Could anyone please reply whether I can get maternity allowance from govt as i m self employed and getting this allowance will do any effect on my ILR application ? Please help me out.

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You are free to claim. Child benefit you can claim regardless anyway, no reason not to. If must be claimed in joint names with your spouse but you will only get the single person element. No effect on ilr. Hi sorry to bother you and jumping in this post but my question is similar. My ILR is due in ...

Dear Members please help me out by providing some information as requested below. I am spouse of a British citizen who is full time permanent employee of a company for at least 10 years. I came to UK on spouse visa on 5 years route and my ILR is due in May 2020. I am running a online business and my...

Thank you very much Seagul for your prompt reply. Yes I understand he has to show strong links and ties to Pakistan so ECO is satisfied that this person will go back to his country. He gets paid every month form his department and saves some amount in his same bank account. Apart from this shall I p...

Dear valued members, I want my nephew (My sister son) to see me for a about 3 weeks. He is serving as a primary school teacher there in Pakistan and I am a British citizen. Do I have to prove his relationship to me as my nephew ? if yes then How can I prove his relationship ? Does he need to have go...

You can apply for ILR no sooner than within 28 days before the 5th anniversary of the date you ENTERED the UK and you must apply at any time during this concession period and any time before your visa expires. Thank you very much dear CR001 for prompt reply. So am I ok to apply within 28 days befor...

Hi there, I came to UK on 10th May 2015 as a dependent wife of British citizen on 5 Years family settlement route and the entry clearance visa was valid for 33 months. Then I got extension Visa for further 2.5 Years. The extension Visa will expire on 1st August 2020. I will complete 5 Years total st...

Thank you very much zzzindagi for the detailed answer. we had that NADRA marriage certificate from our local union council. I got it from your answer that NADRA Computerised marriage certificate is enough along with urdu manual nikah nama? so inspite of having that NADRA Computerised marriage certif...

Dear lyndanica, she has a marriage certificate in URDU language and its translation in English from a professor of a college from abroad and she had submitted this translated marriage certificate along with the original (the one in Urdu language). This was accepted at her entry clearance time and no...

One more question, if someone could help me out please? My wife is planning to book a window appointment for her flr(M) Visa extension after 2.5 years. Can I being her husband represent my wife visa case to the immigration officer whilst she definitely will be sitting with me in front of visa offic...

Thanks again, I have complied the cohabitation documents for the one year at the moment for my spouse and will compile others for the rest of period soon. Please have a look on these and let me know if needs amendments? 1. May 2015 Tenancy agreement Source one 2. July 2015 Halifax Bank Statement sou...

Hi there, According to the guidelines given in application form, it says that at least 6 documents(if they are on joint names) are required from the different sources to prove cohabitation. Now if I take a mortgage statement (having joint name on it) as one document out of six. How many these mortga...

My wife gets bank statement every moth and she gets a phone bill also by post. We have water bill and council tax on joint names. I have read the info given on the application form but bit not clear yet. if she wants to submit her phone bill and bank statement for example (which are on her names on...

Thank you very much CR001 for spending time to help me out and replying my post in detail. Yes my wife has passed A2 English test from Trinity college London and it would be valid at extension time. My wife gets bank statement every moth and she gets a phone bill also by post. We have water bill and...

Hi there, I am British citizen and my wife got entry clearance for spouse visa from Pakistan for 2.5 years. Her visa will expire in this November 2017.She got entry clearance in March 2015. I have following queries if someone can help me out please. 1. Please let me know the full list of documents r...

I would like to know the answer of above query too, please let us know if some one expertise in matter.

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Thanks Dear CR001 That was really helpful. Still need the answer of 3rd question.. She did pass at B1 level but i need to know that IELTS certificate expires in 2 yrs time or can we still use that ?... Or we need fresh English test ? Do you advice i should put this question under new heading so any...

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The calculation is from the entry date. Thanks a lot for quick reply. May I know the reason why we can,t start calculation from visa issue date as the time span allowed to travel to UK was within 90 days at that time NOT within 30. I am not debating, just want to know that why is it like that. Thanks

Hi all, Wife is on 5 year spouse visa route and living with me in UK. She got her first spouse leave to enter visa from outside UK on 21-03-2015 which will expire on 21-12-2017 (2 Years and 9 Months First visa validity period) She delayed her entry to UK for 50 days and entered on 11 May 2015. (Gett...

I had some rumours about claiming housing benefit. someone told me that even if you are eligible for housing benefit, you should avoid it (but I don't know why should someone avoid HB even if eligible) the person who told me this story said that you would be okay to claim Child benefit and child tax...

Thank you very much CROO1 for your nice and detailed reply. So when I fill the form for child benefit, I must skip wife's details and put only mine? I'm presuming that if I do this way, then the child benefit will be ONLY in my name. Am I right please? And when I rang council they asked me to calcul...

Hi there, I would really appreciate if some one can clarify some of my doubts please. I am a British National and have got little girl who is British also by birth. My wife came from Pakistan on spouse visa which will expire in 2017 and she would apply for the extension of her visa in 2017. she has ...

the sponsorship letter explaining your relation etc is mandatory . sponsorship undertaking FormSU07/12 is not required for spouse visa purpose. BUT you are recommend to include that su07 form as I personally have seen many posts in which spouse visas have been rejected because they did not provide f...

Yes
That one is mandatory.