We're in the same boat! My South African wife has already applied for her british citizenship, it's been about 2.5 months but havn't heard anything yet. We're due to fly to Florida at the beginning of August and was hoping we would have received something by now seeing as a lot of people on the tim...

Not sure why you believe there will be an issue with travelling on his SA passport. No one is going to stop him or notify the sa authorities that he is travelling. If he gets a us visa, regardless of the British citizenship application, he is free to travel, no "passport police" are going to chase ...

Once you get the approval letter from ho, you have to book the your ceremony within 21 days and attend the ceremony within 90 days. Thanks again! Should all workout then. It’s a bit of a gamble - but ultimately the only true risk is potentially him not being able to come to the States with me, and ...

We're in the same boat! My South African wife has already applied for her british citizenship, it's been about 2.5 months but havn't heard anything yet. We're due to fly to Florida at the beginning of August and was hoping we would have received something by now seeing as a lot of people on the tim...

Please refrain from starting a new topic with each question. Topics merged!! He is only British once he has attended his ceremony and received his certificate. If he did not apply to retain his SA citizenship, he ceases to be a South African Citizen automatically on the date of his ceremony which i...

Hi We are considering submitting my husband’s citizenship application. What I am not clear on is at what point he would become a British Citizen, assuming it went through with no issue. And hence, at what point should he no longer travel on his South African passport? Is it only after the ceremony? ...

I’m now leaning toward us delaying his citizenship application until after we get back. I try and google but I can’t find the answers I want... - At what point would he become British? Would it only be after the ceremony? If so, I suppose there’s no harm in applying now? - We could just defer the ce...

Thank you that helps a lot.

Yes - he could’ve applied earlier but we had other circumstances which delayed us Not least needing to fork out another £1500 after the £3200 for ILR! He also started looking into a career change which we needed to clarify the citizenship application wouldn’t impact

Hi there! Looking for some advice on timelines please, for the best way to do things... My husband was granted ILR (spousal route) in March 2019. We have started the citizenship application but not submitted yet. We are due to visit Chicago in September. I’m going with work and he is accompanying me...

We uploaded everything. Without having every single page they can’t really verify that any stamped travel is the only travel, if that makes sense.

Does the email they sent not tell you what to do?

Yes it’s going up to £800. When will you be eligible for ILR? If you submit your application before the 29th you can pay the lower fee but you can only do that if you are eligible at that point. The point you submit application and pay is the date you “apply for ILR” if that makes sense. It should b...

Weirdly our documents had been checked the evening before despite us NOT paying for this service....

Hi all Just wanted to post our timeline for reassurance using the Super Priority Service for my husband’s SET (M). We submitted the application on 2nd March 2019 within the last 28 days of my husband’s leave to remain. We booked the appointment then for today. Submitted all documentation through the...