Basically, by claiming child tax credit and child benefit won't be a obstacle for your wife's ILR appliaction, but other benefilt claim will do. However, if I were you and in healthy financial situation, then I will not consider to claim child benefit at the moment because its just pocket money inde...
I will suggest you apply ILR in person if you think your visa has been always continuous all the time and no over 3-month absence out of UK at any one time.
[ the price of £51 exists for quite simetime already. I paid it for a standart digital passport, not for an epassport!!! Got my passport at the same day as you got your epassport. The further increase quite likely to happen by October when all the issued passports will be of the e-version. There is...
I emailed UKPS few days ago for this biometric issue, and here is their reply. At the moment biometric passports are only being issued on a random basis (1 in 10 people will get one on renewing or applying for a first time passport) until the Home Office deems them safe to use. So it just depend on ...
Before you officially receive naturalisation certificate, you are still in ILR status. So, I think it might affect your naturalisation application if you formally move your home out of UK, whilst your BC application is being considering. So why not wait 1 or 2 more months after you finally have beco...
I think you can apply by yourself. If your husband have a stable job with regular income, I don't think HO will refuse your application even you don't have your own bank statement. Currently foreign students are more difficulty to open an bank account in the uk than ever before, I think HO will be a...
As far as I know, no one will stop you at airport when you want to go back to your country. If you are a failed asylum seeker and short of money to go home. Here is an important news that you might be interesting. --------------------------------------------------------------------- £2,000 cash offe...
For those who need to carry out further character enquiry, I am wodering if applicant provide police certificate got from UK and/or home country when submit their naturalisation application at either NCS or by post, will it speed up the process and to avoid such delay on 'character enquiry? As far a...
I suspect that CT1- deal with all those who application which need extensive/manual check if electronic check can not sort out all queries at the first place. So, lets said if you received acknowledgement letter signed from CT1. Congratulation, it mean you are unlikely to get approval letter within ...
In order to give a full review, let me paste my HO letter again. Our Ref: A123456/ CT1 Dear Mr XXX Re: MR XXX 01-01-1977 Thank you for submitting the enclosed documents in support of your application for British citizenship. All the information has been noted and we will not need to see them again. ...
I have similar situation as K2004. 15-Nov-2005 sent via NCS 21-Nov-2005 Acknowledgement letter (but said payment not enclosed) 28-Nov-2005, sent another payment slip 07-Dec-2005, partial payment taken by HO, but leave balance for daughter 08-Dec-2005, 2nd acknowledged letter, and indicate we are sti...
One year ago, one of my friends suddently found out his student visa had been expired for over 6 months as he incorrectly remember the expiry date. He then sent another application through university's international office together with a cover letter from the staff of international office to confir...
My situation is likely as the same as debar- that is - no return of the Pass letter of Life-in-the-UK Test. My naturalisation application have had some bad luck so far. 1. sent application via Wandsworth at 15-Nov 2. Received HO acknowledge letter but said my fee payment was not enclosed (either HO ...
Yes, I agree that the payment should be improved into more accurate. In my case, I provided my barclays visa debit card number and the NCS staff also wrote down the total amount. However, the acknowledgement letter said my payment is not enclosed, either NCS staff forgot to attach it or lost it at H...
I just checked my visa debit card statement online and still no payment taken by HO. I also reviewed the previous timeline of this thread, I found out that usually HO will take the payment and issue the acknowledgement letter at the same day. My acknowledgement letter is dated 21-Nov, but still no d...
I also received acknowledgement letter from HO this morning (dated 21-Nov) as I submitted mine on 15-Nov via Wandsworth NCS. But in 2nd paragraph, it said- A fee payment was not enclosed. You will be asked to submit this in due course. But I clearly remember that I did enclosed payment slip and NCS ...
In my (no expert) opinion, I see no harm if the status is correct but the duration is far longer than you requested. I have known several cases that foreign students post their passport to HO to renew their student visa. Luckily they have beengiven 2 or 3 years rather than 1 year they originally ask...
So, its bit weird for the obvious delay (although I know its just a CHECKING service) for the application sent after 01-Nov via NCS. The only change before/after 01-Nov for the requirement of naturalisation application is the "life in the UK test". I think HO yet find an efficient way to verify if a...
Are there anyone submitted their naturalisation application after 01-Nov-2005? If possible, is it ok share your timeline? I sumbitted mine on 15-Nov at Wandsworth NCS and still no reply/no payment taken so far. I wonder if the new life-in-the-UK test cause the possible dealyed factor beyond for HO c...
As far as I know, for granting your student visa by HO, you cannot registered a lower level one than the previous one without a good reason. For example, it will be ok if you studied a diploma degree last year and tend to study a master degree this year. Also, it should be ok say if you got an engin...
Roger, congratulations indeed! Obviously, the questions you listed above were total different with mine. So I suppose everyone will have their own test whilst sitting. So, Roger, do you think you can pass if you don't read ch2-4 in advance? Also, my Test Instance ID is 4xx (on the right top of pass ...
John- I plan to submit my application around mid-Nov via NCS as one of my referee is abroad for business trip until early Nov. Actually, the type of the question has been introduced in the website (http://indtest.homeoffice.gov.uk/htmlsite/self_10.html). That is about three types- For example- Type ...
