I realise that a person has to earn £18,600 a year before tax in order to bring his non EU spouse to the UK. However, how does one show this? Does the person in question have to have a contract(some people working may not have signed a contract)? Or can the evidence be provided simply by showing pay...

I am about to submit my online application for the Certificate of Entitlement from overseas. I would like to know how long I can expect it to take to be ready and to arrive to me? One of the questions in the form asks when do I expect to arrive in the UK? I would obviously like to arrive as soon as ...

I am filling out the online form for the application of the Certificate of Entitlement and I have come across a question that I am not too sure of. The question asks the following: "Are you part of any social groups or do you have other cultural ties in your country of birth, nationality or any othe...

Hi Vinny,

So what do you suggest I do? Should I just go ahead and complete the online C of E form despite the fact that some of the questions seem irrelevant? I am a new British citizen and I just want to get the C of E in order to be able to enter the UK.

Please advise me as to what I should do.

Yes Vinny, on the page where it asks me "Date you plan to arrive in the UK?", under the boxes where I need to fill in the dates, there is a question that says "Why is this information important", when I click on this question, it says the following: "If your application is successful, you will be gr...

Hi vinny, The form you have directed me to go ahead and complete, is the exact form that I have been filling out all this time. You suggested earlier that there may be a bug, but if there is a bug, what are the alternatives that I have? Is there another way of acquiring the Certificate of Entitlement?

Thanks for replying @vinny. So you think that there might be a bug on the online application form? What do you suggest that I do? Because I want to get the Certificate of Entitlement as soon as possible. Just to let you know, on the guide for applying the Certificate of Entitlement, it says the foll...

@vinny and secret.simon, I am pretty sure that I am filling out the correct form(please correct me if I am mistaken), I went to apply online on the www.gov.uk site. The following is the link to the page: https://www.gov.uk/right-of-abode/apply-for-a-certificate-of-entitlement I clicked on the apply ...

I'm currently filling out the Certificate of Entitlement online application form. I have reached the page where it asks for the date I plan to arrive in the UK. Below the date boxes it states: "If your application is successful, you will be granted a visa to enter the UK. The visa will only be valid...

I am a British citizen(I have only recently become a British citizen) currently living overseas without a British Passport. I am currently applying online for a Certificate of Entitlement(on the GOV.UK site) in order to enter the UK and to live there. However, there are a few questions that I would ...

I have recently had my British Citizenship Ceremony done overseas. I have a question about applying for my first British passport. On the application form for a British passport, it requests that the applicant must write down their signature. My question is does my signature for my British passport ...

I have a few questions regarding the Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode. I recently had my British Citizenship Ceremony done outside the UK and received my British Citizenship certificate. I have a couple of questions regarding the COE: 1- When applying from overseas, is it quicker to ...

I was approved at the start of the year for British Citizenship and now I have finally received an update on my situation from the HO. I got a message saying that my paperwork and documents were subject to delay owing to the Covid 19 lock down. But that the HO can now confirm that they have printed ...

Thanks to all the answers on this site, as it has been very helpful, despite the delays caused by COVID-19. I received approval letter for British citizenship at the beginning of March and I was told that I would receive an invitation letter to a citizenship ceremony within 3 months(12 weeks). The l...

I have a few questions mainly regarding British citizenship ceremonies: 1- How long is it before we can expect British citizenship ceremonies to take place again? 2- Do British citizenship ceremonies outside the UK only take place at British embassys/consulates? 3- For those applying for British cit...

Thanks for confirming and clearing that up secret.simon.

For parents that have become British through the UKM route and their spouse's are non EU citizens, will their future children automatically be granted British citizenship? Or will their future children have to be born in the UK in order for them to be granted British citizenship?

Thanks again to your answers everyone. So secret.simon, do you concur and agree that UKVI are very likely to reject a visa application, if they see that the person in question has had their British citizenship application approved, but have still not had the Citizenship Ceremony? So in essence the p...

Thanks for clarifying stuff Zimba.

Just to confirm, so does that mean that if someone has dual citizenship(both British Citizenship and Citizenship from a non EU country), they can't fly into the UK with their foreign/non British passport(If this passport requires a UK visa)?

Thanks for the feedback guys. So am I correct in saying that a person only officially becomes British on the day of the British Citizenship Ceremony and after they receive their British certificate of registration? If for example someone bought a ticket to the UK and also presumably got their visa t...

The questions is, did the person get the visitor visa before or after they were registered as British?? A British citizen can't hold a UK visa as they are not subject to immigration control. After they have registered as a British citizen. I would have thought that if they were flying to the UK on ...

I realise that a Registration certificate is NOT a travel document. However, if someone with this certificate, flew to the UK on his foreign passport, which had a UK visa and then overstayed his visa, would that be ok? I mean he has a British Registration certificate, so he can stay in the UK as lon...

If a person has registered as a British Citizen outside of the UK, is it ok for them to fly to the UK with their foreign passport and then apply for a British Passport once they are in the UK? Or if they fly to the UK on their foreign passport and they overstay the UK Visa stamped on their foreign p...

Does anyone have an answer to my question?

Can an older person who was a working professional in the past, but who is now fully retired from work, be used as a referee?

If they are still current/active members of their professional body, if applicable, then yes. What profession are they?? Sorry I meant to ask can ONE of the 2 referees required when applying/registering for British Citizenship through the UKM form be a retired former professional who is a British c...