To those who have successfully applied citizenship by post themselves.

Please tell if the home office send the residential card back to you?

thanks

many thanks, guys

My wife is going to apply the citizenship the next day after my naturalisation ceremony. as the requirement I need to show my british passport to support her applicaiotn as partner of british citizen. but process of british passport applicaiton normally takes over 1 month. we do not want to wait for...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC Method of application: Postal Date of receipt by UKBA: 5 may/2011 Date of debit of fees: 11may/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16 may/2011 Date of receipt of approval: 26 august(dated 18 of august) Date of Ceremony: 1st of sep 2011 Ot...

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5 Method of application: post by royal mail Date of application: 15/03/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line ) Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013 Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13 Date of receipt of approval: ...

Does anyone know if I(dual nationality) can ask the custom officer stamp on my passport issued by another country when I come back from abroad?

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (worker permit+Tier1) + 1 year ILR Method of application: NCS Herfordshire Date of application: 15/03/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/03/2013 Date of acknowledgement: 26/03/2013 Date of debit of fees: 25/03/2013 Date of approval: --- received on 18/04/2013 dated 11/04/...

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (worker permit+Tier1) + 1 year ILR Method of application: NCS Herfordshire Date of application: 15/03/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/03/2013 Date of acknowledgement: 26/03/2013 Date of debit of fees: 25/03/2013 Date of approval: --- received on 18/04/2013 dated 11/04/...

Hi, I applied via NCS Bracknell on the 15th of March, I believe it got to HO by the 18th according to NCS. Yet today is the 27 of March and no fees have been debited. I am a little concerned as from what I can see most people get the fees debited in 7 days or less. Did this happen to anyone else, a...

Hi,everyone, I am on PSW visa. I will start my masters from Jan 2013. I noticed that there is new requirement for maintenance funding, but the money I have only enough to pay the tuition fee. I wonder if I can arrange my bank statement first, then pay tuition fee as soon as possible, the uni will gi...

Hi, everyone. I do not know if anyone of you faces the same question. my wife first came to the UK as Tier 1 dependant. she and I got ILR on 18/Dec/2011. first I wonder if we could apply for naturalisation together on 18/Dec/2012. if not, I without a doubt can apply BC first. once I got the BC. can ...

My wife has finished her two-year dependent visa and going to apply ILR on 15 Mar. but She has almost 5 months living out of uk during past two years. Jan/ 2011 - 25 days holiday with me. Sep/2011 - Nov/2011 58 days holiday on her own. Jan/2012 - Feb/2011 45 days holiday on her own. I just wonder if...

I got the WP inside of the UK.

before that I got student visa and first entered the uk on Aug 2004

could anyone give a confirmed answer. My work permit visa start from 12/Jan/2007. My current tier 1 visa would be expired on 18/08/2012. My made appoint for ILR application on 15/Mar/2012. for the question "when did you first enter the Uk?" on the form, which date should I filled in? Is it 12/Jan/20...

could anyone give a confirmed answer. My work permit visa start from 12/Jan/2007. My current tier 1 visa would be expired n 18/08/2012. My made appoint for ILR application on 15/Mar/2012. for the question "when did you first enter the Uk?" which date should I filled in? Is it 12/Jan/2007 as my WP vi...

Hi, My situation is WP + HSMP+ Tier1. I already have been 5 years and 3 months if count from the first date of wp visa. The reasion I did not go for IRL is that I am waiting my wife finishing her two year UK dependent visa and we can apply IRL together. I made the appointment in March, which date sh...

I am a tier 1 visa holder and my wife got the dependent visa. We would apply settlement together in March 2012 after the two years "together time". she now needs to get back to our country for a while. In order to still qualify to get settlement visa, maximaly how many days could she stay out of the...

just got letter from Scotland disclosure.

nothing is displayed on it.

traffic offense such as speeding and jumping lights does not cout.

KP, have u got yours??

many thanks for everyone.

Agree with KP.

how long has it been since you sent your CRB check applicaiton out??

As KP's suggestion, I just applied the basic CRB check via Disclosure Scotland, which cost 25 pounds. My case is similar as you guys ( jumping red lights, no Uk driving license, 3 points, 100 fine, they put all this info on my UK driving license counterpart when I finally got it), I will let everyon...

Even driving without license could be spent, do not worry about this.

unspent convictions normally lead the person in prison for 2.5 or more years, i do not believe anyone of us had done these 'big' things

I was seized carrying 2.3kg meat at HEATHOW airport when I came back to Uk. Do I need disclose this on Qeustion E1??

can anyone tell me which number it is?

Is it the VAF No. or the red number on the top right of the visa?

Thanks for your answer. I am HSMP visa holder and will extend my visa under tier 1 scheme. I had one year work permit visa before I swapped my visa to HSMP. Please tell me where to get these numbers. I can find "Our reference" and "YOUR Reference" on work permit approval letter; "Our Ref" and "Your ...

Can anyone tell me how to get these numbers.
(Home office reference number, worker reference number, Points based system migrant reference number)

thanks very much