Details for the BHC in Islamabad already posted in this thread :-

Immigration for family members

So why don't you contact them and ask?

Congratulations, Drewchad ...... great! Well done. Special Delivery ... available at any UK Post Office ... it is about £4 ... well worth paying when sending important documents through the UK post. Not only is delivery guaranteed no later than Noon the next working day(or the sender can get their p...

There is a new announcement, dated 7 December, adding salaried dentists to the shortage occupations :-

New addition to the shortage occupations list

Why not contact the BHC and ask them?

Contact details as on :-


Visa Section

Manchesterman, I see that you are married to a British Citizen and therefore a three year period is relevant. (And not the normal five year period.) I also see that you came to the UK on 31.03.02 and three years after that is of course 31.03.05. Thanks to a provision in the Asylum and Immigration (T...

Can anyone help? I suspect not ... your question is far too general.

In what sort of capacity are you hoping to get into the EU? As a spouse? A student? In some sort of work capacity?

From the detail you give it appears that you will be liable to UK income on your income from the work you do in the UK. You say "I would be paid in Dublin for this work." .... but either the Irish company would still be liable to deal with UK PAYE anyway, or alternatively you would need to pay UK ta...

As it says on this IND webpage :- Returning residents :- Must I apply for a no time limit stamp in my new passport? If you have an indefinite leave to remain stamp in an old passport but do not wish to have it transferred to your new passport, you will need to carry your old passport and your new pa...

Hi Bani, glad it all worked out. Welcome to the UK!

Dude, let's just summarise the rules. I assume that you are not married to a British citizen (otherwise the rules are less strict) :- you need to have held ILR at at least one year you must not have been outside the UK for more than 450 days in the 5 years prior to IND receiving your application you...

AJ77 :- I might not be entitled to CTC and WTC as CTC and WTC can not be claimed by the person subject to immigration control if his partner is also subject to immigration control. Subject of course to the details of the regulations that I have already linked to earlier in this thread. So anyone rea...

The internal borders within the Schengen area are open. That is, if you drive, the only indication you will see that you are leaving France and entering Germany are some signs. If flying, you may need to use your passport as photo-ID to check-in, but again there are no immigration-style checks, eith...

AJ77, I agree that it appears to be the case that you and your wife are not entitled to claim tax credits. Tax credits are administered by the Inland Revenue and these days all their manuals, instructions to their staff, are openly published on the Internet. Here is a link to the page dealing with :...

AJ77, in the message I posted today at 2.14.pm (UK time) I gave a link to some regulations. Those regulations are rather detailed but it is clear that whilst some people "subject to immigration control" are not allowed to claim tax credits, some are. Have you looked through those regulations and got...

Peter, I think the terminology used in that annex makes it confusing. I think it is better explained by :-

Information about nationals of the European Economic Area

Hope that helps.

The time limit for claiming a repayment is nearly six years after the end of the tax year concerned. Actually it is 5 years, 9 months and 26 days after the end of the tax year. Or in other words, the 31st January ..... over 5 years but less than 6 years ... after the end of the tax year concerned. A...

On further reflection about tax credits and the definition of Public Funds, I think that IND have deliberately not included tax credits within the definition. Why? Because of :- The Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003 -: which stops some people who are subject to immigration control from clai...

Gunjans, here is a link :-

Maternity Allowance

That includes links to other pages about other benefits. Do take care and check the name of that benefit against the paragraph 6 definition of "Public Funds", if visa includes a "No recourse to Public Funds" restriction.

HK_007, IND has not changed the definition of Public Funds in paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules. As and when they do make that change, I would agree with you, but in the absence of WTC and CTC being included in the definition of Public Funds, I totally disagree that the right answer would be "Yes...

AJ77, stop worrying! Even if your visa has a "No recourse to Public Funds" restriction, that does not stop you claiming every sort of possible benefit from the UK Government. It only stops you being entitled to the benefits listed in paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules. As you quite rightly say, WT...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer today gave his pre-Budget Report and when he sat down a huge number of documents were published. These include Income Tax Allowances, National Insurance Contributions, Child and Working Tax Credit Rates 2005-2006 and Fuel Duties Lots of detail in that including, for e...

Drewchad, I am not sure either ..... there appears to be no evidence at all that IND don't think that Section 3C is in play. (Excuse the double negative.) Section 3C(1)(a) says that "This section applies if .... :- a person who has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom applies to th...

Drewchad, you posted :- My WHV is about to run out ..... Given that you have submitted an application for a new visa before the old one actually expired, the good news is that legislation known as "Section 3C" ensures that the old visa is "treated as continuing" even if the new application has not b...

Brummel, I fear you are you inventing problems that are not actually there. The form asks for details of your tax reference number, and no doubt you will supply that, and it asks you to supply the names etc concerning two referees, but you are not expected to actually enclose a reference from those ...

I don't know the answer to your question but ..... why not post the application instead of going to the PEO in Croydon? That will reduce the application fee and cut out the hassle and wasted time going to Croydon. As always, if you are posting valuable documents such as passports ..... use Special D...