So should I just type up a letter stating that we have a permanent residency for Australia and we will be here for a few years before we permanently move back to the united kingdom?

Hi Mate, You can renounce your British citizenship and get the right to abode but for that you must have citizenship of another nation. I have an aunt was born a british citizen but stayed in india with my uncle for and acquired Indian Citizenship but renouncing her british citizenship but got a rig...

Hi , I have a bit of a situation. After I received my naturalization, We moved to Australia on a permanent residency. I have applied for a british passport from Australia. I just got an email asking me to send them a letter of explanation as to why am I not applying from my country of birth or from ...

Hi, I am applying for my first british passport from australia. They are asking for 3 documents for name and address and/or residency: 1. Uncancelled Indian password (Which is name and photo identity) 2. I have a letter from the local goverment health department - Medicare. 3. ? I do not have anythi...

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs British Spouse + 1 yr ILR Method of application: NCS Hounslow Date of submission at NCS : 06/06/2014 Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/06/2014 Date of debit of fees: 9/06/2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/06/2014 Date of receipt of approval: 20/09/2014 Date of Ceremon...

Which courier service do the HOME OFFICE use to send naturalisation approval letters? It is Royal Mail or some other courier service?

Which courier service do the HOME OFFICE use to send naturalisation approval letters? It is Royal Mail or some other courier service?

Yes, Amber. My wife is a born British Citizen.

HI,

I have got a very good job opportunity to move abroad but my naturalization application is still in consideration.

I was wondering whether I can have my citizenship ceremony in Australia or Canada depending where I might possibly get posted if I get the job?

Thanks.

Hi, I have currently had some problems with my landlord and fear that they might not inform me of the Letter (if Approved) that is sent from the HO via Post. My question: Is it possible to give instructions to the HO to have it sent to the local postal collection service centre or have it Emailed to...

I would like to know the contact number for the home office to check on my Naturalisation Application Status. Can anybody help me with this number?

When I applied last week, I was told by the NCS that the IELTS test results should have been taken within 2 years, which i fortunately had. But the point I want to make is that, All they need to know is that you have a certain level of proficiency in English, which a IELTS test result should prove, ...

Just wanted to confirm, apart from the test result, is there anything else that I need to submit wrt to documentation for IELTS test?

Or is it that I just take my test result certificate?

Hi, Question 1: I am in the process of naturalization application. Bases: Spouse of British Citizen, 3 years completed (2yrs spouse visa + 1 yr ILR). What documents will I need to provide along with the AN application form? Question 2: I have recently been granted Australian PR. Will this be a probl...

Thank you so much, Amber. My friends also say the same.

Under the Nationality Policy Guidance and Casework Instruction: Section 6: Financial Soundness: 6.3 Dishonesty in Relation to Public Funds. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/nationalityinstructions/nichapter18/ch18annexd?view=Binary My worry is that they might thin...

Hi, I will very soon be applying for my Naturalization. I have two questions w.r.t to the point covered under the good behavior aspect. 1. I was made redundant in Nov 2012 (Serco), after which I got a job with a Telecom company in Feb 2013, where i worked for a precisely a month. I got my pay and i ...

Hi, I just read that new changes that have been in effect from 28th Oct 2013. I had recently given a IELTS - General Test as were in two minds if we should live in UK or move to Australia. I scored the below. Listening - 7, Reading - 7.5, Writing - 6.5 and Speaking - 8. With an overall score of 7. W...

Hi, I will be applying for my naturalization next year. Once I have received the Naturalization Certificate, is it possible to apply for a British Passport outside the UK? I might be a chance that I might be relocating the the middle east for a job opportunity. Hence I would like to know in case the...

Thanks, mate.

but the only Visa information I have is the Spouse Visa Stamp on my Passport. I didn't get anything else in the form of a letter.

Neither do I have a BRP Card. I was only Finger printed during my Visa Application procedure at the VFS office in Mumbai, India.

Any help?

I am applying for SET (M). I am on a spouse visa currently (Wife is british). The SET (M) form asks for a Home Office Reference Number & BRP Reference Number. Where would I get this information? It also asks for my Wife's Home Office number. But she is a British citizen by birth. She says that she d...

Under section 6, Question 10. Give details of the British diplomatic post(s) involved if the application(s) was/were made abroad? The only time I had given my finger prints is the day I had applied for my Spouse Visa (Dependent visa of a british citizen) at the VFS office in Mumbai, India. I was not...

My ILR Application is up in June.

Can a moderator provide and answer for this question?

So just to confirm my wife claiming child benefit for my son should not have an negative impact on my ILR application, correct? It's just that she had sign the above mentioned undertaking and on the home office website it shows that claiming benefits is accessing public funds. So how does it work?

Hi, Here is my situation, I will be applying for ILR in June next year. I was recently going through the UKBA website and came across the new changes to the SET(M) requirements. But while going through the form, it talks about CHILD BENEFITS. I am a bit puzzled here. I am Indian and my wife is Briti...