Can a UK travel document holder travel to France without a visa?
You have to specify what “UK travel document” do you have.UK Passport? Yes, you can travel to France without visa.UK emergency travel document (sometimes called an ‘emergency passport’)? Yes, you can also travel to France without visa as long as France is printed on it. Otherwise you have to apply for a new one.Travel Document ("Titre De Voyage") issued by UK in accordance with the Geneva Convention 1951 or the New York Convention 1954? Yes, you can travel to France without visa.Any other Travel Document for stateless persons or refugees issued by UK? No, you have to apply for a visa.
Which countries can a refugee (with a 5 year leave to remain in the UK) travel to without a visa on a Convention Travel Document issued by the UK?
Please Do Not Listen to all these people. Most of them have no idea what they are talking about.Travelling with UK Refugee Travel Document: Visa Requirements and Restrictions - Sterling & Law Associates LLPThis link will give you the best answer with all the places you can travel visa free on convention travel document (blue) which is provided to the refugee List of Countries below which you can get visa free entry.AlbaniaAndorraBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIcelandKosovoLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaMoldovaMonacoNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSloveniaSpainSwitzerland
If kids are born in UK from non British parents, how do they get citizenship?
Just stay in the UK. If such a person remains in the UK for the first ten years of his or her life, and is not absent from the UK for more than 90 days during any of those years, then he or she is entitled to apply for registration as a British citizen.I see this answer has been collapsed by down votes. The answer is true, accurate, and is, without doubt, the easiest way for kids born in the UK from non-British parents to get UK citizenship. Before downvoting, read the reference, which is from the government of the UK. From that reference:“You lived in the UK until you were 10You can register to become a British citizen if you were born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983 and neither of your parents was a British citizen or settled at that time.You must:be 10 or olderand have lived in the UK until you were 10 or olderYou must also normally have spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in each of the first 10 years of your life.If you spent more time than this outside the UK but there are special reasons for this, you’ll need to explain them on the form.Apply using form T. Read the guidance before you apply.”Register as a British citizenYou can find the form and guide here:Application to register as British citizen: form TI will, however, add Sue Ambrose’s caveat that “it is best to take advice from an immigration lawyer based on your own and the child’s/children’s circumstances.”
How do illegal immigrants who have entered the UK legally become legal in the UK?
I don’t think there are many methods for an illegal immigrant to be regularised anymore. There was, under the Blair government, a route where you could apply for ILR if you had been resident in the UK for 14 years regardless of status, but that was abolished in 2012.Children of illegal immigrants have a route and will generally be granted citizenship if they have been resident in the UK for over 10 years. Parents of those children can claim ILR on the basis that they need to care for them. Marriage to a British citzen does not automatically confer any rights although can be used in the so called ‘Surinder Singh’ but only after you have already made a home with your husband/wife.Asylum seekers are not illegal immigrants and only become so once their claim has been denied. However an illegal immigrant can claim asylum despite the fact they entered illegally and might be granted refugee status.
Can I go to UK with a German Residence permit?
Since UK is not in the Schengen zone therefore no matter from which country you are a resident of and what kind of permit(s) you possess, as long as you don’t hold an EU/EEA passport you still need to apply for either an appropriate visa or an EU family permit (in the case that your spouse is an EU/EEA citizen, and you visit the UK alone without your EU spouse who exercises his EU rights to ‘FREE MOVEMENT).Apply for an EEA family permit from outside the UKHaving said that, there is an instance when a UK visa may not be required(visa exemption), that is if you go there with your EU spouse or join him/her in the UK.Non-EU family membersVisa exemptionsYour non-EU spouse, (grand) children or (grand) parents do not need to get a visa from the country they are travelling to if:They have a residence card as an EU family member, issued under EU rules by any EU country (except the country you are a national of), and they are travelling together with you or travelling to join you in another EU country. The residence card should clearly state that the holder is a family member of an EU national.orThey have a national residence permit or visa from another country in the border-free Schengen area and the country they are travelling to also belongs to that area.
How long does it take to become a British citizen?
Round about 6 1/2 years.Naturalisation as a British citizen is the last step in a series of steps that begins with obtaining a visa that leads to settlement. Only people with settled status can apply for naturalisation.There are currently 2 primary settlement statuses. Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for non-EU/EEA citizens and permanent residency for EU/EEA citizens. In both cases, it normally takes 5 years to attain settled status: 5 years on a visa that leads to settlement (Tier 2 General, Tier 1 visas, family visas) for non-EU/EEA, and 5 years exercising treaty rights for EU/EEA. There is also a 10-year path for people who are legally resident in the country in a combination of visas (settlement-leading or not). A person can apply for ILR no more than 28 days before than the 5-year period is reached.After settlement status has been obtained, the person must hold this for 12 months before being eligible to apply for naturalisation. This 12-month period is waived if the person is married to a British citizen.The application process will take some time, generally 3 to 6 months. Then after the applicant receives notice in the post, he can arrange with his council to attend a naturalisation ceremony. Depending on the council’s ceremony schedule, this might be a month.The realistic time for someone not married to a British citizen then is between 6 years 3 months and 6 years 7 months. Deduct a year if married to a British citizen.In all phases, there are other eligibility criteria that must be met.An interesting requirement for the naturalisation application is that 5 years prior to the date the Home Office receives the application, the applicant must have been present in the country. This means that if the applicant were out of the country, on holiday for example, 5 years before, he would need to delay his application until such time as the 5-year in-country rule is met.