Asdf45, First of all the advise that you get on this forum is free. You are not paying for it. People are trying to help you. So stop being rude to the people who are trying to help you. Secondly, you have not provided all the details in your opening post. Also you have not mentioned under which rou...

Worst case they may even cancel your ILR if you travel abroad for work. There have been cases where people were naturalised and travelled abroad for work & their first passport applications were rejected. please go through this thread: https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/hmpo-quest...

Massive Congratulations! I am really happy for you. and Thank you for sharing your expereince in detail.

Looks like the passports were sent erroneously then.. They can not issue a passport without citizenship ceremony.

Did you apply for the passport without naturalisation certificate? firt passport is usually issued after conducting an identity check interview. Where did you attend the interview?

Yes that's correct. You should apply for your first passport from the UK and if they question you on your work situation in India - you could justify it by saying India doesn't let people surrender their citizenship till you produce a passport of the naturalised country. Ideally they should allow pe...

In my opinion the passport was delayed because in your application for the first passport you mentioned your employer in India Not sure if you were on the UK or Indian payroll. If you were on Indian payroll - then it was illegal for you to work there as you did not have work authorisation in India. ...

Hi there, I'm a British Citizen planning to move to Belgium in few days. I'm an IT professional and I'm intending to look for a contract job there. My status would be 'Unemployed' when I move there, so I'm not sure how to access healthcare services in case of my emergency. Is it possible to get heal...

Hi All, Just thought of sharing this information here as most of us do not know this (even the VFS site doesn't have correct information). If you are recently naturalised as a British/Foreign citizen and held Indian nationality before AND have a need to visit India (without OCI), the only ways is to...

Hi there, I'm going to India next week on 'Entry Visa'. I'm thinking of submitting OCI application at the local passport office there. Just want to know if my brother collects it for me when it's ready and sends it to me (to my European address) via courier, would I be breaking any law? Is it illega...

Hi there, I was wondering if it is possible to apply for OCI from a country other than the UK or India for a British Citizen? I might move to Switzerland or Belgium soon. I do not have any intentions of returning back to the UK soon. Was wondering if I could apply for OCI from there? I recently went...

Yes i applied yesterday. I think there is no connection between my passport and oci application. Only original surrender certificate sent. And the fine is only at the surrender time. - Also worth to note ask them to opt out for sms otherwise they will add by default for useless tracking sms. i did ...

pragneshmpatel wrote:No . i am going to apply oci next week. lets see.
I think I am not going to submit my cancelled passport details in oci. And i don't think anything is mentioned in surrender certificate.

Any updates Pragnesh?

I think if you have not surrendered your passport then you can use it, you will have to pay penalty when you go for surrender. Did you travelled to india on indian passport? If yes then just travel back on same and don't mention about your british passport at the immigration in india. when you come...

Thanks gbhsmp... Even I thought so.. However I'm a bit confused after I got this reply http://www.immigrationboards.com/other-countries/british-citizen-but-travel-on-indian-passport-t135378-20.html About surrendering Indian passport thing - Many people do surrender their passport in India after aqui...

I think if you have not surrendered your passport then you can use it, you will have to pay penalty when you go for surrender. Did you travelled to india on indian passport? If yes then just travel back on same and don't mention about your british passport at the immigration in india. when you come...

Hi there, I aquired British Citizenship on 9th of April and should be getting my British Passport in 1-2 weeks from now. I need to visit India in the second week of May and need to book tickets. I understand Surrendering Indian passport in London via VFS would take atleast 7-10 days and the applying...

First of all THANK YOU VERY MUCH ..This forum has been with me throughout my journey from Tier-1 to ILR to Citizenship! You guys are doing a great job by helping one another. Without this forum I wouldn't have come to the UK. I made a life here, thanks to the suggestions I got from everyone here.. ...

First of all THANK YOU VERY MUCH ..This forum has been with me throughout my journey from Tier-1 to ILR to Citizenship! You guys are doing a great job by helping one another. Without this forum I wouldn't have come to the UK. I made a life here, thanks to the suggestions I got from everyone here.. I...

New day ! Any news from the Royal Man?

Anyone applied after 12th March (or whose money got debited after 20th March) and has recieved approval? I applied on 12th March (recived by HO on 13th March, Money got debitted on 20th and recived acknowledgement dated 20th march), but still no news. I saw some people who applied just a week before...

IraMil357 wrote:

snoorali77 wrote:

dilip_gem wrote:Any approvals in the post today?

I think so far only single applicants getting approvals. Family's applications haven't started....

I am also single applicant and still waiting...

Congratulations @britishenglish!! Brill news! I wish I had as strong a 6th sense

Same here

Any approvals in the post today?

Any new approvals today? Not many updates since yesterday

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier1 + 1 Yr ILR Language criteria met - Life in the UK & Degree taught in English Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if: Newham Date of application: March 12, 2015 Date of receipt by HO: March 13, 2015 Payment method: Credit card Date of debit o...