Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
Questions regarding emigrating from, immigrating to and living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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If I pass the "Life in the UK" test now, how long does it last, for the purpose of applying for British citizenship?
I've been in UK for 4 years, and as far as I understand it, I need a minimum of 2 more years to get the citizenship.
One on the prerequisites to be able to ask for it, is that I pass the "Life in ...
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Moving from UK to Germany: do I need a customs declaration
I am moving from he UK to Germany in May.
I am considering to move my personal belongings (e.g. clothes, books, laptops, electric guitars, lps, and other kitchen things) by van.
I read the customs ...
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Teaching Assistant Visa under age 26
I want to be a teaching assistant in the UK and therefore apply for the skilled worker visa. On the UK website (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-salary-if-youre-...
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What insurance company have I subscribed to when I paid health insurance as part of my Skilled Worker Visa to the UK?
I have applied for a Skilled Worker Visa to the UK.
As part of it, I paid years' of health insurance.
Who is my insurance company now? I need this to report to my home health insurance company.
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Work remotely while waiting for visa?
I am a British citizen who is waiting for a French visa (long stay, talent passport). Am I able to work remotely (from the UK) for my French employer while I wait for the visa to come through?
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Finding out my UK National Insurance Number
I am turning 65 in April 2023. I worked in the UK until I was 40 I am a UK citizen. I now live in USA. I have forgot my NIN. How do I find this out ad I think I may be entitled to some portion of my ...
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Drunk driving in the Netherlands
When I was younger, I lived in the Netherlands and got my driving license there, although I'm originally from the UK and have a British passport.
When I was at university and living back in the UK, I ...
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Skilled Worker Visa: Teaching Assistant
I want to be a teaching assistant in the UK and therefore apply for the Skilled Worker Visa in the UK. Does anyone know how much I would have to earn if I am at the start of my career and under 26 to ...
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UK citizen in Georgia — tax, double taxation treaty
I'm a UK citizen, living in Georgia (the country).
I'll be living here longer than 6 months, which means I will trigger tax residency:
https://expathub.ge/foreign-income-georgia/
The UK and Georgia ...
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Does UK immigration accept normal IELTS instead of IELTS UKVI?
I am a student from India, and have applied for some PhD positions in UK universities. The projects I have applied for all require IELTS Academic, but they have not specifically mentioned UKVI.
This ...
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J1 visa application: question about arrests and convictions on DS-160
I am a researcher based in the UK who is affiliated with a university in the UK. I have been invited to spend three months at a reputable research institute in the US later this year and have been ...
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I have EU settled status. How can I ensure I can return to the UK within a short time, if my details change while abroad?
I am an EU citizen who has lived in the UK for more than a decade. When the settlement scheme became available, I applied and got approved for settled status.
Within the next year, I plan to change my ...
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UK Skilled Worker Dependent Visa - Questions
I am in the UK on a SWV, my fiancé is in the UAE and we are Pakistani by passport. We are planning to get married in Pakistan and she is returning to the UAE for work and applying for a dependant visa....
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Does mentioning that I had two US tourist visa refusals is negative for my UK skilled worker visa application?
In September/2013 I applied for a US tourist visa because I was going to stay 16 months in Canada as a student, and I was 19 years old, had no job, no properties, nothing haha and in the US visa ...
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Entering the UK as a visa-free visitor while work visa in in progress
I will soon start a job in the UK under a "skilled worker visa". Unfortunately, the visa process takes longer than anticipated, but my future employer is okay with delaying my start date as ...
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Can I become a dependent in Ireland while working in the UK?
I am presently working in the UK. I want to keep my job and also get a dependent visa because my wife works in Ireland. So my question is can I have this dependent visa while holding the work permit ...
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Remaining tax resident in the UK while spending less than half the year in the UK
I'm a UK citizen.
So far this tax year, I have been outside the UK for approx 3 months.
I now plan to be abroad again, and expect to stay outside the UK for the remainder of the tax year (until 5th ...
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Name mismatch in UK BRP and passport
My name is wrongly mentioned in my UK biometric residence permit (BRP). Say the actual name printed on the passport be "John Richard Doe", with "John Richard" as the first name ...
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What are the consequences of a dual national leaving Australia using an expired Australian passport?
I am leaving Australia on a soon to expire/expired Australian passport but I am booking a one-way flight using my valid UK passport. Will I be allowed to leave showing my expired Australian passport? ...
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Frequent visits to the UK
I would like to apply for a student visa in UK. Unfortunately, I've been to UK on 2018, 2019 & 2022 for 180 days. I need to provide 3 recent details previously in UK. Will this matter affect my ...
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Can I take new driving test
I am a English Driving instructor. I will move to Germany on December 2022. Can I use/work with my English Car Driving instructor in Germany
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Father's name in the birth certificate and Italian citizenship
When I arrived in the UK from Italy in 2003 I met a wonderful woman and we both fell in love. I could not even speak good English at that time, we used to go to the gym together, she had very long ...
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Do I need to start a company in Spain in order to work remotely as a UK freelancer?
I am looking to relocate to Spain but keep my current job. I work as a freelancer, but just for one company -- they are open to making me an employee if that makes things easier for this move -- the ...
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Start date is delayed by more than three months from Application date in UK
I have applied for Skilled Worker Visa in the UK on June 9. However due to delay in processing visa applications by UKVI. my visa is not issued yet. The employer added a note to the CoS stating a new ...
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EU citizen without settled status
I thought it’s time to ask by now, just out of curiosity: If an EU citizen lived in the UK, met all the conditions for settled status, had a job, and a house, and for whatever stupid reason did not ...
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Am I responsible for paying the full rent right away before actually viewing the apartment?
I am an international student moving to the UK very soon. I just signed a contract with an apartment (APT1), which requires me to complete the entire payment (for 51 weeks).
The date I signed the ...
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US to UK visa - suspended driving license
My partner will be applying for a UK spouse visa after we marry next year.
He is in the US and had his driving license suspended for 3 months due to crashes with the work van last year.
He still doesn’...
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What visa for a visiting researcher (PhD student) in the UK?
I am a Tunisian PhD student, in the last year of PhD, I found a lab from UK and I want to do a visiting research PhD with them (during 7 months), PS: I will finance myself. I don't have a big ...
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How to replace EU driving licence with a UK one when the first one has been lost?
I am a EU person living in UK.
Lost my driving licence in UK.
How can have it replaced by a UK one ?
How is it possible to prove that I have a driving licence at all?
I can't get a replacement from my ...
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US citizen, spouse of UK Citizen. Can I work two jobs, one in the US and one in the UK? Forecasting potential problems
Getting all my ducks in a row for moving to the UK next spring.
I will be entering the UK on a spousal visa, which grants me the right to work in the UK.
I am currently employed for a multi-national ...
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Is it possible to study for a graduate degree in the United Kingdom while maintaining full self-employment rights for enterpreneurship?
I am a US citizen and currently live in the US. I have wanted to try living abroad for some time now, and the United Kingdom seems like a good option to do so, except for some possible visa concerns. ...
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Can I work remotely for my US Company on a dependant visa in UK?
My husband's company is moving him to the UK on a Tier 2 visa, which will qualify me for a dependant visa to go over there with him. I am trying to figure out if I can still work for my US company and ...
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Traveling right after applying for UK visa (Global Talent Visa)
I am in the following situation. I am an EU citizen living currently in my home EU-country. I will start a new job in fall in the UK and the employer will endorse me for a "Global Talent" ...
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UK and Canadian taxes
My son who is a Canadian citizen and pays Canadian taxes will be working in London UK for about 3 months. He will likely be making a little more than the basic personal allowance of £12,570. What is ...
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Are some ports (of origin) in England cheaper, when shipping from England to Canada?
To ship choses in possession (see below taxonomy) from England to Canada, which ports of origin in England are cheapest? I would venture that the more southwestern the port (see below map), the ...
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Moving to UK. Do I have to declare my electronics in the airport?
I am moving to London indefinitely for a new job. On my arrival (by flight) I will be carrying my iphone, ipad, laptop, possibly a few everyday electronics. According to this gov.uk website I need to ...
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Childcare in England: are the 15 "free" hours ever actually free?
I am preparing to move to Oxford as a postdoc, with two kids aged 1 and 3. I am currently trying to sort out childcare, and what I am seeing so far does not seem very reassuring.
I have learned that, ...
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Rights for spouse of skilled worker in the UK
I am an EU citizen (non-Irish) with a non-EU spouse, currently living within the EU. Here my spouse has very similar rights to myself: they can work in any type of job without needing a special visa, ...
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Error on Certificate of Sponsorship for UK Visa
I am posting here a question on a situation of one of my friend who is applying for getting a Tier 5 GAE Visa in the UK.
He had requested and obtained a valid certificate of sponsorship from the ...
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Validity of 10 yr EU resident card if living outside of EU for more than 1 yr
I have a question regarding the validity of a "Carte de résident de Longue durée-UE" (10 yr EU resident card) that is issued recently in France.
I understand that the card is no longer valid ...
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Canadian Citizen with Irish passport and summer job in UK - where to pay taxes?
My son has an 8 week summer job in the UK. He is Canadian but holds an Irish passport as well (due to grandparent's being Irish). I understand he can work in the UK without a visa due to his Irish ...
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Am I in trouble because of my FLR application?
I was on FLR (FP) or FLR (HRO) visa (one of the two, can't remember, does it matter?) because I was switching from a Tier 4 student visa to a skilled worker visa, but my employer hadn't received its ...
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Does my spouse need to prove knowledge of English for a UK dependent visa under skilled worker application?
I will be applying from India for a skilled worker visa for the UK. My spouse will be applying as a dependent. Does my spouse need to prove her knowledge of English for her visa? If yes, which tests ...
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Could a naturalised British citizen lose his/her citizenship after moving abroad?
Basically this question is in relation to UK citizenship requirement of having the intent of continuing to live in the UK. At the moment, I have that intent. However, you never know where life might ...
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Do I need to declare personal electronics at UK customs
I am moving to the UK from India on work visa and thinking of moving with following electronics:
Two MacBooks (both are work laptops)
Two mobile phones (both are work phones)
One personal mobile
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Parents name change before ILR-SET(M) application
I'm currently on FLR-M and going to apply for ILR(SET-M) in a few months, the problem is my parents have changed their names, Will different parent names in my previous application and current ...
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Do I need a stamp for the leave to enter in the UK under Tier 5 GAE?
I am an EEA national and have a Tier 5 GAE visa valid for the UK.
The question is whether I need a stamp indicating the “leave to enter” with dates on my passport, to activate my visa, or not.
For ...
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What are the steps to leave the UK on a skilled worker visa?
I am planning to leave UK and I am on a skilled worker visa. The steps that I have understood are -
My responsibilities -
Send a copy of the resignation to UKVI. Include your proposed leaving date
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I am trying to complete my UK IHS form but constantly getting error for intended date of travel
I have completed my visa application and when trying to fill in IHS form to make payment, I am constantly getting error for intended date of travel to UK (i have tried to change dates, and also ...
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UK family visa for Irish national moving from Ireland to UK
I am an Irish national living in Ireland and will be moving to the UK for work, spouse is non-EU and does not require visa to enter the UK if she is staying less than 6 months.
Should my spouse apply ...
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