Hi all, My mum had an accident and broke her leg when she was visiting us last month. She had to go through an emergency surgery and doctors advised her not to fly for 6 weeks. Her visa was expiring during this period so I had to request an extension. I called the Home Office helpline number and th...

Hi all, My mum had an accident and broke her leg when she was visiting us last month. She had to go through an emergency surgery and doctors advised her not to fly for 6 weeks. Her visa was expiring during this period so I had to request an extension. I called the Home Office helpline number and th...

Hi all, My mum had an accident and broke her leg when she was visiting us last month. She had to go through an emergency surgery and doctors advised her not to fly for 6 weeks. Her visa was expiring during this period so I had to request an extension. I called the Home Office helpline number and the...

Thanks, this explains it. Really appreciate your help with this.

I agree with your idea of NCS appointment and going through that service. Since you have gone through the same process I will use the opportunity to ask you few more questions. :-) How much is the actual UKBA fee for this service? I am a bit confused about it. Does it come under Naturalisation? Or r...

Thanks Ali for your detailed reply. My questions were based on the assumption that our application will be accepted. We are not planning to travel for a year and planning to apply for his BC by post. According to my estimate and considering it takes 5 days for BRP to return, I'll have around 10-12 d...

Hi all Thanks in advance for anyone helping me here. Me and my family are on Tier 1 General and we are going for our settlement application in June. My son was born here in 2011 and he is currently on Tier 1 dependent visa. I was thinking of getting settlement for me and the Mrs and then going strai...