Most of the times people put themselves in difficult situations. If they spend 10 minutes to look for the information before hand, many of the problems could be avoided. There are regular posts from many people specially from Indian subcontinent with the same exact position. Child back home, British...
There is no procedure to rush Indian passport issuance. Pasports get printed in India. The only thing that they can do for urgent travel is issue a paper one way travel document, called emergency certificate.
Let me tell you from my personal experience of someone I know, and I have been to MP with him and all sorts. Its been well over 2 years and his child does not have a passport. This guy has gone through all procedures, including dna testing etc. If a document is required, it is required. MP's letter ...
Buying property does not give you any residency rights. Good you have pointed this out. Many people think that once you buy a property in UK, you will have some kind of right (express or implied) to get a UK visa as an when you want. A foreigner can buy property in UK, but it can also happen that a...
*if you belong to a faith. Even if you do not belong to a faith, you can still get reference from a minister of religion. :wink: If you are employed, your manager can sign. If you know someone who is a manager, s/he can sign. If you are self employed, then your accountant can sign. (If s/he is a ch...
Will the BHC be concerned about it? If not, then easiest way is to get ROA, and once in UK they can surrender child's passpot to HCI in UK. At least they can give it a shot. Or, they can just keep researching and keep trying for a British Passport. If they do not provide what BHC asks to provide, th...
I am not sure whether you can apply without providing her Birth Cert or Passport. No idea if they will be satisfied with copy of these docs already on their file. Perhaps some other members can tell if its not possible or not. If it is not possible, then you will be able to apply in your own right a...
I am not quite sure if right of abode can be applied if parents are not British citizens yet. I believe right of abobe is for only persons who are British by birth?? Some non-British citizens can have right of above, but we are not concerned about that. Every British Citizen has right of abode, doe...
Hi All, As per the recent changes to naturalization procedure, now the applicant need to provide following, in addition to Life in the UK certificate: ------------------------------ Certificate showing that you have a speaking and listening qualification in English at B1 CEFR or higher, or an equiv...
It varies from council to council. When I got approval, it was clearly mentioned in approval letter " you must not contact you council, they will contact you". And they did in a week or so. My friend lives in a different county and when he got approved he was asked to contact his council and book ce...
LIUK must have been very futuristic back in 1654 considering the UK was not born until another 53 years later. The test was then called "Life in the England Test". After the union, they started LiUK test. Then they passed "Recognition of Life in the England Test as LiUK Test and backdating it to th...
You never mentioned the date of endorsments on your passport. I wonder what made you not share this info. :? Now it is clear that you meet the residence requirements as per the quidance. Slap an application to HO. Make sure you meet Koll requirements. You should get ILR without problems. You should ...
I might be wrong, but I am pretty sure that if one of the parent acquires foreign citizenship, then child also loses their citizenship. Even if I am wrong, I think you will be taking a big risk. A personal experience may not be of much help to you, as another immigration officer might take a differe...
Expired IELTS is acceptable for settlement and naturalisation applications. Other expired B1 level certificates are acceptable for settlement and naturalisation applications. Life in the UK Test pass obtained on or after 07/01/1654 still remain valid and can still be used for settlement or naturali...