Did you read any of the other posts in this thread??? :roll: If the child is born in SA it will automatically be a British citizen by descent and will have exactly the same rights as a British child born in the UK. Thank you @CR001 :mrgreen: @ohara: Apologies. I read many many threads and in readin...
Hello all, Resurrecting an old thread. I am now the proud but very tired father of a cute baby boy (definitely inherited the good looks from his mom) ... I want to apply for his UK Citizenship while I am still living in South Africa. Am I correct in assuming that, that I would need to complete and s...
Wow thanks guys .. that was enlightening and informative to regarding habitual residency, etc especially when we return permanently after my placement is up. If I understand correctly, for the short term it means that if my wife pushed (excuse the pun :mrgreen: ) to have the Baby in the UK, she woul...
Thanks folks. So what I had found was basically correct. I don't know who has been giving her the FUD that the child will not be able to get any 'benefits' by lieu of not physically being born in the UK. Not that we have thankfully ever needed to make use or or hope to in the future (except NHS occa...
My wife and I are both naturalized British Citizens with dual nationality of South Africa. We had lived in the UK for 10 year and recently I got a promotion/transfer with my Company and have been living in SA again for the 6 months. My wife is now pregnant and wishes for our child to be born in Engl...
I have been waiting a month for the invitation letter now. Emailed them twice after the two week period had elapsed and nothing ... All the while the 90 day limit is being eaten into. Think I will be calling my local council... So close yet soooo far... Oh yeah, definitely get in touch with your co...
I have been waiting a month for the invitation letter now. Emailed them twice after the two week period had elapsed and nothing ... All the while the 90 day limit is being eaten into.
Jambo wrote:The documents are returned after a decision has been made.
Thanks. I was about to send ask for my passport to be return but the trip had to be postponed to July ... so will just hope everything is done by the end of May.
That is interesting. In fact my professional reference put in his passport number but the 'british citizen' reference did not. Both are BCs and in fact professional for UKBA purposes:- Dentist and Pilot. Anyway I hope it does not delay my application. Like an id io t, I did not get the passport num...
I applied for Citizenship by sending all original docs with application to UKBA on 01-May-2013 Unfortunately (for me), an urgent and unexpected work trip has come up for me in June, so I need my passport back in case it takes longer than the average processing time of 4 weeks. Does anyone know what ...
That is interesting. In fact my professional reference put in his passport number but the 'british citizen' reference did not. Both are BCs and in fact professional for UKBA purposes:- Dentist and Pilot. Anyway I hope it does not delay my application. Like an id io t, I did not get the passport numb...
----------------------------- Thought I might as well start this as my application should reach them tomorrow! Eligibility criteria: Me: 2 Years Working Holiday + 5 years WP + 1.5 year ILR; Wife: 4 Years WP Dependent, ILR 1.5 years Method of application: Direct (Not through NCS) Date of application:...
Thought I might as well start this as my application should reach them tomorrow! Eligibility criteria: Me: 5 years WP + 1.5 year ILR; Wife: 4 Years WP Dependent, ILR 1.5 years Method of application: Direct (Not through NCS) Date of application: 30/04/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/05/2013 Date of ...
If you think about, this govt is probably staying aflot due to all the fees us immigrants have to pay - I am sure we are really helping to prop up the system ...
The salary on the original work permit is not necessarily a bad thing. All that matters is that at the time of application, your current salary meets or exceeds the SOC requirement for your job/job title.
Your WP documentation is not needed. They can verify this on their own systems. So as long as you have the passport with the visa permit(s) in it, you should be fine.. I speak from experience. I was a WP holder that got my ILR two weeks ago. They did not ask for the paperwork even though I had it an...
I think they look at the letter from the employer and check to ensure you are being paid at the appropriate rate. I don't know if it is up to the employer to tell them that they increased your salary by over say 20% in one year. But considering we have to submit the P60's for last 5 years - I am sur...
I applied in person for my ILR yesterday and was successful. See my posts if you interested. Due to their IT problems from 20/12 .. I was also given the decision for them to post my passports (if the checks they were making turned out ok) or to come and collect. As they had already wasted most of my...
They are also planning to promote me and add senior to my existing title (i.e. Senior Technical Support Analyst) and most of my role and duties would stay same, it just that I will supervise two new members of staff. Can this create any problems? As far as I know, this would entail applying for a t...
I forgot to add: With regards to my payslips: I submitted my latest December payslip which was paid last week Friday(16th) due to Christmas. Normally we only get paid on the 27th. However, I also did not have the latest bank statement for last calendar month (nov-dec) which recorded either my Novemb...
Well, it's done. I applied for my ILR in person at Croydon today and was successful. I applied as a current WP holder for me + my wife (as dependent). It is a simple case, as I have worked for the same company for all my time in the UK. I originally came as a Working Holiday Maker in 2005 and switch...
Excellent Forum, and my favourite website for the last few months. I am applying for ILR next week and have of course used this forum and the collective experience of all to prepare for my application. However, as prepared as I am, I still have doubts :shock: The only thing I require clarification f...
You can only book appointments 42 days ahead of the current date. The system seems to be a bit stupid in that if the "to" date is greater than 42 days limit, the system will not return any results even for the period that is within the 42 day limit. For me, I used Excel to work out the actual date w...
