There's been no law change. Citizenship is not a type of visa. Proof of English has always been required. Even for settlement on domestic route its been required. Only those blessed to be on EU route have no need to prove English - as its not mandated in EU law. But for privilege of citizenship all ...

I've been here on a 5 year 'Residence Card of a family memmber of an EEA National' visa (spouse of an EEA citizen). I've actually been preping and gathering supporting docs from the the date I got my IRL last august (to avoid the 'little gotcha' rule changes) and I got that without a language test ...

She could have applied as soon as she got ILR earlier in the year. You are correct, a spouse of British citizen does not have to wait 12 months on ILR. However, she needs to understand that their are two additional steps, with costs, involved if she wishes to retain her SA citizenship. This is ...

Great thank you!

Thank you Does it matter is my referee from the post office is a digital manager?

Hi, I am completing my application for neutralisation / Citizenship, I’ve been through the list of approved professional people who can stand as my referee. It is quite vague. So far I have: 1 referee, UK citizen, qualified accountant (CIMA) who works as a financial controller for a company 1 r ...

Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card? I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa ...

Do you have that in writing and did they actually understand that you have a residence card? I called them so I don't have it in writing, i mentioned the UK residence card several times. The adviser responded by saying that it doesn't matter as long as i got a non-EEA passport I need a tourist visa ...

The embassies do not check visas at the border, they only issue them abroad. The information on their webpage may have been made centrally by the relevant ministry. Authoriative answers would come from the member country's implementation of the Directive and the border police. I did contact the the ...

After reading on the Royal danish consular service website http://www.amblondon.um.dk/en/menu/ConsularServices/Visas/FamilyMembersOfEUEEANationals/ Please note that if you hold an EU/EEA Residence Card (in the UK a sticker in the passport entitled Residence Documentation) according to Article 5 of ...

Thanx guys! First-Class Moron : yes I did fill out an AIT 2 form (as well as providing additional evidence to support appeal) The ECO contacted me directly via telephone to inform me that I should to come back in to the embassy with my passport and for more Biometric scans, after that was done it ...

Obie, thank you for your advice!

The refusal of my EEA family permit had been reconsidered and the decision was overturned by the ECO! ( it took aprox. 6 weeks from date of refusal) My wife and I currently in the UK !

again, thanx for your help!

Hi thank you for the reply! I stated on my application that my danish wife intends to recieve funds (a kind of a unemployment insurance for newly grads) as a supplimentry form of income, this fund only last for a period of 3 months from the moment of her arrival in the UK and pending she registers ...

Hi I have received a refusal notice for my application for an EEA family permit to accompany my wife to the UK. The grounds for my refusal was as stated by the ECO : 'Ihave refused your EEA family permit application on this occasion because I am not satified that you meet aal of the requirements of ...