Neil4u, I don't see any problem receiving assistance from the British consular, proving that you can prove your British Nationality, regardless of which passport you used to enter a third country. The only time it may be a problem is if you have a issuse at passport controll in the third country, af...
bbdivo,
Yes my feeling is that this new points system will come into effect from 1st April 08 and will be with immediate effect, as with all the other changes the HO has bought forward over the last 24 months.
Guys,
I really hope that Dawie and Christophe are right.
But I'm sure that with the HO track record of the last 24months, it proves to me that they can not be trusted .
Tango, You forgetting apart from the £950 (1 day service)for your ILR you will pay again next year £500 for Naturalisation and thats if the HO don't increase the fees again in April 08 or even change the rules again. Sorry about the rant, but I too have been effected, like many other by all the ch...
Dawie, I don't know how and where you get your information from, but back in 2005 the was talk of discontinuation of the Ancestral visa. Then on the 18/04/07 Mr Bryne anounced that in the future there would only be five ways to immigrate into the UK based on a points system, so this would mean a end...
Hi RichSA, Its no big deal, I applied in person at the Pretoria British Consulate back in Dec 03. I was in at opening time and out by lunch time with my visa. You go in collect a ticket with number, then sit a wait until your number called up. Then you give them all your paper work. I used my Mother...
Rich SA Yes you have no problems in terms of getting a dependants visa off your wifes Ancestral visa. But think about the add on costs, after 5years £1000. for a ILR and after 6years nationality application £560.This is over and above your initial application costs in SA.(not sure what it is curre...
Last week the HSMP group met with Minister Liam Bryne, to discuss the issue of the 4 to 5 year change to ILR and other issues for the HSMP group.
He promised that he would get back to the group within a few days with his comments.
Well we are still waiting, has anyone seen anything?
Jay007 jbinuk is right, there is no exemption regardless of how well qualified in English you may or may not be. You still have to write this silly little Englishness test, I wrote it over the weekend, it took me 8min to complete and I passed, in fact without even reading the book I would have passe...
Hi Killinghall My understanding of this matter is that if your wife is applying for ILR she is required to do the UK Life test eitherway and this then proves she has enough understanding of English.So the ESOL is meanless. The UK Life Test is not hard and a person with limited English and English kn...
LandRover
You will need to apply for a further one year extention, before you can apply for ILR, which is now five years (since April 2006)
Sorry for the bad news.
My sisters husband, who has been living in the UK for 6 years on a UK citizen dependant's visa or "Spouse visa"
Small problem! His visa has expired , making him a overstayer.
Does anyone have words of wisdom and how to resolve his problem?
Hang on Guys, have I missed some thing here, but does it not say on the HO web site "proposed new fees", which must mean that it has not yet been approved or I'm wrong???
Guys, please stop this war of words India vs Pakistan, it has nothing to do with the new proposed fees for 2007 or this forum. Secondly please remember this is only a proposal and not the final words on the matter, just yet. Yes it is a rip off, espically if you have already extended your visa by on...
Hi Easylife4me, I feel your frustration, with regards to the JR application. I think it is a waiting game now and the longer the courts and HO hold out and delay JR, the better for them. I completed my four years in Jan 07 on a Ancestarl visa and whilst changing the rules close to the end game is un...
Does anyone really believe that the judicial reveiw for ILR 4 to 5 will be successfull? I'm on a ancestral visa and had to extend it by a further at a cost of £500 and I hear rumors of the ILR visa costs increasing to £1200 from 1stApril 07. HO are on a good wicket here, making money of the back a h...
