Forum: UK Immigration

hi everyone... has anyone taken the ielts test?

hi everyone, i would just like to request for any advice or if anyone who have any knowledge re. my situation. I have an ILR and my daughter's type of visa is 'visa to Join Parent' her visa has...

I know that there are only a few folk on the forum that are from the IOM but this might help some in the future and be of passing interest to other forum members. Up till now I have envisaged the...

Hi folks sorry I havnt been here for a while (busy working:doh). Does anyone know about this? http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2012/january/78-english-language. My wife is...

Hi All Just wanted to say a thank you to all that posted up their FLR(m) tid bits, personally I though the form was straight forward - got plenty to prove Rina lives with me and sent off the forms...

This wouldn't be so fair on us not bringing our wife/husbands to live with us if we have to earn around 26 grand. Let's all get behind this and sign this petition which needs 1000 signatures....

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:bigcry: I have been here in the Philippines for about 3 and a half months .. I came here to get a visit visa for my niece aged 3. Her mum (my sister) just up and left her ( i know such a wonderful...

Hi folks, My wife is due for ILR in June. Her passport still has her maiden name. We were planning to go to London in February to get her passport amended and renewed. Unfortunately, she has a...

Pera :REGamblMoney01HL1: Guernsey's Home Department has announced new immigration fees for non-European Economic Area nationals wanting to stay in the Bailiwick. The charges will be for anyone...

I've just been reading Joe's thread entitled - 'Howzat! Now they've got us all by the googlies' - arising from Richard Littlejohn's latest column in the Daily Mail. It's a crying :bigcry: shame...

Hello, I'm working as a Domestic Worker here for almost five years now, very fortunate to have a good employer who are treating me as family member as well. I'm due to apply for ILR by May. The...

Ok guys help needed please. I just asked my wife about changing her name in her passport. She brought up the subject on CFO. She says she has been to the DFA and they told her she needs this sticker....

For the majority of categories of visas and decisions dated on or after 19 December 2011 a fee will now need to be paid. We can confirm that where a fee applies, it will cost you £80 for a decision...

missed this from a few days ago.. :D THE COMMON Travel Area between the Republic and the UK is only for the benefit of Irish and British people, a High Court judge said yesterday. Foreign...

A woman was allowed into the UK to live with a partner she claimed she had met on the internet despite being unable to prove she had ever spoken with them, a new report into UK border control has...

Evening all... I am going to be applying for a fiancee's visa (well i am applying for my fiancee)... I am just wondering what is the average processing time for a visa? I should have strong...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16262547 a bit of good news for dedworth :D well it looks like the end of one 'back door ' way of getting into the uk.

Almost ready to come to the UK, one last question. Does Lilibeth need a cetificate to say she is TB free and does she need to have a chest xray handy for the border folks?

:yikes: the gov has actually won a court case :doh after being forced to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18, i thought the gov might lose this one to A High Court judge on Friday dismissed a...

well tommorrow we get ripped of yet again as gov going to charge fee for appeals now :censored::furious3:as if it wasent fees high enough def rip of britain:cwm23:

Biometric residence permits – online checks to simplify the process for employers 06 December 2011 It will soon be much easier for employers to carry out checks to let them know whether foreign...

Hi, i have a boyfriend who is a british citizen and he's been here last Sept. and is coming back next week. We are starting to process our papers but kinda confused on what specific requirements to...

Hi, I'd like to check this by the wise men here please. Done pretty much everything now including winning an appeal. The mrs is due to go to the seminar and after that I'll book the flight. ...

Doubling amount husbands must earn to £26,000 would block two thirds of immigrant brides, says government watchdog 40,000 foreign wives, husbands and partners were granted visas to join their family...

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It's been 3 weeks since I attended my wifes visa hearing and still no reply doing my head in , I keep thinking were nearly there with all the waiting yet it just seems to go on and on .

Now here's some news that I think will interest just about everyone. Personally, not sure Ken Clarke has his heart in this, but I'm sure his carry out his instruction. As usual let's wait and...

Just a quick question. Myself and my partner eventually applied for a general visit visa for him to visit me in the Uk from The Philippines-and we were refused. We went for the general visit visa as...