Indian passport expiry & British citizenship application

Hi,

My hubby's Indian passport is to expire by last week of August 2010. We do have plans apply for his British citizenship on 3rd Aug 2010.

Can you please clarify whether this is allowable or should we proceed in renewing his Indian passport first and then apply for British citizenship?

Main concern is Indian passport renewal takes anywhere between 3 to 6 months and we do not want that to delay his British citizenship application.

Thanks in advance.

Delta

deltahsmp wrote:Hi,

My hubby's Indian passport is to expire by last week of August 2010. We do have plans apply for his British citizenship on 3rd Aug 2010.

Can you please clarify whether this is allowable or should we proceed in renewing his Indian passport first and then apply for British citizenship?

Main concern is Indian passport renewal takes anywhere between 3 to 6 months and we do not want that to delay his British citizenship application.

Thanks in advance.

Delta

My passport renewal took just one week, been to HCI in London in person

Is it obligatory to send a VALID non UK passport when you apply for your first UK passport or you can send even the expired passport?

deltahsmp wrote:Hi,

My hubby's Indian passport is to expire by last week of August 2010. We do have plans apply for his British citizenship on 3rd Aug 2010.

Can you please clarify whether this is allowable or should we proceed in renewing his Indian passport first and then apply for British citizenship?

Main concern is Indian passport renewal takes anywhere between 3 to 6 months and we do not want that to delay his British citizenship application.

Thanks in advance.

Delta

Its ok with expire date passport but he get ilr on that passport so no problem bec my was expired but ilr on that passport so they accept.

Thanks Krimith....

Hi there

Can I just ask if the HO accepted the passport that was due to expire to apply for BC?

I am applying for BC first week in Jan 2011 - but my passport expires first week in Feb 2011 - is this ok??

KC8010 wrote:Hi there

Can I just ask if the HO accepted the passport that was due to expire to apply for BC?

I am applying for BC first week in Jan 2011 - but my passport expires first week in Feb 2011 - is this ok??

Stop pondering and worrying. You can apply for BC without problems.

I am stressing like one would not believe!!!!

Some people say NO your passport needs to be valid - others say NO its OK, even UKBA are giving different answers!!!!

Well the way I see it - my passport will still be valid at time of application!

Hi ,

My indian passport has expired in feb2014 i have ILR and i want to do naturalisation and British Passport. Is it necessary to renew for my indian passport or can i just do the citizenship process with expired passport?

thanks in advance.

Hi
We will be applying our British citizenship by 2nd week of January but my wife's passport expires on end of Feb. Is that okay?

Do we need to have a valid Indian passport when applying British citizenship? Could anyone please advise on the same?

Regards
G_Sharma