baljitsingh197701 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:27 pm
Hi There,
I have following queries for Naturalisation online application, i shall be grateful if you could answer them.
1) I have got my ILR application on 23 May 2024 with 10 years route, so I can submit / pay my Naturalisation online application on 23 May 2025 or do i need to wait 1 or 2 days additional?
you can submit on the 23 May
2) For Referee 1 and Referee 2, i am asking 1 NHS Doctor friend and 1 IT Software friend, hope that should be fine as both of them is professional?
Only if the IT software person is a member of a chartered body. NHS doctors are not on the professionals list,
3) As my Doctor friend lives far away from me, so getting Referee form signed and scanned and then i can upload my photo would do? Or do i need original physical copy of Referee form during appointment or any point of time during the application (Biometric or Citizen Ceremony)?
You can do it digitally.
4) For 5 years proof:
a) i can use my Passport Stamp? Note: I didn't visit my county in 2020 and 2021 so this entry won't be there however after that i have visited 4 times and 1 entry was not stamped
This is ok
b) I can submit the P60 and Payslip for 5 years as both of them got address and government approved?
Not needed
c) Do i need to submit any other proof like Utility bill (I only have since 2023)
Not needed
5) To prove my English: Providing my degree certificate (Have one doc where it say medium was English) would suffice or i need to provide UK NARIC letter which i got when i converted from established staff visa category (Issued in May 2010) General category (July 2020). Note: I came to know UKNARIC is no more in function and it replaced by someone so will do not be still valid?
Provide the degree certificate and the UK NARIC letter.
6) As i am in UK for more than 10 years but in "Details of your trips outside the UK" i only need to provide details for last 5 years as they asks?
Only 5 years
7) "Have you made any previous UK immigration applications in the UK or abroad?" - In this section i am giving all the applications i have made for UK Visa since 2010 till 2024, for last 3 i only remember have "Enter your reference number if known" but not for rest. Note: 2010, 2011, 2013,2015, 2017, 2019 (all these were established staff category), 2020, 2023 (These are General and Skilled worker category) and 2024 ILR. so in total 9 times i had visa application submitted so i am giving 9 entries in this section.
Enter reference numbers and rough time period as you remember them, it won't affect your statutory requirements,
Last but not least can i use same photo for naturalisation and British passport ? or both has been difference as naturalisation can take god time and British passport photo should be less than 1 month old?
They are not supposed to be the same however you can cross that bridge when you get there, naturalisation applications take some time to be processed.
