If you were legitimate at birth under the country of your parents' domicile and your father was consequently recognised as such at your birth for the purposes of the BNA 1981, then you would have automatically become British by descent under s. 2 BNA 1981. Therefore, you may want to just make a Brit...
You are initially unlucky but then ultimately lucky, and I explain why below. Before 2006, s. 50(9) BNA 1981 stated that only legitimate fathers would be recognised for the purposes of the Act. Amendments to this came into force in 1981 to provide for recognition of illegitimate fathers, but these c...
Your previous post was not clear because it merely specified that you had a biometric residence permit. (Biometric residence permits have been used to confer the grant of limited leave for some time and are now used to confer the grant of indefinite leave as well.) If you are the spouse or civil par...
I entered in the UK in 2007 as a student, married with a British Citizen in 2010. Spouse visa was granted & now BRP card is issued on 14-08-2012. I have been living in the UK for the last 5 years (i.e. from 2007). Can someone advise on this: 1. Does the 3 years spent on the student visa counts towa...
Vinny is quite right that your friend's wife may well have the right of abode in the UK if the marriage was formed before 1983. This would be ideal, as this would entitle the wife to apply for and receive a certificate of entitlement in her passport, which would be even better than indefinite leave....
However, I suspect there is no concept of 'spent' in India. How will he show it has been spent. Or the lconcept of spent as in UK law will apply? Also check out this website http://www.htp.gov.in/Services.html Whether India has an equivalent of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act is irrelevant for ...
If you were convicted under the law of the India, then you must declare it on your application. The application asks you if you have any unspent convictions in the UK or any other country. A knowing or reckless misstatement on a naturalisation application can, in addition to resulting in criminal pr...
I would probably start by making a subject access request to the UK Border Agency: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/navigation/personal-data/ The information that you get from a subject access request could help if you need to order a replacement of any certificate that may have been issued. Detail...
Hi John, My friend has already been given just for one year residence permit in Sri Lanka and will be eligible to apply for dual citizenship soon as Sri Lanka is implementing it again. But he is planning to relocate UK with his wife now, issue is under current citizenship law she will have to compl...
If she leaves the UK, she can go to the embassy and get herself a visa to let herself back in the UK, its what she told me but I cannot confirm this. Your mother's new passport would not contain a new ILR endorsement unless and until it is placed there by the Home Office. She could apply for this t...
If your wife does not yet meet the residence requirements, then she should not apply at this time. If you meet the residence requirements and all other requirements for naturalisation, then you can be naturalised first. Once you get your certificate of naturalisation, your wife will be the spouse of...
The relevant statute explicitly provides that you must have been physically present in the UK at the date that begins the five year period ending with the date of the application (unless one of the relatively uncommon exceptions applies). (1) Subject to paragraph 2, the requirements for naturalisati...
Hi, Even I am confused with this. I am not married to british citizenship holder. I got my ILR in July 2011 after living here in uk for last 5 years. But now I am not sure that can I apply for citizenship now or will I have to wait for 12 months to apply for BC? You will have to wait until you've h...
Your description is rather confusing. I will try to make as much sense of it as I can. You may want to get proper advice from a professional immigration advisor if you genuinely believe yourself eligible for British citizenship. I was born within the Crown colony of Hong Kong on Mar 1973 and shall b...
Thanks a lot for your advice, I was not very sure that my student status from 2003 to 2008 will count in residential period or not. Regards The time when you were a student can count toward the residential period, provided that you have not breached the immigration rules during the five-year period...
If your civil partnership has been dissolved, then you are no longer the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen and must apply under s. 6(1) British Nationality Act 1981 rather than s. 6(2). As an applicant who applies under s. 6(1), you will be required to have had ILR for at least a year bef...
You should submit evidence that you were exercising treaty rights for a five-year period ending at least one year ago. You should also submit evidence that you have been in the UK for the last year. Payslips, P60s, bank statements, educational records, etc. may help show residence and exercising tre...
Hi There , did you get naturalised . plesae help me . My case is very similar to yours . I got my ILR in Nov 2009 ON A 14 YEAR Long resindency still on ILR Cheers Sakshi [/i] You do not currently meet the residence requirements yet because time when you were here unlawfully does not count. The Home...
My understanding is that those with a link to a trust territory rather than colony (and no other link to the UK or one of the colonies of the time) were British Protected Persons rather than Citizens of the UK and Colonies. Did your father gain citizenship of the Republic of Cameroon when Southern C...
Strictly speaking, s. 3(9) Immigration Act 1971 indicates that someone seeking to enter the UK based on a right of abode by virtue of his British citizenship must show a UK passport describing him as a British citizen or certificate of entitlement to a right of abode in the UK. It is correct that Br...
If it were my application, I would wait until 18 September 2011 to submit it. A request for the exercise of discretion as to a particular requirement may or may not be successful, whereas someone who clearly meets all the statutory requirements for naturalisation can normally expect that his or her ...
I dont see why you have to declare it as it seems to me that you have commited and offence paid a fine but was NOT CONVICTED of the offence (as it does not show up on your CRB either). If you had been convicted, you would have had your finger prints, DNA and photographs taken at the police station....
where are you living currently? If outside of UK, can you visit your nearest British Consulate? or within the UK, you can just fill out the form by hand. Could you give us the link to the website? https://passports.ips.gov.uk/epa1r1a/Rich/Formpage.aspx he is probably using this one My understanding...
