John wrote:How long has your mother been in the UK? When is she due to apply for ILR?

Also, how come you are British? Through your father?

3.5 years? She's on a fixed contract and intends to return to Canada when it's finished in a year and a half. And yeah, my father is British.

My mother moved here on a work visa a few years ago, and I still live with her. I have birthright UK citizenship. Her visa terms included ''no recourse to public funds'', which meant we paid full council tax etc. This was expensive but fine. Now that I've turned 18 and started working, however, our ...