I got my passport today! I can't believe it! I had interview last Friday and passport arrived today! no sms, nothing :D Thank you everybody here for your support and help! I really believe I got my passport today only thanks to advice I've received here and God knows what would be happening if I lis...

Hi, all. I am hoping for some positive experiences with getting passport in married name... We're a family of 5. 4 of us got our passport (children and myself), however, my wife has an uncancelled Serbian passport in here maiden name. (We both have another citizenship that's in her married name) We...

OMG! OMG! OMG! I think it worked! I received letter asking to book an interview! :D They received documents on the 1st of July (got text message) and the letter is dated 6th of July, so it didn't take them long! JohnnyZee, you were totally right! Can't believe what a circle of non sense they've buil...

Why should it be a problem if my foreign passport has the same name as all other documents and statutory declaration? Everything will be in a line with "one name policy", won't it? :lol: Anyway, I will reapply and see how it goes :P I just would like to speak to a lawyer in case of being refused ag...

Hello everybody, If they will refuse again I would like to go to speak to a lawyer as I don;t think it would be a legal decision. The way I look at it certificate of naturalisation is a document similar to birth certificate. When you reach an age of 18 you have a right to change your name on your o...

Hello everybody, I've faced the same situation a while ago and I've been advised on this forum to make a statutory declaration to state that I don't use my married name anymore and change all my docs to my maiden name. In this case I don't need to amend certificate of naturalisation. I called passpo...

Hi guys - my deed of name change has been accepted by HMPO. I called in today and was told that interview letter is on the way. There was no need to get certificate amended with Home Office. Hope it works out for you too. That's just another example of what a mess the whole situation is! I asked th...

Hello, euapplicant15, I don't understand why they ask you to surrender your Bulgarian passport to be honest. They usually ask to change your name on the certificate of naturalisation OR to change your name on foreign passport, not to change your name on the certificate of naturalisation AND to canc...

Hello, euapplicant15, I don't understand why they ask you to surrender your Bulgarian passport to be honest. They usually ask to change your name on the certificate of naturalisation OR to change your name on foreign passport, not to change your name on the certificate of naturalisation AND to canc...

Thank you for the reply Mashec. I just called the helpline with more questions and this time they told me I have to surrender my Bulgarian citizenship, not just passport!!! OMG, the people working there have no idea what they are talking about :shock: :shock: I have requested for the examiner to giv...

Hi everyone, I have been a silent reader of this topic for a while, hoping I won't have the same problem. Well, I do now! I became a citizen in my original Bulgarian name. Send my passport application with a name change to become XXXX-YYYY where XXXX is the name of my husband followed by my birth s...

Hi guys - my deed of name change has been accepted by HMPO. I called in today and was told that interview letter is on the way. There was no need to get certificate amended with Home Office. Hope it works out for you too. That's just another example of what a mess the whole situation is! I asked th...

hellonewhere Hello Everybody, Congratulation on hellonewhere and few other people who have successfully received the First British Passport in the new name. I am in the same situation just found the article and found that i am not the only one. My first British passport application submitted since ...

Called Passport Office to ask where are my documents as they told me they sent it on Thursday. Shall get it tomorrow. Meanwhile I called Home Office and explained my situation. I told them I'm going to do statuary declaration about changing my name and change all my official documents. They said the...

Mashec, You do not need to change your internal passport if you are not register in Russia. But because you have registration and do not wish to cancel it, you can't change your name via Russian Embassy. Change name in Russia via Registry Office can be very quickly. I managed to do it within 1 work...

.... To be honest I don't even care about meaning behind all this but I don't understand why they can't provide clear rules and guidelines to apply for citizenship?! The sad thing is that I actually paid money to a professional person to check my application before sending it to Home Office and I f...

Yes, Russian. I can't change my documents via embassy. If I could I wd have done it 3 years ago. The whole problem lies in the fact that I have to go to Russia to change my internal passport and then come bk and change external passport via embassy. Embassy refused to give me letter to prove it, th...

Mashec - what is your aim here? 1) are you trying to amend your certificate of naturalisation (near to impossible) OR 2) Are you trying to get a UK passport in your maiden name? If only 2, why do you really care about amending certificate? Just make your own deed poll, use 2 witnesses and send to H...

Is there a such thing as class action lawsuits in the UK? Because if there is, you women have an iron-clad case against the UK for violation UDHR Section 13. I don't know what hope the UK government would have of defending itself. I don't know about it but I am sooo angry that I wouldn't mind to ma...

Mashec - what is your aim here? 1) are you trying to amend your certificate of naturalisation (near to impossible) OR 2) Are you trying to get a UK passport in your maiden name? If only 2, why do you really care about amending certificate? Just make your own deed poll, use 2 witnesses and send to H...

Mashec - what is your aim here? 1) are you trying to amend your certificate of naturalisation (near to impossible) OR 2) Are you trying to get a UK passport in your maiden name? If only 2, why do you really care about amending certificate? Just make your own deed poll, use 2 witnesses and send to H...

... Do you want to say that even if I change all my docs and I write the statement HO still won't change certificate? It's like there is no any way to change the name on the certificate? I have to deal only with Passport Office now??? Yes, it is not normal practice for HO to change the naturalisati...

From official guidance... "4.1. A certificate of registration or naturalisation is issued on the basis of the information supplied by the applicant at the time of application and cannot be altered. Those who change their name after they have been naturalised or registered, and ask for their certifi...

Hello everyone, I have the same problem! I'm so, so angry! It's all just beyond any common sense for me! I am now waiting my documents back from Passport Office. They said they will hold my application for 6 months. I'm thinking to change my name to my maiden name on all documents I have and sent a...

Hello everyone, I have the same problem! I'm so, so angry! It's all just beyond any common sense for me! I am now waiting my documents back from Passport Office. They said they will hold my application for 6 months. I'm thinking to change my name to my maiden name on all documents I have and sent a ...