Hi, During the period between getting the British Naturalisation certificate and receiving the British passport, can I still travel in and out of the UK using the foreign passport that has the ILR stamp on it? I am a frequent overseas business traveller, wondering this is a problem, ie whether I ha...

NCS Ealing Date of submission 10/12/2010 Date reached HO 13/12/2010 CRITERIA - 5yr WP/Tier1 + 1 yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card 17/12/2010 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/12/2010 dated 15/12/2010 Date of receipt of approval - 11/01/11 dated 30/12/2010 Date of receipt of invitation l...

Hi All I want to know what do you mean by check and send method for passport application. Can you please advise Regards It is a service provided by the Post Office. They check your passport application to ensure you have filled it in correctly and have the correct supporting documents and they send...

NCS Ealing Date of submission 10/12/2010 Date reached HO 13/12/2010 CRITERIA - 5yr WP/Tier1 + 1 yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card 17/12/2010 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/12/2010 dated 15/12/2010 Date of receipt of approval - not yet (hopefully stuck in post) Date of receipt of invi...

NCS Ealing Date of submission 10/12/2010 Date reached HO 13/12/2010 CRITERIA - 5yr WP/Tier1 + 1 yr ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card 17/12/2010 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/12/2010 dated 15/12/2010 Date of receipt of approval - Date of receipt of invitation letter from council - n/a D...

Hi

Has anyone who submitted their application after 30 Nov heard from the Home Office yet i.e confirming they have received the application?

If you have a masters why can't you switch to an HSMP? My advise is follow the rules, never try and cut corners with the HO because it will catchup with you. Go by the book. I would look into the HSMP or work permit route as they seem to be your best bets. Unfortunately the visa you were on do not l...

Thambi

Hi,
Did you have any absence in 5 years. If yes then how many days/months ?

I had 150 days out of the country in the last 5 years

Hi It was special delivery and the post man came at about 12 noon. It requires a signature Congratulations Mag4kg! Torture is over for you! :-) Can you tell me the UKBA Agency that issued your ILR: was it Sheffield, Croydon, Liverpool etc? IT was Sheffield. Hang in there. They might be trying to ge...

Hi

It was special delivery and the post man came at about 12 noon.

It requires a signature

Hi Guys, I got mine yesterday Application : 5 years as WP and Tier 1 (no dependants) Application sent: 1 Oct 2009 Application Received: 2 Oct 2009 Payment deducted: 7 Oct 2009 Acknowledgement letter: 7 Oct 2009 Acknowledgement letter received : 9 Oct 2009 ILR Stamped: 2 Dec 2009 ILR Received : 3 Dec...

"sodedra" I sent mine on the 1 Oct under 5 years wp+tier 1 and not heard a thing. We all in the same boat. It is sad that the HO does not consider that people have lives and will need to travel. The sad thing is you pay a lot for the visa's and unfortunately i can't say there is much value for money...

Congrat HAHA

Anyone else receive their ILR in the last week?

Does anyone know why the HO is taking so long? Does anyone know of some backlogs?

The waiting is does get stressful

Hi Goody09

No response yet. It seems they are processing Sept and late Aug WP and Tier 1 applications from the other thread. Hope we get there soon though.

Hi goody09 Your comment was comforting as i applied about the same time. I applied for ILR on the 1 Oct 2009 and this was based on 5 years as WP +Tier 1.I qualified for ILR on 24 Oct (timelines almost the same). I have not heard from the HO yet and it is true that they may take to six months, howeve...

Hi Guys,

Has anyone received their ILR this week. Haven't seen any posts this week.

Hoping we all get good news soon.

@ "khaweriba"

The one that says 95% of postal application within 6 months is the one applicable to HSMP ILR JR

The other refers to those making initial applications or extensions for the Tier 1 visa (previously HSMP) and is not related to ILR.

Hope this helps

Quicker to stay on the HSMP route. On a spouse visa it might take another two years to apply for ILR at which time the Earned Citizenship rules will be in place and therefore take you longer to get Citizenship.

Much easier to get your ILR now.

Hi
Since you have a post study work permit , have you tried to apply for a Tier 1 (general) and putting your husband on it as a dependent.

@ khaweriba''

My assumption is that the backlog is partly due to the summer holidays. Two friends applied for their ILR under HSMP JR at the end of June and beginning of July and both got their passports back within 3-4 weeks.

Hope this helps. Kind Regards

Application : 5 years as WP and Tier 1
Application sent: 1 Oct 2009
Application Received: 2 Oct 2009
Payment deducted: 7 Oct 2009
Acknowledgement letter: 7 Oct 2009
Acknowledgement letter received : 9 Oct 2009

Waiting.......