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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 8th 2023, 6:56 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,443
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Newly resident in UK - can't get a credit card!

Thanks for all the messages. I'm currently using my own Wise debit card. I haven't tried getting a non-Wise bank account. I just assumed it would be difficult because I am an American citizen and,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 3rd 2023, 10:56 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,443
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Unhappy Newly resident in UK - can't get a credit card!

My apologies if this has been asked before. I didn't turn up much in a search. I have been resident in the UK for over a year now and want to start building a credit record here. I'm getting rejected...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 17th 2023, 10:47 am
Replies: 5
Views: 627
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Upgrading to "Otherwise than by descent"

And I imagine that situation would secure the fourth generation as well, in that my grandchild could pass on their citizenship, not that I'll be around by then, but it's a comforting thought.

Now...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 15th 2023, 12:23 am
Replies: 5
Views: 627
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Upgrading to "Otherwise than by descent"

Hi BiP, thanks again for your help last year with my Romein application - it has been a life-saver!

Thank you for the info and link. I'm thinking of submitting a request now to see what they have...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 14th 2023, 9:28 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 674
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Child UK Passport - Born in US

We have the same situation. We didn't have to send my husband's parents' birth certificates, as I recall. However, we did register the children's births when they were born in the US. Then a few...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 14th 2023, 9:16 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 627
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Upgrading to "Otherwise than by descent"

My children have British citizenship by descent. Their father was born in the UK but they were born in the US. We are currently spending a little over two years living in the UK. I worked out that...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 31st 2023, 2:16 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 871
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Class 3 voluntary NI contributions - worth it?

I left the UK immediately after uni and have only the three "juvenile" starting years credited to my NI record. These are not considered working years and therefore I don't qualify to make Class 2...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 11th 2023, 2:50 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,025
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Advice ( and reassurance!) Needed on moving back to Scotland with children.

If you know where you will be living, arrange for your son to meet some children in the area over the summer hols who will be going to the same secondary school. You could, for example, get someone...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 11th 2023, 11:03 am
Replies: 93
Views: 38,455
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: moving back from USA to UK - any regrets?

Just seeing this now! I will PM you!
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 21st 2022, 10:34 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,018
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Another BritInParis Success Story!

Completely agree. I wasn't even thinking about citizenship and now I'll be swearing allegiance to King Charles in January (and for only £80 out of pocket) - tremendous! I can't thank him enough.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 21st 2022, 9:59 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,018
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Talking Another BritInParis Success Story!

Hi everyone,

About six months ago I posted on this forum about my troubles with a UK visitor visa. In the course of discussing the issue, BritInParis mentioned that I was in fact eligible to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 23rd 2022, 11:32 am
Replies: 6
Views: 793
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Home Office asking for spouse information in Romein application

Good point. I've sent it off with the required information and another copy of the cover letter. Hoping the nationality gods are smiling on my application.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2022, 6:24 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 793
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Home Office asking for spouse information in Romein application

I was thinking of providing the spouse information, then mentioning that I am attaching my cover letter describing my Romein claim through my mother and maternal grandfather. I don't want to appear...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2022, 5:50 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 793
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Home Office asking for spouse information in Romein application

Yep.

I hope the caseworker is up to the task, as a Romein application isn't the simplest route to citizenship. But at least they seem to be reviewing it very promptly. I was told six months and...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 22nd 2022, 4:24 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 793
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Home Office asking for spouse information in Romein application

Hi all,

I submitted a UKM application in August via the Romein route. Today I received an email from the Home Office wanting to know my spouse's name, date of birth and nationality. My spouse is...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jul 27th 2022, 8:06 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 583
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Help with UKM application

She is a citizen by descent through her father. I have her full birth certificate showing her father's name, but I do not have her expired CUKC passport. I was planning to use her current British...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jul 21st 2022, 8:04 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 583
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Help with UKM application

Hi all,
I'm filling out the UKM online application and have a question. It says the following about documents:
...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jul 18th 2022, 12:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 569
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Need help with Section 12 of BNA 1948!

Hoping one of the British citizenship oracles on this board might be able to help with what is hopefully a basic question...I'm preparing my cover letter for a Romein application. Going well, however...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 23rd 2022, 1:37 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,702
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Buying a used car

Vehicles have registration numbers, which is your license plate number. That seems to be the number that identifies the car and stays with the car even as it changes owner, but I don't believe it's...
Forum: USA
Jun 23rd 2022, 10:42 am
Replies: 41
Views: 7,244
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Should I make voluntary contributions to national insurance?

Thanks for all this info. I agree it seems unlikely but worth checking into. I'll get the account and take a look. Congrats on your contribution history, tht. Sometimes all this putzing around in...
Forum: USA
Jun 22nd 2022, 9:38 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 7,244
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Should I make voluntary contributions to national insurance?

Hi all, I grew up in England and went to university there, worked a few minor jobs over the summers. Immediately after uni I left for the US. I'm 42 now and wondering if I should be making voluntary...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 22nd 2022, 8:42 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,389
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Back in the UK - but only temporarily! Tax question

Thanks for the link - I'll look into it.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 22nd 2022, 7:07 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,389
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Back in the UK - but only temporarily! Tax question

Curious if either of you know about how retirement contributions are handled in this situation? I'm planning to max out my 403b (a type of 401k), my 401a and our IRA during the months I am in the UK...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 22nd 2022, 6:53 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,389
Posted By ArizonaTrail

Re: Back in the UK - but only temporarily! Tax question

My US employer is carrying on as if nothing has changed, and is withholding the usual state and federal taxes. I think as DurhamLad said, we are supposed to get it back as a refund when we file with...
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