With all the uncertainty about the settlement, will it be better to avoid any commitment here (like buying a home), until you become citizen? The reason is that if you are refused "provisional citizenship", you may have to leave, and you may not have enough time to sell your home. If you have alrea...

Fifteen million a people a year who travel by air or sea between Britain and the Irish Republic will face formal passport checks for the first time in more than 80 years http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/15/uk-irish-republic-border-passports soon you wont be able to go to toilet without passpor...

vinny wrote:Which country is he from?
Does he have any children with his British wife?

vinny is that big difference with a british born child

I heard the government plans to introduce a power to revoke an ILR if there is evidence 5, 10 or 15 years after getting ILR is abused and the marriage was by deception and there is evidence of it. Is it true? I recall reading something on this forum but cant remember. they are replacing ILR to perm...

suggested that the only way to ILR (or temporary citizenship).[/quote] ILR will not be temprary citizenship. A new probation citizenship iis introducing which will be time limit before apply to PR/ILR or British Citizenship. ILR will still exist but they changing the name (permanant Residency) givin...

Thanks for your reply.We been living together from last 3 months but we used to meet from last one year.Yes my child is british citizen but can i apply for right of access on basis of child as we both are not sure about marriage. i am not sure but on the baisis of your and child mother's relation y...

if you that much scared you can travel to india then come back to dublin and then go to LONDON, there will not be any prob 100%. but generaly anybody travel from india usualy asked question by UKBA anyway its not a matte of 6 mounth old or new its all upto its validity. hope you will be fine. you wo...

I am a student here in London from India.I am living with my girlfriend together from last 3 months and she is British citizen .I have one child of 1 month old from her.We both are not sure that we will marry or not but we all live together. Can I stay here in U.K. on the basis of child.I have seen...

quote] It is likely that the Bill will affect those who do not yet have ILR. But it impossible to know until you see the text of the Bill, Act and Regulations. For now, you are just speculating. The "bill chart" is irrelevant. Don't assume they even understand what they are doing. i agreed with you...

Hi Rizwan! Can I just ask where the draft bill states that the rule changes will only affect newcomers to the UK? When I last read it (a couple of months or so ago), I did not find any mention of this either way. I know there has been some conjecture in the media regarding the bill only applying to...

Hi I am currently on 5 year work permit and will be applying for ILR in October 2009 Three Questions: 1. I hear that new ILR law is coming out from Feb 2009 with 3 tier of citizenship. I believed that I can apply for ILR in October 2009 and then in October 2011, I can apply for British Citizenship/...

first of all what was the reason they called you for an inteview its just because you lost your possport and you reported or you have done some sort of minor crime or any other reason. you can also try your photo copy of you passport where u applied NI Number they always take photo copy just try it ...

To rephrase it, why do the uk have separate sections and the Irish do not?[/quote]

thats why i have mentioned its bit confusing if anybody now that it would be great info.

That's the Irish for you. We don't (yet) put UKBA officers on arrivals from the Republic. its just because on each port in the uk there is separte arrival doors or sections for rep. of ireland arrival but in the ireland on each port no separte fecility for the uk arrival pessanger only and the uk p...

My clarification: 1) I want to know is it going to break my continuinity for getting permanent residency (for which we have to be in UK on Work permit continously for 5 year I am not sure but all person seeking for PR on WP basis they have to keep redsidency for 5 year but i dont think if you are go...

This is confusing, because some people say yes and some people say no. There is no immigration control, for non UK/Irish passport holders flying from Dublin to London? Would I arrive in a domestic terminal and not through an international one? why u are so worried yes its no immigration control bet...

any updated on probation citizen and ILR with new bill

I am a USA citizen, and I was wondering if England will stamp my passport (pass through immigration) if I fly from Dublin to London using Ryan Air. I understand both countries are in a Common Travel Area, but the regulations are extremely confusing when I've tried to read them. I think they only ap...

I have read that the new bill will be introduce by January 2009..My question is, will people that already have ILR(permanent residency) will be affected with this new rules? or this only affect to someone that still hasnt got one? Just a bit confused because they are not talking to someone that alr...

katrina wrote:Hi

My friend is a teacher , she did one course from govt fund , the employer send her, Does that effect her ILR application.

Thanks.

check out this link might help you
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresi ... blicfunds/

Point is, if you now have ILR you will be able to apply one year after your ILR date for naturalisation. Does the "sketch" of a bill called draft mention that explicitly? The only hint I could find is that it says "naturalisation at a later point", without actually giving a time frame. So it could ...

Iceman, I don't beleive you have read the draft bill correctly. Nowhere does it state people with ILR will need to do 5 years before naturalisation. What it probably means is that, you will need to be a resident for 5 years and there after to complete or not your probation period of 3 years, before...

[quote="iceman010899"] current ILR holders will need to wait 5 years to be naturalized without probation. Are u talking about the whole process or after ILR need 5 and how the current ILR holder need 5 year in which catagory W/permit or family.they cant cancel and change any ILR who already been gra...

Hello, Reading though the draft bill, it seems like current ILR holders will need to wait 5 years to be naturalized without probation. With voluntary work its 3 years I think. Plus ILR = Permanent permission in the future. there are nothing mention about the current ILR holder and in the draft bill...

Oh sorry, I thought you said you were in the UK in Jan 2008 as a touristand you wanted to use that to start your 3 years of residency. Anyway, 3 year continuous residence and no more than 270 days outside the UK in the those 3 years (plus another restritction on absences in the last year) are the r...