Thanks Zimba and CR001 and your team here! The application was successful and we received the email from Home office. Really appreciate all the effort you all have put in helping everyone out. This platform has helped me a lot over the years and I really appreciate it.

ok thanks. I just had some final queries regarding upload of documents. I am including the following documents: Current Passport of the applicant (all pages) E-visa pdf attachment Life in the UK pass result scan pdf English language test SELT pass certificate screenshot pdf For cohabitation: (last 2 ...

https://freeimage.host/i/KmxYdVp Just for context, this is the exact question referring to on the SETO Form Biometric residence permit (BRP) Do you have a biometric residence permit (BRP)? (Required) This includes expired BRPs if the expiry date was less than 18 months ago. So we are then going to ...

ok, so we are saying 'No' we do not have a BRP to the question in the SET-O form as suggested

No BRP is needed. The answers regarding your previous sponsor have no effect Regarding this, do you mean that in the box which says - Do you have a biometric residence permit (BRP)? I should say No ? Even though BRP's have expired, she was still issued one and as per Home office guidance, they can ...

Thanks again I had a couple other questions if you can please help me with 1) Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth? We have said yes due to country of birth being India. Now in the reason 'Reason you lived there' , we have just written - 'Country of ...

Thanks Re: the appointment, we plan to select a date which gets us within the 28 day concession period, so I wanted to check if we upload our required documents just before the appointment date ? or on the day of submitting the application itself ? The reason I ask is I want to be certain that the ...

Thanks

So I will answer 'No' to the question - Do you have a biometric residence permit (BRP)?

My previous status/route was Tier 2 General before ILR

I'll check if I have the Sponsor details, but if not it's ok to leave this blank? Including the application numbers?

Ok thanks I was looking into the Set-O form questions and wanted to confirm the following: 1) Do you have a biometric residence permit (BRP) ? Do we answer this as yes, with her last BRP details, considering her BRP card had expired in Dec 2024 and now its the new e-Visa ? Under the section: The ...

Thanks Just some additional context, that one of the past passports was stolen during it's delivery, by the courier company, and we have the official 'Report loss' report as well in addition to some other email correspondence. We might write a cover letter explaining this and also include air ...

Click and read the link I shared above :!: :!: thanks, I went through it and my understanding is that we can apply for ILR directly and that the 5 year period calculation - would extend until the date of decision, which would mean that the small gap of around 10 days, due to early application gets ...

Hi, I have tried to go through some of the posts in this section about the documents required for ILR application and since some of the evidence is dependant on who we are applying for, I just wanted to ask for some guidance in this particular case. Currently planning to apply for ILR soon for wife ...

Thanks, I didn't even know this was an option. I guess the next hurdle would be clearing the 'Life in the UK test' and a 'B1 SELT' exam in 1 month... Also, I just want to clarify, that does this provision allow exactly 28 days minus the 5 year qualifying date ? So, suppose the '5 year qualifying ...

anyone? in case someone is in a similar situation?

Hi, suppose a dependant partner will complete 5 years since 'date of issue of first PBS dependent visa' on December 2025, but their current PBS dependant visa runs out in November 2025, does it mean they need to renew another PBS dependent visa for 1 month before applying for ILR ? If yes, is there ...

Hi all I had a few questions regarding OCI and e-visa, in case someone has an idea will be appreciated thanks 1. Suppose we need to travel to India and if we don't get the OCI in time, we are planning to go on an e-visa. So the question is that if the OCI comes while we are away, what happens to it ...

It would have been great if this was possible. Unfortunately you will require your surrender certificate at the time of applying for OCI. I tried to go for an OCI appointment but they sent me back saying they need the surrender certificate original for the OCI application. Yes renunciation receipt ...

Hi, on this page - https://ociservices.gov.in/welcome Go to document upload/re-upload Make sure you enter the application number and passport number correctly. It should be your new foreign passport number. I too had to upload additional documents later on like surrender certificate copy. Even ...

Appointment at CGI: 18/12/2023 CGI location: London- VFS Goswell File Status: Application Received (Since 22/12/2023) Receipt of Renunciation: Still Awaiting I received my SC in 5 working days. After exactly 100 days the online status of my Renunciation Application has finally changed to "Approved ...

Is a surrender certificate mandatory for applying eVisa to India ? Suppose you have received the British passport and have the payment receipt for passport surrender is that not sufficient? It's been 3 weeks and I've still not received the surrender certificate, not sure how long that takes but ...

This is shocking, I guess I've also got a few months more at least for getting the renunciation cert. I haven't got the surrender certificate either and it's been over approx 3 weeks
I guess we need to use visas to travel in the interim

Online application completed 10/03/24 Appointment at CGI: 11/03/24 CGI location: London Receipt of Renunciation: pending The renunciation process estimated time given after submitted form is minimum 2 months for London centre. And the status on the https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/ website ...

Thanks this was a very helpful post. I just want to confirm my understanding - I have submitted both the forms online for passport surrender and RENUNCIATION OF CITIZENSHIP. Do I book "Surrender of Indian Passport Appointment" first ? And then, "For Submission of Renunciation of Indian citizenship ...

Hi, I had some questions regarding the citizenship process and timeline. We received an approval for citizenship this week from the home office And the earliest appointment that is available for ceremony is end March 2024. There are no available dates for private ceremony either 1) So suppose I need ...

Thanks, I was probably overthinking.. Anyway in the meantime I had reached out to the referee who will try to print the PDF, sign and scan it, and email it to me if possible. If they can't then I will just attach this.

thanks again