Hi all, I’m was born in Nigeria 1982 and my mother was born in the U.K. 1959, she is British by birth. I applied to register as a British citizen via form UKM last year July 2021, my biometrics was taken at the TLS contact September 2021 and I’m still waiting for an approval letter any advice on wh...

Thanks so much for your reply Zazu777. Very kind of you to share your experience. And good luck to you too! To my knowledge, the closest place that does biometrics here in Colorado is the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) centre in Denver and, unfortunately, you cannot make...

FWIW, delivery of my documents (Phoenix to HMPO in Durham) via USPS Priority International took 7 days. Transit times seem to be improving. Cost was $39.70 USD. Looked at other options but they were around twice as much, or more. Here is my last timeline: https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-c...

When applying for the passport, did you guys send your current home country passport? Yes. The application tells you to. I did mine a month or so ago, and the total time was 25 days, and by far the longest part of that was my documents reaching them. I went with the cheapest tracked method of USPS ...

FINAL TIMELINE UPDATE CITIZENSHIP Eligibility Criteria: UKM Nationality: USA, Ireland Applying from: USA Method of application: Online with documents sent via post Payment method: Credit card Date of application/funds withdrawn/UKVI acknowledgement email/documents sent: 09/07/2020 Date of receipt b...

Hi Mick I received my passport last Friday! We did it! Good luck to everyone else and don't worry, it's just a process and it will all come together. cheerio Jeda Yes! Congrats Jeda! It looks like our journey is FINALLY coming to a close. It was definitely a long journey through Covid, but as I sur...

Has anyone that is in my same time line as me, received an invite from the embassy? My 3 months since approval is coming up in a couple of days, I think cnhartford and BostonBrit are also about the same frame. Just wondering if we are all going to have to email. To all that are coming up on their d...

Thanks. I'M BRITISH!! We both are British!! So long in the making and now finally come to pass.

Looking at getting my pictures taken this weekend for the passport. Did you use the app that gives you a code or just take digital photos and upload them?

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Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:31 pm

Congratulations!! I don't know what the passport times look like right now, but it went extremely quickly for me. I think about 3 weeks total.

Thanks!

That time frame is encouraging, too!

UPDATE: I am now a Citizen of the United Kingdom! Ceremony completed: 1:02 pm, EDT, July 6, 2021 Total time from application to ceremony: 347 days The virtual ceremony was conducted via Microsoft Teams and lasted about 7 minutes in total. She read a statement about becoming a British citizen, I rea...

Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021
Date of ceremony: 06/07/2021

Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021 Date of ceremony: TBA Now, you just need the date. Those instructions sound more complicated than it is. I guess it's because you're doing this from home. My ceremony was very informal - only 2 of us but we ...

Full timeline: Eligibility Criteria: UKM Nationality: USA, Ireland Applying from: USA Method of application: Online with documents sent via post Payment method: Credit card Date of application/funds withdrawn/UKVI acknowledgement email/documents sent: 09/07/2020 Date of receipt by UKVI (per tracking...

UPDATE: Email to citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk requesting status: 05/06/2021 - No response Completion of Consulate "Contact Us" form and response: 21/06/2021 Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021 Date of ceremony: TBA See the rest of my ...

I do see that they have a contact form on the website for the consulate in Atlanta so I have just filled that in today to see if I can get any updates. They say they will respond in 1-3 days. If that doesn't work I might try the general email route. Well, I heard back within a few hours but I think...

I'm not sure if you've tried this, but have you contacted the consulate where your ceremony will be held? Usually it's the closest consulate to you. I needed to switch consulates, as my preference was to complete my ceremony in my hometown, which I don't live anywhere near currently. I emailed them...

Congratulations, Jeda!!

Still no update on my end, even no response from my email. Still trying to wait patiently, though.

Good to see you made it! All the best.

I notified Citizenship Support that my mailing address is changing due to an impending move, and received the following reply. Thought this may be of interest to those of us awaiting our ceremony invitation letters: I have informed the United States - Washington British Embassy Consular Section of ...

My parents were so English and we lived there for a long time but it does feel odd we have to go through all this paperwork and time so we can "register" as Brits. They need to change the law so it shouldn't matter which parent was born in UK - ie if Dad had been born there I wouldn't have to do it...

Ah, so you would have been double descent by F.

Anyway, all the best on the 15th, go out for fish and chips after, and report back and tell us all how it went!

If your dad had a British passport, why didn't you qualify under UKF?

I'm also in that camp, but a little anxious about upsetting the apple cart, so to speak. Anyway, it has been sent now.

Only 10 days to go until you are official!

Also, in my reply I put the correct time of 16+ weeks, not 6+ weeks, that was a typo.

Thanks for that, now I'm struggling with the internal debate of obey the instructions in my letter advising not to contact or go with my gut telling me to send a quick but polite email. Probably the latter... I sent the email. Hello, My name is MickByNameAndNature and my UKM citizenship application...

Hi Mick, yeah its just citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk, hopefully this helps and you can get an appointment. Thanks for that, now I'm struggling with the internal debate of obey the instructions in my letter advising not to contact or go with my gut telling me to send a quick but polite email...