So far as I have heard, there is no more any discount for applying together.

v2rfrendz wrote:Do IPS always send SMS's?

I never got any, and was worried. But I got my passport in just 18 days.

Also is the check and send service the same as te NAtionality checking service?

No

Yes, at past 5 pm.

FINAL UPDATE - the journey is over! Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Check & Send PO Date of application: 26/08/2014 Date application received by IPS: 28/08/2014, durham office (I tracked this by email, as there was no SMS) S...

I got no SMS when the Passport Office received my application. Was really worried. But got one on passport printing, next morning after the interview. Go figure...

Thanks, guys. Will wait for them tomorrow.

MHA wrote:[
i received my interview letter right now but they mention only my SURNAME, is it ok or i need to call them 4 correction?????

Same thing with me. Worked fine.

Congratulation Sogy :D what did they ask u during interview and where u took the interview??? Thanks! It was in Derby. The questions were the standard ones, mentioned here many times: job, profession, counter-signer, family, banks, where and how I had applied. Nothing unusual. BTW, got the printing...

I have just received the passport-printing SMS from the Pasport Office (next morning after my interview). Tomorrow is a Saturday. Does anyone know whether they deliver passports on Saturdays? I would not want to miss the delivery (and then arrange and wait for a re-delivery), but I don't want to sta...

Update: Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Check & Send PO Date of application: 26/08/2014 Date application received by IPS: unknown SMS confirming receipt by IPS: never received Date of return of documents: 11/09/2014 Date of ...

MHA wrote: Do u live in london

Nope.

When you get your letter, you need to call the number in it, and then they tell you what your options for the interview are.

MHA wrote: Dear Sogy!
Which office received ur application and where did u book ur interview 4 passport?????

I wish i knew the office - there was no SMS, and the interview letter does not name the office.

The interview is booked in Derby (they also offered Leicester and Sheffiled).

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Check & Send PO Date of application: 26/08/2014 Date application received by IPS: unknown SMS confirming receipt by IPS: never received Date of return of documents: TBA Date of receipt of inte...

Thank you, akash!

Today is 9 days (7 working), and still no SMS.

I went ot the Post Office where I had filed, and they say it can be up to 14 days until SMS. Then I may call the Passport office.

Scary...

Hi, I have applied for a passport (first one, naturalised citizen) last Tuesday, on Aug 26th, through PO Check & Send. To date, I have received no SMS from the Passport Office. Is this normal? Has it taken anyone longer than 6 days? I'm a bit jittery, as I have sent them both the naturalisation cert...

stk wrote:I have received the brown letter today, after after 5 months and 10 days. Thank God it was long and painful

Congrats! You have applied about the same time as me, but I got my approval almost 2 months ago.

Haidi5 wrote:

Haidi5 wrote:You can not argue with them even if you are right and they are wrong.

This is Britain, not Ukraine or Somalia. As British citizens, we should contribute to making he public servants just that, not public masters. Just don't stay out of politics!

I have recently got citizenship this way (EEA, no permanent residence). download Form AN, Guidance, and Instructions, and follow them. There are special sections for EEA citizens without perm. residence. I worked all the time, and NCS only took my P60s for all years, and the two P45s I had , and the...

Passed the ceremony today. British now.

I have applied on Mar 19th.

Best wishes to those still waiting!

Knut, no one could write this better than you did! From my old days in the US (as an immigrant, progressing form J-1 to the Green Card over some years), I remember the ditty: "Immigration is a privilege, not an entitlement". Well, so it is everywhere. I am one of those approved post June 11th - but ...

Congrats, gaboon_viper!

I'm having my ceremony the coming Wednesday, July 30th.

I have applied on the 6th of March 2014 via NCS but I haven't heard anything at all. I am slightly concerned Have you tried to call them? It may be that they have mailed you an approval, or a request for additional evidence, and the 2nd class mail simply never reached you. When you call, explain wh...

Hi, I have been waiting for quite some time now and I wanted to ask some questions about the famous 'brown envelope' - approval letter. Is the envelope sent by recorded post? Also is it a large envelope, or is it of a similar size to the acknowledgment letter (i have a small postbox!)? And does the...

My own invitation to take part in a survey came on paper along with the approval letter. No email.

Yes, Spike_UK, i got the brown envelope on July 4th, and the ceremony is booked for July 30th.

I think, a few people are still waiting though. Wish them to be through soon!