bulwark201,

I had my ILR in late 2008 based on WP but didn't had to submit P60s. Are you employed currently? If yes, you may just have to give your pay slips for last three months.

Thanks Mallik for the update.

Has anyone else recently applied for SC at cgi, Birmingham via post? I applied exactly three weeks back and nothing yet. No one picks up the phone either. The website says 7 working days to issue SC. It didn't took this long to get my British passport.

Hello Mallik,

I have applied for surrender certificate by post last week, so with hope that it woul reach me early next week. I hope to apply for pio or oci w/s 14th but not sure which one to apply?

Please can someone who recently applied for OCI at CGI, Birmingham advise on the turn around time for their application. Thanks. I intend to apply w/s 14th December but I need to travel to India in last week of January.

Finally, I received my British Passport. I would say it was a very smooth journey. Thanks to this forum, I did received very valuable support from this forum on numerous occassions. Here are my application timelines NCS or Postal: NCS Date of submission or posting: 30/09/2009 CRITERIA: 5 yr WP + ILR...

Hello, I will be soon surrendering my Indian passport and have a query. Can I surrender it at Birmingham Consulate or I need to post it to London High Commission? I couldn't find much detail on Birmingham CGI website. And as am based in Midlands, do I really need to go for Birmingham? Any advise wil...

Hello, I received my Naturalisation Certificate today and am applying for my UK passport but have couple of questions in regard to application - may be stupid question but any advise would be great. 1) Place of Issue of certificate - will this be the local council who did the ceremony or Home Office...

Hello guys, finally I made it to British Citizenship today.. I contacted Register office this morning and they did a private ceremony there itself.. didn't expected that quick but a very sweet experience.. A very big thanks to you all in this forum for your support.. NCS or Postal: NCS Date of submi...

Just checked my mail box and there was my approval letter.. A relief.. :D NCS or Postal: NCS Date of submission or posting: 30/09/2009 CRITERIA: 5 yr WP + ILR Date of receipt of Application @ HO: 1/10/2009 Date of debit of debit/credit card: 5/10/2009 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 8/10/2009 (d...

Congrats to all who have made it. I submotted my application on 30th sept and have been eagerly checking my mailbox this week everyday. I hope mine will come through soon.

Here's an update on the progress of my application NCS or Postal: NCS, Oxfordshire Date of submission or posting: 30/09/09 Date of arrival at HO: 01/10/09 CRITERIA: 5 yr Stay WP+ILR Date of debit of debit/credit card: 05/10/09 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 08/10/09 (Dtd. 05/10/09) Date of rece...

John, Thanks for your response. I hope filling up surname and firstname separately wouldn't cause any hurdle to my application. Do I need to explain it in the form anywhere why I have split the name against what my current passport holds? By the way, there is no change to my name and no spelling cha...

Hello, I am applying for Naturalisation based on 5 years (WP+ILR). In my current passport, my surname and first name are listed together in the First Name field and Surname field is left blank. I had the passport for nearly 9 years and never had any issue. In any of the visa forms filled till date, ...

Filipinas,

Thanks. As you suggested, I will stick to main addresses that I have stayed over last 5 years and where I did received my bank/credit card statements. The other addresses where I was less than 3 months didn't had any bills or postal communication.

I think that is too late as I am applying for naturalisation in next three weeks. Will there be any problem if I submit my application without surname?

Also please if someone could move this post to more relevant form. Thanks

Hello, another query where I need some suggestions. I am applying for naturalisation (wp+ilr) and my current passport does not have surname mentioned as it is part of my first name on passport. Please could someone advise if I follow the same for my naturalisation application with no surname. Thanks

Hummy,

On your first query, I too had online payslips and I submitted color prints of these for my ILR application with no need for any attestation. And it went through fine. I hope the same for you.

Unfortunately, can't answer second one.

Hello, I am preparing for my Naturalisation application (WP+ILR) and the NCS appointment is still three weeks away leaving me enough time to go through application again and again (and worries). However, for the time being, I have couple of queries. Please could someone advise. 1) Home Addresses for...

ilrsuccess, Thanks. I have asked my ex-colleague to be referee who is a Manager in a well known IT company. I hope that will be okay. I couldn't get any one who is on BCS register.

th,

thanks. But the HO list of acceptable referees mentions that Manager of VAT registered company is acceptable. So this ex-colleague of mine who is Manager in this IT company would be acceptable, won't he be?

I have my ex-colleague who works for an IT company as a Manager. Would that be okay instead of someone with BCS membership? Thanks.

ilrsuccess, one of them works for well-known IT company and other one for a small time company. But unfortunately both are not members of BCS.

Hello, I am preparing for my naturalisation application and have requested two of my colleagues for reference. Both of them are IT Consultant but not members of BCS. I have read through the list of acceptable referees and won't know any one outside of IT for more than 3 years. Please could someone a...

OFCHARITY,

Thanks. As you correctly assumed, I got my ILR based on WP Visas. I was confused whether to use the date from covering letter or passport stamp. But as now I get it, I will be using the date from passport stamp.

Thanks again to all for your advise.

Thanks for your quick response. I will go with the date as suggested.