New citizenship form UKF

My timeline
4/7/2016- UKF Form sent from the Philippines
11/7/2106- UKF form received
15/7/2016- Ceremony fee taken
1/8/2016- Biometric Letter received
4/8/2016- Biometrics done at VFS manila
27/10/2016- received an email from HMPO asking about additional details and replied to her thru email and then she told me that my application was approved. Wait for my documents to be returned after 3-4 weeks and for the invitation
after 12weeks.
29/11/2016- got a phone call from British embassy manila for the citizenship ceremony ( i am very surprised because i thought they will contact me after 12 weeks!)
6/12/2016- citizenship ceremony

But they sent back my certificate to UK same day with my oath taking because my Birth place was spelled incorrect and i got the revised certicate recently. (Last friday January 27) so i am now on passport application.

Timeline
Application: UKF
Applied from Sweden

18/9 Application sent from Sweden.
21/9 Application delivered accordning to Royal mail
16/10 Cermonial fee taken.
17/10 Confirmation letter - email
18/10 Information mail about Biometrics and list of some of the documents sent in with application - email.
18/10 Biometrics fee payed.
19/10 Confirmation date given for Biometrics - email.
24/10 Biometrics completed in Stockholm.
27/12 (posted 20/12) Approvel letter with original docs recieved!
25/1 Invetation letter from the British embassy. Date for cermony 14/2.
26/1 Called the embassy to confirm date and was offered new date 7/2.
7/2 Citizenship cermony completed.
8/2 Applied for UK passport.

@PCB46

Have you heard anything?

Brad

@Roka1404

Nothing yet!! I take it you haven't either?

Anyone that applied from within the UK tell me how long it took after doing biometrics to receive approval letter?

Hi all,

Major update today- application approved!! So my timeline has been as follows:

- Application Sent: 11 November 2016
- Application Received (according to postal tracking): 14 November 2016
- Ceremony Fee Taken: 17 November 2016
- Email Advising Application Received and Being Considered: 18 November 2016
- Early Return of Passport Requested Online: 19 November 2016
- Letter dated 17 November received, requesting biometric enrolment: 21 November 2016
- Biometric enrolment completed at post office: 22 November
- Application Accepted: 15 Feb (letter dated 8 Feb)

Hi all,

Similarly to PCB, my fiancee has received notification of her successful application, very similar timeline overall!

Hoping our local council will receive her paperwork this week sometime (they told me they normally receive documentation on a Thursday) and we can get her ceremony done in the coming weeks. Then onto the passport and the headache of a counter signatory who has known her two years!

Congrats on your PCB.

Just for completeness (the timelines have been so useful to me on this forum):

Timeline so far:
Documents sent: 16/11/16
Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16
Ceremony fee taken: 26/11/2016
Email confirming application received at Home Office: 28/11/2016
Letter dated 25/11/2016 received asking for Biometric enrollment: 30/11/2016
Biometrics enrolled at PO: 02/12/2016
Letter of approval: 10/02/2017 (Dated 09/02/2017)

Awaiting ceremony invitation from local council.

PCB46 wrote:Hi all,

Major update today- application approved!! So my timeline has been as follows:

- Application Sent: 11 November 2016
- Application Received (according to postal tracking): 14 November 2016
- Ceremony Fee Taken: 17 November 2016
- Email Advising Application Received and Being Considered: 18 November 2016
- Early Return of Passport Requested Online: 19 November 2016
- Letter dated 17 November received, requesting biometric enrolment: 21 November 2016
- Biometric enrolment completed at post office: 22 November
- Application Accepted: 15 Feb (letter dated 8 Feb)

Congratulations!! May I ask where you have applied from?

swebri wrote:Timeline
Application: UKF
Applied from Sweden

18/9 Application sent from Sweden.
21/9 Application delivered accordning to Royal mail
16/10 Cermonial fee taken.
17/10 Confirmation letter - email
18/10 Information mail about Biometrics and list of some of the documents sent in with application - email.
18/10 Biometrics fee payed.
19/10 Confirmation date given for Biometrics - email.
24/10 Biometrics completed in Stockholm.
27/12 (posted 20/12) Approvel letter with original docs recieved!
25/1 Invetation letter from the British embassy. Date for cermony 14/2.
26/1 Called the embassy to confirm date and was offered new date 7/2.
7/2 Citizenship cermony completed.
8/2 Applied for UK passport.

23/2 Received original citizenship certificate via dhl express.
24/2 Recevied passport via dhl express.


Just over five months, pretty reasonable.
Feel free to ask me any questions about the process, I'll look in from time to time.

Good luck everyone else.

@Swebri

Congrats, very good news and that is a really quick turnaround on the passport, I'll be hoping for anything close to that.

Can I ask, what passport did your countersignatory hold? I know applying form outside the UK you can have EU, US or Commonwealth whereas they dictate a British passport holder for application from within the UK.

Cheers

Roka1404 wrote:@Swebri

Congrats, very good news and that is a really quick turnaround on the passport, I'll be hoping for anything close to that.

Can I ask, what passport did your countersignatory hold? I know applying form outside the UK you can have EU, US or Commonwealth whereas they dictate a British passport holder for application from within the UK.

Cheers

Thanks.

My countersignatory has an EU-passport. I had the impression that a non british passport would mean longer processing time, perhaps I was lucky.

Ok great, thanks.

So you didn't have to attend an interview either?

@PCB46 have you had your ceremony yet and have you got someone to countersign?

Hi all,

So as of yesterday my fiancee is officially a British Passport holder! Time for me to sign out but here is the final timeline for her application:

Documents sent: 16/11/16
Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16
Ceremony fee taken: 26/11/2016
Email confirming application received at Home Office: 28/11/2016
Letter dated 25/11/2016 received asking for Biometric enrollment: 30/11/2016
Biometrics enrolled at PO: 02/12/2016
Letter of approval: 10/02/2017 (Dated 09/02/2017)
Ceremony held: 22/02/2017
Passport Application submitted via check and send: 23/02/2017
Passport interview: 09/03/2017
PASSPORT RECEIVED: 13/03/2017

Overall timeline of under 4 months, very good going I think, this thread has been invaluable as despite being a fairly straightofrward process, it has a been a long one due to difficulties with the South African authorities with regard to documentation etc. However, we are there so none of it matters, I'll check back from time to time and happy to help anyone else out or answer questions. Good luck to you all.

Congratulations. Question: How long did it take them to return his old passport?

Thank you

Hi,

Her South African passport was returned along with the letter of approval from the Home Office. I think you can request docs back sooner but we didn't.

Brad

My timeline:-

24/01/2017 Sent off application
25/01/2017 Received by Home Office
27/01/2017 Ceremony fee taken
1/02/2017 - Acknowledgement letter received
4/02/2017 - Biometrics completed
26/04/2017 - Application successful letter received
(Didn't receive letter for invitation to ceremony so had to ring up council myself and book it)
07/06/2017 - Ceremony and certificate received.

So glad this is finally over! Now on to the Passport

Good luck anyone on this journey x

Hello Yall!

I have been a silent follower of this forum and i am so amaze with you all. I would like to congratulate those who have been granted citizenship and followed by successful passport application.

I also woud like to give a shout out to barrie who inspired me to pursue my application. I hope bhiebhie something is still here and pinoyharry, like you iam half pinoy half brit.

unlike you guys i am still at the beggining stage. Particularly waiting for my British referee. Thank you guys and lets hope for the best

@pinoy_possum

Hello there! Goodluck and Godbless to your citizenship application. Its been almost 17 wks since i sent my application to Uk. The Uk sent it to Bangkok for further examination and finally i got an update from HMPO Bangkok telling me that i will have an interview at British Embassy Manila.
Say hi to barrie for me

@bhebijean_04

Will do kapatid. I am curios if how many Fil/Brit are here in this forum and if its not to much to ask, pls update us regarding your applocation. The message always inspires us hopefulls. God Bless Everyone!!!

Hello guys! hows everyone doing? I hope ur all well .
I am planning to send my application next month and i am a little concern about some information that is being asked in the form.

I am particularly concern about the statement i read at the UKF form guideline, it reads:

Page 1.33 to 1.45 - Details of your paternal grandparents(s), husband, residence in the United Kingdom.

These section only needs to completed where the information is relevant to whether you would have become a British citizen through your father if you parents had been married etc.

Taking that statement above into consideration, am i going to complete that mentioned section in the UKF form considering my parents were unmarried. This had been bothering me for quite sometime. Your reply would be much appreciated. Thank you guys

I wanted to thank everyone. All the posts have been very helpful while filling out and mailing the form.
I was born in the US to an American mother and British father who were not married.
Thought I would post my timeline for any other Americans looking for advice in their process.

7th June: Package sent from Cleveland
9th June: Package signed for in Liverpool
14th June: Email confirmation from HO saying the process had begun
20th June: Email inviting me to contact UKVI New York for them to assist me in creating an appointment in Cleveland to do my biometrics
5th July: Biometric appointment in Cleveland

I'll try to update every step !

@pinoy_possum

Sorry for the late response po. On my application before i fill up 1.33 to 1.41 only. I asked my Dad regarding my grandparents details. Hope this will help you.

@bhebijean_04

Unfortunately my father was long been deceased. The only details i have regarding my paternal grand parents are their names which by the way are also indicated in my father's British birth certificate, do you think that would suffice?