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Introducing the Nationality Checking Service
The Nationality Checking Service is a partnership between the Home Office Nationality Group and local councils in England and Wales. It is intended to make it easier to submit applications for British citizenship. The pilot for the Nationality Checking Service (NCS) will commence on 31 January with six local authorities taking part. These are Brent, Haringey, Hertfordshire, Newcastle, Redbridge and Wandsworth.
The participating councils will offer an optional service to those applicants who wish to take advantage of it. For a modest fee, they will check that applications for British nationality are completed correctly and have been submitted with all the necessary supporting documents and the correct fee. They will photocopy and certify valuable documents such as passports and will forward applications to the Home Office by special delivery post. Applications containing all necessary details can be dealt with more quickly than those that are incomplete and those using the service will be able to keep their passports rather than sending them to the Home Office.
The contact details for the local authorities taking part are:
Brent
Brent Council Citizenship Team
Kingsbury House
468 Church Lane
Kingsbury
London
NW9 8UA
Tel: 0208 200 2324
Fax: 0208 200 2301
citizen@brent.gov.uk
Haringey
Superintendent Registrar Haringey Register Office
Civic Centre High Road
Wood Green
London
N22 8LE
Tel: 0208 489 2604
E-mail: citizenship.enquiries@haringey.gov.uk
Hertfordshire
Citizenship Unit
The Old Courthouse
St Albans Road East
Hatfield
Tel: 01707 897 396
Fax: 01707 897379
E-Mail: citizenshipunit@hertscc.gov.uk
Newcastle
Citizenship Section
The Register Office
Newcastle City Council
Civic Centre
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 8PS
Tel: 0191 232 8520
Redbridge
First Stop Shop
Lynton House,
High Road
Ilford
IG1 1NN
Tel: 0208 554 5000
E-mail: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Register Office
The Town Hall
Wandsworth High Street
London
SW18 2PU
Tel: 0208 871 6136/6186
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