Hi,

Does an EU citizen who has lived in the UK for many years but not worked most of the time (due to motherhood and family reasons) can apply for an EU residency card or permanent residency?

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Hi, One of my relatives applied for Tier 4 child today. She submitted a parent consent letter. She got the template from her friends and then adjusted it. Now she found out that on one part, the passport number is not correct and it is actually her friend's passport number. The passport number is co...

thank you very much, then she will be fine as she is under 18 on the date of submitting the Tier 4 application.

Dear All, one of my relatives is going to apply for Tier 4 child. The issue is that she is now under 18 (actually 17 years and 10 months old) but she will be over 18 at the time of course start date. She is worried that they may refuse her on that basis. I could not find anywhere on the rules that w...

Hi, I am confused in regard to Appendix FM requirements for self-employed. It is stated that the application could use income from their self-employment. What does income mean here? It means the applicant's share of business income or the salary he has withdrawn from the business? for example, if ap...

Hi, there is a confusing point on Tier 1 E guidance and relevant immigration rules. In the part related to the registration as a self employed or director it says: "On a date no earlier than three months prior to the date of application" It is a very confusing. it means that for extension or ILR, ap...

thank you for your email. As you know there is no way to contact HO and their contact centres are not reliable. As I checked there is no provision in the rules that prohibit using this route during the second of further grants of leave so I assume it is possible.

Any comment would be appreciated.

Dear All,

to use accelerated route (10 jobs creation), applicant should do it during the initial grant of leave or they can do it in the extension period? Applicant was not in the UK most of the time during the initial grant and it is the reason that she wants to use this route.

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Thank you, i got it wrong. Part 284 is for old applications and the new ones should be done under Appendix FM which does not prohibit PBS dependents. Am I right?

I have a strange question. There are plenty of questions on the forum about applying for FLR(M) or PBS dependent but it seems according to 284 (i)(c) it is impossible for a PBS dependent to switch to FLR(M). Am I right?

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thanks but it is not like that, he applied on say 19th dec and got the letter on 21st dec! It is due to their new weird application system in which application date is not the date you go to visa centre (what used to be) but the date you submit your application online. so we happen to have a scenari...

Any idea? I assume he is safer if fills a new one.

Thank you. As I said they are not older than 31 days before the date of application, technically they are issued after date of application and it is his issue!

Hi, My friend is going to apply for Tier 1 in 3 weeks. He submitted the form and paid the application fee. he is applying from outside the UK. Now he is going to get the bank letter. However, he just noticed in the guidance that the letter should be issued within 31 days immediately before applicati...

Hi All, I have two questions, I've read the guidance but real world applications are more helpful in such situations: 1-Applicants switching from Tier 1 Graduate entrepreneur should have been active in their proposed business activities? Guidance clearly says no, but someone said without prove of bu...

Thank you.

I myself dont see it as a big issue as according to the immigration rules failure to register without reasonable excuse is a crime. I had a good excuse as I left the country very quickly.

However, I want to be sure and so appreciate any comment.

Dear All, I am going to apply for British Citizenship in March. As per the new requirements, there should not be any evasion of immigration control in the last 10 years. I came to the UK in 2008 on a student visa but I left the UK in couple of days due to personal matters. I was required to register...

Yes she now has a 33 months visa. I guess the new rules were not in force when she applied for the visa as she did not receive any accompanying letter about how to collect the BRP.

I read somewhere that the new rules started to roll out from end of July 2015 whereas my friend applied in June 2015.

thank you for your reply. VAC Istanbul returns your passport on the day of application just for settlement routes and then lets someone else to submit it whenever the decision is made. Embassy was aware of the situation and they could have easily seen her previous visitor visa. even the old visa is ...

Hi, My friend applied for spouse settlement visa and received it recently. he had a visitor visa and so after submitting the application he travelled to the UK to stay with his friends. Someone else submitted his passport when the decision was made and then brought it back for him. Now, does he have...

Hi, I am trying to book an appointment for my friend in Croydon. He created an account, chose the service, paid the IHS, see the slots and now when he wants to book the appointment he receives the following message: We can not check your case ID. This is due to a technical problem. Please try again ...

Hi Everybody, one of my friends applied for spouse visa under Appendix FM. He did the Trinity College London Graded Test at level 2 after 6th April. He forgot to mention SELT Unique Ref number on the application form but he submitted the original test certificate. Now, he found out that none of the ...

i certainly fill those fields but I cannot understand why someone thinks that UKVI is the almighty correct and can do anything? Being forced to do something irrational is different from saying something is fine and reasonable. UKVI can check all these information, you can see many issues regarding t...

Yes its a hassle but citizenship is a priviledge and not a right. I dont particularly think its a hassle when it would take an hour maximum on the phone for them to tell u the dates n places of employment. Being unemployed is not a sign of bad character because employment is not a requirement to be...

Again it is just kind of hassle for applicants. Caseworker could contact HMRC himself. They charge over £1,000 and do not bother themselves to give a call?

And what if I did not work for periods of time? It is sign of a bad character?