, when we try to pay for the NHS, it also ask...

Thanks for the quick response, Zimba! My only concern was that on tier 1 entrepreneur visa, you need to be running the business (either as self-employed or director), so can someone make themselves redundant and claim income tax rebate in doing so and can it be looked at in a suspicious way by the a...

I invested 200K (unsecured loan) in an existing company and became an executive director. The company scaled up significantly and then hit turbulent times. I am now leaving the company. Can I receive an ex-gratia from the company as do regular employees when made redundant? I will continue to remain...