voytek wrote:My passport has arrived two days after interview.

I think you meant two working days, so if you have your interview on Thursday/Friday you should expect to wait longer

2. In terms of your aim to apply for settlement under long residence, I am afraid that the ILR clock reset and (re)started from 05-Aug-10. Plan your future accordingly. I think you can aim for 14 year rule if you are planning for long residence concession. Though this category is likely to change i...

I think 2 yrs PSW start on the day they make decision, so just post it on 17th April and pay by cheque, so most likely they would make a decision no earler than 25th April. This will imply your PSW will run up to 25th April 2013 and this will be well within your 28 days before the anniversary of you...

Just wanted to share my experience..if you live near passport office then you can hand in your application form in person rather than posting it. The benefits are that it arrives immediately and you save money!...All the best on your applications

Smallfamily wrote:should I add £3 extra along the passport fee or should I send a self paid special deleivery envolope for receiving the docs back.

It is cheaper to pay £3 extra than buying a special delivery envelope!

balded wrote:By law, you should enter and leave the UK with a British passport.

Is there really any law for this? I think not and this is because you can have a right of abode stamp (after becoming British) put on your foreign passport and use it to enter UK.

voytek wrote:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... y-fees.pdf

£780 to start on 22nd of Nov
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

voytek wrote:UK Immigration fee increase postponed

Is it not that has been postponed from 1st to 22nd of Nov

It can sometime takes up to two weeks (from the date they debited your card) to receive their acknowledgement letter because they use second class post, and sometime they post several days later. So If I was in your position, would not worry much till around 20ish of this month. keep posting your ti...

Dont get too excited very soon, their new proposal will be more tough than earned citizen, that's for sure. Certainly there will be no eligibility of UK citizenship just for being employed in the UK for 5yrs!

does it include special delivery for sending and returning documents? or just for sending?

What are the benefits of using check & send service from postal office over just posting the forms yourself?

Hi RAJ2007 and 10hamilton,
Just want to ask you what sort of documents did council want you to provide when you submit your application? I have been asked to provide documents similar to that of application for ILR and just want to know if all council ask that?

Hi magsi and others who have been to NCS appointmnet, I have boooked my appointment for early next month and I received a confirmation letter that list documents needed similar to the ones supplied for ILR application. I rang the council and confirmed that all documents are needed and they pointed t...

Get ready to spend more money on ur application! If you think of applying hurry up and do so now!
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco ... -increases

I think even though the Government might axe probatitonary citizenship, what comes next will most likely be far worse than probatitonary citizenship itself!! So don't be happy!!!!!

beeba wrote:Professional should know a child in a professional capacity

How is this possible? I think ony a Dr who treat a child can qualify then?

joelondon, it is not that he is lucky, the UKBA didn't have choice but to give the money back as it was their mistake in the first place..they published a document on their website with incorrect visa fees!!! Now they have corrected their mistake!

eric79, they have now uploaded the correct pdf document with correct fees. At least they haven't rejected it per say but they want you to resend it with correct visa fee!

eric79, any updates regarding that parcel u received? was it really the parcel from Home Office regarding ur application? and if so what was it said?

Jst the update, I visited the Italian Consulate in London this week and the process was very smooth (very easy than I thought), and it was best experience in the visa processing I encountered so far..The whole process took only half an hr, no long ques, u jst need to arrive at ur appointment time an...

Does any one has expereience of getting 6 or 12 months multiple entries business visa from Italian embassy? If so, can u share any tips on how to make it likely for consulate to issue that visa? (I have all the usual documents they requested for) I had 6 months multiple entries business visa from Fr...

London-er wrote: Could someone with knowledge about this pls responde. I realised there are price differences in NCS services. Some charge more than the others.

London-er, how much difference you notice in the price? and how much was the cheapest one?

UKBA advertised this on their main page back in December and it was suggested here http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... highlight= that we put a sticky so that people can read and be aware of it

lboro, the length of time here is irrelevant. They entered on visitor visas, and indeed have overstayed those. I totally agree the length of time here is irrelevant but I was implying that if they worked and paid Tax, NI contribution for 11yrs then they have contributed a lot of money into the econ...