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by mirnat
Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:50 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Company Director as referee
Replies: 4
Views: 2282

Thanks for your reply but there's no need to be so sarcastic! I hadn't actually looked at the UKBA website, only on this board! I have seen the naturalisation form and it gives examples of people of suitable professional standing such as a solicitor, doctor, civil servant etc but company director wa...
by mirnat
Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:21 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Company Director as referee
Replies: 4
Views: 2282

Company Director as referee

Forgive me for duplicating on a topic but I have tried to do a quick search to find the answer on this board already! Just wondered, can a company director (over 25) be the first referee (i.e. of professional standing) for a naturalisation application?
by mirnat
Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:54 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Travelling on passport
Replies: 1
Views: 875

Travelling on passport

I am aware that if you use NCS when submitting a naturalisation application that they will hand back your passport on the same day. I hope this is true and on the basis that it is, is it possible to travel using that passport whilst waiting for the outcome of a naturalisation application? I have rea...
by mirnat
Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:07 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Divorce affecting naturalisation
Replies: 5
Views: 6119

Thanks for your reply John. I don't think my spouse, who was born in the UK, will be cooperative! Someone told me that if I am resident in the UK for 5 years with indefinite leave to remain, I can apply for naturalisation without relying on my spouse. I was told that I will need my spouse's assistan...
by mirnat
Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:22 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Divorce affecting naturalisation
Replies: 5
Views: 6119

Divorce affecting naturalisation

I am married to a British Citizen, I have indefinite leave to remain and was due to apply for naturalisation at the end of March when I will have been resident here in the UK for 3 years. However, it looks like my wife wants a divorce so I just want to know, can I apply for naturalisation as a Briti...
by mirnat
Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: Other countries
Topic: BRITISH EMBASSY IN TIRANA ALBANIA HELPPP
Replies: 2
Views: 4807

I can only talk from my own experience. I am British and my husband is Albanian. He applied at the British Embassy in Tirana in December 2006 for a 2 year spouse visa and was successful (he also got in March 2009 Indefinite Leave to Remain and is hoping to apply for British citizenship in March 2010...
by mirnat
Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:42 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Does photographs, cakes and all that really matter?
Replies: 1
Views: 845

Firstly sorry to hear about the recent passing away of your mum. I had 2 family members die this month too! As for the whole big white wedding thing - I'm British and got married in December 2006. My husband then applied for a spouse visa. We did not submit any photographs of our wedding day, any re...
by mirnat
Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: SET(M) supporting docs
Replies: 4
Views: 1828

My husband applied for ILR by post in February this year. We supplied bank statements and payslips for the entire 2 year period and also Tenancy Agreements for the entire 2 years. The other letters/documents - we provided 8 made up of telephone bills, car insurance, NHS, joint travel insurance and a...
by mirnat
Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:48 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: PLEASE HELP ME
Replies: 17
Views: 6994

Well having read your post, I don't know the answer to everything but there is one thing you touched upon about whether your failed asylum seeker case will affect your future application for visas/citizenship. I can only talk from my husband's point of view. He claimed asylum as being from Kosovo us...
by mirnat
Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: !!!!!Success at Last!!!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 3204

Congratulations!!! I remember all too well that waiting feeling for my husband to come home to the UK! He got removed in October 2006. We married in his home country in December 2006. Although he did not get refused the spouse visa, he still had to wait 4 months to get a decision about it (his broth...
by mirnat
Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: set-m
Replies: 2
Views: 900

My husband applied on Form SET(M) by post in March this year and got his ILR in five weeks!
by mirnat
Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:31 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Immgration
Replies: 3
Views: 1312

I agree with John. I got married in Albania. Our marriage certificate was written in both English and Albanian so there was no need to translate it. We did not deposit the marriage certificate with any UK authorities upon our return to the UK. The only thing I did before I went was obtain a Certific...
by mirnat
Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:26 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Immigration
Replies: 2
Views: 1003

Yes it is Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) that you should be applying for provided your husband has passed the Life in the UK test by the time he applies. My husband is also Albanian. He got his spouse visa from March 2007 to March 2009 and then he got ILR in March this year. If by the time he is e...
by mirnat
Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:27 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: spoue visa,advice needed plsss
Replies: 8
Views: 2563

Oh I see Alooma. Well if you are applying for an EEA Permit to return to the UK for example because your British wife was working before in Spain then I am afraid I do not know too much about the rules for those. Similarly if you are applying for a spouse visa at the Spanish consulate to reside in S...
by mirnat
Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: ILR as a partner - waiting times
Replies: 9
Views: 2103

Wow that is a long waiting time!

I'm British and my husband is a non-EU/EEA national. He applied in February this year for ILR by post and got it within five weeks by the end of March.

I hope you get a decision on your application soon!
by mirnat
Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:42 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: spoue visa,advice needed plsss
Replies: 8
Views: 2563

I am afraid to say Alooma that from what I have seen the Home Office does not pay too much attention to the right to live as a family other than if you have children together that shows that you are in genuine relationship. My husband's brother is married to a British Citizen, they have a 2 year old...
by mirnat
Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:57 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Awaiting SET(M) got new job, how to prove I'm allowed2work?
Replies: 4
Views: 985

Did you keep a copy of your passport with the visa endorsed page before sending it off? If you did, you could show this to your potential new employer. There is also some blurb somewhere, I think with the information that explains the Form SET (M) that says that your existing immigration status, i.e...
by mirnat
Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:48 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: spoue visa,advice needed plsss
Replies: 8
Views: 2563

It's difficult to say and no-one knows a definite answer. Much of the time it depends purely on the ECO and their discretion! I can only talk from my husband's point of view. He stayed in the UK after being a failed assylum seeker. He was in the UK illegally for around 5 years. He got removed and se...
by mirnat
Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:41 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Urgent ILR help please!
Replies: 2
Views: 919

I would suggest sending off your passport now with your husband's application but enclose with it a letter explaining that you need your passport back by 1st September for work purposes and enclosing a pre-paid special delivery envelope for them to send it back in. Alternatively you could send off y...
by mirnat
Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:43 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: ILR
Replies: 29
Views: 6425

If you are forced to apply by post (due to no appointments becoming available) you could do what my husband did when he applied for ILR which was to include in with his application a special delivery envelope and a request that they return his passport and all documents in that envelope. He made a n...
by mirnat
Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:19 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: ILR documents....please help
Replies: 4
Views: 1261

My husband applied for ILR in February this year and got granted it five weeks later at the end of March. We had hardly anything in joint names - only our tenancy agreement and a joint savings account (which hardly had any money going into it but was only opened for the purpose of receiving a statem...
by mirnat
Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:11 pm
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: SET M - Waiting times
Replies: 241
Views: 93290

Any news yet? My husband applied by post for ILR on Form SET(M) in February this year and they processed his application and granted him ILR within five weeks - we were expecting to wait around 3 months which is why we did not plan any holidays in the time after he submitted his application. His app...
by mirnat
Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:59 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Husband Waiting for ILR advice needed!!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2657

My husband applied for ILR in March this year. When he got a letter from the Home Office acknowledging receipt of his postal application it gave an address on the bottom for where to send additional documents once your application has been submitted - hopefully your husband will have a similar lette...
by mirnat
Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:55 am
Forum: Immigration for family members
Topic: Living with Parents
Replies: 7
Views: 1576

My husband applied in March this year for ILR. We included our Marriage Certificate in with his application. He got granted ILR. He applied by post and included in with his postal application a prepaid special delivery envelope for them to return all the documents that had submitted which they did.
by mirnat
Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:38 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Is it enough for ILR ??
Replies: 11
Views: 1916

Yes a montly mobile phone bill at your address would be a good idea. My husband got granted ILR in March this year (after a 2 year spouse visa). To improve the documents that he had to submit with his application we applied for a joint AA breakdown cover on my car and got a letter enclosing both of ...
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