Unfortunately deception attracts a 10 year ban - not a 12 month one. If UKBA are right and there was a proxy that is exceptionally serious. This applies to all visa paths except the family route. The spouse visa path does not follow the same ban cycle - there are different rules and deception, unles...

If you are still married - then you can apply on the date you meet the requirements I outlined above.

The law is specifically that you were legally present in the UK 3 years before you apply for citizenship. You must have no more than 270 days absent in the UK between that date and the date of application and no more than 90 days in the last year. So if you were present in the UK legally (e.g. even ...

The rule is that on the date of application you must have been physically present in the UK. So if you entered on the 4th (and weren't here before that date ever) - the earliest you can apply is 3 years from the 4th. Then you have to meet the other residential requirements (270 over three and 90 in ...

On one - you need the photo page certified. If you are relying on the passport stamps to indicate the visits between you then those pages should be copied and certified too.

Good news.

You won't be closing your bank statements as, unless you wind your ltd company up, it'll still be running. So you'll still have statements you can show. And, providing there is still ongoing trading, you can use the total income from the year. If you become an employee - then yes - you need to wait ...

MPH80 - Contractors (in IT) have to work via a Ltd, and the individual is the director and the only employee - it's not self-employment, it's basically a one-man ltd company, so can see where the OP is coming from - PAYE/Div is paid per RTI/CT600, his tax affairs are legally not those of his Ltd......

Because - as an employee - your 6 months of payslips can be checked against the PAYE RTI database and validated. Your pay entering your bank balance can't be altered at whim because it's your finance department who do it. Sure - if you work for your mate who makes the alterations for you - then yes ...

Guys I ma going to Pakistan to get married and will have all the paperwork with me to apply for spouse Visa. My question is that i am taking with me the last 8 months pay slips with last 3 years P60 and I will be spending the whole of December and mid Jan in pak and i wont have December payslip wit...

Passing in the CT600 will show that you've filed that information with HMRC. As a government agency they can go and check that easily. It also comes with all the legal obligations associated with it. Forge it - they'll be knocking at your door. Providing an invoice of a company proves nothing. My ma...

Thanks for taking the time to come back PaperPusher. I think with my British hat on I could firmly hear the sarcasm in your voice in the passage I've now removed, but I would just kindly remind everyone (not just you!) that not everyone here has English as a first language - and even if they do - sa...

I've done a little trim of some of the comments in here.

Please will everyone remain civil and pleasant to each other and try to avoid generalizing too much about different country's citizens.

There's the short answer to this - 'thems the rules!' But the truth of it is: Invoices - I can produce you a realistic looking invoice in 10 minutes in Word - easy to fake. Very hard to verify - you try getting past the front desk of a company asking for 'finance'. Business bank accounts - easy to m...

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There are a number of ways they can find out she isn't in the UK - they can look at her tax records for example. Your case for remaining in the UK is based on your relationship with your wife. If your wife isn't here - the case changes. They will expect to see the relationship carrying on - if she's...

Again - while I appreciate the motive you have - you need to focus on yourself. In order for your plan to be successful - you will have to a) have informed UKBA, b) UKBA having taken action and cancelled his entry clearance and c) not contacted him. You'll also have to have persuaded him to return h...

Yes - but the same centre of life test will be applied.

Regardless of what those rulings have put in place - it does not change the fact that the UK Government is currently applying this test.

On the first points: Given your mother was dependent on you before you traveled and you knew that she could not legitimately stay here under the visa rules I think a human rights claim - which is pretty much all you can do - has little chance of success. You haven't been here long, your wife has bee...

Yes.

1) Get originals from the companies.

2) As long as the English version is the original and not a translation of the original - then you shouldn't need it attested.

3) Yes.

Almost impossible to achieve. They need to be so unwell they require care to do the most basic tasks - like washing/dressing themselves. Then you need to show you can afford to support them for 5 years without recourse to public funds - but then you need to show you can't afford to hire local help i...

While I'm sure all the UK tax payers will thank you for your diligence in avoiding extra cost - you need to look out for yourself. Kick him out or - better still - leave and move so he doesn't know where you are. Inform UKBA. Initiate divorce. Forget about him. Don't worry any further. The only thin...

As a BC you can use ESTA. The only way to know if the previous refusal (which you should declare!) will affect you is to apply and see what happens.

What are the numbers from your last 6 payslips?