What is your status?

How is she funding her existence in the UK?

Does she have comprehensive health insurance (outside of the UK NHS)?

As soon as she becomes british then you can apply as a spouse of a BC - in fact if you search on here there are some that say you can do them at the same time but I dont know that bit.

I havent seen anything to that effect but my learning has come from personal experience (and too much time spent on the HO website) and so by no means an expert

dajumper wrote:It is plain straight forward and i fail to see your perception of it being a "trick" question.

The implication of you having one when they know you dont (at least according to your CRA file) is a little bit of a trick question, in my book, but not a world ending one.

I decide to apply for British passport. Just want to know how should I start? do I have to apply like new ILR people who apply for Naturalization? do I have to go for English exam? First step is to apply for naturalisation. You will need to sit the Life in the UK test as you didn't do this when get...

dajumper wrote:How is the last one a trick question?

As per my previous post, there is no outstanding loan.

Good luck to you and many thanks. The questions asked (and remembered) were: Have received the conformation it is being issued today, arrive in 4-5 working days It is my wife that had the interview and it only lasted a little over 15 minutes but the questions she mentioned were: What is your name Wh...

So queried their previous response by email and just got another email advising the passport will be issued today

Just always get very nervous before any interview at all, cant sleep the night before etc etc. The questions they asked were fairly standard ones, the interview lasted less than 20 minutes, a fair amount of questions about partner, what do they do for living, who do they work for, where's their offi...

So, passport interview yesterday AM, a few answers given incorrectly due to nerves/ understanding accents etc. Today did another web progress update today and the response came back as "your application is currently going through the examination process" which is the same response received as the la...

Pends who you speak to, some will and others wont... same as the email updates

Your main consideration on BC is going to be the absenses from the UK requirement which are: not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period; AND not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; If you are thinking of going for a year ...

Ours wasn't contacted. He is however a prominent person and whilst the relationship could be probed it wouldn't be necessary to ensure he holds an appropriate role.

Jambo wrote:See 7.6.1.

Self employed SA is only required for certain immigration categories (mainly HSMP/Tier-1). Not for people on family routes.

7.6.1.b is Sole Representatives, aka Sole Traders aka self employed, which is where the OP's husband would fit.

We didnt send one but gave an explanation why

Is she also an EEA national/ polish?

Does she meet the requirement of having comprehensive medical insurance (outside of the UK NHS)?

How long have you both lived in the UK?

Who is your counter signatory? How do they qualify as a counter signatory? What is their employment status? A fair number of SME business owners wont have formal letter heads. Either they just print it on plain paper and state they dont have a letter head but provide the necessary information to val...

The form doesnt actually ask for your self assessment tax return but the self assessment statement of account which is the document you get back from the tax return if you owe HMRC monies, if you have no tax due or are due a refund you dont get issued with a statement of account. I would say that th...

They are two separate requirements. In many cases it does mean you'd need to be here 6 years because it will take you 5 years to achieve the ILR. Exceptions tend to be when you are married to a BC (you then only need to be free from restrictions, no need for it to be a year) or are on a fast track s...

I would hope you have something better to do on the wedding night! We were in a similar boat in that both eligible under own rights as well as married to BC - in our case the eligibility for each was only separated by a matter of weeks. When you apply you dont actually choose a route but put the fac...

Ultimately the decision is with the UKBA but have never heard of any requirement for you to use the same "route" when going from residency to citizenship. Have known a few who even switched an EU spouse for a BC one whilst in the UK (all done properly & legitimately with UKBA fully aware) and obtain...

Based on what you have said you will be eligible to apply from the date of your marriage assuming you meet the other requirements around absences from the UK, good character etc

Have countersigned a few passport applications but never had any queries raised to me.

If they do I believe it is just to reconfirm that you know them, how and how long

Assuming you aren't self employed nor married to a BC then thats correct.

Jambo wrote:Your child citizenship has no affect on yours eligibility

And their passport has even less to do with it.

Unless you are asking how long a passport takes because you have included some evidence in with it that you require for your own naturalisation application?

I applied through solicitor based in holborn london and even paid them huge money (£1200) to covering their fee. I really disappointed why they did not use special delivery service. I guess I'd first ask why you needed to use a solicitor given it is a fairly straightforward form with little scope t...