Disclosing A NFA

Good day, respected members,

I am preparing to apply for British Citizenship (BC) through an ILR obtained with a Tier 2 visa. However, I have just discovered that my Zimbabwean passport has expired. Could you kindly advise if I need to renew my passport before applying, or can I proceed with the application as I am already residing in the UK?

Additionally, I would appreciate your guidance on whether I need to disclose a traffic offense (IN10) I received over a year ago for driving without insurance, which resulted in a fixed penalty charge of £300.

Thank you for your assistance.

Kind regards,

ChenaiAlbert wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:40 am

Good day, respected members,

I am preparing to apply for British Citizenship (BC) through an ILR obtained with a Tier 2 visa. However, I have just discovered that my Zimbabwean passport has expired. Could you kindly advise if I need to renew my passport before applying, or can I proceed with the application as I am already residing in the UK?

No. You can use your expired passport to apply.

ChenaiAlbert wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:40 am

Additionally, I would appreciate your guidance on whether I need to disclose a traffic offense (IN10) I received over a year ago for driving without insurance, which resulted in a fixed penalty charge of £300.

Thank you for your assistance.

Kind regards,

Yes.

Thank you for your response, can you please clarify the first response.Did you say i can use my expired passport to apply ?

That is correct. You don't need a valid passport to apply.

Good day respected members,

I have a question regarding my BC application. Do i need to disclose A No Further Action arrest that was deleted from the PNC records. I did not disclose it when i applied for ILR.

Best to disclose.

I got the NFA record deleted from PNC a while ago,so its not in the police records anymore

HO has access to more than we can see from police records. FPNs don't appear on police records but need to be disclosed regardless.

I did not disclose this in ILR,how will this affect me?Secondly on the form-i only need to disclose cases i was charged which is not the case here,should i write in a cover letter? This is stressing me same way as when i applied for ILR

ILR and naturalisation are separate processes with different rules altogether. I don't know if it would have been required to disclose this for an ILR application or if not having declared it means that you may not have received ILR had the HO known. I am inclined to say no as nothing happened after that, you were not investigated. I think it would be wise to declare it this time rather than risking it and putting yourself through so much anxiety.