Thank you for your comprehensive reply

The residence requirements for naturalization... 1. You must have been physically present in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands on the day 5 years before the application is received by the Home Office. For example if your application is received on 20/...

Hi all!
just wondering if I'm going to apply for housing benefit(public funds) will it create some problem for my naturalization?

you can extend your visa within 28 days from 17dec. 28 days is given also after any stay under 3C when the decision is pending..so than you can apply again for ILR but chose right time for the application in the middle period of your absence..than if it more than 180 it will cut in half like 179+17...

THEY RETAINED MY PASSPORT (DO NOT KNOW WHY?) BUT ALLOWED ME TO APPEAL AGAINST DECISOIN.

they keep your passport with intention to remove you from uk..

you can extend your visa within 28 days from 17dec. 28 days is given also after any stay under 3C when the decision is pending..so than you can apply again for ILR but chose right time for the application in the middle period of your absence..than if it more than 180 it will cut in half like 179+179...

hi everybody

a weak ago my solicitor received my docs with BRP..on approval letter and BRP was date 1 of December
I wish good luck for all who is still waiting..

someone needs the guidance? here it is
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

The document clearly specifies when and how the changes specified in specific paragraphs of the document will be implemented. You need to first check the paragraph(s) which specifies the rule(s) you may be interested in, and then see when and how the change will be implemented. The text you have qu...

Sorry to hear about Ryan case but anyway each case is different... In my case I entered in April 2007 and after 2 weeks went to home country for 129 days and came back in August 2007. coolbawa your case is similar to Missgolightly's from this thread http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=...

ryan2020 is correct in his interpretation, if an application has not been decided by 13-Dec-12 then the new changes with regards to absences will apply to the undecided applications. Perhaps UKBA has been sitting over some of such applications on purpose? Who knows? Whatever the reason, it is good ...

see ryan new rules are comming in to force from 13 of December maybe you can get some benefit from it for example: make application for an extension in 28 days from refusal(after 3C) and then vary to ILR after 13.12 if not decided by that time or make a fresh ILR application..

I dont have any >90 or 180 in total... lets see if they do justice in my case. I assume they consider 12 calendar months from when someone enters in this country and not just JAN-DEC. exactly!!! from August 2007 to November 2012 you have more than 5 years of continuous residency..and they consideri...

page 4 http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/statementsofchanges/2012/hc760.pdf?view=Binary In respect of the other changes set out in this Statement, if an applicant has made an application for entry clearance or leave before 13 December 2012 and the application has n...

Not sure why we have refused for Ryan2020 as last update from him was as below it is true coolbawa...his ILR was refused and his last posts on this forum was deleted by sushdmehta for unknown reason and mine as well regarding his case.He started the new tread here http://www.immigrationboards.com/v...

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2012/november/35-rules Other changes in immigration rules will allow skilled Indian and other non-EU workers the flexibility to travel in and out of the country, without it counting against them when it comes to applying for settlement in B...

Going back to your original post and my question - what is the actual issue here? Actual issue is we seem to struggle to calculate the exact number of absences and it is lying around the border line. So, not sure when to apply and if to apply at all or not. they have information about departures da...

update timeline october 2011 -waiting ("Haizhou1218")??? 14 march -waiting ("coolbawa")>90(129) 23 march - waiting ("Salman80") >180 (271 personal) 11 apr - waiting ("ssc923") just IT??? 16 apr - approved 15.11 ("Bash1oo") just IT?? 18 apr - waiting ("smoothturbo") IT,court? 6 jun -waiting (shadisam...

what about this?..it states that from 1 October you can extend your leave after any 3C period... From 1 October 2012, applications for further leave to remain will fall for refusal if you have overstayed for more than 28 days on the date of application, unless there were exceptional circumstances wh...

It's day 9 today; no news so far...... Waiting..... I think you need to visit this tread to be aware how bad it can be.. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=731521#731521 people are waiting for 6 and more months and even one year after PEO UKBA nowadays is like a black hole...you can b...

I called my test center to ask them to resend result to ukba. They told me once print out of result is taken they no longer can access results and they can not offer any assistance on that. Any suggestion please to move forward please! no comments...ask again advise from HO help line..ask in the sa...

We were using legal representative when we apply initially, and in between they wrote to them for couple of times but they didn't get any response back from ukba. Even my employer wrote them for 3 times no response at all from them, really don't what we should do now? strange,.. my solicitor wrote ...

I called LIUK helpline first they told me UKBA should have all the details with them and they do not have any further information about it. Then I called my test centre and they told me It should be with them as you are already issued a pass certificate and It takes maximum 7 days to update results...

I went for premium service at PEO Croydon. They told me my application is valid but, my wife's Life in the uk test result is not updated in ukba system while my result is present. We both passed test on same date one month ago. Its about week now I have not heard anything back from UKBA. Can some o...

Thank you hijigu for your post!! sorry I didn't explain what I meant in the last comment..We can see now they are trying to do something with that backlog..