While US citizens are normally able to visit the UK without applying for entry clearance beforehand, passengers travelling on a *one-way* ticket will be routinely queried about their UK visa/residency status at the Stateside check-in desk. I speak from experience. Secondly, an internal UK immigratio...
You might want to read this: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/420914/Fee_Waiver_Policy_-_April_2015.pdf The fee waiver application has a very specific threshold for destitution. Much like the adult dependent settlement category, it isn't an easy thing to acco...
If you are attempting to enter the UK on a one-way ticket, be prepared to have to convince the check-in staff at the departing airport of your entitlement to the right of free movement. This goes doubly if your naturalisation certificate is in Slovak. There are no guarantees with what you're attempt...
One of the absolute requirements of the Ancestry visa is that one of the applicant's GRANDparents was BORN in the UK. For the purpose of this visa, this means England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, pre-independence ROI, the Channel Islands and, exceptionally, British registered ships and planes...
This is a non-starter. If you're a British citizen, you are not subject to immigration control. You have right of abode in the UK. Hence, you cannot receive an ancestry visa, which indicates both being subject to immigration control and a lack of right of abode. You can't do it, and that's that. You...
You would likely be best served by going to an internet forum that is *specifically* tailored towards North Americans migrating to the UK, particularly on the basis of joining a spouse or partner. (Not too many Americans come to the UK to strike it rich on their own...) It's called UK Yankee, and yo...
Anyways, now that I got the 10 year ban - is it possible to get rid of that? Plus if not, how can I get an IRL passport - as part of my uni degree I have to travel a lot, but with my current passport that will be really hard for me! There is no such thing as an "ILR passport". Your passport remains...
I have actual recent experience with this type of application. My mother is a Canadian (thus, Commonwealth) citizen by birth who was married to a British citizen by descent. She married him in 1968 and was still married to him on 31 December 1982 (although they later divorced). She has always been a...
Would bank statements from my husbands and my joint account that show we can more than get by on his income while I am at home with our children not be considered? We jointly own our home as well which surely would help? NO. UK Ancestry is a path tied to *your* employment history and prospects, not...
Settlement for UK Ancestry, however, requires that you be in employment (part-time ok) or be actively looking for work at the time of application. This is evidenced by providing a letter from your current employer saying that you are still needed OR proof of an ongoing job search. UK Ancestry is a f...
Unless your stepfather formally adopted you, then an Ancestry Visa is not open to you either. Your only options are: 1) Find another UK/EU/EEA person to have a relationship with 2) Go back to uni for a degree 3) Find an employer to sponsor you 4) Qualify for the entrepreneur/investor/exceptional tal...
As I said, I can't ask them to shelve the new policy. all I'm asking is for a fair chance to apply as per the policy that existed when my decision was made. People coming in under the newer policy know that up front what they are going in for. I'm being told of the change when I'm already committed...
newperson - I dont need to get into your personal choices but if your parents were dependent on you and above 65 years of age, it was completely your choice to sponsor them or not. My mum's not dependent upon me and is getting excellent care. But even if that weren't the case, it doesn't change the...
Other than that, I don't have much use for your post again as I only asked for people who supported me to get in touch, not for everyone else to do a critical analysis of my request. I do hope you get a chance to make a better use of your time on this forum by helping them. To be fair, contrary opi...
Would be good in some way if people like you supported me, but at the end of the day its my battle and I'm fighting it. I'm an immigrant like you. I also have elderly parents. In fact, I'm spending extended leave with my mother right now overseas as she battles an aggressive, terminal cancer. I too...
To luckapooka and newperson, The value elderly add to this useless exchequer is that their kids are high rate tax payers into it and not claiming a single penny. People who have parents are not going to leave them alone, they will either fight legal cases to challenge the government or leave the co...
Thanks for asking. She has applied for three research assistant positions at universities, one of which was EXACTLY in her field. 2 have been rejected with no reason given. I suspect it could simply be due to her needing a tier 2 visa? Her CV is excellent and fitted the rolls perfectly. She's dishe...
I have to agree with Lucapooka. Moreover, why should the UK seek to liberally let in elderly people who themselves have paid in nothing towards the Exchequer and will now be most demanding of social and medical care? From a strictly rational, economic perspective, it doesn't make sense. And in these...
There seems to be next to zero opportunities in terms of seeking employment in costume design which she has just gained her degree in. :( I'm confused. £14k+/year to get a degree for which there are no post-graduation opportunities? Was it just a one-year course or a three/four year-programme durin...
I am not solicitor, so double check it. But as far as I understand ILR will be removed if she will be out of UK for 2 years non-stop. If you visit UK during this time, she will have airport stamps in passport that she was here and ILR should be Ok. I am not solicitor, but this was always my underst...
Unfortunately, when you return to the UK in three or four years time, your wife's ILR will have lapsed. As others have mentioned, this happens when she hasn't been living in the UK for two years. When you do wish to return, you will be applying for a new spouse visa. You won't get any "credit" for t...
How many times do you need to be told? You. Need. To. Take. The. Test. Immigration applicants submitting under EU/EEA rules do not have to take the test for PR. However, ALL naturalisation applicants (unless exempted for age or disability) need to take it (if they haven't done so already for ILR) as...
Just one thing... It is unclear what visa, if any, the original poster is currently on himself. He has consistently mentioned that his girlfriend intends to apply for a dependent visa, which leads me to suspect that he may *not* be settled in the UK himself. Settlement visas are only intended for no...
