Yeah the god really cares about who becomes a British citizen and who doesn't

Eligibility criteria: 3 years (Spouse of a BC) Language criteria met: UK NARIC ELA + UK NARIC Statement of Comparability Method of application: NCS Brent Date of application: 30-12-2013 Payment method: Debit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 31-12-2013 Date of acknowledgement: 29-01-2014 (Dated 23-01-20...

Eligibility criteria: 3 years (Spouse of a BC) Language criteria met: UK NARIC ELA + UK NARIC Statement of Comparability Method of application: NCS Brent Date of application: 30-12-2013 Payment method: Debit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 31-12-2013 Date of acknowledgement: Date of debit or clearance...

Submission of documents starts at 2 and the collection starts at around 3. I was there on Tuesday and I was out of the HCI before 3:30.

desertlord wrote:I am only asking becuase I didn't receive approval letter

Yes, you did!

Eligibility criteria: 3 years (Spouse of a BC) Language criteria met: UK NARIC ELA + UK NARIC Statement of Comparability Method of application: NCS Brent Date of application: 30-12-2013 Payment method: Debit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 31-12-2013 Date of acknowledgement: Date of debit or clearance...

Send as many original correspondence and notices from HMRC covering a long period as possible to show tax matters are in order. Six months latest original bank current account statementsCorrespondence indicating credit cardsProof Council tax fully paid. In addition to filling in the referees contac...

forbc123 wrote:As far as I know - your UK passport is printed on basis of your naturalisation certificate

That's misleading. If you submit a deed poll with your passport application, you'll get your passport with the new name.

Jegdis5 wrote:Hi lifofifo,

Did UK NARIC gave you C1 level assessment?

Yup. AFAIK, all the degrees that get 10 points on the UKBA points calculator are C1.

No change of time.This process has been there on the website for a while now. I was there a few weeks ago and a friend had come for collection. You need to go there in the morning and stand in a separate queue and submit the foreign Passport,the printout of the status report and the acknowledgement...

I don't think you need to bother sending marksheets and a letter from university to UKNARIC if your degree is recognized by the UKBA points calculator. I just sent UK NARIC a copy of degree and they gave me ELA without asking for any other documents.

Check out https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports.

wpilr_nov12 wrote:Sorry my question doesn't help OP, but wasn't the whole point of BC to make This country Her country?

You're right, that's not even remotely helpful. Let's not get into the business of judging other people's choice without any details.

a. I was out in about 2 hours.
b. Mine took 4 days.
c. No.
d. I don't remember.
e. Yeah they'll stamp your UK passport. No issues there.

You don't need to call them up anymore in order to book an appointment. You can do it all online now - book, cancel or reschedule. And yes, you will have to enter the DS160 number there. You will need to make the payment online as well.

What they dont tell you is that if you do not give them exact 175GBP the fees they wont return the change. Luckily I met a bunny in the queue who was making a second trip who warned me before hand. And whilst in the queue there are people asking for two fives please etc. This was certainly not the ...

Yeah, they want copies. But the online deed poll that I had ordered said "Copies of this documents are not valid". So I just took an original, wrote "True Copy" on it and signed/dated it. That was accepted without any issues.

So do I take a blank deed poll or the one I used for British passport (it has been witnessed by a friend)? A blank one! Be sure to take a photo id as well (passport, license etc.) as the solicitor may ask for it to confirm your identity. It's also a good idea to get 2-3 deed polls signed by the sol...

a. VFS site says photocopy of UK Passport - any idea what pages in specific, as passports are very newly printed few weeks ago - what pages in specific do I need to photocopy for Surrender Certificate Just the photo page. b. Can I start filling OCI online form for me and my baby while my surrender ...

Surrender certificate will have your old name too. You'll need to include the deed poll when applying for OCI.

Because I was still an Indian citizen before the naturalisation. So I wasn't sure if the deed poll would've been sufficient for a name change or not. The whole process seemed much simpler after becoming British.

I recently changed my name via a deed poll. But I did it after receiving my naturalisation certificate and before applying for the British passport. I had no issues with the passport or OCI.

#1 sounds like the most straight forward option to me. I recently did something similar and had no issues with surrendering the Indian passport later on.

Deed poll signed by an oath commissioner is sufficient for the OCI btw. I had done it recently and there were no issues with the submission.

Maybe search for solicitors at http://www.yelp.co.uk/ for your post code. There are plenty of them all around!

You can just get an official looking deed poll from 100s of services online (I had used http://www.thelegaldeedpollservice.org.uk) and get it signed by any oath commissioner (they shouldn't charge more than £7 for this).