noajthan wrote:BRP should nail it.

Thanks noajthan

The time has come for my wife to apply for BC, brief history: Came to UK on spouses visa 2008, I'm a UK citizen 2010 my wife could not accomplish Koll element and was given discretionary leave to remain, as we had one children born in the UK in 2009 2014 ILR was applied for and granted and issued a ...

Received the bio-metric residence card this morning, letter that came with it stated a decision had been reached and documents are being returned, am I being presumptuous to presume that if they have given the residence card that would mean they have granted indefinite leave? Got the letter about an...

Got a letter this morning asking us to go for Biometrics within 15 days, I'm taking this as a good sign, although they would probably do the same if she was getting shunted onto another discretionary leave I suppose, any thoughts out there? She already went for biometrics in 2010 when applying for f...

Only one problem, my wife went for biometric processing some time in 2010, on the form it asked for details and inclusion of residence permit, we looked high and low in the house for it and could not find it so reported it missing, they replied she did not get the card and was an addition in her pas...

Case worker assigned to case and money taken out of the bank, so looking good to go, says up to 6 months processing time though, so just have to wait now.

D4109125 wrote:Do keep us posted jsnetman, did you include the above email?

Yes I did, with the senders name removed in case it goes against the Data Protection Act.

Application got posted today! now its the waiting game.

D4109125 wrote:For immigration applications, the date of posting is the date of application. Thus send via special delivery and keep proof of postage.

Thanks for the info, we are going to be right up to the last as my bank has not sent my statements and we had to just re-order them.

We are intending a postal application but still waiting for the ESOL certificate to arrive for proof of the requirement of English. Can we apply by post say on the 20th of October, would it be considered if the application was dated and posted say 5 days before the deadline?

Naveed583 Please do share you opinion or any corresponding with any solicitor Have not been to a solicitor, but, the private college which we applied for an ESOL course went out of their way to help us, they said they would not offer the course to my wife (as we pointed out it was for ILR purposes) ...

Naveed583 Have followed this post as your circumstances are almost exactly the same as my wife's (she came a few months earlier than you), she is a couple of weeks away from getting her ESOL certificate and was wondering have you made the application for ILR, or are you going the extension route the...

As Vinny stated previously see Discretionary leave - what to do (click) and read what that member has decided to do.

Thank's, that does answer my question, sorry for being a bit daft but these immigration rules make my head confused!

She has only 3 years on DL, plus two on a spouses visa, I just want to get this thing over with as quick as possible. Her DL visa expires in Jan 2014, if she passes Life in The UK test or gets esol before Oct 28th can we apply early for ILR (before Jan 2014)? so not having to comply with the new rul...

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/britishcitizenship/kol-uk According to that link would my wife be except from the new rules? "We also recognise that some groups are in a particularly vulnerable situation prior to obtaining permanent residence in the UK. The KoLL requirement ...

There are also references to people in the discretionary leave category which says after 6 years they can apply for ILR using form DL on the ukba website which is a hell of a lot cheaper. "Discretionary leave If we do not recognise you as a refugee or a person who qualifies for humanitarian protecti...

Her visa expires in Jan 2014, presuming she can pass the KOLL preferably before October 28th can we not submit an ILR application in then using from setm(O)?

My wife joined me in November 2008 on a two year spouses visa, when that time expired she was unable to pass the Life in the UK test due to pregnancy and other factors. She was given Limited Leave to Remain outside of any normal categories and according to Discretionary Leave principles. I'm a Briti...

Thanks Greenie: This stinks, I have already paid I think 550 for the FLR process now I'm gonna have to pay 550 for FLR(O) then 972 for SET(O). She has 2 british kids here, I know the UK have to be strict but this is taking it to the limits in our case. I think it is premature to be talking about the...

According to this taken form the UK Border Agency: "Discretionary leave If we do not recognise you as a refugee or a person who qualifies for humanitarian protection, we may give you another type of temporary permission to stay in the UK. This permission is called 'discretionary leave to remain'. Ho...

As requested here is the letter recieved:




Got my dates wrong and it is a 3 year extension.

What is my course of action once this visa is due to expire ?

It was definately FLR(M) application. But will scan the letter tonight and post its contents.

Right it was an FLR application we made. In section 4.1: Is this the first time you have applied for a visa or extension of stay in one of the above categories. I awnsered yes to this, it then said if awnswering yes then go to section 5. In section 5 it requires you to give proof of KOL which we cou...

Will do.

Just had a quick look at the FLR form and I'm confused myself. It does not look like the form I used in 2010. As there is a section which relates to time needed to gain KOL. I may still have copies stored on my PC so give me some time and will back track to see exactly what I did.

We did get a letter, have not got it in front of me right now, but seem to remember it saying as she was outside of the rules DL was granted on compasionate grounds and could access public funds i.e child benefit. We were all set for ILR application in 2010, but like I say she just could not manage ...