hello long time between visits and i am a bit out of touch with the citizenship area generally. a situation has arisen recently and i would appreciate comments. two ex-malaysian BOCs have a baby born in the UK after they both handed back malaysian nationality under advice from their solicitor. what ...
it may not be hard to ascertain whether she is still a malaysian citizen. if she received a borang-K document , that is 'form-K' sent to her after applying for renunciation, then there is no question - she is no longer a malaysian. if she applied to renounce and has not received a borang-K, at this ...
hi once both partners have applied for certificates of approval and gotten their civil partnership, what test would apply to a civil partner in applying for an ancestry dependant visa? does the civil partnership have to have subsisted for any particular period of time? the dependant is on a student ...
I'm not absolutely clear but I don't think even where the status is passed on, that it goes any more than one generation. BOC to BC is really only open to those who have no other nationality and have not lost or renounced another nationality after 4 July 2002. I'm assuming given it was your grandpa ...
A letter was sent to Woolas and the letter back from UKBA wasn't encouraging. I do not think Woolas wants a meeting. The letter reiterated the AIT decision, which is now the law. Other letters from the UKBA, sent to MPs representing their BOC constitutents have reiterated this too. They are usually ...
You have no right of abode or to live and work in the UK based on BOC status alone. A BOC is subject to immigration control, just like a Malaysian, so it gives no advantage, and activating the status by getting the BOC passport may endanger your Malaysian nationality. The Tribunal has recently rejec...
This is interesting . . . is there any tangible evidence for the assertion that Britain considered implementing visas for Malaysians on account of the BOC / renunciation issue? The numbers are so small- c.500 or so? I am generally aware that Malaysia narrowly escaped being included on the list of vi...
This is my summary of the BOC decision in the AIT. I have dealt with the case by listing the findings of the Deputy President in relation to the main arguments made by the appellants (the BOCs). There were ten main arguments made by Manjit Gill QC. Every argument is rejected. We do occasionally get ...
I do not want to revive an old topic unnecessarily, but has there been any word from the debate on the Immigration and Citizenship Bill about the fate of the 10 year and 14 year rule? I'm concerned that for certain classes of applicant (stateless BOCs for example) that this is probably their only op...
Just to note. Last night we had word that there has finally been a decision in the three BOC test cases before Deputy President Ockleton of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. The decision has been sent for promulgation and appellants will have the result within the next few days. No word yet on wh...
Hi The 'Strangers into Citizens' campaign is seeking to help and to involve British Overseas Citizens who have been in limbo in the United Kingdom for a number of years. From their website, Strangers into Citizens states that it is: . . . a national campaign calling for a one-off regularisation of l...
Odd. Unless they withdrew a concession that was for BPPs, BOCs and British subjects in March 2002 and then put in place one that covered BPPs and BOCs only ?
As the 2006 one has the reference to 'British subjects' removed.
To the extent that this matter - ie how Malaysia treats citizens who hold other passports- is not particularly clear, then I guess the topic might be active.
I'm an Australian who's made his home in the UK and I do feel duty bound to point out that Australia was the country that implemented 'the Pacific Solution' in relation to at least a certain class of migrants . . . and a number of other rather nasty policies which are not so well known, including ma...
If we are varying an ILR application to include an additional ground, in this case an undecided discretionary ILR claim to include the additional ground of ten years lawful residence, what fee can IND charge, and what is the legislative basis for it, ie, in the substantive Acts, Immigration Rules or...
It's quite complex. Yes, you need to make a variation. HO instructions state that a variation may in fact look exactly like a new application. You can imagine this for example where someone is waiting for the HO's wheels to turn and they become eligible due to long residence, for example. They have ...
IDI Feb/08 CH1A SECT 1 – SPECIFIED APPLICATION FORMS AND PROCEDURES 27/02/2008 Feb/08 IMMIGRATION DIRECTORATES' INSTRUCTIONS 5. VARYING AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO REMAIN 5.1 An applicant may vary an application at any time before it is decided. If it is varied to a purpose for which a different a...
Still a little vague about the status for B coz his brother A got the British Citizen within a few months after he got his BOC. If BOC doesn't mean that a person can stay in the UK, does that mean it's illegal to be here at all. According to the solicitor, B can still stay here as that is his birth...
