Help with my wife's naturalization?

Leigh-Anne_60

Devils A

How long ago did you get your ILR?? I think we went through about 3-4 years ago and applied in person in Croydon(which incurs a higher charge than appying by post), it was around £500 and know they has been several increases since

LA

BernadetteN

devils_advocate wrote: »

In my wife's case, her passport is far cheaper than mine!



You don't need to transfer from one passport to another. Simply carry the old passport with the ILR sticker, and a current passport. Also, I cant rcall how much it was for the ILR application, but it was tens of pounds, not hundreds!

No you don't have to transfer ILR, but when ID cards are introduced, British citizens and residents alike will have to pay to keep them valid and that's when the prices are due to rise even more and I suspect that there will be big fees to pay every time - no more carrying around old passports.

BTW, it seems I just can't keep up with the cost of ILR. It is now a minimum £750. And whilst I was googling away to find the latest fees, I found these companies who were charging thousands to "help" you process an application for ILR. Why do people pay for this when they can apply themselves? It is going to make no difference to a Home Office caseworker so long as a private individual has filled in the forms correctly and submitted the requested information. Please people, don't give these "visa" companies your pennies unless you really don't mind giving away your money.

devils_advocate

LA

My wife got the ILA in Jan 2003. I can't remember if it was in person or by post in Croydon.

It looks like there was a big hike in fees in mid 2003, with postal applications costing £155 and persnal applications costing £250. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20031711.htm

I can't find the fees before, but in a debate on the fees regulations the sugestion (in the 4th para after the heading 'column 8' it suggests that the standard fee for post and personal applications was £90. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmstand/deleg5/st031113/31113s02.htm

It certainly seemed that immigration officers attitudes changed in 2001. Then my wife was told she would have to get a visa through Croydon, rather than her previous habit when we lived here in about 1998 of just ensuring that she left the country at least every 6 months.

Bernadette, I was always against ID cards until I lived in a couple of counties where they were compulsory. I'd rather carry a credit card size card in my wallet rather than a passport in my back pocket. And there's so much logging of what you do and where you do it these days in the UK, the privacy aspects of ID cards are almost irrelevant.

meluca

BTW, it seems I just can't keep up with the cost of ILR. It is now a minimum £750.

:eek: and that's for postal applications - £900 to do it in person. We only paid £360 15 months ago for hubby's ILR and £155 in Feb 2004 for his FLR (which now costs £395 (postal) and £595 (in person) )

In my wife's case, her passport is far cheaper than mine!

That's true in our case to. Hubby's passport would cost £26 to renew,we could even register the kids as citizens of his country and get them a birth certificate and passport for £10 each.

Hapless_2

BernadetteN wrote: »

No you don't have to transfer ILR, but when ID cards are introduced, British citizens and residents alike will have to pay to keep them valid and that's when the prices are due to rise even more and I suspect that there will be big fees to pay every time - no more carrying around old passports.

Yup and because I have a "professional" name I need 2 ID cards! Otherwise if should any of my books sell I would need the 2nd ID for royalty collection and stuff just like David Bowie and Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzy's credit card says John Osbourne). Bank account is in my real name and I can't get an account in my pen name.

amani_2

my hubby went through this in August 2006, it was £265 but now it is £665