stealth wrote:note: I own a house here and may leave it for rent.

good for you but irrelevant from Naturalisation perspective

NCS:Ealing Criteria - WP+HSMP+1yr permanent residence. Date of Appoinment with NCS-15/04/2011 Date reached HO- Date of Debit card charged - Acknowledgment letter- Decision Made- Approval received - Date of Ceremony booked for - I was out of country from 14/04/06 to 17/04/06...The man at NCS said th...

I don't understand why that would matter?? Is it important? But British, partner is Zimbabwean. it does matter because on the basis of being in civil partnership with British citizen the residency requirement is only 3 years (instead of 5) but it is irrelevant in your partner case as explained abov...

Do you know if they do a credit check,(I am sure they do) no, they don't do any checks visible via Credit Reference Agencies firstly, to perform credit check you would need to give a permission secondly, you don't apply for credit related product thirdly, why would they be interested in your relati...

My employer (one of the gov department rang HO last week for an update on my application, and they were advised that it is still awaiting case worker allocation. My employer advised them that I need access to British Passport due to the nature of my work so UKBA need to expedite the process, becaus...

Well, that is sort of grey area when people do not allow themselves a little more breathing space and push to apply for BC on the 6th anniversary of their arrival to the UK. You have to answer yourself the question: were you exercising treaty rights between August and November 2005? As you started w...

tintin wrote:However, I am not sure what issue date appears on the certificate - is it the date when UKBA send your certificate to the council or the date of your ceremony.

date of ceremony

No, not at all! If no decision has been reached, then you are not a UK citizen, therefore you are still an Indian citizen, therefore you can travel on your Indian passport. more precisely, you are not British Citizen until you make an oath of allegiance (or an affirmation) and a pledge, so you will...

also regarding the credit checks - what happens if you have defaults with various credit cards? they are asking about financial products you have defaulted accounts are terminated ones (you got default notice and termination notice) so you don't have them anylonger (they remain on your credit file ...

NCS is only good if you want to keep your passport Because that's what they are for - they do not give any advice, they just photocopy one's documents and send it to UKBA. BUT, whether it is worth to use them or not depends (IMHO) on the value of documents one has to send to UKBA. When I applied wi...

Depends on who OP is.
If EEA citizen then NCS will need to establish whether OP has exercised treaty rights for 5 years prior obtaining PR status.
OP has not disclosed in his/her post under which route he/she applies.

When I appied for my children BC through NCS, I was told that as a father I had to produce marriage certificate (in English). Mothers supposedly do not need to provide it, although neither MN1 form nor associated guide differentiate between mothers and fathers. I have translated mine within a week f...

because application can be send via 2nd class post and not exactly right after you leave NCS office and you have to be physically present in the UK at the time UKBA gets it it is NCS requirement to cover them in case you fly away, your passport will be scanned at the airport and UKBA will know, if t...

Ryco1200 wrote:You can be a foreigner or British as and when you please.

in UK you are British

one problem though – they won’t give availability dates over email, have to spend time on the phone which is just inconvenient for me. Wandsworth council has online booking system - available timeslots are bolded, you select exact date on the screen, then exact hour, then you pay and receive co...

For some the new price may be "only" £50 (it is actually £56) but for the others like families 2+3 it may be as much as (1294-1010) + (810-600) + (270-150) = 284+210+120 = £614 more, for family 2+2 it is £494 more, for a couple £284 more. And although it is not a recent news, where do you actua...

there is no law in this country which protects tenants. it's true, sadly, that tenants are treated as lower category citizens BUT DO NOT GIVE UP, please! Concentrate now on your BC but please go and use specialised forums like landlordzone and section about housing on MSE - there are very knowledge...

my wife is Polish, she's been living in the UK for about 7 years now, she has had her residence card for 5 years. she would like to apply for a british passport but she does not know if she can as within those 7 years here she did not work for about 6 months about 4 years ago. first she was away fr...

VSAndroid wrote:PS - When you say assumed you meant I have applied for naturalisation without getting a PR right?

No, I meant, without getting PR sticker or EEA card (i.e. status granted automatically after exercising treaty rights for 5 years but without any sort of document proving it).

ukpl, I fear you are in danger of inventing a requirement that is not actually there. That is, as regards a Naturalisation requirement, there is no requirement for the person to be working, or to be concerned if they are not working.It is simply not an issue when applying for Naturalisation, and ne...

If you were letting "silently", then unfortunately it'd be hard for you to get anything back from your former landlord. What does letting "siletnlty" means? I was living there leaglly with proper tenancy agreement and paying rent on time and kept property in good condition. It means: no proper cont...

Criteria - 8 Years - 7 Years EEA Family Visa + 1 year Permanent Residency Section 2.4 or 2.3 (can't remember which one) asks about how "YOU" have been exercising your treaty rights... I naturally wrote about what I have been doing since I came to UK It depends if YOU have been exercising treaty rig...

Tell him you are moving back. He has no notice and the contract is not terminated so he would need to use court to move you out. Even if you do not pay, landlord cannot force you out without court sentence. Tell him you will come with housing officer from the council and police to gain access to you...

do not say: "unemployed" as it means you are registered as such in Jobcentre and claiming benefits which you may not be entitled to instead of say: "not employed" Why? He has ILR, so is entitled to claim whatever benefit his circumstances dictate he is entitled to. I said: "may not" - I do not know...

wunder wrote:no dependants

the above, quite often, works against you - not that it is the case with your BC application (I have no idea how they work), just in general: having dependants makes you more stable