Nunja 28,
HO might tell that they look at each case individually, but doubt it.
Best bet in my humble opinion is to wait it out for 14years and then try your luck, other wise I think you risk deportation.

Nunja28, Don't delude yourself you are in a very serious position and even with a dishonest solicitor, your chances of normalisation, given the facts you have presented are not good at all. Your best chance would have been marriage to your British girl friend, but I suppose that avenue is closed to ...

Drasif, In my opinoin you will not be able to make a successful application from outside the UK, without many questions been ask and then possibly also refused. Two points HO require you to be in the UK for at least five days after receipt of the application and they also ask you in the application ...

Hi Emma, Yes I would agree do your naturalisation rather sooner than later, as I too don't trust the HO. As far as the process goe's it very easy, but use NCS it make's life easier. In fact I was told by them that the process takes around three months currently. So I would'nt worry too much about a ...

Doulin,
Surely you have a full unabridged birth certificate and this would be proof of your date of birth or not???

Sashank wrote: Naturalised on 16th dec, applied for passport on 18th dec and passport issued date on passport is 23 dec, arrived on 29th dec, I dont know why but never asked to attend interview. If you are talking about December 08 you are extremely luck and most definately slip through the system, ...

You can not generalise, because mine came within 5 day and did not need to attend interview. Firstly this is not a generalisation, everyone who applys for thier first passport must have a interview. Secondly it states clearly in the application pack for a passport you need to send the application aw...

OK so now I have jump through all the hoops laid down before me in a effort from HO to prevent me from becoming British. Now with Naturalisation cert. in hand I'm now required to fill in an application form for a passport and interview. So you send off the application and wait a further six weeks fo...

What are you talking about? Nowhere in the application form does it ask for two referee that are civil servants???

Sam, Do you mean you have a SA entery visa which is normally granted to most major EU country's? Please give a little more detail to your question, ie what is your nationality,what your intention- holiday, work ect, or do you intend entering SA for a short break and leaving only to return at a later...

Charles, there is nothing to understand, you have run the guantlet with UK HO office for so long now, trying alsorts of tricks, non of which have really worked. You are obviously a intelligent man, so I would suggest you focus your time, money and energy into sometime else other than trying to enter...

Before you do anything you need to complete 5 years UK residency and then can you make your application. As for documents you will require, apart from all the ones you have mentioned, a letter from your employer will not go amiss and of course your passport with which you enter the country on first ...

Looks like I'm answering all your questions today
Anyhow good news for you is that, as your wife is a dependant of your visa, she can apply for ILR at the same time as you.

If your Dad is still in India there is no chance of him getting British Citizenship, however if he lives in the UK on a spouse visa via your Mother, he could apply after three years of residence in the UK.
Your Mother also not pass on her Nationality if she is outside the UK>

Dream on mate!

Hi Pan, How long doe's it take from appliction date till final Naturlisation? Differcult one to answer as no one can say, but anything from 4 to 6 months. Once she has made her application, time out of the UK is of no interest to the HO. Yes and she will have to use a multi entry Schengen visa to mo...

Pan, Funny I'm also in a similar position to you,in so far as to say I will be applying for naturalisation on the 26/01/09 and I will be joining a Swiss company on the 1st April 09. In may case we are going to wait until June/ July,before we leave the sunny shores of England, by which time our natur...

For everyone information. My wife had to go to SA House to submit for a new SA passport yesterday, which went smoothly. She also asked about our Retention of SA Nationality, which had been submitted by post in Nov 08. Well suprise suprise, it had all been approved but the enclosed envelope sent with...

100% correct time spent in the UK on WHV will not be counted.
So the clock started ticking for Gehard on the date on which he gain his WP.
Five years from that date he can apply for ILR.

Too whom it may concern, Mr xxx has held the position xxx with company xxx for the last xxx years and continues to be employed with xxx. Please do not hesitate in contacting myself Mr xxx position if you have only questions re: MrXXX I used a very similar worded letter for ILR and Naturalisation, it...

The Wanderer, is right it would far quicker and probably easier to return home and apply as a unmarried partner.

The Wanderer is talking from a position of a great deal of experience.
Not trying to blow anyone's chances.

Hi Patrick,
Thanks for your words of encouragement, ok so I won't worry then, just seems like a long time too wait.
Regards,
Siggi

Has anyone applied for retention of SA nationality recently as I did via post?
According to the SA Home Affairs site it normally take ten days for a reply.
I applied on the 5th Nov and still have had no reply.

As I said before I very sorry to hear about your misfortune, whilst you my try to sue negligence the chances of sucess are minimal.
The HO are holier than thou attitude will ring through.
Good luck!

HSMP girl, If I understand you correctly, from June 1999 you had a multi entry visitors visa until June 2004 so five years.This will not count in any way towards your ILR. But assuming you have had HSMP since June 2004 it would mean that you could apply for ILR 28 days prior to your fifth year on HS...