Hi Lankanfunkin,

Thanks for the invite. Although we are relieved after succeeding in our case, I would like to be part of the protest and will come. We have been made to suffer for 6 years to succeed on something which should be our automatic right.

You are right Kahn. This category is tricky and the law associated with it is unexplained in real terms. Their is no clear definition of the requirement. I have struggled with the old law for 6 years myself. Altogether for the 2 applications for my parents in this category I had spent £15K in fees, ...

All treatment privately, apart from some visits to A£E, where I even offered to pay, however never charged to date.
Nhs registration and availing treatment while not entitled= refusal and prosecution.

Yes you are right. The right to appeal a refusal is granted if the previous leave to remain is still valid at the time of application. Most cases in this category either did not have valid leave to remain or it ran out. Like my parents leave to remain ran out whilst HO dealt with the application. My...

Yes Home office notes in file reads that my parents met para 317, however case file acknowledges that they were granted also on private life setup here in UK for last 7 years. All family members are British citizens save my parents. The solicitors put in 17 of these applications for dependent parent...

Dear Fellow forum members, Many thanks for all your help. I had decided to share our success story, as its not only a victory against the odds but its also an achievement of being patient. My parents had lived all their lives in Middle East. Almost 40 years. They are originally Asian by birth.My fat...

Hello all, Victorious at last. My parents got their ILR as dependant relative. App was done on 6th of July 2012. This is ther second application, and after a gruelling wait f 11 months. Mission accomplished. My father turned 65 whiskt home office was processing the application and my mother is 61. H...

Dear valuable forum member, Good news, we got our approval today. Please see timeline, and few words for encouragement. App submitted: 8th of April special delivery spouse of BC Fees taken: 16th April Approval: today 11th of June. Dated 7june Now I understand our approval took longer than fellow app...

arifzx Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 7 Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 8:59 pm Post subject: We applied on the 8th of April by postal service with SAE envelope. As a spouse of Brit, straightforward case. But still awaiting from UKBA. It's exactly 2 months now and worrying. It appears that recent apps a...

We applied on the 8th of April by postal service with SAE envelope. As a spouse of Brit, straightforward case. But still awaiting from UKBA. It's exactly 2 months now and worrying. It appears that recent apps are getting processed quickly than the ones in early April.have not seen many from early Ap...

If you did not have an ILR sticker on your passport but an ID card. Was your permanent residence card returned to you or was it retained? Hi psb, I think if you hold a biometric residence card, you are not required to send it with your naturalisation application. I have not sent mine with my applic...

If you did not have an ILR sticker on your passport but an ID card. Was your permanent residence card returned to you or was it retained? Hi psb, I think if you hold a biometric residence card, you are not required to send it with your naturalisation application. I have not sent mine with my applic...

Hi Vinny, I am annoyed too, but I had enquired at quite a few of the local NCS and they are all saying that they just need the basic docs, ie passport, life in UK cert, marriage cert, and at max p60's and are unable to take in any extra docs and are advising that if UKBA require anything else they w...

Hi Thanks for your kind reply.however I am applying by post and not NCS. So my questions are whether I should send my original biometric card with ILR? And also if 12 months of payslips and bank statements for the year 2010-2011 and last 3 year payslip ok to prove the year missing because of lost pa...

Hello all, I am sending my naturalisation application on Tuesday and would like some views and help please. I am applying as a spouse of BC, on 3 years residential requirement, Although I had been lawfully here for 10 years and 3 months on continuous visa extensions now. I was a student for all the ...

Hi, I would like some instructions and kind advice on an immigration matter concerning sposoring my parents. I would like to know that is it possible to sponser both my parents to come and live with me in UK My parents: both are under 65 years Both have serious illness and history of medical problem...