John and JAJ thanks to you both. I'm a novice in these things thanks once again for putting me right on the confusion b/n PR and ILR. Secondly she has not decided yet, at present she is not interested in naturalising as a British Citizen, she is happy as she is now. I will explain the situation to ...

2008 is round the corner and I'll need to apply for my permanent residence. Do I have to wait untill August before applying or I can apply before then (bearing in mind my current leave to remain is still valid untill March 2010) NB: please refer to my earlier postings Do i need to pass the ...

Hi, I am an Australian citizen currently living and working in the UK on a working holiday visa. My husband and I got married in Australia a couple of months ago. He is a Swedish citizen working in London. For me to remain in the UK after the expiry of my working holiday visa, I am not sure if I ...

Legend, I geuss, you are fine. I went through a simillar thing in 2003 , it was all ok. Now I will say you have actually gone too far buying the airline tickets and and all but its all good. My advice will to you will be save a bit more or take money off credit card and deposit in your bank account ...

well am a bit confused, but all the same since the permanent residence is automatic the i dont think it should be a problem when you apply for naturalisation. Surely the permanent residence sticker will make it a lot easier, you will have to present the same documentation twice sort of if am right ...

Hi JAJ I do not have any kids at present, not sure if we want as yet may be in the future, who knows? I am from Senegal. I have one more question. I understand that from when the 5 year rule starts to count, I should have not spent more that 3 months out of the country, is this cummulative (i.e all ...

thanks John. That makes it alot clearer now. I will just get the paper work ready , I dont think there i sthe need for her to apply for the sticker but I will rather convince her to take the citizenship test (it will not be aesy though) and then she can apply for British citizenship later. For me I ...

Thanks John, Now so the bets option is to wait till 2008. Fina l question is how will i qualify for British citizenship if my Itanian naturalises as a british citizen? Pleas advice I have no idea whet this is all about, if so will you advice my wife to apply for permament residence now so when I ...

Hi John, My wife is Italian, also the reason why I did not apply till that late is I was out of the country, I joined her in August 2003 by then I had a visa which will last for 1 year (EEA fality permit) at the end of that round about October 2004, I put in the application it took about 6 months ...

hi All, Thanks for this very informative website. I will be very brief. I have been with my wife for 5 years 2 months. we actually got married in June 2003.(3years 6 months) She has been living in UK for 5 years 6months (working full time) I finally got given a 5 year permit (EEA permit based on her ...