What Do I Need To Apply For A UK Ancestry Visa?

I'm looking into this for my boyfriend who's mother has been 'helping' with the visa application to get to england. He's currently been told by his mother that he needs Birth Certs of BOTH his engl...

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Calster
CanuckAbroad Regular

Joined: 19 Jan 2008
Posts: 47
Location: Calgary/Leicester

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:52 pm

As it is, im just gonna trust the UK Government sites, if it all goes wrong then its a learning experiance hehe Razz

Tigerlea
Senior Member

Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 83
Location: London, England

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:25 pm

What you might end up with (for your boyfriend, rather) is that he gets a phone call saying that he has to book his biometrics appointment, so you should be ready for it just in case.

Calster
CanuckAbroad Regular

Joined: 19 Jan 2008
Posts: 47
Location: Calgary/Leicester

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:35 pm

Yeah i warned him a while back tht it might happen, i also read something bout TB screening too - sounds like its all a lot of unecessary stuff to make money from ppl Sad

riverfox
Senior Member

Meow meow meow

Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Posts: 116
Location: Brighton

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:27 pm

Hey just got back from my biometrics appointment, it's really not a big deal but the reason they have everyone go to the centers is control methinks. They have specialized equiptment for taking the finger prints. For instance they took scans of my fingers and a digital scan of my face to include with my application.

They also took my whole visa application and sealed it in an envelope and warned me that if the seal on the envelope was broken it before it reached the embassy it would invalidate my application.

The scans etc, I think are just to make you more identifiable once you've entered the country. As for the envelope it's to verify you have the correct information, and to ensure that the information that is verified at the VAC office is not tampered with once you've concluded your appointment.

It's not really a big deal except that they only have offices in major city centers. ( I had to go to vancouver ).

It's a relatively new process which was only implimented in December so there's been alot of confusion about it. The US is talking about implimenting something similar but who knows when they'll get around to it.