Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 General + ILR Language criteria met: PBS Document + IELTS for Spouse Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Peterborough Date of application: 15/03/2014 Payment method: Credit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/03/2014 Date ...

Just to give you guys an idea of how slow the system is. I sent an email about a week or 2 ago asking about the status of my application and only got a response today saying that a desicion has been made and and posted out to me on 24/04/2014. Last friday the lady on the phone said it had been mail...

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 General + ILR Language criteria met: PBS Document + IELTS for Spouse Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Peterborough Date of application: 15/03/2014 Payment method: Credit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/03/2014 Date ...

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 General + ILR Language criteria met: PBS Document + IELTS for Spouse Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Peterborough Date of application: 15/03/2014 Payment method: Credit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/03/2014 Date ...

You will normally have a grace period to travel with your non British passport after you become a British citizen. Check with your High commission.

Please note it is NOT enough if the degree is in PBS calculator it should get 20 points at least for education and 10 for English language requirement.

Yes I agree, the NCS service send all applications the same day or the next day in most cases. I just submitted mine so that's how I know. The NCS I applied through will send applications every Thursday. So, If you apply on a Friday, your application will not reach the Home Office till the next Fri...

Thanks Rajesh, I read somewhere in the blog that we can still use the Indian passport for a grace period of 3 months or so from the date of issuance of citizenship or British passport. that's why I asked - but not sure There is a grace period of three months after acquisition of foreign nationality...

see the below thread

http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 60417.html

Expiry dates do not apply for naturalisation applications. 3. What if your website says my qualification expires after 2 years? The expiry dates on the SELT list in Appendix O, do not apply to citizenship applications. For Settlement applications, we will accept Level B1 qualification on the SELT li...

An applicant does not need to be previously on any points based visa earlier to use the PBS printout. Use the calculator as if you are applying for tier 1 and see if her degree in being awarded points for education (20 at least) and English language requirement (10 Points). The aim here is to just ...

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If her degree is from UK college/university, option 2 is cheaper.

Just for information, if the degree is obtained in UK, you do not need NARIC certificate.

An applicant does not need to be previously on any points based visa earlier to use the PBS printout. Use the calculator as if you are applying for tier 1 and see if her degree in being awarded points for education (20 at least) and English language requirement (10 Points). The aim here is to just c...

List of approved English tests below. You need to get atleast B1 level. If you already have a degree taught in English then you might not need to write a test if the points based calculator gives you atleast 20 points for education and 10 points for English language requirement. (use the PBS calcula...

Have you had any more luck with that.....I guess I waisted my money on this stupid thing as well. I am in the process for apllying for citizenship and now I am stuck with this stupid letter stating exactly the same, though I have passed my IELTS in 2006 but they don't wants expired one, really anno...

Hi, I am planning to apply for my ILR. I did raise a new topic earlier, but realized there is already a related topic. I have done my Bachelor of Engineering from Mumbai University (4 years) and my wife has done her Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (5 years). After reading the posts, I ...

Hi Jai, We are just trying to check if the degree is being recognised and gives the required points. Using it as a tier 1 applicant should not be a problem. If you use it as a tier 2 applicant, you will not be able to see if you get atleast 20 points for education. Your wife should be able to use it...

Try and use the points based calculator as a tier 1 applicant.

Below is the link to the pdf http://www.sendspace.com/file/kvkuyc

See the below link..on page 3

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kvkuyc

You need check the points breakdown (maybe page 3). Under attributes, see if gives you point s for education.

Hi, my wife is going to apply nationalization soon. She needs to take B1 exam. Is there any way she can take IELTS exam instead of B1 exam. If yes then which one she can take it like IELTS General or Academic and score required to reach B1 level. Thanks FN There is nothing called B1 exam. In the li...

Check the education under attributes. If you get at least 20 points in there, you are good to go. Please be aware that it is not enough for the degree to be in the list, it should actually give you at least 20 points for education attribute and 10 for English language requirement.

Please remember along with 10 points to English language requirement, the PBS calculator should also give you atleast 20 points for education. Only then the UKBA will accept the PBS print out to satisfy the requirement.

The PBS calculator should give you more than 20 points for your degree in education and 10 points in English language requirement. I think the 20 points is to show that the degree is comparable to UK degree and 10 points to say that the degree was taught in English.

You should be alright. Write a letter explaining that a PBS print is acceptable and that it has been mentioned in number of places in the UKBA website and also by the Home office staff in their emails.