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Sounds like having to wait in the much longer non-EU passport queue (which will probably become a much longer non-UK passport queue post-Brexit) just to pass through without any checks/endorsement

Just finally coming around to initiating at switching my British Passport with a CoE-RoA in a couple of months' time!

Question if I had the CoE-RoA: Would UKBA stamp the non-UK passport on re-entry?

Another 3 months have passed and still can't see any other reported cases of ILR BRP being impounded on re-entry on the basis of having already naturalised...

Hope you didn’t have any UK born children between the time you had ILR and before your grant of naturalisation. No I didn't, so that's not an issue... but the feeling of isolated treatment in the impounding of my ILR BRP given no one else has reported similar treatment is starting to feel harsh!!!

Just wondering if anyone else has attempted to use their ILR BRP post-naturalisation in the last 6 months, and whether they faced any similar issues as myself?

How about travel with your Indian passport and naturalisation certificate?

So today was my first real opportunity to spend time researching this issue on these forums, and it appears that the majority of people's expectation was that the ILR BRP is a useless/invalid/cancelled document as soon as one is naturalised, most people felt it simply wouldn't work any more if anyon...

Thanks, I don't really want to report my passport lost or stolen, I just want to cancel it voluntarily. I'm surprised there isn't an option to do this. I'll give the advice line a try and see what they say. I called the passport advice line who asked me to write a letter explaining that I wanted to...

For the purposes of this thread, all I am interested in is to have a BRP or a Vignette on my non-UK passport that I can show to an airline as proof of ability to enter UK when I am trying to fly back to the UK, I'm not bothered who perceives what from that BRP or Vignette. I just don't want to have ...

Hmm, it seems the only way to get your British passport cancelled is to report it as lost or stolen . You can contact the Passport Adviceline for further advice (though experience on these forums with other Home Office contact centres has not been positive). Thanks, I don't really want to report my...

Thanks Secret.Simon, I am happy with having the ability to use my non-UK passport on its own only until it expires, in fact I was happy to use my ILR BRP with the non-UK passport only until it expired (there were >6 years left on it) with no expectation that the BRP would ever be renewed. Also, had ...

Hi CR001, some of us, me especially, rely on your valuable advice and experience. I do not see any reason why someone will have citizenship and still be using the ILR to exit and enter the country. You might as well stick with the ILR status if the Biometric Card is so important. We are just trying...

You are right in saying that it is none of our business, and in fact, if you cancel your British passport you will be able to obtain a RoA sticker on your foreign passport. But if what you want is to conceal the fact that you are a British citizen, a RoA sticker will not work because only British c...

Intalex, by having British citizenship you have more privilege than by having ILR/BRP. In the UK, yes. For travel, depends where you need to travel to. For me, no. There is clearly 2 ways on how to proceed in your case - either obtain a British passport or CoE-RoA. I already have a British passport...

Another point, what about those with the ILR sticker rather than BRP? Their ILR status is not being "taken back" in any way. Once British citizenship is acquired, ILR status is dead as a matter of law. It does not need to be taken away. As for the vignette, I can't say what the Border Force is supp...

Broadly, as I understand it, your gripe is that IOs made errors in the past and therefore the errors should continue because you have an expectation of the errors continuing. I don't believe those were errors, that was the practice, I have seen on these very forums people using their ILR BRPs post ...

Were you forced to naturalize as a British Citizen? if not, why are you complaining then? As secret Simon has elaborated perfectly, you cannot have BRP when you have chosen to naturalize. I was not required to send back my BRP as a condition of naturalisation when I was naturalised, and as I myself...

1. why has no one else on this forum appeared to have had this happen to them? Most likely because the vast majority of people on these forums would travel either on British passports or with CoE-RoA endorsed in their non-British passports after acquisition of British nationality. If they have dual...

Your ILR ceased when you became a British citizen . Therefore, your BRP would have been of no value any more. Furthermore, having become a British citizen, you do not have any leave to remain under the Immigration Act 1971 and therefore will not be issued with a new BRP. If you do not have a Britis...

Your ILR BRP won't be returned to you as this becomes void once you have been granted British citizenship. But what they did to me, is it common? Has anyone seen cases reported here before? Please note I'm referring to naturalisation obtained in first half of 2015, i.e. well before the legislation ...

Hi, I just had the most frustrating experience at Heathrow T2 whereby my ILR BRP was impounded out of the blue. I had travelled with my non-UK passport and ILR BRP on this occasion, which I had done without problems for over 2 and a half years (>10 trips) previously whilst having been a British Citi...

UPDATE Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier-1 + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Life in the UK ONLY (ILR obtained after 28 Oct 2013) Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith London Date of application: 22 Jan 2015 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 Jan 2...

UPDATE Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier-1 + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Life in the UK ONLY (ILR obtained after 28 Oct 2013) Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith London Date of application: 22 Jan 2015 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 Jan 2...

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier-1 + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Life in the UK ONLY (ILR obtained after 28 Oct 2013) Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith London Date of application: 22/01/2015 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: waiting Date of a...

If applying through NCS, I understand the application reaches UK visas and immigration a few days later. Does it mean that one has to meet the "presence in UK exactly 5 years ago" requirement from the date the application is received at the NCS, or a few days later when it's received by UK visas and...