Allowances for dependents? Absolutely not ... not even if they were living in the UK. UK income tax system is simplistic .... no tax reductions for being married (except for some elderly), having children, or for any other dependants. (Tax Consultant for 39 years : Fellow of Chartered Institute of T...
Journey, I don't think that there is any guidance that can be given about how long. Clearly the time it has taken to deal with your application is extremely exceptional. All that we might conclude is that if IND know that your MP is now taking an interest that might just encourage them to make a dec...
Child Benefit is a fixed weekly amount, well defined as weekly but in practice now credited to a bank account once a month. For the eldest child who qualifies - £16.50 per week ...... for each other child who qualifies - £11.05 per week Child Tax Credit .... the amount varies depending upon personal...
Wokerman, the definition of "Public Funds" in paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules has not yet been changed. That is, it still includes "Working Families' Tax Credit", which was abolished on 31.03.03 .. and does not yet include Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit that came in as from 01.04.03. Ac...
Lana, it is of course not the case that a British Citizen needs to hold a passport to confirm they are British. So in your case, as soon as you have sworn the oath or affirmed, and then been handed your Naturalisation Certificate, you will be British, and therefore also an EU Citizen. In fact, from ...
Lana, I think the right sort of person certified your language ability, given that English was not your mother tongue. Three weeks to get British passport? I have to say ... impossible! Three weeks to get confirmation from IND in Liverpool that the application has been successful ... that is possibl...
Hi, my wife's application was posted on 15th April this year .... and on 19th June she actually received her British passport, having attended a Citizenship ceremony on 9th June. But we know of others who have waited six months or more .. with no apparent reason why the length of time should be so d...
Certainly on arrival at Heathrow a medical might be needed. However if flying into a provincial airport the experience varies considerably. So dependent upon where you are flying into may determine whether you are sent for a medical or not. For example, flying into Birmingham .... no permanent medic...
Yes, totally possible I feel but let's just look at the underlying principles here. There is a simple question to ask ... the total length of validity of your wife's current UK visa? If more than six months then the visa can be converted into a 2-year spouse visa in the UK. If for six months or less...
As you do not say what type of visa to might be applying for I fear it is impossible for anyone to answer your questions. Why not go to :- BHC, Islamabad .... visa page -: and contact them on one of the telephone numbers given there, if the webpages there do not give your answers. Documents needed v...
I have no experience about getting a spouse visa in India ... but do in Thailand. If the procedure is the same in India ... and you can ask the BHC if they allow the same procedures .... then you can submit the application for the spouse visa before the marriage has been registered. The application ...
My question is will the fact that my marriage from which I got ILR, affect my application for naturalisation? No not at all. But why did you not apply for naturalisation years ago? Seems to me you could have applied shortly after getting your ILR back in 2001. Given that you appear not to be curren...
Peter, also have a look at :- www.rightmove.co.uk -: and click on the "Renting" tab. By the way, when you say "to rent by myself", do you mean "to rent for my wife and myself"? :D Just picking up on another thread where we have both posted! As you will see, property prices in London are noticeably h...
It is very clear that a number of posters in this thread are not convinced that Section 3C applies. However hopefully what follows in this posting will convince everyone. The "modern style" of IND's forms is that the guidance to a form is contained within it. Accordingly you are invited to look at t...
Hi, have a good look through :- Guidance - Students (INF 5) You will see there is a section entitled "Can I work" that answers your specific question. So you do not need a Work Permit as such but your work hours are limited to 20 hours per week during term time. What INF 5 does not make totally clea...
drewchad, what you say is confirmed by :- Forms and Guidance In particular the section of that webpage headed "Leave to Remain(LTR)". Notice what it says about "From 1 April 2004 there will be changes to the way limited Leave to Remain (LTR) applications are made. From this date ......". In other wo...
That is why I was thinking that the UK Gov may not look with a good eye on the fact that we have unlawfully overstayed in the US. First point ... I don't see a problem. As you say, "We were never asked exclusively to leave the country". Second point ... even if there is a problem, surely that would...
If you are currently living in New York then I think that is where you need to apply. I can't see any logic in travelling back to Bulgaria just to make an application there, and indeed as the general rule is that you need to make the application where you are normally living at the time. So it is co...
Hi, once the two of you are married you will be entitled to apply for an EEA Family Permit. That will give you the full ability to exercise Community Rights in the UK. That is, a Polish Citizen has full ability to live and work in the UK (subject only to the need to register, given that she is a cit...
Hi, OK India. No I don't think it makes any difference. Sorry I simply do not know about Indian marriage law. Is it the case that the religious ceremony has not legal effect whatsoever? And to be legally marriage the couple need to register their marriage at some sort of Register Office? If the answ...
Kalayami, as regards Section 3C, which I quote in full below, isn't it as simple as this? (that is a genuine question!) Someone has an existing valid visa and before it expires they apply for a new visa in the UK ... if "when it expires, no decision has been taken on the application" .... "His leave...
Is US$50000 enough, as an answer to Q6.10 on the VAF1 form? Clearly that sort of amount will clearly show that no claim for UK Public Funds would be require, even in the most pessimistic circumstances. That is, worse case, if both you and your wife could not find any work for say a year, well you ar...
