Having Digital status only seems to be a bad idea? Completely agree, hence our reluctance and hesitance. I want to know/see official document that says visa stickers can no longer be used for travel/proof of status before I switch to evisa. If anyone has seen anything to that effect please do send ...

You are mixing everything up. ILR is simply a status, it has no expiry. BRP or stickers are simply travel documents and have expiry dates. However, they do not have any value beyond that and you cannot use them on their own to prove your right to work, right to rent, etc in the UK. At the moment ...

The official guide is kind of contradictory, on the one hand it says if you have ILR sticker, "you cannot access evisa now and should apply later", on the other hand it says if you have an ILR sticker you should apply for a BRP via NTL, and then get an evisa. My question is, is this really necessary ...

newuser198 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:46 pm

with all others.

Thank you so much! That's really helpful, I'll do that too. Thanks again for everyone's help on this board!

so i am back in the UK!! At the border entry (Heathrow Airport) i presented my BRP and had the certificates ready to show, just in case if the officer asks, but he asked the usual questions like whats the purpose of the visit and i explained that i live here and work here in the UK, and went for a ...

Well you need to mail in your old passport when you apply for a British passport so you can’t travel in any case. I will say that I am now leaning towards travelling with naturalisation certificate simply because we essentially have two types of entry document: either we are British citizens and c ...

@jsanc & @newuser198, I think that you are confusing two very separate issues. No, I am aware of the difference in what you described. The hesitation comes from the fact that nowhere on the HO guidance says naturalisation certificate alone is enough to prove British citizenship, at the border. See ...

I have attended the ceremony and leaving UK on Friday and aiming to be back on first week of June. Will keep this thread posted on the outcome . Many thanks. May I also ask whether your old passport ie the one you are travelling with is one that grants entry to the UK normally? Eg European ...

When we had the long passport delays last year many EU citizens were forced down that route. Clearly if you are nervous about this consider changing plans and wait for your passport. A single officer cannot strip you of British citizenship. Yes but remember EU passports have the right to entry into ...

It will go easier than you imagine. I found a border force official reply to a freedom of info request on this issue which states it’s up to the border officer to decide and naturalisation certificate alone might not constitute as enough evidence of your citizenship. You can imagine the fear that p ...

I have attended the ceremony and leaving UK on Friday and aiming to be back on first week of June. Will keep this thread posted on the outcome . Many thanks. May I also ask whether your old passport ie the one you are travelling with is one that grants entry to the UK normally? Eg European ...

Not sure how else you want this to be explained to you. But I'd give it one more go to the multiple breakdowns you already have above. You can travel and enter into the UK with you ILR still. The airlines would carry you. When you get to the UK, you might have a problem at the POE. At this juncture ...

i am in the same situation and hoping that naturalisation certificate is the citizenship certificate and planning to use that to get back into UK. But reading the UKVI documents, it does say we cannot use the naturalisation certificate to reenter, which is kinda worrying. First of all the ...

i am in the same situation and hoping that naturalisation certificate is the citizenship certificate and planning to use that to get back into UK. But reading the UKVI documents, it does say we cannot use the naturalisation certificate to reenter, which is kinda worrying. First of all the ...

Not sure how else you want this to be explained to you. But I'd give it one more go to the multiple breakdowns you already have above. You can travel and enter into the UK with you ILR still. The airlines would carry you. When you get to the UK, you might have a problem at the POE. At this juncture ...

Depends on the reason given for the absence. And an absence from the UK of more than 6 months would trigger the application to be reassessed as to whether you continue to meet the future intentions requirement. I am only away fro 2 months and it is a required work trip. I am requesting an extension ...

Have been given such a run around by all the agencies & calls. My situation is that I need to travel very soon after my ceremony, but before I can feasibly get my British passport. It's either that, or I won't be able to make the ceremony deadline since I need to be abroad for about 2 months. I have ...