Thanks all.

I got the original documents yesterday. It took 2 weeks for me but may be because we had 2 days of holidays for jubilee celebration.

Now wait start for the OCI approval and card.

Thanks for the clarification above. I have submitted the OCI Application for myself and 3 other family members on 31st may and it’s being 2 weeks now haven’t received my original documents. I have seen in this thread the documents are returned in a weeks time. Anyone else experiencing delays in ori...

Thanks for the clarification above. I have submitted the OCI Application for myself and 3 other family members on 30th may and it’s being 2 weeks now haven’t received my original documents. I have seen in this thread the documents are returned in a weeks time. Anyone else experiencing delays in orig...

Hi All, I wanted to understand the the difference between 'Date of application' and 'Date of acknowledgement' for fresh OCI application. I have submitted 4 fresh OCI applications (me, wife and 2 kids) on this Monday at Hounslow VFS. I got the yellow colour page for each of the submission confirmatio...

Thanks a ton.

One last question, does the colour of pen matters for signature and self attestation?????

I used black pen.

This thread is super useful but Just wanted to clarify or confirm Quick ques: for the minor surrender application form. 1 underneath the photo, the minor has to write a name or thumb impression? 2. Second page of application under declaration - Either parents can sign? 3. The separate declaration, ...

This thread is super useful but Just wanted to clarify or confirm Quick ques: for the minor surrender application form. 1 underneath the photo, the minor has to write a name or thumb impression? 2. Second page of application under declaration - Either parents can sign? 3. The separate declaration, m...

Can anyone please advise?

Thanks

Hi, I have my daughter born in UK and since both her parents had the ILR at her birth she got the British passport. Later we parent also acquired the British passport so now we all three have British passport. We are now planning to surrender our Indian passport and then apply for OCI. Still have ou...

For citizenship ceremony there is no direct phone call to reach them. We need to email and wait for their call, make sure you did not miss the call. Not sure if they try call in again or not. I wrote them an email on 8th Oct with all the details and they called me on 18th oct and they gave me 5th No...

A quick update on documents return. I have followed up on my documents multiple times on HMPO phone and their twitter etc and finally got it in early 5th week after passport receiving date. 1. There is huge waiting list on supporting document returns 2. The documents return can take 4 weeks from dat...

Hi - thanks for help, I got my daughter first passport approved and received the same as well. But I did not yet received the supporting documents it’s been more than 3 weeks. I tried calling HMPO they have same answer always , just wait and will call you back. I also keep checking my passport appli...

Thanks . Good to know that we can keep the BRP as child British citizenship definitive proof.

How can I make a request not to return the BRP? Share the link or email or phone number please

Thanks

Hi - first of all thanks to provide me guidance on each step of my British citizenship journey. I and my family got the British citizenship certificate yesterday and we would be applying for passport soon. In the ceremony they mentioned to return the existing ILR BRP card to home office in 5 working...

Hi All, I have a query on my travel plan and hope to get advise. I am an Indian citizen and got my naturalisation application approved. My citizen ceremony is booked in next week and immediately after that I will apply for British passport. Post that it will again be another process of Indian passpo...

Hi All, I have got my citizen ceremony invitation letter where it says my naturalisation application is approved and have to book for ceremony in my council. I tried to explore how to book but could not find any direct number to call and book. There was an email where they have asked to send details...

Please confirm if for child first British passport while parent being on ILR , is it required to send the parent original passport together with ILR BRP to passport office ? Or the ILR BRP card is sufficient. It’s not clear in the website as it says parent foreign passport showing ILR status. We don...

Please help me with the answer to my questions. I need to send documents by Monday.

Thanks
Amit

Thanks CR001.

Shall I send the passport or wait for them to contact me?

Sorry to bother.

Anyone else as well in the forum who applied for child passport being on ILR, appreciate your confirmation.

Thanks
Amit

Thanks CR001. This is what it says “Parents’ documents For 1 of your parents, send 1 of the following: 1.full birth or adoption certificate 2. naturalisation or registration certificate 3. the non-British passport they had when you were born showing indefinite leave to remain” Can you check the abov...

Hi All, Thanks for this group for providing all the guidance and support. I have two queries and would need expert advice: 1. For my child born in UK after we both parents got ILR, do we just need to send the a. Child UK Birth Certificate b. BRP card of my wife ( i am planning to share my wife's det...

Hi All, First of all thanks to the member of this group to provide correct guidance on UK immigration queries. I had benefited a lot and finally got my naturalization application approved. I am now on the last journey of my visa/immigration/citizenship application and just wanted to understand the s...

Thanks alterhase58.

My appointment is next week Tuesday, will you still recommend to send email or a cover letter with the explanation of missing trip uploaded along with other supporting document in UKVCAS will work?

Can someone guide me please?

Thanks
Amit

Hi, I have just realized that i missed to add one of my travel history in the application. It was just for 1 day in 2019 when i visited Germany for business purpose. What shall I do? shall I write a cover letter explaining the missed out information and provide information on missed out trip only? o...