The rule is you are eligible to apply for ILR 28 days before the 5 years end ( calculated from 1st entry into the UK) provided there are no large gaps in your stay. Eg:- if you entered on 01 March 2010 .. ( use the datediff calculator ) you can apply on 1 February 2015 Check the date you entered UK....

I too have posted similar question but haven't got an answer for a long time (probably dead)
This is an important query for people deciding to go back to India for a very long time.
Please everybody, help!!!

anybody ? Gurus ?

No. Unless you have defaulted and caused a lot of issues, the mere fact that you have bank loans and credit card loans will not affect your application.

Hi, I am about to apply for citizenship (joint application with wife) in 1st week of March 2015 (5 year HSMP - ILR: Feb 2014)... Can I ask a few questions please. 1. I have been on a driving awareness course in April 2014, just one occasion.... no FPNs on license... Do I need to declare that on the...

Passport "as evidence " for lawful residence. This means that your passport _usually_ has in/out stamps to confirm that the days of absence as claimed by you in the application form I applied as Indian but my previous passports were lost. I told this to NCS and they got in touch with people at UKBA ...

You could go for NARIC which costs a bit less
http://ecctis.co.uk/naric/Individuals/s ... rices.aspx

Hello, What documents are required to submit for British Passport application ? I have Indian Passport and date of birth is in 1980, Soon i will receive the Naturalisation certificate Thanks, Shabbir 1. The application 2. Naturalisation certificate (ORIGINAL) 3. Your Indian passport (ORIGINAL) 4. T...

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Do we have to file returns or pay tax for income earned in INDIA if we are not in the UK ?

Hi, I am sure many have planned to go back to India (for good or for a long time ) and have done it successfully. Can they share their experiences please ? There are lots of forums doing this but in this question I am particularly asking for information like 1. How often are you asked to disclose yo...

Hi all Wanted to share the CGI birmingham experience of mine. I booked appointment and went really early (about 7.30 in the morning). There was nobody and people started coming and queueing at about 8.00am. At the end around 9.00am just when the shutters opened, there was a decent long queue. Severa...

Hi, I got a tourist visa for me just so that I can travel in the meantime OCI is being processed. When OCI is processed, will the tourist visa be automatically cancelled ? or should we go to HCI and shed some more money to cancel the tourist visa ? Will my OCI in anyway get affected because I got a ...

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Is there any particular list of common mistakes we can avoid so that the application goes through smoothly?

Hi Guys, There are lot of IT Professional from India, who are interested in Tier 2 General Visa, So I am asking below questions on behalf of them First main question: 1) Does IT Jobs comes under shortage, Like .Net I do see a lot of .Net based jobs but not as much as Java based jobs now-a-days 2) D...

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Can someone help me please ?

The application asks for Occupation. It has 2 which match me being a s/w engineer. PROFESSIONAL and PRIVATE SERVICE. What should I select ?

Hi, Indians do not get dual citizenship and so no voting rights. So when an Indian gets OCI does his voters ID gets cancelled by High commision contacting the concerned authorities or that it is the responsibility of the OCI holder to discolse his loss of citizenship and surrender the voters ID card...

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Hi, My daughter passport is expiring soon and she is holding an Indian passport. She is India now. She is a minor. My wife holds Indian passport. I have received my UK naturalisation letter (so I am not Indian anymore). Almost all places say that both parent's passports must be submitted to Indian p...

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Yes I was talking about British passport and not naturalisation.
The HM passport office insists that the original passport and BRP needs to be sent !

I am INDIAN. Can some one who had gone through this procedure of naturalisation and british passport please tell me 1. When you send the BRP and current INDIAN passport for British passport do you get back the BRP with the original documents ? 2. When you submit the current INDIAN passport for cance...

Hi, I can agree that OCI does not mean Indian citizen but just an NRI freedom. But Is there a list of things "TODO" after getting OCI ? Eg:- notifying incometax office saying that this PAN number citizenship has changed .... etc., People who have gone through this might be able to throw light on the...

maniani wrote: No , there will be no effect on your daughter citizenship as long as one parent hold indian citizenship.

Thank you.

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Can someone help please ?

Hi, I heared that if parent loses Indian citizenship then the child loses the citizenship too. Is this true ? My daughter(born in India) is holding an Indian passport but since she was not here with me for prolonged time she is not eligible for ILR (my wife too is not eligible) and so I had gone for...