British citizenship will take 5 years now

[somebody]

I wish I got mine before it is being implemented I have only few months to wait to apply for citizenship

Hard to sy at the moment but talk of asseors to assess peoples claims and how well they are brits. May mean to get all the organsation in place may take a little while.

[darren-b]

Hard to sy at the moment but talk of asseors to asses peoples claims and how well they are brits. May mean to get all the organsation in place may take a little while.

Or it just means that applications will get processed a little bit slower whilst they sort it all out properly. The advantage they've got with British citizenship is no same day service and even now it takes a while (they claim 6 to 7 months) anyway.

[somebody]

Or it just means that applications will get processed a little bit slower whilst they sort it all out properly. The advantage they've got with British citizenship is no same day service and even now it takes a while (they claim 6 to 7 months) anyway.

True so either new job titles and same people or more people recruited and procedures with the community service.

Surprised not much fuss from various groups as the only people who do community service at the moment i belive are those that have broken the law.

[joebloggs]

True so either new job titles and same people or more people recruited and procedures with the community service.

Surprised not much fuss from various groups as the only people who do community service at the moment i belive are those that have broken the law.

i think there are groups getting ready for a fight with the gov, mainly those on work permits, who came here and was told it would be 4yrs b4 they could get ilr, then its changed to 5, and now changes again.. i'm sure with the changes announced and the changes later in the year, there will be challenges in court.

[singkit]

What the is going on? It seems that the UK government is trying to clean up the mistake they made when they let these Indians/Pakistans/Polish remain in the UK. And now that these people's populations are growing like mushrooms, they can't stop or control it. They thought implementing new laws on Citizenship & Naturalization will do the trick. Why is it always the hardworking Filipinos have to suffer with this new policy? And, oohh , the cost is rising up again.

[Tiggers0608]

Actually right now, we dont really know whats going to happen or whats there planning next, as they keep changing the rules ans laws of immigration in a blink of an eye so lets just keep in track and keep inform

and don't forget to cross our fingers

[darren-b]

i think there are groups getting ready for a fight with the gov, mainly those on work permits, who came here and was told it would be 4yrs b4 they could get ilr, then its changed to 5, and now changes again.. i'm sure with the changes announced and the changes later in the year, there will be challenges in court.

Really not sure they are going to get anywhere in court as the new rules just means it takes them slightly longer to get British Citizenship, and surely if they want British Citizenship it should mean they were planning to stay in the UK anyway. At best there might be some transitional arrangements for existing visa holders, but it won't help anyone newly coming into the country.

What the is going on? It seems that the UK government is trying to clean up the mistake they made when they let these Indians/Pakistans/Polish remain in the UK. And now that these people's populations are growing like mushrooms, they can't stop or control it. They thought implementing new laws on Citizenship & Naturalization will do the trick. Why is it always the hardworking Filipinos have to suffer with this new policy? And, oohh , the cost is rising up again.

The only mistake the Government has made is not implementing tighter rules long ago. Some of the current rules are a bit silly to say the least - eg if someone can manage to stay here for 10 years on students visa they can obtain ILR.

Actually right now, we dont really know whats going to happen or whats there planning next, as they keep changing the rules ans laws of immigration in a blink of an eye so lets just keep in track and keep inform

and don't forget to cross our fingers

You can read the proposed rules to see what the government is planning. In my opinion they might be tweaked slightly, but I can't see any major changes being done to them.

[joebloggs]

cost will go up, thats certain, as you will be asked to pay into a special fund to ease public service pressures blamed on fluctuations in immigration.

this doesn't effect europeans in the uk, as far as i can tell, but get the europeans to pay to, no such thing as a free lunch