My son will be travelling to Brussels via London from Bogota (switching airports). He is Colombian and Colombians have visa-free access to the Schengen area. So is it right that he doesn't need an EU visa in order to get the visitor in transit UK visa? (as part of the evidence) Does he need to ...

Do I need to be in country three years before biometric appointment
or just date of application (e.g. web submission)

thanks

Hello,

The longest gap between cohabitation documents we have is
25th January to 12th June

Is this likely to be acceptable?

(4 months 18 days)

Thanks

Hello,

Is it right that if you're self employed you have to provide some sort of tax document when you're applying for citizenship?

Which specific document is that, and does it need to be a letter received in the post or can it be a printout from the HMRC website?

Thanks!

https://visas-immigration.service.gov.u ... onsent.pdf

Is this form still required for SET (M) applications?
It doesn't appear on our checklist.

Would it hurt to include it?

Is it OK to sign the referee forms for citizenship two weeks before getting ILR (as a spouse of British citizen)?

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. Yes Enter your BRP number: No I did have one, but I think we had to send them back to the Home Office when we got an eVisa? So how ...

Are there any rules on this?
Does it just have to be a passport photo of the applicant?
Doesn't need to be the same one? as any other photo used in the application?
As long as its a photo of the applicant?

And then it can be scanned and uploaded (referee form)?

Thanks in advance!

My wife will be applying for citizenship immediately after (hopefully) getting ILR in October 2025. Guide AN says "If your passport is not stamped when you come into the United Kingdom, you must still provide your passport, but also provide alternative evidence of presence as above." Now that she ...

Thank you very much both for confirming that.

Is it the same situation when applying for citizenship?
Only absence evidence needed for that is passport (?)

Hello, Does my wife need to prove she has lived in the UK to apply for ILR? We have passport stamps from when she has left the country before. However, when she travelled to Colombia for a month in July she didn't get a UK entry or exit stamp or any Colombian stamps (used eGate in Colombia and ...

Thank you. Would documents ideally be spaced over period since last grant of leave (for me this will be 26th June 2023)? i.e. period of 2 years 3months and 14 days. or is it last 2 years even for ILR? I'm pretty satisfied we have the right types of documents, I am more worried about getting the ...

Hello, My wife is due to apply for ILR -- SET (M) in October 2025. To meet the correspondence/cohabitation document requirements, would the following be acceptable, in terms of spacing and type? Me (sponsor) Wife 12 October 2023 - Barclays statement. 9th October 2023 - Natwest statement 6th February ...