I have United Kingdom citizenship. I have never lived there, but my wife (U.S. citizen)and I plan to move there within the next couple of years. As I understand the rules, I must have a residence (suitable for two) established in the UK and she must apply from outside the UK. Questions: While her sp...

seagul wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:40 pm

orojim wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:25 pm

, we each have US college degrees so no English language worries.

It won't be needed since the applicant is American national

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english

Good to know. Thank you.

She cannot apply to switch to a spouse visa within the UK if she is here as a visitor. The rules don't allow this. So your option b won't work. She must apply for the spouse visa from her home country and wait for approval. I was afraid of that. We can live with option a. Thanks very much for the i...

I am a dual USA-UK citizen; my wife is a US citizen. We live in the United States and wish to move to Scotland. We do not anticipate problems in having her spouse visa application approved, as we satisfy the income requirements, we have no criminal records, we each have US college degrees so no Engl...

I hope to apply for addition to the Foreign Birth Register based on my paternal grandmother's birth in Ireland. I already have the documents tracing her to me (her marriage certificate, my father's birth and marriage certificates, my birth certificate) but the most basic one is missing: grandmother'...

For people who have had their UKM applications approved - did you receive your invitation for the citizenship ceremony via email or by post? Did it come from the consulate itself or from another agency? About how long after your original acceptance letter did you get the invite for the ceremony? He...

UKM applicants in the US - how or where did you get the passport sized photos in UK dimensions ? Call some photographers who do passport photos in your area and see if they can do them to UK specs. I had no difficulty because I was in Los Angeles when I needed mine. In a big city, photographers lik...

You are in Massachusetts also?????? If you want to Send me a private message, I might be able to help find her birth certificate, send her info. I am in Arizona. However, my grandmother spent almost all her life after arriving in the U.S. in Massachusetts, mostly in the Boston-Quincy area. I have h...

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Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:59 am

Did you ever locate the information?

I have not yet. For a brief shining moment, I thought a birth certificate for my grandmother could be obtained. That fell through. So I'm back to the drawing board and plan to try the suggestion above.

Thanks very much for these suggestions, PasadenaTom. I've had no joy on the Irish government site, but will soon give the familysearch.org baptism records a try.

I am gathering documents to apply for Foreign Birth Registration. I was born in the United States, as was my father. His mother was born in Ireland, which should qualify me. The problem is: my grandmother was born in about 1885. We're not positive. We have not been able to locate a birth certificate...

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Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:37 am

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Oopsie. My apologies.

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