https://www.gov.uk/get-electronic-visa-waiver https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-electronic-visa-waiver-introduced-for-oman-qatar-and-uae Wasn't aware of this scheme. Learnt something new. I'm not sure if your wife would be required to show any evidence at the point of entry in the UK to show th...

Hello all, I have applied for a subject access request for both I and my wife in November 2015. The primary aim was to know the information HO held about us before we submit our naturalisation application in March 2016. Payment was made by cheque and this was cleared in December 2015; acknowledgeme...

Interesting that they said it needs to be addressed to yourself. Mine were all addressed to 'The Visa Officer', and the Embassy address in London was given in the letters, as I was applying in London (even though the application was being submitted through a intermediary such as TLS contact/VFS). Yo...

will they treat my baby application being born in UK on my current states which British citizen by descent, or they will look in the past and looks if baby is entitled or not based on the previous history which I believe its not valid since the day I granted the registration certificate as British ...

Please see the below dates 04/2003 - 07-2004 - Student visa 07-2004 - 12-2004 Student visa extended 2004 August successfully completed MBA Started working part time Employer offered a full time opportunity Applied work permit 10/2004 10/2004 - 10-2005 studied advanced diploma as a student and worke...

Based on the latest right to work guidance, what appears to be the case is that unless you were studying throughout that period where you were working part time, (I.e. That would be the primary condition attached to any student visa) as a student, then you would have been in breach of its terms & co...

Requested SAR and they mentioned few things please see below... visa applied 29 March 2010 on time Application return as Reject due to payment declined and send it back on 22 June 2010 Re applied and Application received 09 August 2010 ( Application Status ON TIME) Visa granted on 05 September 2010...

When did you original student visa expire? 31/12/2004 When did you start working for your 'employer'? September 2004 (part time) When did you stop working for your employer? (march 2008 before i voluntary depart). HO never mentioned in my letters to leave the country or my work rights has cancelled...

Hi, I am a British citizen. My brothers (24 and 20) applied for visit visa but their visas were refused. They applied for a two weeks Visa. Brother A [ 24 years old] Reasons: 1-Sponsor only has £3000 in bank account and they don't believe that he will spend 25% of his savings on your visit. [We cle...

A similar discussion in relation to long validity visit visas that you may find useful. Key factors to show are as many strong ties to their home country and frequent travel history to the UK. http://www.immigrationboards.com/general-uk-immigration-forum/long-term-visitor-visa-for-parents-t213108-20...

mayankpant wrote:When do they deduct the passport application fee?

It's normally deducted around the same time as the AN fee is taken. Mine was deducted about a week after the AN fee.

1. When do they(NCS) apply for the passport? 2. Roughly how many days does it take for us to get the passport after the oath ceremony? I saw that it is roughly taking 20 days after the ceremony? Am I correct? 3. Do we still have a passport interview? 4. Also I saw that many people rang up the passp...

There is no problem for a British citizen but will be a problem for non-British in the future. As pension is paid at the moment to EU citizen, because the UK is part of EU umbrella . Is that statement correct? Or have I misunderstood what you meant to say? I haven't done much research or reading ar...

Transfers from the UK to abroad 6.11.22.11 The ethos and background relating to citizenship ceremonies is that new citizens are welcomed into their local community. A transfer should therefore only be granted if the applicant has applied for registration or for naturalisation under s.6(2) of the BN...

What is your opinion on the above and should I go ahead with my application or wait until 2018 to meet the 10 year requirement? Purely based on what you have shared here I'd suggest waiting until you meet the Good character requirement, count 10 years from whenever your last breach in good characte...

Hello, My situation is described below: 30/03/2009 -Tier 1 general granted (3 year validity) that's under rules before 31/03/2009 29/07/2009 - First entered UK, Visa vignette stamped with this date. Stayed about a month but went back. 12/06/2010 - Rentered to stay after almost a year, counter reset...

Is it mandatory to travel first to the country who issued Schengen Visa or one can travel to any other country? The general requirement is that you apply for the schengen visa from the country that you will be spending the longest amount of time (main destination) or in the event that there is no m...

My husband visa extension was refused in Sep-2007 and from that time to Mid-2008 we were in appeals process and the appeals were unsuccessful. All of us (10 members) were having no leave to remain from mid-2007 to mid-2008. Will we (the dependents) be considered over-stayers at the time of naturali...

You said that dependents will not be affected by 10 year rule. No, that's not what was said. You appear to have misunderstood. The response given was based on your input underlined below. Note that as mentioned below each individual will need to meet the requirements for citizenship in their own ri...

I know cases where a long term visa was issued in similar cases.. hence I think staying 4/5 months is no issue ..... I hope! In my mind a visit would constitute a period of something up to or less than a month. That said I do know extended family friends, who have travelled to the UK to visit famil...

Goes against the good character of an applicant. This aspect is likely not confined to only the last '10 years' but will be fully explored by HO particularly given that they are fully aware that he worked full time on a student visa, a clear breach and disregard for the immigration rules. I suppose...

Other confusion is, Will the same 10 yrs rule apply on us (9 dependents) who did not breach visa condition but had to leave UK due to husband? No, it won't. Each person applying has to meet the requirements for citizenship. If you have 5 years residence and 1 year ILR, you can apply. It appears tha...

You'll probably find it useful to read the HO Visitor Visa Guidance. See Page 25 for how they decide the length of the visa.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... e_v4_0.pdf

In that case, based on the associated cost mentioned it appears that continuing to do the same would be more cost effective than applying for a long validity visit visa. Fees A Standard Visitor visa costs £87. The fee for a long-term visit visa depends on its length: 2 years - £330 5 years - £600 10...

A follow-up question... For each of the visits you've listed, did they make 4 separate visit visa applications and granted 4 visa's valid for 6 months each? I suspect that the cost effectiveness of the visa would really depend on the frequency of visits during the validity period. If just visiting o...