What about people who did not need an extension to their existing LTR (under pre April-2006 HSMP), but had to wait an extra 1 year and thus incur the increased fee (effective from April 2007) for settlement application ?
Is there any directive from UKBA with regards to refunds in above case ?

Irrespective of the court ruling, anyone applying for naturalisation should be free of immigration control (i.e. on ILR) atleast for a year before applying. The recent court ruling I think do not have any bearing on the above clause for naturalisation, which still holds true for any naturalisation a...

I think another apsect that you will need to consider as well is about whether or not you will be paying taxes/NI in UK while working for the same employer in another country. At the moment under the prevailing rules you have got enough leave to remain to take you through to ILR (assuming you are in...

The employer letter will not include your contract end-date anyway. It just tells that you are the employee with them in XXX designation since XX date.Of course it may state your residential address aswell. As mentioned by FKarim, under the existing ILR rules the applicant would need a letter from ...

Updated status. Anyone knows we have to carry any documents for passport interview?

Thanks

No other documents except for the letter of invitation for the interview.

Willsk22,

This thread is for tracking the timeline for already submitted citizenship applications, so let it be used for what it was originally meant to do.

Please open a new thread with your queries and am sure someone will answer them.

Search for jobs matching your skillset on cwjobs.co.uk, jobsite.co.uk, monster.co.uk

The catch is, even if you do find jobs in your domain, in the current climate it is hard to differentiate genuine job ads from fake ones, the later being more prevalent.

I am getting salary in uk .I am doing freelance consulting (Contractor) category as per their definition . I could not find any where ,which says I can not use 5.3 factor for Income even though I am in UK for last 12 months . Just let you know this is my first application for tier 1. What is your c...

For the benefit of the board, would you mind sharing what useful information did you find offline ?

You work permit and leave to remain is specific to UK, it does not allow you to travel and/or work in other EU countries.
For you to be able to do that your employer will require to apply for business visa / schengen visa on your behalf.

It took precisely 3 weeks for our application (including family).

Application submitted on 11-feb in person at HCI London, and the documents recived back by HCI on 27-feb.

Pretty impressive !!!!!

1. Your wife can apply for naturalisation using her changed name. As evidence she would need to provide a copy of your marriage certificate. 2. NCS normally sends the application to UKBA the next working day using special delivery. What do you mean by buffer of 14 days? 3. The date on which UKBA rec...

Go far SAR.

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If you hold ILR, then as of now you are entitled to claim public funds such as child benefit, child tax credits etc. "No recourse to public funds" is a condition imposed for certain categories such as work visas. Your best bet is to contact UKBA and explain them your situation and ask them the proce...

Not required to fill that in. I had left mine blank and was fine.

You can register your child as a British citizen once you get ILR. Once registered as a British citizen if you aare thinking of going back to India either for good or for a long duration, it is advisible to get OCI/PIO for your child as this will allow the child to stay in India without any time res...

If you are a spouse of a British citizen, then yes.

Same goes for other criteria as well,eg 5 yrs work permit qualifying period for ILR,if the applicant has spent at least a yr in any capacity eg student before that 5 yrs work permit period, he/she can apply for naturalization a day after been granted ILR. No that's not right for 5 years on WP/HSMP/...

The applicant should have complpeted full 12 months on ILR before their naturalisation application reaches UKBA.

HSBC is definitely the preferred option.

Although, I don't think account in India with HSBC will help you in any way to open an account with them in UK. The same should apply for any bank.

Don't think you need to declare the convictions, if they are already spent.

When i went to selfserivce checkout, i had a quite a big shopping and i self checkout assitant came in three times to assist me. Also my 4 year old daughter was also trying to scan few things which made things worse. At that point i asked my wife to take over to do the scan and in that confusion i ...

Not to deter aspirant job seekers from coming to UK, but the ground reality in UK is really bad. Just by looking at the various job sites for match job adverts and then deciding to come over is not a good idea. Even if there are a few jobs posted on job portals, a. they are not all genuine jobs, and...

That depends upon what is their current status in the UK as well as that of the main applicant they depend upon.