Use NCS for ur wife's application, all they will need is to take a copy of ur naturalisation certificate and return it to you and while your wife's application is being considered you can then go ahead and apply for your british passport....thats what i did and it worked out fine. goodluck Thanks a...

Hi I need some information re my wife citizenship application. My BC application was approved few days ago and I am in process of arranging the citizenship ceremony. Once I receive my certificate my wife will apply for her citizenship. My questions are 1)- Her foreign passport is going to expire on...

Hi I need some information re my wife citizenship application. My BC application was approved few days ago and I am in process of arranging the citizenship ceremony. Once I receive my certificate my wife will apply for her citizenship. My questions are 1)- Her foreign passport is going to expire on...

Congratulations, a very happy day for you indeed :) Would you please tell me how many of those absences were in the last 12 months ? I am concerned about mine as it may need to go above the 90 days limit for work reasons. Many thanks. Regards, Most of my abscences were in the year before my ILR i a...

Great to hear that. It would make sense if you link to your previous post (or replied there with this post) as it would help people understand your circumstances. See Previous post . Did you add something (documents/cover letter) to the application to help with the discretion decision? Thank Jambo,...

Hi Guys, Just want to thank you all especially the Mods...Jambo et al... for your help and happy to inform that i today recieved approval and yes i still had abscences in excess of 550 days...Glad to have gotten a positive result and within a very impressive time scale at that...now waiting for cere...

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 7 Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 14 Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18 Feb 2013 ( dated 13 feb 2013 )
Date of receipt of approval: 27 Feb 2013 ( dated 25-feb 2013 )
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Hi, I wanted to see if any one has had a successful application with unspent convictions relating to a wet and reckless in the USA. I was charged with a DUI in Nov 2008 I was convicted of a lower fine: a wet and reckless in August 2009 in August 2010 I moved to the UK on a Fiancé visa with my Briti...

1. YES 2. You need to have a job when you apply for ILR as some CWs ask for employment letter. Not correct...its not a requirement to be employed if u are on tier 1 and seeking ILR...u only need to meet the points you met at the reception of your original tier 1. i.e u need to have been economicall...

Jambo wrote:September 2012 assuming she meets the requirements.

Jambo what if her previous immigration history meant she was legally in the UK for the first 3 years of her 14years before ILR? i think in that case she could apply for citizenship immediately after marriage to the british spouse....correct?

Hello, i moved here from Jamaica with my mum when i was 6 I am now 19 so we have been here 13 years, we have made quite a home here my mum met a partner she has been with for 11 years now, we came on a 6 month visa but overstayed the visa, my mum had a child with her partner and the child is a Brit...

On the face of it, you would probably be fine. 540 absences are not significantly above the requirement. Another option would be to ask in a cover letter for your wife application to be considered first (if you apply together) and then for your application to be considered as a spouse of BC so only...

The rules for ILR and naturalisation are different and having discretion applied in one is not a guarantee it will happen again. Do you meet that "applicants have established their home, family and a substantial part of their estate here." requirements? Mainly have you bought a house in the UK? Are...

How many absences are you talking about? Are they spread across the whole 5 years or are they in a particular year?[/quote] Well i expect to have around 540days absence by the time i apply, and they were mainly within the first two years of the 5year qualifying period if they go as far back as past ...

Yes - that is one of the options but there are other options listed. Thanks Jambo, still on this option what will the term substanial absence during the prior 2 years mean? 100days, 80days etc? Just one of the OR options ((a/b/c/d) but also the conditions set in the beginning of the section i.e. the...

Hi all, I have a quick question regarding the interpretation of the http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/nationalityinstructions/nichapter18/ch18annexb?view=Binary Specifically section 4.12 on discretion for excess abscences where it states that to disregard ones absc...

Saw this thread and thought i would give my story of discretion (or lack there of). i am settled in the UK (now with ILR) for 4 years based on spouse of BC. but because of my work (offshore oil and gas) i was well over the 270 per 3 year limit and around 770 due to working away ~250 days/yr. i appl...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: section 1(3); Both parents ILR, Baby born in UK Method of application: NCS - 30/11/2011 Date of receipt by UKBA: Next day i hope Date of debit of fees: 21/12/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12/01/2012 (dated 21/12/2011) Date of approval: 23/01/2012...

I was in similar situation couple of years ago, i.e., my total absences were nearly 900days. I was warned by Nationality checking service of this, then too i went ahead. After few months, i received refusal letter from HO. As of today, my total absences have come down (since 2008 i havent left the ...

We apply under discretion of the Secretary of State and my application was refused.I was outside the UK in excess of the permitted maximum 896 days. Hi Linda8, I am sorry to hear your appl. was refused due to excess absence, but i will appreciate you throw more light on ur circumstance as yours is ...

thewolfman21 wrote:I am thinking of applying for ILR in person at Solihull, Am i correct in assuming that only at Solihull office they tell you first if the application is approved and only then ask you to pay???

Yes tats correct

Congrats Prince! Can you please let me know as to how you have managed to book an appointment with Solihull. I am having issues getting an appoitment with one dependant. Solihull is difficult to get at short notice, u need to book about 6weeks in advance.... just try the online system early in the ...

I guess the ''discretion'' issue is faced my many people, my self including. I have also held my application - as i do not want to risk the Home Offcie not applying its discretion. Mods - a case for sitcky where people who have beeen able to get the discretion from HO (or have not been able to get ...

4. Excess absences in the 5(3) year qualifying period Sushdmehta!! You are a star!! thanks sooo much, now i can book my flights.... Gosh what a relieve. One more question if i may please? Why is this not on the normal UKBHA page? i nearly had a panic attack and also does the fact that its not on th...

Hi All, i am not sure if i am seeing right but i believe i used to see on the discretion for naturalisation page a paragraph that said they could discount up to 900 days absence during the residential qualifying period. The thing is that i cant see it again... and the highest i am seeing there now i...