John wrote:bitterweb, in this topic you have not actually given us enough information to answer your question. But you can apply for Naturalisation shortly after 21.02.12, as long as you were physically in the UK exactly 5 years earlier, in February 2007.

Yes I was. Thanks!

Jambo wrote:21/02/2012 (1 year after ILR) unless you are married to British citizen.

Thank you!

I got my first work permit VISA on 09/03/2006, ILR VISA on 21/02/2011.

Should the earliest date that I qualify for naturalisation be 09/03/2012 or 21/02/2012?

Thanks

sun_ksh wrote:Hi

I will be applying on 22nd - Tier 1 based ILR

I have got the bank statements up to 1st August 2011. Will this be enough? Or do I need to get the online stamped bank statements for next few days ( say 1st-15th)?


thanks

What's the harm? Just get a stamped printout from a branch.

Phone home office, that's what I did. The NCS staff was not sure so he phoned HO again during the interview. I just used two friends for referees. Neither of them is on the professtional list. The letter just said GP and headerteacher refused to sign for the sake of privacy, apart from stating the c...

I couldn't find professional referee either for both my kids under 10. I phoned them before handing in forms at NCS. The NCS staff again phoned them during the interview. Both times it was said the registration is acceptible with a letter for explanation. I got the certificates a month later. So, if...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: (section 1(3)) Method of application: NCS Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/06/2011 Date of debit of fees: 07/07/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/07/2011 Date of receipt of approval: 26/07/2011 Date of receipt of documents: Date of receipt of registrat...

How exactly does the case worker calculate your absences from the UK? I just realized there're only stamps for entering but not leaving the UK on my passport. So it seems to me you have to rely on the entering stamp to another country to calculate the absences. But what if that stamp is not done pr...

How exactly does the case worker calculate your absences from the UK? I just realized there're only stamps for entering but not leaving the UK on my passport. So it seems to me you have to rely on the entering stamp to another country to calculate the absences. But what if that stamp is not done pro...

My kid was born in the UK a couple months ago. I'm about to apply for ILR early next year and wonder if I should apply for the wife and myself only then if successful register the baby for nationality directly to save the extra few hundred pounds? Has anyone done this before? All people I know of ha...

There is no gap! The reason is Section 3C which says that if a visa application is made prior to the expiry of the old visa, and the new visa has not been issued before the stated expiry date of the old visa, then the old visa is "treated as continuing" until the new visa is actually issued. Thanks...

Thanks for the reply.
I will file for SAR soon. Yes I'm assuming that's a gap. So what is regarded as a gap by HO? How and why would the SAR help in my case?

I applied visa extension in country one month before the expiry of my student visa in september 2005. It took HO a few weeks to ask me for proof of financial support which I then provided. In the end I got the extension but the issue date is January 2006 which means there is a gap of 2 months betwee...

I heard him say that on BBC Newsnight yesterday though it's not what he said literally (word by word). Basically as I understand he implied there would be changes to settlement routes. Of course we will probably have to just take whatever they do retrospectively or not. I'm just worried since I'm on...

Just heard Damian Green say that it's not right to have people who initially came here to work for two years ending up settling here permanently. He also implied that changes would be made in the coming months. Are they going to change the settlement rules very soon? Could any such changes affect pe...

The baby was born in the UK. I'll apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain early next year. Should I get her the passport then add her in my application (in this case do I need to get her Leave to Remain Visa first on her passport?), or should I apply without her then later apply for the citizenship for...

Thanks guys!

Just think the wording of the requirements from UKBA is a bit ambiguous/misleading.

The requirements say if you are not an English speaker then take ESOL and citizenship course. I'm not a native English speaker. Does that mean I can't simply take the Life in the UK test to apply for ILR? Do I have to take the courses?

I failed to get a definitive answer googling.

Many thanks!

will home office accept internship points? i did one year internship when i was on student visa and company paid me for that. There is a signed internship contract between college and company. I will attache the following documents please let me know if there any other documents require. 1. Transcr...

I have noticed it mentioned a few times here and there about "entered the UK as HSMP". I entered on student VISA then switched to Work permit then to HSMP and now on Tier-1. Do I count as "entered as HSMP". Literally, I don't think I do. Does this mean they will treat people who switched to HSMP/Tie...

Applied From :United Kingdom JR / Non-JR : Non-JR Application Filed :22 Apr 2009 Application Received at Visa Office :23 Apr 2009 Fee Debited :23 Apr 2009 Reference Number Received :25 Apr 2009 Approval/Denial Date :21 May 2009 Paperwork Received :28 May 2009 Total Processing Time :29 days With two ...

Finally got the approval back today, Visa stamped until June 2012.

It's approved on 21 May, so the processing took 29 days in total but I only received everything back today.

Thanks to all for the help!

This is what I'm afraid of since I don't remember if my savings statement was more recent or not. I'm still waiting for the result. But is it just me? If there is such a guideline, it's completely insane and doesn't make any sense at all. The two types of statements are meant for different purposes....

Maybe because current account balance falls below £800 recently and there is no savings statement for that period, they did not accept it. I don't think it is a deliberate misinterpretation. If the savings account is provided as proof of maintenance fund, why should whatever happens on current acc...

This is not the first time I came across a case on this site that the statements for maintenance fund seem to have been "overlooked" resulting in a rejection. I just can't see how this could happen unless some caseworkers deliberately misinterpret the guideline on proof of maintenance fund and "ende...