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AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restrictions
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:53 am
by Bellybell
Hi,
I intend to submit to the application for British Citizenship but not sure if I am eligible to do so:
1) I am a BNO holder and has been to and from UK in the past 5 years. And during the 5 year period I have not been absent from the UK for more than 450 days of which no more than 90 days have been taken in the last 12 months, i.e. every 6 months I out from UK for about 2-4 weeks.
2) I do not get the BRP card. in any way that I can provide the evidence of freedom from immigration time restriction?
Thanks!
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:25 am
by member
What is your immigration history in the UK?
AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restrictions
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:37 am
by Bellybell
Just being a Traveler by entering with a BN(O) to and from UK for almost 5 years as my relatives are living in UK and taking care my life here.
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:41 am
by vinny
Did the UK Immigration Officer put any
endorsement in your
BNO passport when you enter the UK?
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:15 am
by Bellybell
... Couldn't see any endorsement on the passport...
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:19 am
by member
If you have "freedom from immigration time restriction", what makes you leave the UK every 6 months and re-enter in 2-4 weeks' time?
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:20 am
by vinny
They didn't
stamp your passport at all?
Does your passport say anything about your rights in the UK?
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:04 pm
by Bellybell
Or course they did chop on my passport for in and out of UK but don't have any other endorsement.
Re: AN - Evidence of Freedom from Immigration Time Restricti
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:13 pm
by secret.simon
On the stamp/chop that they put on your passport, did it state "Leave to enter for six months" or words to that effect?
Something like this?
If you do not have a BRP or an ILR vignette in your passport, you are not free of immigration restrictions and hence can not apply for British naturalisation.
Are you of Chinese ethnicity (because China considers people of Chinese ethnicity to be automatically Chinese citizens) or have you ever held any other nationality (by being born in a country with
jus soli, such as most countries in the New World, for example)?