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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 17th 2012, 5:29 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,015
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Re moving back as a British citizen

A full British passport has the words 'European Union' and 'United Kingdom' on the front, whilst other types of British passport merely have 'British Passport' on the front. The precise styling of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 16th 2012, 1:15 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,015
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Re moving back as a British citizen

If the passport is still valid, then yes, no problem. If it is not still valid, then finding out from your nearest British Embassy or Consulate whether or not you can renew it (i.e. whether you are...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 16th 2012, 11:01 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Thanks, and best of luck with your husband's application. I hope it will be as straight forward as our's was.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 16th 2012, 9:09 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

All right, final up-date. I went with my wife to the Consulate last Thursday afternoon and explained the mistake. The staff were very apologetic, took my wife's passport and promised to get it back...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 12th 2012, 6:03 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Really? Oh, well that's not too bad, then. I had been led to believe that my wife would have needed to have had spousal ILE for 3 years.

Still think we should get it corrected, though. Are there...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 12th 2012, 3:02 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

I know. The British Consulate in Hong Kong gives you 'phone number for Shanghai (where visa advice is generic and quite often delivered by LE staff with quite poor spoken English (had to use a fair...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 11:55 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Thanks, guys. It is good to have got the 'ILE' decision, and I'm glad about that. Will definitely 'phone the VAC in Manila, and also go back to the Consulate in Hong Kong this afternoon to ask them...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 1:32 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

One problem we've found is that my wife will be eligible to apply for naturalisation after having lived in the UK for three years, only if she is the spouse or civil partner of a UK citizen (me). As...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 12:12 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Yes, it has the 'Indefinite leave to enter the UK' bit. No problem there.

It really is just the difference between 'Spouse/CP' and 'to join/acc partner'.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 12:01 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Well, I've sent off an e-mail to the VAC in Manila. Not happy about this at all. Wife's letter of application clearly stated that she was applying under rules 281 and 282, and that she should get...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 11:37 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Just reading around the subject on other pages (like this (http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/IDIs/idischapter8/section9/section9.pdf?view=Binary) one), I think the...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 11th 2012, 11:27 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,902
Posted By TomInHongKong

Got our visa! Not quite what we were expecting...

Hi All. With a big thanks to these boards and their knowledgable regulars, my wife just got her ILE, today. It is, however, different from what we were expecting.

We wrote on her appilcation that...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 5th 2012, 2:49 pm
Replies: 128
Views: 80,618
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: UK Spouse Visa Information - evidence required etc

We went through the same thing. On-line results fairly soon, but official piece of paper takes months. The Certificated BULATS Online is the fastest that I know of, but BULATS tests business English...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 4th 2012, 11:00 pm
Replies: 128
Views: 80,618
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: UK Spouse Visa Information - evidence required etc

This is exactly the same headache as my wife and I just had. We had been told categorically by the consulate in Shanghai that the 'Life in the UK' test didn't count for the language part of the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 3rd 2012, 11:46 am
Replies: 128
Views: 80,618
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: UK Spouse Visa Information - evidence required etc

Yes, as soon as he has whatever residential evidence is required by his local test centre, he can sit the test. Thereafter it is not so much a question of applying for ILR as it is one of getting ILR...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 2nd 2012, 4:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 12,419
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Continuing ILR validity?

If the ILR hasn't been questioned so far on any of your regular 'holiday' visits, then is there any reason to suspect that it will be questioned at the border this time? If not, say nothing, enter...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 2nd 2012, 2:15 am
Replies: 128
Views: 80,618
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: UK Spouse Visa Information - evidence required etc

It is also possible that the Easter recess will push back the implementation of plans, a bit. But the changes do not require a Bill. The Government simply needs to lay a 'statement of changes' before...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 1st 2012, 11:05 pm
Replies: 128
Views: 80,618
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: UK Spouse Visa Information - evidence required etc

My wife and I are going through this right now. We submitted my wife's paperwork last week, together with cover letter requesting the ILE endorsement, and if this proves successful then I will be...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 28th 2012, 10:49 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,396
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: My question about IELTS

Your IELTS score is valid for two years. A second IELTS score attained within that two-year period does not nulify or invalidate the first. Neither, in fact, would the Cambridge examining body...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 15th 2012, 1:00 am
Replies: 6
Views: 994
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Question regarding funds

Sorry for the slightly unrelated question (as I know the OP has only on-line statements), but could I seek to confirm from anyone who has gone through this, that paper statements, received monthly...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 11th 2012, 12:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,597
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: How can you take KOL test if you apply for settlement outside of UK

My wife sat the Life in the UK test last summer, whilst a visitor. I remember there was discussion on some 'Life in the UK' forum about what evidentiary proof of residence was required. One visa...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 10th 2012, 1:42 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,674
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Language requirement under 281(i)(b)(ii)?

Heck, if it means we can get the visa before the rules change, we'd be happy to move by Easter. Or at least, fly back at Easter and start arranging furniture and popping in to see some recruitment...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 9th 2012, 12:19 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,674
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Language requirement under 281(i)(b)(ii)?

In support of what Markusha wrote, and in direct contradiction to what the girl from the Shanghai consulate told me, I have an e-mail response from the visa processing centre in the Philippines...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 7th 2012, 6:46 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,674
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Language requirement under 281(i)(b)(ii)?

I have been in contact with a Lib Dem peer about this. He assures me that the Law Practitioners Association has made representations against the MAC proposal and that the matter is still being...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 7th 2012, 6:13 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,674
Posted By TomInHongKong

Re: Language requirement under 281(i)(b)(ii)?

Really? Oh, why can't they get their act together and all agree on what rules they're following??? The girl in Shanghai, yesterday, was adamant. This is why I'm losing my hair.

We've got a TOEIC...
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