Hello,
I'm writing to ask if anyone has been in a similar situation to myself and if there's any advice (other than wait) that I can take on board.
Here's my situation:
- I applied for naturalisation in November 2023, and I am yet to hear back (as of Jan 23rd 2025).
- After 6 months, I received the auto generated email. I asked my MP to follow up, they received the same response.
- After 7 months, I raised a complaint, received the same templated response and then took it for review.
- After 8 months:
- I asked for a SAR. The information I received showed no pending checks.
- The response for the review of the complaint was not helpful.
- After 13 months: I raised it with the OIEC.
- Today: the OIEC said they raised my points with the HO, the HO rejected my points of the complaint and so the OIEC is taking it on board but there's a big shortage of investigators and the current wait is 10 months.
My own background:
- Came into this country legally 12 years ago (I was a child) and my family claimed asylum as they were political dissidents.
- 3 years after the asylum application, we were granted refugee status.
- 5 years later we applied for ILR.
- 1 year later we were granted ILR.
- 1 year later I applied for naturalisation.
- History:
- No criminal records.
- No points on driving license.
- No financial problems; never declared bankruptcy.
- Never been a member of an extremist organisation, group, etc.
- Graduated from top university, work in the city.
- Long-term partner is a British citizen.
My main question is what do I do next?
Due to the wait for citizenship, I had to reject work opportunities abroad due to employers not recognising the refugee travel document and other work opportunities in countries that do not allow holders of such documents to travel to it. Even in countries that recognise it (e.g. USA), work trips had to be cancelled as in the embassy they were suspicious of such a document.
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