Yay. Glad to hear it.So for anyone else out there, it seems the usual 3-5 weeks quoted for the last few years has now been extended to 8-9 weeks.

Glad to hear that someone has had theirs come back. No sign of mine yet. Hopefully the others will be in be here in the next week. Geez, the anxiety though...I am even paranoid about it getting lost in the return post (I did put in a return special delivery envelope.) FINALLY! Tuesday 27, over 9 we...

vinny wrote:Perhaps you can get your mother's long birth certificate?

hi Vinny, would that not count as a 'photocopied' document?

Glad to hear that someone has had theirs come back. No sign of mine yet. Hopefully the others will be in be here in the next week. Geez, the anxiety though...I am even paranoid about it getting lost in the return post (I did put in a return special delivery envelope.)

Nothing so far. I feel so sorry for your son; it must be stressful. At least I have a job and don't have to worry about housing like one of the other people who posted on these boards. All of us seem to have sent off our application within the same week. It is a pity that the Home Office could not i...

hi, mine seems very delayed too, they received it Aug 20. I have had a ROA cert for 30 years with serial numbers for all, you would think it would be easy--like it used to be (sigh.) I had to get mine every 5 years too as my passport is CANADIAN. Now, however, they finally are doing ten year Canadia...

I've had a ROA sticker in all my passports for over 30 years BTW (and have lived in the UK for over 23), and find this process now really retrograde. I don't even mind paying the money so much, it's the other hassles. If the rules had not been so sexist towards the children of British mothers back i...

I'm also interested in what the wait times are currently for Right of Abode. I have been waiting since 16th August 2015 and the documents have not arrived as at 29th September. I've applied 3 times previously (2000, 2005, 2010) and always had the Passport returned with stamp within 3 weeks. Please ...