Passport: Adult Application Type: First Adult passport Method of application: Check and Send service Date of application: 24/01/2016 Date application received by IPS: Not sure, no feedback yet Date of return of documents: TBD Date of receipt of interview letter: TBD Date of Passport interview: TBD D...
I hope I'm not duplicating a query here (fear strikes), but I'm wondering if there is any way of not having to send in your vital documents by post when applying for my first British passport. Something like NCS but for passports, I don't want to send in my certificate of naturalisation (original) a...
No prob, glad to help. The documents I provided were the following: P60s and payslips to prove exercise of treaty rights Employer letters confirming employment over the last 6 years (just supporting the above) Bank statement showing incoming salary where payslip was missing Life in the UK test certi...
Thanks Vinny. I talked with Passport office, they told me to do the Life in UK test and then send us all your documents for last 5 years or 08 years, send us as many documents as u can produce. My question is that I'm in UK for almost 9 years now, but I don't have any PR. I made a registration cert...
No good news for me.. I spoke to a very good lawyer the other day and he was very honest about everything, here what he explained about the letter we received, basically after all these disaster is going on in the middle east at the moment, some names specially those ones from the middle east or ha...
I fully appreciate tough tests to ensure only genuine, decent people are awarded British citizenship. Britain doesn't need other country's crooks, they've got their own already. But hiding behind "tough checks" is an excuse by the Home Office. How then is it possible that some people are now getting...
uws_nw1, when did you apply, if you don't mind me asking? I called the general helpline numerous times, and they just tell you whether a decision has been made or not, or whether your application is in its final stages (in my case, that was 3 weeks before I received the decision). The number is 0300...
Sorry if this sounds stupid (re passports I'm an absolute newbie), but this doesn't apply to EU passport holders, does it? Ie, I can continue using my German passport until it expires (2016) and then apply for a British passport (and a simple German ID card instead of a passport). I don't want to se...
Very helpful, I had the same question. What does it matter to the UKBA when and where my grandparents got married, that information might not even be available. I'm just a bit worried about the spelling of my name, as it is spellt in two different ways in my German passport (in the main part with an...
@ lake1. It is a common misconception that Germany does not allow dual nationality. Dual nationality is allowed under several circumstances, for example: - children with a German and foreign parent, or a parent holding two citizenships, acquire all parent citizenships by virtue of the principle of ...
The test is very doable. There are some stupid questions (or at least when I did the test two years ago), like what is the percentage of Muslims in England and how many people live in Scotland, but the book prepares you for these questions. The others, that weren't in the book (I was shocked there w...
Some good news after all - congratulations and my best wishes to all those of you who have finally got the famous brown envelope! I had my big day today, in Hatfield, and am as of this afternoon officially a British Citizen. It is a bit of an anti-climax. I thought I'd go to bed yesterday with my Ge...
oh well, Next week it will be 6 months since I have applied and I have heard nothing so far. I am not even sure if it is worth chasing.. Anyone else have actually had any progress? I don't know if chasing them makes any difference, but it made me feel better because I knew that I did all that I cou...
The certificate would need to be sent back to HO with a request to change and then resent to the new venue. Easier to just take a day off work and attend tbh. I agree. I requested a different council because my "local" one is at the other end of the county, whereas the closest London one is just ar...
Hi Finngirl, I know how you're feeling, I was in a similar situation before I applied. Re Q1, I think that's been answered (I would state date of entry 1998, though - I arrived in 2005 but really only the last 6 years are decisive). Re Q2, that's absolutely correct, you don't have to apply for PR, t...
Final update for me: Method of application: NCS Wandsworth Nationality: German Date of application: 16/06/2014 Received Date : 18/06/2014 Payment method: Debit Card (bounced for no known reason, enough funds in account), then credit card (accepted) Date of Payment: 04/07/2014 Date of acknowledgement...
5 year Tier 1 and 1 year ILR Application sent : 07/01/2015 Acknowledgment :11/01/2015 Payment taken : 14/01/2015 Any idea How long will it take to get approvel ? Clear answer: No, unfortunately. Some people get their approval within six weeks. There are others in this forum who have been waiting fo...
Hi, So I called again on 23rd and was told that my case is in the final stages and I should hear something back in the next 2 weeks. The attendant said there is a note on the system and its looking positive.... I just want this anxiety to end! Also as samaralady said don't lose hope and keep pester...
FYI - don't recall seeing this posted here before https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/243200/response/597610/attach/3/FOI%20Response%2033753.pdf I'm loving it, that's roughly 65% which have been dealt with, didn't they state somewhere that their target was 95% within 6 month? Incompetent, useles...
Hi, Yes, I applied without PR confirmation. Does it make it longer? I am nearly 10 years in the UK now. It took them almost 7 months to process mine, and from what I gather I'm one of the first ones in this forum to have been dealt with. I've been resident in the UK since 1 June 2005, so roughly 9 ...
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth Nationality: German Date of application: 16/06/2014 Received Date : 18/06/2014 Payment method: Debit Card (bounced for no known reason, enough funds in account), then credit card (accepted) Date of Payment: 04/07/2014 Date of acknowledgement: presumably 23/06/2...
It has arrived. Tomorrow it would have been 7 months. Enclosed with the letter was a leaflet asking me to take part in a customer service survey. The irony. :evil: Yet I don't want to be ungrateful. The wait is over. Congrats! well deserved after the 7 months wait. It will give hope to the others E...
