Hi CULLINAN, Many thanks for your answers above. Are you saying that I do not need my Birth Certificate at all when applying both for British citizenship and then for British passport? Is this really so (I mean, this is great for me if that's the case as I don't have my birth certificate, but do aut...
Also, if birth certificate is not needed for the naturalisation process, how do they (home office) determine country/town of birth in the citizenship certificate? My passport only shows country of birth and not town of birth. Is this detail actually needed for naturalisation application (or am I ove...
Hello everyone, I have a quick question about application for naturalisation/citizenship. Do you have to provide the original birth certificate for this application (is the birth certificate from home country mandatory)? Or would a national passport suffice? I am eligible to apply as I have been on ...
Zimba, thanks for your guidance on this. I have a quick question about application for naturalisation/citizenship. This is for myself. Do you have to provide the original birth certificate for this application (is birth certificate mandatory)? Or would a national passport suffice? I am not eligible ...
Hi Zimba, Thank you for this link, it answers my concerns about the tax-free childcare quite clearly. Is this NRPF link (and the organisation itself) a trustable source? Is there a guidance or another source this can be corroborated with, to ensure that this thing won't be an issue in my wife's appl...
Hi Zimba, Many thanks for your response. Sorry if I am being persistent and perhaps overthinking this, but I read several posts on this forum where some people say Tax-Free Childcare is not an issue if one parent has ILR and the other has NRPF on their visa, but others say it is a bit dubious. For i...
Hi Zimba, Thank you! Can I just clarify regarding your response to question 2 - you said "Yes" - what does this mean? Basically, should the answer to the question about whether my dependant receives public funds be yes or no ? If Tax-Free Childcare is not classes as public funds (and we don't claim ...
Thanks Zimba, I have some further questions from the application which I hope to get some guidance on: 1) " Have you had any absences from the UK during any leave granted since 11 January 2018? " - the applicant had an absence from the UK during 2018, but this was on a previous visa/leave. She had n...
Hi all, We are about to complete an application for my wife's ILR (5 year PBS DEP), and I would appreciate your advice on a question regarding her police registration certificate. We applied for her Tier 2 PBS extension in Feb 2020 and received the BRP in March 2020. By the time we received the BRP ...
Dear moderators, Can someone please direct me to the list of regular professionals accepted by the Home Office? Tried the health visitor but they are not willing to give the reference. I have a friend who is a school teacher and intend to use them instead. Does a teacher qualify as a professional? t...
Dear moderators, We are going to attend my wife’s biometrics tomorrow for her PBS dependant application (I recently got my ILR) and I have a quick question regarding the date of bank statements to meet the maintenance funds. We submitted her application on 26 Feb 2020. Biometrics appointment tomorro...
Hi Dinesh_123, I am sharing my recent successful experience with my ILR application/Set (O), based on 5 year Tier 2. Following are answers to your questions based on my experience. 1. No need to mention this if these were annual/standard company practice; your employer letter needs to say your curre...
Dear Zimba, Thanks for your insight, I appreciate it indeed. In terms of writing a cover letter for my wife's PBS dependant extension application, should it be written by me (ILR holder) or by my wife (main applicant in this case)? I thought it is best if it is written by her. Is it fine ff she writ...
Dear Zimba, Thanks for your help and patience. Apologies for seeking further clarification, but I really need this to have a clear picture before we go for biometrics: so far I have (1) council tax bill in our names, (2) utility bill in our names, (3) tenancy agreement in our names with recent lette...
CR001 and Richard W, thank you both for your insights. Any suggestions about my second query please?: 2. More importantly, how should I show that I tried and failed in securing relevant referees? I don't have any written correspondence as neither GP nor Health Visitor gave me letters; they gave me v...
Thanks Zimba, Thanks for your response. I have the following queries please: 1. You said my wife's application is irrelevant; however, when we apply for my child's MN1, her PBS dep. visa will already run out and her application for new visa would be under consideration. I will attach my ILR with MN1...
Dear Zimba, 1. Thanks for your response. I am going to include mine and my wife's bank statements in addition to the above. We don't have a joint one hence will be providing statements of individual accounts. The question I have is, do I need to include bank statement for each month of the past 2 ye...
Dear moderators, I will be filling our my UK born child's MN1 form tomorrow and have the following questions: 1) I already received my ILR based on 5 years but my wife has just applied and biometrics will be taken at some point next week. Should we wait until mother receives her PBS extension leave/...
Dear Zimba, Thank you for your prompt response. 1. Just to confirm, as a third source of evidence, would a letter from our agency confirming our tenancy in our current address for the last 4 years be sufficient (plus copy of original tenancy contract from 4 years ago)? 2. Also, I noticed that in my ...
Dear moderators, I am now preparing my wife's application for PBS dependant extension, and have the following question. As part of document checklist, one of the documents asked is the following: "Document showing you and your partner are living together (for example, a utility bill, council tax bil...
Dear moderators, Many thanks for your support this far. I can update that my application was successful. Details are as follows: - applied under SET (O), based on Tier 2, 5 year route - documents submitted: passport (scans of all main all pages), 2 old ones only bio page; police registration; one le...
Dear Zimba, Thanks for your responses. One more quick question - my current passport covers entire qualifying period of my Tier 2 visa, and I have scanned and uploaded that already in the system. I have also, for some reason, ticked the box in the application which asks for all previous passports an...
Dear Zimba, thanks for getting back. I managed to fill most other questions already but this one was confusing. This was not a refusal, but a rejection of application because of non-payment, and new application was made afterwards, in time, and granted. Should this rejected application be also expla...
Dear moderators, could any one please suggest on the following question? “Problems with immigration to the UK: Have you ever been: o Refused a visa for the UK o Deported from the UK o Removed from the UK o Required to leave the UK o Refused entry at the UK border” I was completely unaware but when I...
