Is telephone or email the best way to apply for a SET refund (made within the UK, cancelled on same day as submission, no appointment booked), in anyone's experience? Would be pointless to call up for an hour on hold, only be told to send an email. 1594652-1-Process_to_request_a_refund.pdf Or just ...

Thank you, much relieved.

Thank you CR001. So the apparent link for withdrawing an application, states: Request for Return of Documents This form should be used if: You have an outstanding application with the Home Office and now wish to withdraw this and leave the UK However, I don't wish to leave the UK... just to resubmit ...

@simon Thanks for your earlier question - I cannot cancel the holiday unfortunately. From what I've read, it's possible for me to cancel the current visa submission, get a refund, and resubmit at the right time for me. But I need to understand if this will affect my current leave (which doesn't ...

What are the repercussions of cancelling a submitted visa on the same day as it was submitted? Does it have any implications for my current leave? Clock resetting? Ability to apply again shortly? It says that it can be cancelled with a refund, if cancelled before appointment. I would be cancelling ...

Oh God. What's my best option?!

Have I just botched my whole visa? :?: I have submitted my SET(LR) visa online, and paid for priority visa. I have not yet booked the biometric appointment or uploaded any documents, because I am leaving UK shortly for a holiday. I will book the appointment for AFTER I return. But I was going to ...

Thanks Zimba, I'll take that to mean I should have nothing to worry about by not disclosing the PCN this time around? (as it's irrelevant to the application).

Quick question if I may - in a previous visa application I disclosed a PCN for driving in the wrong lane. (paid promptly), as the application does ask for 'convictions and other penalties', eg a penalty for a driving offence. Following Zimba's advice on numerous similar threads about it not being a ...

Thank you zimba and CR001. That's been very helpful. Apologies for the separate threads initially.

For set(LR) 10 years long residence, is it best to minimize all existing friendships/social groups (eg facebook) with those back in birth country, as it sounds like the Home Office may use this to help deny ILR on the basis that the applicant could integrate back home fairly easily. Eg, the ...

The guidance states - You cannot count time spent in the UK: on a Standard Visitor visa or as a visitor without a visa on a Short-term study visa on a Seasonal Worker visa on immigration bail in a prison, young offender institution or secure hospital I assume some months spent on a fiancé visa is ...

I'm applying for ILR on basis of living in UK for 10 years. In reality, one of my main reasons for wanting to apply for ILR (whilst I have a few years left on my current Leave), is that ILR will provide access to benefits. I am on a low income, have had no access to benefits in 10 years. I have a ...

Thanks @zimba Just wondering though, when you say I better declare it, has your opinion changed since this other related post, when you mentioned a Community Resolution does not need to be disclosed for ILR? https://www.immigrationboards.com/indefinite-leave-to-remain/where-to-apply-for-local-police ...

According to the PDF I saved from my last visa application, the standard questions asked about "Convictions and other penalties" are: "At any time have you ever had any of the following, in the UK or in another country?" A criminal conviction A penalty for a driving offence, for example ...