Well I sent back my son's certificate of naturalization to UKBA the very next day and also requested our local MP to write a letter of support as we needed to travel within 4 weeks. The amended certificate was received today (12 working days). I too am impressed. Last year my wife received her natu...
Strangely n all my travels , the only place I found an Irish passport to be a hindrance was, of all places, Bolivia. My then purely Irish girlfriend required a special visa whereas I didn't Was that for tourism? The Bolivian embassy site says UK and Ireland are the same. Having both passports mysel...
Strangely n all my travels , the only place I found an Irish passport to be a hindrance was, of all places, Bolivia. My then purely Irish girlfriend required a special visa whereas I didn't Was that for tourism? The Bolivian embassy site says UK and Ireland are the same. Having both passports mysel...
Those born on the island of Ireland after 1922 can choose to be one or tother or both. Well, that has only ever applied to people born in Northern Ireland, obviously. And from 1983 onwards, birth in the UK (in this case in Northern Ireland) has not conferred British citizenship in all cases, and fr...
I absolutely agree with the viewpoint expressed by Christophe. Before becoming a BC myself, my child was born on the Island of Ireland at a time when any child born anywhere within the Island (both the North of the Island, i.e. Northern Ireland, which is geo-politically part of the UK and the South...
Maybe things are improving ? I sent off my wife's SET(M) form on 5th Jan and got acknowledgement letter two days later. My daughter, whose husband got ILR two years ago, cheerfully informed me that his had come back in two weeks. Just as well I hadn't been reading this forum! My stepson is due off o...
Speaking as someone from Norn Iron who is married to a non EU citizen and resident in mainland Britain, I can but agree with the posts which point out that you really should get yourself a proper UK visa to go north. You most probably would be unchallenged if you do not look out of place or draw att...
It would seem that little has changed in Pretoria. Two years ago my wife was granted a settlement visa, but they initially refused her son in a refusal notice that contained one false statement and a contradiction. An immediate appeal was lodged and we deluged them with a bundle of additional inform...
