Advise

Stelcal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 02, 2025 1:42 pm

Hello Gurus,
I hope you're all doing well! I'm returning to the forum after two years, having proudly become a British citizen. I want to take this opportunity to once again thank you for your invaluable support throughout my journey.
This time, I'm seeking guidance regarding my partner, who is planning to apply for British citizenship soon. I have a few questions and would appreciate your insights.
Here’s a summary of her journey:
• She is a Latvian national and has been an EU citizen since Latvia joined the EU in 2004.
· She first arrived in the UK in 2006.
• She was employed in the UK from around March/April 2007 until 2011.
• In July/August 2011, she moved to Guernsey (a British Crown Dependency, but not part of the UK).
• She returned to the UK in March 2012 and remained unemployed for approximately a year to a year and a half.
• Since January 2014, she has been continuously employed by various companies and has been with her current employer for over 10 years.
• She has no criminal record and was granted EU Settled Status in 2019, shortly after the scheme was introduced.

In 2007, the passport she used to enter the UK was stolen. She reported the theft to the police, and the resulting police report was submitted to the Latvian Embassy as part of the requirements for obtaining a replacement passport. Unfortunately, she does not have a copy of the report, as the original was retained by the Embassy.

My questions are as follows (as always, I apologise in advance if some of the sound obvious an naïve…)
1. Have there been significant changes to the naturalisation process in the past two years? I understand that new rules have been introduced regarding the “Good Character” requirement. Given that she has no criminal record, would this still be acceptable? Yes no issues there.
2. Regarding her residence history, she moved to a British Crown Dependency in 2011 and returned to the UK in 2012. Should her period of residence be counted from 2012 onward? only from 2020 onward If so, can the stolen passport incident from 2007 be disregarded? Yes, irrelevant, if she has a new passport don't worry. I ask because I’m aware that applicants are typically required to submit copies of all passports used since first entering the UK. If this is an issue, how we should proceed?
3. For proof of continuous residence, would a letter from her employer suffice? She has been employed by the same company for over ten years. Yes.
4. Travel history: Since she is an EU citizen, she does not tend to save her air tickets and it’s almost impossible to remember all the travel history? Should we focus just on the last five years? If not what’s the best way to proceed? Letter from her employer will be enough.
I would greatly appreciate any answers, suggestions etc, especially from atlterhase58 and AmazonianX

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:37 pm

Stelcal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 02, 2025 1:42 pm

Hello Gurus,
I hope you're all doing well! I'm returning to the forum after two years, having proudly become a British citizen. I want to take this opportunity to once again thank you for your invaluable support throughout my journey.
This time, I'm seeking guidance regarding my partner, who is planning to apply for British citizenship soon. I have a few questions and would appreciate your insights.
Here’s a summary of her journey:
• She is a Latvian national and has been an EU citizen since Latvia joined the EU in 2004.
· She first arrived in the UK in 2006.
• She was employed in the UK from around March/April 2007 until 2011.
• In July/August 2011, she moved to Guernsey (a British Crown Dependency, but not part of the UK).
• She returned to the UK in March 2012 and remained unemployed for approximately a year to a year and a half.
• Since January 2014, she has been continuously employed by various companies and has been with her current employer for over 10 years.
• She has no criminal record and was granted EU Settled Status in 2019, shortly after the scheme was introduced.

In 2007, the passport she used to enter the UK was stolen. She reported the theft to the police, and the resulting police report was submitted to the Latvian Embassy as part of the requirements for obtaining a replacement passport. Unfortunately, she does not have a copy of the report, as the original was retained by the Embassy.

My questions are as follows (as always, I apologise in advance if some of the sound obvious an naïve…)
1. Have there been significant changes to the naturalisation process in the past two years? I understand that new rules have been introduced regarding the “Good Character” requirement. Given that she has no criminal record, would this still be acceptable? Yes no issues there.
2. Regarding her residence history, she moved to a British Crown Dependency in 2011 and returned to the UK in 2012. Should her period of residence be counted from 2012 onward? only from 2020 onward If so, can the stolen passport incident from 2007 be disregarded? Yes, irrelevant, if she has a new passport don't worry. I ask because I’m aware that applicants are typically required to submit copies of all passports used since first entering the UK. If this is an issue, how we should proceed?
3. For proof of continuous residence, would a letter from her employer suffice? She has been employed by the same company for over ten years. Yes.
4. Travel history: Since she is an EU citizen, she does not tend to save her air tickets and it’s almost impossible to remember all the travel history? Should we focus just on the last five years? If not what’s the best way to proceed? Letter from her employer will be enough.
I would greatly appreciate any answers, suggestions etc, especially from atlterhase58 and AmazonianX