naturalisation application

[aosun007]

Can anyone please help,
My wife was asked to re-sign and re-date her application form for nationality due to her being absence five years ago from the date they receive her application.
The caseworker stated that they usually count five years from the day they recieve application, and the she was actually not present in UK exactly five years from when the application was recieved.
The caseworker asked her to re-date and re-sign the application form

Does she need to cancel the previous signature and date before signing the new ones or she can just sign and date beside the previous signature and date respectively.


Your help would be appreciated.thanks

[Jambo]

Can anyone please help,
My wife was asked to re-sign and re-date her application form for nationality due to her being absence five years ago from the date they receive her application.
The caseworker stated that they usually count five years from the day they recieve application, and the she was actually not present in UK exactly five years from when the application was recieved.
The caseworker asked her to re-date and re-sign the application form

Does she need to cancel the previous signature and date before signing the new ones or she can just sign and date beside the previous signature and date respectively.


Your help would be appreciated.thanks

Your wife is very lucky. She could have been refused and lost her application fee. Just cross out the signature and date and put new ones. The important bit is making sure the application is recieved this time on a date your wife has been in the country 5 years back.

[Gyfrinachgar]

Your wife is very lucky.

Very lucky indeed! Presence in the UK on the first day of the qualifying period is an "unwaivable requirement". While the manual gives the caseworker some discretion to allow a re-declaration (as happened in this case), this is by no means a matter of course. Count your blessings.

[aosun007]

Thanks Jambo and Gyfrinachgar

We are very lucky indeed.
£851 to make another application is not a peanut in this economic condition.

My usual understanding was that 5 years of residence in UK is what they count after 1 year of having ILR not knowing that the presence at the beginning of 5 years counting from the day application was recieved at Home office matters.

She has up to October 10 to reply but she will be sending it today again.
We are very lucky Indeed

Thanks.