Argh. [Partly for my own reference]
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ewtWhen I apply for indefinite leave to remain I have to have formal evidence (ie bank statements) of my ability to support myself for three months. That'd be January, February, March, then, wouldn't it? Which means I do need to get my act together a bit more than I have (it is okay, I just feel really poor right now because I am not busking this week because of my audition, and it is the first week of the month so I've just paid rent and so on, AND it is that time of quarter when all the bills come - next month should be a bit better).
Also the earliest I can send it in is four weeks before my 'time' (four years continuous residence) has been completed. I got here 13th May 2000, so the earliest I can send in the forms is around 15th April 2004. Grah, because I'll get my uni entrance offer (hopefully!!) back in March and they'll want it by the end of March and I will have to phone them and explain. I can pay £100 extra to go and get this done in person but it will still not be something that can be done before the middle of April. Anyone know how long they usually take to process these things? They claim about three weeks, or thirteen weeks at the very most. The British High Commission in Canada was always quite quick, couple of weeks at most, but I have no idea what the actual home office will be like here.
Then I get to go through the whole damn rigamarole again in another year, to get nationality, grah, and nationality applications can take months. Although, once I have indefinite leave to remain then the nationality could in theory wait until I can actually be _bothered_ with it, but having dual citizenship would be a good thing, I figure it is better to deal with it sooner than later.
Also the earliest I can send it in is four weeks before my 'time' (four years continuous residence) has been completed. I got here 13th May 2000, so the earliest I can send in the forms is around 15th April 2004. Grah, because I'll get my uni entrance offer (hopefully!!) back in March and they'll want it by the end of March and I will have to phone them and explain. I can pay £100 extra to go and get this done in person but it will still not be something that can be done before the middle of April. Anyone know how long they usually take to process these things? They claim about three weeks, or thirteen weeks at the very most. The British High Commission in Canada was always quite quick, couple of weeks at most, but I have no idea what the actual home office will be like here.
Then I get to go through the whole damn rigamarole again in another year, to get nationality, grah, and nationality applications can take months. Although, once I have indefinite leave to remain then the nationality could in theory wait until I can actually be _bothered_ with it, but having dual citizenship would be a good thing, I figure it is better to deal with it sooner than later.
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Date: 2003-12-02 08:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-02 08:55 am (UTC)However, the IND here were quite reasonably quick with Liz's paperwork.