Resume UK Citizenship after Renouncing

Hello,
Need some advice and guidance
I have applied to resume my citizenship through the RS1 application from Pakistan, however, there has been no response and the timeline of 6 months has passed. I emailed many address but only “Nationality Biometrics overseas” responded with generic reply that application is in process, naturalisation is not an automatic process and requires enquiries etc etc.

Question is, who can I contact to find out the actual progress of my application and what are the waiting times for this type of application? I know I meet the requirements and my application was verified/ checked by an immigration lawyer friend before submitting.

SUBJ: RS1 (resumption of UK citizenship after Renunciation)
Application Submitted : 23 Sep 24
Method of Application : Online
Debit of Fees : 23 Sep 24
Biometric letter. : 27 Oct 24
Enrolment of Bio. : 3 Nov 24
Approval letter. : awaited

UKVI don't normally provide progress updates on nationality applications - the most common is naturalisation and we see regular complaints about long processing times. We know that for some applications there doesn't appear to be a stated processing time target. Also there aren't any published direct contact details for case workers - you may be able to leave a message at the UKVI "Helpline" (which is run by a third party service provider). https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk
You may have seen this thread with some ways of chasing outstanding naturalisation applications: https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk

What was the reason for renouncing your British citizenship in the first place?

I renounced because I was in a government job and wanted to further my career

secret.simon wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 01, 2024 11:37 pm

What was the reason for renouncing your British citizenship in the first place?

Because I was in a government job and wanted to further my career

Curious to know if this RS1 application progressed? Or you had any updates? I'm in a similar process with the same application but still currently still within the initial 6th month period.

Did you apply from Pakistan? Or were you able to return to the UK on a visa and apply again from there?

thsry wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 11, 2024 3:43 pm

Curious to know if this RS1 application progressed? Or you had any updates? I'm in a similar process with the same application but still currently still within the initial 6th month period.

Did you apply from Pakistan? Or were you able to return to the UK on a visa and apply again from there?

I applied from Pakistan and just today was informed by my MP that they replied to him. In the reply they info that decision was made on 4th Oct and my decision was sent yesterday by post. Don’t know what the decision is but I fear it’s not positive because I have not received an invitation to the citizenship ceremony email. Let’s see

Hello

I have a complicated matter which I need general advice or opinions on. I was British national by decent and surrendered my nationality due to government job in another country in 2015. Last year, I applied to re-instate my nationality and the application was submitted on 23 Sep 23. After lapse of 11 months I had received no correspondence or any other information despite emails to many many depts. Since I live abroad I had no other way of contacting them so I asked an MP of my last UK address to push them a month ago. Just today they have replied to my MP that decision was taken on 4th of Oct and the decision has been sent by post yesterday. Now I don’t know why they sent it by post when all others receive decisions by email; in addition they have repeatedly gotten my address wrong in the past and I don’t know through which mail service they have sent it. Questions are:-
1. On opinion based, since they haven’t sent me an invitation email, is my application likely to be rejected? Or are they replying to me by post because I applied from outside the UK?
2. They did not even contact me once during my application for any information or anything or even contact my referees. Does that normally happen?
3. What kind of mail service do they use? Regular post or DHL. How can I find out?

If anyone can provide any sort of information I would highly appreciate it.

Thanks

Understand your frustration but perhaps it’s better to wait for the package and see what their decision was. Do you have any tracking info?
We don’t know what logistics companies they use apart from Royal Mail.

To update, I received confirmation my application was successful in mid Sept (applied beginning of March). Currently now waiting on a letter from my local embassy for a ceremony to complete the process. If it helps, the confirmation came in the post by recorded delivery, I cant remember exactly which service. I didn't (and still havn't) receive(d) an email. Neither myself nor my referees were contacted in my application.

As you asked for an opinion:

My previous renunciation of British citizenship was due to an obligation to do so after taking another nationality. From what I understand, this is the main reason to have a likely automatic right to re-register British citizenship. When renouncing for any other reason, it seems your application would be at the discretion of the Home Secretary, which maybe explains the length of time its taking you, especially in an election year. As such, seems hard to predict the outcome, I can imagine it could rest heavily on the details of the reasons you had around renouncing for the job you took and the explanation of them in the cover letter supplied with your application. Possibly also details of the reasons for a need to return to the UK in the future. I don't imagine having been a citizen by descent or otherwise than by descent will make a difference to the outcome. These are just opinions though, I don't have any legal background on this. My views are mostly based on various UK gov guidance docs for the process i've read online.

Either way good luck, hope you hear soon! Would be interested to know the outcome when you receive the letter.