hello guys I am in trouble and very confused what do next, i came here on student visa three and half years before ,due to some reason I am unable to extend my student visa,i had two kids, one of them born here,my son who came with me here is nearly 5 years,and daughter who born here is three and h...

Hi everyone, Please advise on the following situation. My friend is married to an EEA national. He has a 5 years old daughter he applied EEA visa for UK from Poland last year which was granted, He came over for one month and then went back to Poland, His visa is now expired and he wants to visit fo...

Hello i have a question about treaty rights in Ireland. one of my british friend enjoying treaty rights from 6 months in Ireland (self employed) recently. he is waiting visa for non eu spouse and child's visa from 8 and half months. in the meantime one of his family member friend in uk wants to gif...

Hi I am living in Ireland since October 2015. My father passed away in Pakistan last December 2015. I bring my mother to Ireland on visit visa few weeks ago. Can I apply permanent residency for my mother in Ireland? I am self employed here and has income coming from UK as well? I was regularly send...

Hey guys, I was wondering, if my partner (EU National) becomes Irish Citizen, would I be able to apply for citizenship as married to an Irish? The thing is: We are in a civil partnership already for more than 1 year and if he applies next year, I would only wait until 2018 (being married to an Iris...

cutepie wrote:hello,does any one know how long it takes warsaw to issue your visa once they have your passport?thanx

What kind of visa do you apply?

Hello, Can anyone help me with my situation? I am a UK national living in Spain with my non-EU wife (Japanese). I have lived here for a year and a half and have resident card here (and bills, tenancy agreement and medical registration and so on). Haven’t worked in Spain, or been paid since I’ve bee...

I am a UK citizen wanting to move my non-EU husband using the Surinder Singh route. We have thought about moving to Ireland, but lack of jobs discourages us, so we are thinking of moving our Centre of Life to Estonia for the first 3-6 months. My questions are: 1. Will there be many job opportunitie...

My South American mother in law is keen to visit to help my wife after the birth of our child in the near future. She visited last year for 60 days. She hasn't needed a visa before and I know she can stay 90 days within the last 365 days, but if she were to stay so that the time exceeded the 90 day...

Hello everyone, I apologise if this has already been discussed I'm new to the forum today and need to learn to navigate this forum better. I am currently Engaged to a Venezuelan national who has been living in Spain for 12 years (12 months into waiting for the decision for his Spanish nationality) ...

Hi. Hope someone can assist. We would love to immigrate to Ireland from South Africa. But it seems impossible. :cry: It seems to be a catch 22. You need work before you can apply for a Visa but the companies don't want to employ you if you don't have a Visa? Is there any other way? Can't a company ...

Hi, I made my application for a Residence Card in January. Two weeks ago requested both passports, my husband's and mine, but today we receive only his and a letter that saids that since I "currently have no basis of stay in the UK/have no valid leave to remain in the UK and may therefore be liable...

Hi all My review for EU1 is pending at the moment . The department last week asked me to send a clarification of my spouse current employer's telephone number. She works in a fish and chips shop and the name of the shop is The village Chippy. her employer is registered in revenue under Chippy so th...

Hi all, I am planning to bring my parents in June hence I will apply their visa in April. My Naturalisation has been recently approved and I am attending my Ceremony on 5th April. Then I will apply my British passport which may take few weeks. My question is do we need to send sponsor's passport to...

samfam wrote:Hi All!

Can I request back my passport as know, I have received my COA (with the right of work) ? And Can I travel with my spouse (EEA) to Sweden with my passport and COA ? Would there be any problem getting on an airline or coming back to UK with COA ?

TIA

What passport do you hold?

I am married to a Peruvian, our marriage is not registered in the UK yet. My wife cannot do the English test in Peru and therefore will do it once she is in the UK. Therefore she will need to come on a tourist visa, do the test and then can apply for leave to remain either in Peru or the UK. Is a m...

Hello friends I have received biometrics on EEA-FM application along with a covering letter stating that my eligibility of working rights have been held as original marriage was not provided . I have immediately posted my marriage certificate on the day of biometrics. How long would it take to issu...

I am an EU national and I have lived in the UK for 8 years. I submitted my application for the EU permanent residence card on February 3rd and I was promised the payment would be taken within 5 weeks. It has now been over a month and I have not heard anything what so ever. I have to request my pass...

Dear All, Both my self and wife are naturalized British Citizens and currently living in Sri Lanka ( dual citizens ). My wife gave birth to a baby girl recently and we want to apply for her British passport as she is eligible for that. As part of the documents required it asks for both parents Brit...

Hello everybody, I don't know if anybody has encountered this kind of problem b4. I registered my son (age 6) as a british citizen. The registration certificate included all the names on the birth certificate (I mean the surname, first name, and the 2 middile names). When I applied for my son's bri...

Hi everyone. I am in a really stressful situation, at my own fault. We applied and everything but we didn't send them our original passports. I am a non-eea national and my husband is Romanian. I got the CoA and biometrix letter months ago and did the biometrix right away. I am just so worried that...

Hi, I have a question related to additional papers. I am thinking to send (additional) 2 latest payslips of EU partner along with the bank statements showing salary coming in. I called HO and their representative said that I should send it to Durham. However, next day I’ve called them again just to...

Hello all I will tell you about my story here and i need some help from other colleagues if they can. I am British Citizen i have 2 children also British Citizen holding British Passport, My Wife Non EU family member (Iraqi), In Feb 2015 applied for Schengen Visa from Austrian VAC in Erbil/ Iraq, g...

CR001 wrote:Yes. A certified copy is exactly that.

Thanks for your rapid reply.

Just wonder how a British Passport (bio-data page) is certified by British Embassy or Consulate. Is it simply photocopied and ink-stamped with with wording (.......... is the true copy of........ issued by.............) on the same document?

Please share your experience if you have any.