PBS dependent and ILR Dependent are two separate routes to ILR and you can't add the times across multiple routes towards a 5 year pathway to ILR.

Till when are your current visas valid?

How long did they state in their visa application that they would be visiting the UK? Did they state they were staying for 6 months? This is an important question. If they stated that they were planning to stay for a shorter period in their application form and they actually stayed for six months ...

When researching online you need to look for terms like "pre-settled status" for your spouse-to-be and not the usual spousal visa. Essentially the difference is that a regular spousal visa for spouses of British citizens (a) costs £1500+ and an additional Immigration Health Surcharge of £2000, and ( ...

To the best of my knowledge, the only way for you to get to the Isle of Man is by flying to either the UK or Ireland and then traveling onward to the Isle of Man. The UK and Ireland share border entry data so anything that would flag up at the UK side would also flag up on the Irish side. So, how do ...

To get a visit visa, she would need to demonstrate stronger ties to her country of habitual residence than she has to the UK, where her husband resides. What such ties exist, which will ensure, at least to the UKVI caseworker, that she will leave the UK before the expiry of her visit visa, and not ...

What would the basis of any Pre-Action Protocol be? You do not have a legal right for the decision to come through in six months. It is a Home Office aspiration, not a legal deadline. Also, as a general rule, UK courts are chary of entering into citizenship matters (see, for instance, how restrained ...

Do you meet the definition of "People of Northern Ireland" in the Belfast Agreement? "people born in Northern Ireland to a mother or father (whether or not the parents are married) who, at the time of their birth, was a British citizen, an Irish citizen, or a dual British and Irish citizen or ...

Note that while the long absence will not impact ILR, as mentioned above by zimba , long absences will affect any future naturalisation applications. Naturalisation is a separate process, under different laws and rules. And as the child will be born outside the UK, they will be a British citizen by ...

During her time spent in the UK, after five years of residing in the UK and working, she would have acquired permanent residence under EU law. BUT, then the two of you left the UK AND Brexit happened. Under EU law, permanent residence expired after any two continuous years of absence from the ...

If I am not mistaken, UK passports are printed in Poland by a French company that won the contract to print them.

The Easter weekend is a big deal in Germany and Poland at least and I would assume that there would be no progress from Thursday last week till Tuesday (tomorrow).

You don't need to do anything to cancel the visa and can just let it lapse. BUT you should be aware that in any future visa and possibly naturalisation applications, your spouse and you will have a question about whether there are any dependents that you are not applying for and if yes, why. That ...

Is the tax return not enough to proove annual income? No. You need to provide two proofs of income, which should match each other. So, for instance, if you are salaried, you'd need either pay slips or your P60 AND the corresponding bank statements. One or the other won't do. And the amounts, at ...

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Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:05 pm

As you both are on ILR and you're daughter can directly apply for citizenship and save money on the ILR application.

Only true if the parents and children have completed 10 years of legal residence in the UK.

Kids born outside the UK need ILR before they can apply. While this is indeed the default rule, there is an exception for children who have lived in the UK for 10 years. If a child has lived in the UK for more than 10 years you must normally register the child if the expectations below about lawful ...

What is the medical reason? Is it something that would prevent them from boarding a plane? Can the airline give them an official letter to that effect? Is it a chronic (long-term) condition or an acute (recent) condition? Are there hospitals in their home country that would cover the situation? Do ...

I'd just repeat the advice I saw on some Canadian TV channels for the last few weeks; if you must go to the US, it would be safer to fly via airports outside the US that have US border pre-clearance than either drive directly to the border (from Canada or Mexico) or fly directly to the US. That way ...

First off, was it a legal marriage in the UK? If either side of the aisle is a foreign national (and in this case, both sides are), the Registrar or marriage officiant is required to notify the Home Office of the marriage. Was that done? If not, it is quite possible that there is no legal marriage ...

When is your wife's British passport due to expire? Instead of renewing it, she can choose to apply for an CoE-RoA in her Chinese passport. All it does is state that she has Right of Abode in the UK and not her nationality. So that should be acceptable in China. But, as already mentioned by CR001 ...

i got married 2023 and i have child in 2024 born in Pakistan while i have settle status since march 2021.can i apply British passport for my child from Pakistan. To build on alterhase58 's response above, as the child was born outside the UK, it will follow the immigration pathway of the second ...

Can you explain please about qualifying period when applying for the British Citizen. For example today is 07.04.2025. You'd need to be physically present in the UK on either 8th April 2020 (if applying under Section 6(1) - the normal route) or 8th April 2022 (if applying under Section 6(2) - as ...

is this considered an overstay if both parents visas are still valid Yes, it is considered an overstay. The child will not be eligible for free NHS support for a start (any treatment outside emergency care may be charged at 150% of cost) and you may want to take out private medical insurance to ...

Where was the child born (in the UK or abroad)?

What are the UK immigration status of the two parents?

Is it the intention for the child to get British citizenship (some parents may want their child to retain their non-British citizenship)?

It is literally the question in the oldest sticky in this forum. And nothing much has changed on this front in the past decade and a half.

There is no immigration route for a widow/er currently living abroad to move to the UK after the death of their British citizen spouse.

If a person was already married in Pakistan and moved to UK on visitor visa and became British after marrying with British citizens( second wife) Was the second marriage a legal marriage recognised by the state (i.e. done by a registrar) or was it a nikaah by a cleric (which is not recognised ...