(a) A Marriage Visitor visa means that the applicant is meant to leave the UK after the marriage. Is that the plan?
(b) Is there any reason that the marriage can't take place outside the UK, such as in the other partner's home country/country of habitual residence?

How did you acquire ILR? Did you submit an English language test for your ILR?

I have a British Overseas Passport as well as ILR with no time limit - I need to apply for a full British passport but do I REALLY have to go through the Naturalization process at a cost of almost £1600.00? Merely a BOC and ILR does not entitle you to a full British passport. You could however regi...

I have never heard of eGates changing status from ILR to visitor visa. The guidance given by zimba above is at variance with the less-than-clear law on this point, which confuses matters even more. I think the relevant law on entry via E-Gates is Section 8A and 8B of the Immigration (Leave to Enter...

What is the UK immigration status of the her sponsor?

2) Indian passport holder (with US visitor visa) need a transit visa if we are travelling via Lisbon(Portugal) Not if transiting via Portugal or any of the other Schengen Zone states except Germany, France, Spain and the Czech Republic (the latter four require Airport Transit Visas for Indian passp...

Setting aside the question about ILR eligibility for a minute, be aware that you will only be eligible to apply for British citizenship only after a minimum of five years in the UK. So, if you are applying for ILR after three years in the UK, you will still need to wait for a further two years befor...

2 Update, replace or transfer your biometric residence card (BRC) Most likely this. Replacement residence cards You need to replace your UK residence card if you plan to travel abroad and return to the UK and all of the following apply: you would usually need a visa to travel to the UK but you have...

nopal wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:46 pm

is there a different application all together?

No.

nopal wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:46 pm

or do I state that I'd like to be considered on the 5 year route in my cover letter?

Yes.

Did you apply for and get any form of documentation about your residence in the UK, either a Residence Certificate or a Document certifying Permanent Residence, before 2020? They would have been a blue coloured tri-fold card. You could try applying for Settled Status when you are back in the UK (it ...

You must prove that you had ILR before the birth of the child.

What proof of your ILR status predating the child's birth did you provide with the application?

Thank you Simon for your advise. Is it legal to share the recent judgement copy from Delhi high court for a similar case to Indian high commission and request them reconsider their decision not to renew the passport for Indian born children living in uk ? Though judgement copy is Available to downl...

RonV , were the two friends married to each other, i.e. were they are family unit applying for naturalisation together, with both parents having ILR? Note that in the case of the OP, the mother/wife is still on FLR(M) and does not have ILR. Also, the OP's question is specifically about the child be...

I am not a lawyer, keep that in mind. I am interpreting it in it's plain meaning.

I think it means that the offence that you were convicted of can or does carry a prison sentence is enough, even if you don't actually serve time for it.

It is explicitly stated in both the Form AN guidance and the Form MN1 guidance in identical language. We will not usually accept a referee who has been convicted of an imprisonable offence during the last 10 years The absence of the table may just mean that the two guidances have been updated, but t...

RonV wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:29 pm

If yes, you can directly apply naturalization for your children, bypassing the ILR process.

I disagree.

Because this situation is caused by a recent change to the Indian government's interpretation of Indian law, it is a known unknown. It is worth noting that stateless children born in the UK and stateless adults living in the UK can register or naturalise only after at least five years of residence i...

If the child is born on or after the date of naturalisation, then yes, the child will automatically be a British citizen by descent if born outside the UK. But the child will not be able to automatically pass on British citizenship to their own children if those children (your grandchildren) are bor...

Children born abroad follow the same immigration status as the second parent and can apply for ILR along with the second parent, regardless of whether the child themselves have completed five years residence or not.

To build on contorted_svy 's answer above, you can travel while the application is in progress. If you get a successful response, you need to contact the local council within 21 days and attend the naturalisation ceremony in the UK within 90 days. After that, there are many actions that you will nee...

can anyone give a guarantee Anonymous strangers on a web forum aren't the best people to seek guarantees from. We can guide based on the guidance published by the government, but none of us (to the best of my knowledge) work for the Home Office and certainly can't give you a guarantee on their beha...

I don’t know if the situation is different to the OP as SA nationals need a visa to travel to the UK. It is. A non-visa-national can get onto a flight and get to the UK border to make her arguments to a UK border official. A visa national will not be allowed to get onto a flight to the UK by the ai...

Just confirming that the children in question are from a previous marriage and you had divorced your previous spouse? What is the answer to this question? Were you at any stage in a polygamous marriage? That is to say, at any time, did you have two spouses, whether in the UK or abroad? Also see Rul...

3421 graphic designers, which is a shortage occupation, so the Immigration Skills Charge does not apply, That may not be completely accurate. The list of occupation codes for which there is no Immigration Skill Charge is quite short and not tied to the whole Shortage Occupation List. You will not h...

Also see the advice in this thread for the chances of a single, unemployed male applying for a UK visit visa.