Hi all, I am British citizen and my wife is on spouse visa. I have applied for her ILR on 24th April 2022 and still awaiting for answer which will take about 6 months altogether. I have never claimed any benefits in my life neither my wife has in the U.K. I now want to claim Universtal Credit as a c...

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my brother with his wife and four kids want to apply for standard visitor visa / family visit visa. Do they have to fill up seperate visa application forms for each applicant or just husband and wife visa forms and include kids on it??.

Hi, I have a Ukrainian refugee mother and her daughter arrived in the U.K two weeks ago on 3 years 'Homes for Ukraine Scheme' visa. When this Ukrainian woman applied for her visa from Poland to come to the U.K, she filled up visa forms online and entered her surname incorrect (spelling mistake). The...

Hi, I have applied for my wife's ILR two weeks ago and today I have been offered a very good job. I am her sponsor on her application to prove the income requirement. my quesiton is, can i change employer while her application is under process?.. it might take six months and i will loose chance to g...

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I will obviously put 4 years and 11 months then..

she arrived in the UK on 20th April 2017 and on 20th April 2022 will be 5 year exactly. I am putting her application in two days... so it will be 4 years 11 months.. hope it will be acceptable...

There is a question on SET M form for ILR asking 'how long have you lived in the U.K'? My wife has spent 4 years and 11 months and we are going to submit ILR application by following the rule of submitting application within 28 days before completing 5 year on spouse route. Shall I put 5 years as an...

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I have read somewhere that the bank statements, wageslips and employer's letter should all be issued with 28 days of submitting only SET M application.. please could someone instruct on this one... if it's 28 days then I will be fine... if it's 14 days then it's a bit of problem...

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I read the requirement for naturalization for spouse route. application has to prove last 3 year physical presence in the UK and that has to be proved through letters and bills etc... is that true??

Thx Cr001 and amazonian...

another question for future reference if you don't mind please... how many months cohabition evidence do i have to give to submit citizenship application in future..

Spouse visa granted: 26-03-2017 (on 5 year route) BRP issued on 26-03-2017 Date of arrival in the U.K : 20-04-2017 We did extension after 2.5 year. Current BRP expires: 26-08-2022 When can I submit application please? What date of submission is considered (online application submission or biometric ...

thank you so much for your reply CR001.. appreciate it a lot.. I think just to be safe I will put her application in early or mid April 2022.. thx

My wife was issued a spouse visa on 5 year route. Spouse visa issue date: 26-03-2017 First BRP Card Issue date: 26-03-2017 Arrival Date into the UK: 20-04-2017 After we had to do visa extension and she received another BRP Card which is Valid until: 20-08-2022 My question is when we can apply for he...

thanks CR001.. i am seeing her on monday and will see her card and then will seek further help from you guys. really appreciate your help. she is over 65 and can't speak much english and asking me to help her as much as i can. she can't afford to pay for a solicitor either. i will return to forum in...

Home Office - An employer’s guide to acceptable
right to work documents

I googled it and it came up in pdf file.. home office document..

From 6 April 2015 we started to issue Residence Cards in a biometric format for non EEA family members of EEA (and Swiss) nationals and those with a derivative right of residence. This will clearly indicate whether the holder is permitted to work. A Residence Card (biometric format) will demonstrate...

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I have just read somewhere that 'Certificate of residence' is issued to an EEA national and 'Permanent Residence Card' is issued to a member / family member of an EEA national. my friend is a native Lativian EEA citizen. Please can you clarify this confusion. many thanks

Thanks for your reply.

Is there any link or image of how the PR for EU citizens look like and just the residence permit??.. she has UK Residence Permit for A National of AN EEA State. Does it mean permanent or just a residence permit document???.. confused

hi guys, I have an EU / Lativian friend who is 66 years old and wishes to apply for British citizenship. I believe she doesn't need to pass life in the UK test as well as B1 level english language test as she is over 65. She has been living in the UK since 2008 and has a UK residence permit document...

thanks CR001 for your reply.

another question about completing 5 years for eligibility for ILR. Will I have to subtract the number of days spent outside the UK ?

Please can someone advise how much I will have to pay for IHS fee my wife's ILR. Also how much is ILR current fee? She is on 5 year route spouse visa. thanks

thanks CR001 for your reply.

I have read the same on google seach however there is no official information from UKVI or Gov.uk about it... any weblink where I can provide it to the Ukrainian consulate .. thanks

Hi all, I apologise in advance for posting this question here as I have no clue what category this might fall into. I have adopted my wife's daughter legally in the UK who is a British citizen now. She was born in Ukraine and also has Ukrainian citizenship. I am her dad and am dual citizen Pakistani...

Dear all, Please can someone kindly look at our situation and exactly let us know when to submit ILR application for my wife. Spouse Visa granted: 28th March 2017 Arrived in the UK: 20th April 2017 FLR M in the UK granted: 22nd January 2019 Current leave FLR leave ends : 28th August 2022. Many thank...

UC will affect your spouse / partner extension or ILR applications. When you brought your partner to the UK or spouse / partner visa; you and your partner declared on spouse visa application that you as a british citizen will keep your partner without recourse to public funds. Under covid-19 senario...

Thx seagul,
Yes I remember it clearly that I submitted that form although it wasn’t necessarily required . I just submitted it to be on the safe side.

I should not risk my wife’s ILR by claiming UC

Thx