Please Help! I am in need of advice!

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:00 pm

Hello everyone,
I am young and need advice
My father is a British citizen but we do not speak. So I have to do this on my own.
I was not born in the UK but I have been in the UK for Over 10 yrs, at first I was in school and college but now I can't go further with my education or get work because I do not have my papers.
I was told I need to fill in form FLR(0) but my application was refused because I did not have enough private life information.
What does this mean....
Am I using the right form?

Please can someone advice me on what to do.
Thank you.

Post by **Amber** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:32 pm

When were you born, is your father British otherwise than by descent and was he when you were born? Were your parents married, is your father on your Birth certificate?

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:51 pm

@ D4109125...
Thanks for replying my post

I was born in 1987. (26yrs old)
I have been in the UK for 14 years
My father got his citizenship by marriage (Not to my mother) only 10 years ago, so he was not british as at the time of my birth.
He never married my mother.

Post by **Amber** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:12 pm

private life wrote:or be aged 18 years or above, have resided continuously in the UK for less than 20 years but have no social, cultural or family ties with their country of origin

What evidence did you provide to show all your social, cultural or family ties are in the UK?

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:03 pm

I sent:-

My school results.
Letter from my former school showing dates of attendance
Letter from my former college showing dates of attendance
Personal References from friends
Doctor's details.
I had a foster carer when i was much younger and she wrote a letter too.

All this was sent with the FLR(0) form

Post by **Amber** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:08 pm

What did you write/submit to show that you have no social, cultural or family ties with their country of origin?

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:15 pm

I have been here since i was 12 years old... I am now 26yrs old
I don't know where my mother is as i was more or less abandoned at 12 years old.
My father has turned his back on me, as his new wife doesn't want me around.
I feel like my whole life and life experiences have been in the UK.

Post by **Amber** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:16 pm

And is this what you wrote in your application?

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:30 pm

yes along those lines...
Did i get it wrong?

Post by **Amber** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:47 pm

You need to be very thorough and very persuasive to basically show that you have nothing abroad and that everything lies in the UK. If you did that then look at appeal/reconsideration of your case and add further supporting evidence. Such as, a lack of travel to your native Country and full description of how you have rooted yourself into the culture and society here and how you could never begin to imagine life anywhere else but in the UK and that you would not be able to establish yourself anywhere else as all your ties are here etc.... What is your current immigration status?

fuj · Post by **fuj** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:52 pm

Well i guess i'm not legally in the country.
I came in on a visa when i was 12 yrs old and lost my passport few years ago due to moving around so many times.
Would you say i did the right thing by filling in the FLR(0) form?

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