When I applied for naturalisation (at that time I did not need to record absenses from the UK for getting ILR), I calculated all my days away by matching UK entry stamps and entry stamps to other destinations. In many cases I only had UK entry stamps, and to make things worse my passport was not sta...

paulp, I appriciate your response and help. Why do you hink 70 days is a bit long time? There were a few events which took this time, and which she can provide evidences... 1. Applying for her Entry clearence and getting back her passport. 2. Resigning from her current organisations and getting rel...

JAJ wrote:Most people do not use a solicitor, unless there is a special reason.

In fact my immigration lawyer told me not to waste my money on using his services for naturalisation as he will be just acting as a post office and will not be adding any value...

Thanks a lot. I will pass this onto her and might need to push her to follow things up a bit as she is too kind on people (her general attitude is that I don't want to ruin this guy's life).

but it might be too late now if a long time has passed since this has happened. yes i agree such scums should suffer the consequences of their actions. but unfortunately many times the victim is in no postion to enforce rules as their health would have suffered etc so they wont be able to follow up...

well u can always report this serious offence to the general medical council under good conduct rules and point out this chap had failed Uk DL exam twice and was driving on IDL after 1y in uk and point out due to this he was driving without valid license and also consequently without valid insuranc...

doctors who have got prosecuted for such things, apart from the usual points fines conviction etc have been reffered by police / court to gmc. gmc has initiated disciplinary procedures against such people and one person i am aware of lost his gmc registration for conduct unbecoming of a doctor (for...

Getting a new Russian passport also will not be that easy. I have a Russian colleague who wants to renew her passport, she has to get all kinds of forms filled and stamped by her office in Moscow (it seems that a Russian employer has to certify that you need to have a passport), then send it off to ...

Wanderer wrote: No, not UK tho probably will for Schengen countries.

Poland is in Schengen now so OP will be a Schengen resident if he gets a polish residence permit.

Wanderer wrote: Assuming EEA Rules, he would have PR in Spain if u married, and citizenship after a number of years, dunno how many, 5/6 probably.

Ridiculous font, BTW!!

Spain has fast track naturalisation rule for those from its former colonies- 2 years was the rule (at least in 2006).

Dusseldorf until recently did not have a non-Schengen area, so all passengers coming from a non-Schengen airport had to go past immigration and go to the connecting gate. The OP did not have a Schengen visa so he was travelling without visa into germany (even though unintentionally). The airline sho...

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sam173 wrote: I doubt it's possible to get ANY nationality without residency......

There are some where you can naturalise without residency.
for example, if you are married to a Swedish born Swede for 10 years you can get naturalised as a Swedish without ever living in Sweden.

Just to add to what others have said, fraudulent use of a passport is a quick route to prison - six months is a typical sentence. The risk of being caught may be smallish, but the consequences...... simply not worth it. It is upto 15 years in prison in Poland for using fake Polish travel documents....

Does naturalisation as a British citizen (for someone who is not married to a BC and who answers "United Kingdom" to question 2.3) imply that the person becomes UK domiciled for tax purposes? Short answer- no. Both I and my wife are non-domiciled (Inland Revenue has confirmed this status in writing...

The term is not really used so much in the immigration context; it is used more in the context of taxation and benefits, and I presume that your question might stem from taxation issues. Ordinary residence is discussed on this page of the HM Revenue and Customs website. In fact, it could mean diffe...

If you cash-in 10 different foreign cheques to your personal current account every month, rest assured, you are in the radar. So is the case with currency exchanges - they do not do it without a valid passport. On airports, if you are found with $10K or more undeclared cash in your bag(even if it i...

Hi there, Can someone please advise me on the following situation? My husband is Indonesian (=UK Visa Required) living with me in Ireland (me Irish) on a D-Spouse Stamp 4 Residence Visa (perm residence). He has a valid multiple entry Schengen Visa already. We wish to travel together to Greece next ...

Your daughter needs a Right of Abode stamp in her Malaysian passport, if she is not going to have a British passport. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/applying/rightofabode Have you no intentions to swap your Malaysian passports for British passports? You should be aware that if you leave the UK, y...

Hello all, I haven't come across anything relating to this on the Home Office website so thought I will ask people here for their thoughts. As a work permit holder, can I join a 2 year part time M.Sc. programme (while I continue to work on a full time day job on the work permit) ? I hope this will ...

As I understand it, these Scandinavian laws affect children born overseas to parents from that country, rather than those who have become naturalised citizens. These laws apply to children born to at least one Scandinavian parent where the child has never lived in the respective Scandinavian countr...

Also I have a friend (Portuguese one) who lives here in the UK and who is married to a Brazilian citizen. They went 2 times to portugal already and did not apply for a shengei visa for her. All he said was that they were visiting their home in portugal and that was his wife. The immigration control...

In the US papers today- US wants to impose visas for British citizens of Pakistani origin as they are a security threat. "Among the options that have been put on the table, according to British officials, was the most onerous option to Britain, that of canceling the entire visa waiver program that a...

From what I know from what happened to a friend of mine- you will have to report the lost passport to the police and get a report. Then go to the high commission and apply for a new passport. Once you get the passport, you get the new passport endorsed with the permit you have. I think it will cost ...

AS far as I know you can hold WP's for any no of countries (I mean one WP max for that country) Until I got my British passport, I used to have three work/ residence permits for three different countries. Did not have any problems, even though once in a while I used to get questioned at passport co...

was this break in the final year (5th)? and is the refusal based on this break solely? This break was after 18 months. The letter from the Home Office refusing the ILR said that since there was a gap of 3 months between jobs and the applicant left the country, ILR can not be granted and that she ca...