1. Can my children apply for ILR before my wife becomes eligible for ILR? No. 2. Or do they need to wait until my wife applies for ILR in December 2027? Yes. 3. As their dependant visas expire in January 2027, is it possible for my wife and children to extend their dependant visas even though I ...
No, the dependant child's status remains tied to that of the second/less-privileged parent till ILR. The dependant child should qualify for ILR at the same time as the second parent (unless they qualify on the 10 year Long Residence route). Being over the age of 18 years does not affect their ...
Applying for a first child British passport from the Subcontinent can take six months to a year. You can also apply for an Indian passport and then a CoE-RoA , but be aware that a CoE-RoA costs many times (£589) that of a first child British passport (~£70). The typical process time for a CoE-RoA is ...
You may get a partial refund for the Immigration Health Surcharge . You will not get a refund for your application fees. Application fees are charged for the consideration of the application. They are not refunded if the visa is refused, or given for a shorter period than requested, or as in your ...
I am surprised because, based on the guidance and other people’s experiences, I understood that they would need to meet both requirements. Is this normal, or could there be something wrong with the forms? Is it possible that the Home Office will request this evidence after submission by email? Even ...
First off, it is a bad idea for your aunt to stay in the UK for six months on her very first trip. That would suggest that she has no strong connections back in Sri Lanka and therefore she is an overstayer risk. That would complicate any future visa applications. The main challenge that I think you ...
My daughter was born in the UK (currently on a dependant visa) Because your child was born in the UK, they should be eligible for ILR with you. But wait for others, such as zimba , to advise on whether you can apply for them with your application or whether you need to apply for ILR for them as a ...
While there is no absence limit on an SET(M) application, as mentioned by CR001 above, be aware that there are strict and multiple absence requirements for naturalisation applications. Naturalisation is not a part of the immigration pathway, which ends at ILR. It has its own laws, rules and ...
Does this mean they qualify MN1 registration under both the 10-year residence route AND the 'children applying in line with parents' route under Section 3(1)? That is not how I would read it. The 'children applying in line with parents' route expects both the children and the second parent to also ...
Your pathway to ILR is irrelevant to a naturalisation application. Naturalisation is not a part of the immigration pathway, which ends at ILR, and has different rules and requirements. Do you meet the requirements for naturalisation ? Apart from one year with ILR status, do you meet the absence ...
I'll leave it to others to respond on the A2 language requirement, but in the future your wife may need to pass a B1 English language test for ILR. And she will definitely need to pass a B1 English language test for naturalising as a British citizen. Note that exemptions for English language tests ...
we didn’t live together and it didn’t seem like we intended to. We were under the impression that this wasn’t necessary anymore Where did you get the impression that it wasn't necessary any more from? For partner/spouse applications under the UK Immigration Rules, it has always been necessary to pro ...
If the children have lived in the UK for less than 10 years, ILR is required before their registration as a British citizen. No way around it. And as the children are born outside the UK, they only become eligible for ILR with the second/less-privileged parent. So your children will have to wait ...
1. Does this mean I have only till September 5 legally in UK? Wont the company/home office give me 2 months time after the Visa expiry? To put CR001 's answer in another way, if your underlying job comes to an end, a visa longer than 60 days is curtailed down to 60 days. A visa shorter than 60 days ...
Are you asking the question on behalf of somebody else? To be able to assist you/that person further, we need to know how they got British citizenship by descent. Were they (the British citizen by descent parent) born outside the UK to a parent who was a British citizen otherwise than by descent at ...
Acquisition of citizenship by registration or naturalisation is not a part of the immigration pathway, which ends at ILR. Registration and naturalisation have different rules and requirements, which are unrelated to the immigration process. As your child is past their 18th birthday, they can only ...
As CR001 has already asked above, you would need to go into more detail as to how the father is a British citizen by descent (i.e. was one of the father's parents naturalised or registered as a British citizen before their birth? Or was the father himself registered as a British citizen, and if so ...
The key sentence you will want to look at is the underlined one. 3C leave Regardless of whether the fee waiver request is granted or refused, the applicant will benefit from 3C leave if: •they had valid permission when the fee waiver request was submitted, and which has expired by the time the fee w ...
Also see this recent (October 2025) refusal of British citizenship for children born outside the UK who did not have ILR, even though both parents had successfully naturalised as British citizens . Keep in mind that your expense is the Home Office's income. You'd need to have a damned good reason ...
My mother was born in the UK in 1957 and I was born in the United States in 1978...I am trying to see why I was not registered under 4L, or if this means my children can register under 4L. Section 4L was only added to the British Nationality Act 1981 in late June 2022. It may not have been ...
my mother who was born in Malta in 1966. She then had me in 1986. Where were you born? Your mother is already a British citizen by descent and can apply directly for a British passport with her parents' (your grandparents') marriage certificate and her (your mother's) birth certificate. If you were ...
