British passport and school fee

CPU1995

odelia_ho 發表於 14-2-24 08:43
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IC, oh, 2 hours every weekend is too much. If I were you, I would choose a host ...

My elder son is quite satisfied with the present host family arrangement. As this year is his final year of secondary school study, just let it be.

My elder son also prefers Emirates to Qatar as Emirates is more comfortable and he had an unpleasant experience of misdirected luggage for Qatar flight.

I would ask my younger son's school whether coach service is available from Heathrow to school.  If the coach service is available, I will pick up an airline which matches the timeslot of the coach.  Otherwise, I will also book Emirates.

I am not yet decided on whether my wife will also accompany my younger son to UK.  Most likely I will book Air France to France touring first before going to UK.  

odelia_ho

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Air France, as what we did last year, a French trip first, then flied to the UK
We propose to visit lake district this year

CPU1995

odelia_ho 發表於 14-2-24 13:20
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Air France, as what we did last year, a French trip first, then flied to the UK ...

Lake district - a very good suggestion as I have not been here before.

Depending on the schedule, I may visit Edinburgh as well.   

needaplan

原帖由 jackson0100 於 14-02-22 發表
nope, they have now inserted a rule- you must be in the uk for a reason other than study.

知唔知去美國讀書讀十年有冇居留權，如用英籍申請又如何？

CPU1995

原帖由 skate 於 14-02-21 發表
20K for one round trip?
is it bundle ticket?

About 20K for one round trip non-bundle ticket.  Around 54K for 3 BA bundle tickets.

mummy911

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If I'm holding a UK passport, do I still need to apply UK student Visa? Any one know?

CPU1995

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For UK passport holder, your kid is UK citizen.

Of course, no need to apply working or student visa.

demio

mummy911 發表於 14-3-6 21:17
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If I'm holding a UK passport, do I still need to apply UK student Visa? Any one ...

If your daughter is a British Passport holder, then no visa is required.

yukchan

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Would like clarify one point.  Public schools in the UK means private schools not state/government funded schools.

odelia_ho

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現在的英國中學, 分兩大類, independent school (私校) 及 state school (公立學校), 而公校又分兩大類grammar school/academy school (selective 要考入學試) & comprehensive/community school (只憑居住地址入學).  佢地而家啲學校唔會用public school 命名

yukchan

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_School_(UK)

odelia_ho

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Yes, I know. Like Eton, but  as what I said, normally they don't use "public school" as their school name.  That is what I mean.

yukchan

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Did you read the previous posts?  They referred public schools as state schools.  I was just correcting them.

yukchan

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"If your child hv British passport,  no need to pay any school fees in public schools, if boarding,  then u need to pay the boarding fee.
If state school, u need to pay a portion school fee.
If private schools, of cuz u need to pay school fee.
Information from my agents."

odelia_ho

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Oh, I didn't realize they gave wrong info. The school agent is not professional then.
I have some knowledge of state boarding school as my kid is studying in there.

jackson0100

CPU1995 發表於 14-3-6 21:49
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For UK passport holder, your kid is UK citizen.

not automatically, children's  status dependent on the parents' status. if you are a uk passport holder you are a UK national but not citizen. to be a uk citizen you must at least have an intention to stay in the UK for the foreseeable future if you were born in the uk but if you were neutralized you must have stayed ( the definition of stay is leaving the country for no more than 60/90 consecutive days and no more than 180 days a year- just a ball park figure) in the uk for the last 2 years (i believe this is the figure last time I checked). So therefore even expat who went aboard but come back to the UK temporary are not entitled to public funding (i.e. school or nhs). The government is clamping down on people "misusing" public service and they will go to a great length to stop you from accessing those services.

jackson0100

needaplan 發表於 14-3-5 09:12
知唔知去美國讀書讀十年有冇居留權，如用英籍申請又如何？

I have no idea about america but you will need a visa and pay international fee like everyone else if you are British.

yukchan

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I moved back to UK last summer because of my daughter.  I'm considered an expat (i was born and raised in England) I was able to enroll my daughter at a local college, register with the local GP and even able to claim child benefits.  I'm not sure about housing benefits and income support though.

mamino.1

Hi how about virgin air, is it ok?