Life in the UK - Proof of ID

[ilruk84]

Dear All,

Need some advise for my cousin who is currently in process of applying ILR on basis of 10 years. Currently his documents are with home office and he will be varying his application now problem is that he hasn't got any proof of photo ID as all his passports are with home office and he hasn't got any other form of ID no driving license etc, doest anyone has similar problem before and what was the solution for it?

Regards

[Wanderer]

So he applied for ILR without taking the KoL test?

[ilruk84]

So he applied for ILR without taking the KoL test?

No he hasn't yet but will be in about 3 weeks time, he has degree from UK university

[Casa]

The Life in the UK test is mandatory in addition to his degree as proof of English. The application currently with the Home Office will be refused without it.

[ilruk84]

Hi Casa,

Thanks for your reply. I understand that he has to take the Life in the UK exam so going back to my original question which was how can he overcome the issue of not having proof of photo ID so that he can sit in Life in the UK exam?

Regards

[Casa]

I don't believe he will be permitted to take the test as photo ID is mandatory. His only option may be to vary his application to FLR(LR) which if successful will grant a 2 year extension.

Edit: You say in your opening post that your cousin is attempting to vary an application. What category of visa does he want to vary to Long Residence?

[ilruk84]

Thanks for your reply casa, well about 3 years ago he applied for entrepreneur visa his last status was psw. He received a letter from HO in Jan 2015 saying they need more time and will contact back in March 2015 and then in March they wrote him a letter again saying they need more time and since then no news now he want to apply for setlr. Dont know much about flrlr as u suggested but will dig more about it and see what can be done

Regards
Anwar

[Obie]

Does he not have provisional driving licence?

[Casa]

Does he not have provisional driving licence?

"and he hasn't got any other form of ID no driving license etc"

[Obie]

Well only option is to request a certified copy from UKVI, which they sometimes give