Englishmum

If your mother - and yourself - were born in England or Wales you can easily get copies of your birth certificates. My spouse misplaced his original UK birth certificate a few years ago when we were living in New Jersey (he found it later...) so I went online and ordered a copy of it from the General Register Office. They will send the copies overseas:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

Hope this helps

PS. This is the link for the GRO for Scotland, although it's not clear how one applies for copies of birth certificates online:

http://gro-scotland.gov.uk/

Gabriels_Mom

Hi Englishmum, thanks for that.. my mom luckily still had my original one and my aunty in Scotland went and got another copy for me as well that is actually on its way to me in the post now!!
I couldn't understand the website for Scotland either, because I need to try order my mom's birth certificate online.. apparently I need that in order to apply for my British passport this side of the world

Englishmum

Maybe you could call the Scottish GRO and ask how to get a copy of your mum's BC? Perhaps your Aunty in Scotland could get a copy for you if you can't order it online?

Aha! It seems to be here:

http://gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/bdm.html

Good Luck!

Gabriels_Mom

ah you're a star, thank you! I couldn't find that anywhere.. their website is really awful!!
my Aunty is from my dad's side, so unfortunately mom doesn't speak to them lol.. but if it comes to that I can ask her to do it for my sake, going to see how simple it is to do it online first

Perth

So happy for you

WEBlue

Oh Yay! Wonderful to hear!

People are so surprised to see there is a list that they can access - that work visa sponsors are not some top-secret cabal. (One thing UKBA still does decently & transparently.)

Good luck with all the rest of the process, GabrielsMom!

Gabriels_Mom

thanks perthhomeschool!

I've been on that website so many times and I never managed to find that WEBlue.. lol and I was wondering whether there was somewhere we could find out about if they are a sponsoring company!!
well, his meeting with his HR is next week.. so I will give an update as soon as we make some headway..

thank you all for your advice and information

AngelaV

Gabriels_mom, I live in Hermanus. I absolutely love living here. Our house looks onto the sea, we eat breakfast watching dolphins playing in the water and in winter, the whales. To be honest, I could live here for the rest of my life. The problem is that there is no facilities or support structure for my daughter.

There is an immigration seminar in Cape Town tonight. I was planning to go but my 2 youngest kids are sick.

MagsB

Hi Angela, I live in George
I absolutely adore Hermanus! Have had many happy holidays in Kleinmond. It's is really heartbreaking saying goodbye to our beautiful country
The previous time I moved to the UK, I left the East Rand. I could do it without a backward glance. This time it is so difficult. We have about a month left and there are too many places to visit one last time.

AngelaV

MagsB, I know what you mean. We moved here from the West Rand 18 months ago. After living here, I don't think I could move within SA again.