Cheers M,
Much appreciated.
Regards
N. Chowdhury

I do apologise if I am duplicating the issue. Have searched as far as I can but could not find any which relates to my issue. Problem: Want to get married, I am in regular touch with my fiancé via phone, email etc. in Inida I know that have to go and get married in India and apply for the visa - I k...

Cheers All,
Thanks for the reply and guidance, much appreciated.
Seems no way to bring my mum hmmm, no good
Thanks once again.
N. Chowdhury

Hi MPH80, First big thank you for the reply, much appreciated. I can prove and provide undertaking that I will not use public fund. So far entire life have been working full time without, never took public fund what so ever. Only facility I get is 25% less on council tax because I live alone that's ...

My mum is now old and there is no one to look after her. she is in India at present. Now she is 65 years old, she was very independent lady but now age is taking toll on her and now I have to look after her. She don't know English at all by the way. Could anybody advise me what visa should I apply f...

Hello Harv, I came back with same problem, hope you can recall the queries above. Moving a bit ahead, just now came to know that their marriage (to be wife and her ex husband (Egyptian) took place in India under Islamic ritual and was not registered. She got the residential visa for Egypt on the bas...

Cheers Harv, Much appreciated your response. Regards N. Chowdhury I do not have any details on how can you get legally divorced in India, so I cannot answer this question. I think the document she shold from Egypt Authorities would be useful. I would say that you should seek some professional advice...

Hope you forgive my naive question. How this will affect, her previous husband lives in Egypt and he is not ready to do anything. So in this divorce paper does his signature or something required. If yes then it will be nightmare. or Is there anyother way. Thanks and regards N. Chowdhury Since she w...

Cheers Harv, Much appreciated your response. She was married in India then travelled to Egypt. So will a document written by indian authority stating that the previous marriage broken is suffice the requirement. Thanking you in advace. N. Chowdhury When your fiancé got married, she must have done it...

Hello, Time to time this forum helped me a lot and I am regular reader, not a single day pass without coming to this forum and read the new posting. Once again I am back with my problem hoping to get the solution over here only and I am very much sure I will get help over here through the immense kn...

Please go through page 68 posted by drwho dated 7th Feb 2012. You will get more idea. Regards N. Chowdhury Hi Valluvan, I think you are right. Looking at the postal processing time lines, the average seems to be, 1 month to 45 days. where as thru person in Birmingham, it takes atleast 3 months, whic...

Did you send the PHOTOCOPY of birth certificate or Original? I applied in person @ Birmingham. I took two set (copy) and one set original. They checked the original and returned back then and there. N. Chowdhury Thanks nchowdhury, just wondering on page 3 did you and your partner signed or only nee...

I did my daughter's with black ink and was accepted, received OCI also. Only I can say about your photo - your full face is clear enough then acceptable. Still in doubt get another photo. Birth Certificate - I produced only Birth Certificate of my daughter and was accepted. N. Chowdhury Did you sen...

I did my daughter's with black ink and was accepted, received OCI also. Only I can say about your photo - your full face is clear enough then acceptable. Still in doubt get another photo. Birth Certificate - I produced only Birth Certificate of my daughter and was accepted. N. Chowdhury Hi I wonder ...

Date of application : 12 Dec 2011 (in person at Birmingham) Date of acknowledgement : 12 Dec 2011 Photo/Signate Scanned : 27 Feb 2012 Registration granted : 28 Feb 2012 Documents printed : 29 Feb 2012 Dispatched from Delhi : 06 Mar 2012 Documents Recd Birmingham : 12 Mar 2012 Applied for my daughter...

Thats good news. Hope mine should be done next week or so looking at the time scale. Have you decided to go in person to collect or through post. Regards N. Chowdhury update!! acknowledged on 08/12/11 ( applied in person @ birmingham) photo/signature scan on 16/02/12 OCI granted on 17/02/12 document...

Nothing yet, everday I check on their site it says under process. As I said earlier they said it will take 14 to 16 weeks at the moment, therefore no choice, got to wait. If I knew, it will take so long over here, I would have sent to London office. Regards. NChowdhury. exactly 2 months from the dat...

hi i've submitted oci application in person@ birmingham on 08/12/11. acknowledged on the same day. no further updates after that. today being 07/01/12, exactly one month now. well even after considering all those bank holidays, birmingham seems to be lagging far behind london. cant find many timeli...

Update: I applied for visa to see my mother in India dated 26th July in person with all relevant documents but without SC at Birmingham (earleir I mentioned that I sent my passport for SC to London HCI.). During submission they told me to write that you have submitted your passport and waiting for S...

Visa Application time - Apply directly in the office - 3 days. Postal application 10 to 15 days. As per your conversation in no way I will get the SC soon and want to go to India on 29th this month. Any idea how can I obtain visa without SC. Thanks and regards NAC I have submitted mine on 14th June ...

Hi, What documents you submitted? Did you enclosed self addressed (special delivery if possible) with the application? If not then probably your SC letter might be lying under pile of documents, you got to go and collect as I understand. They don't even bother what the circumanstances are. I have su...

Hi, What documents you submitted? Did you enclosed self addressed (special delivery if possible) with the application? If not then probably your SC letter might be lying under pile of documents, you got to go and collect as I understand. They don't even bother what the circumanstances are. I have su...

Cheers mate,
Thanks and regards
N. Chowdhury

mama wrote:we went in the morning around 9.30 to take the token for surrendering passport. then we received the surrender certificate 4 days later. hope that helps.

Hi, Can you pls let us know the time you went to surrender your son cancelled PP--- Did they cancelled same day and returned the cancelled PP on spot or you submitted and you received later. If later how many days they took. Thanks and regards N. Chowdhury Hi We applied for our surrender certificate...

Hi All, I was on WP for 4 years. Then I shifted on HSMP. However, while on HSMP I was unemployed for 2.5 months. Will that be considered a break and ILR refused? My impression was that HSMP visa holders can have employemnt breaks. However, I have seen conflicting posts on this forum re this. Has an...