Hi All, I am orignally from Sri Lanka and recently became a British Citizen... As SL doesn't allow dual citizenship or "on arrival" visa anymore (as of late), I am wondering if anyone here has succsfully managed to get a long term holiday/visit visa... I am tryiing to find out if SL has anything sim...
Hi Guys, I applied for british nationality some time in September 2011, got the acknowledgement straightaway. Called Last week and came to know its with the case worker. do you know how long will it take to tell me the outcome after it has been allocated to the case worker. I applied self, not thro...
Mrs PP application time lines Passport Type: 1 Adult Application Type: First passport Method of application: Check and Send Date of application: 12 Nov 11 Date application received by IPS: Date of return of documents: 29/11/11 Date of receipt of interview letter: 29/11/11 Date of Passport Appointme...
Please don't get all excited and start giving people the wrong idea. Man_in_Barc has been waiting for six months, so its understandable if he writes to the HO. duh Sam! we are ALL aware & understand he's been waiting for 6 months... Most applicants are getting their decisions within the advised tim...
I have hired a solicitor to make a complaint on my behalf and is charging 250£.Not sure if it's value for money. well done!! many ppl have talked about this, good to see you taking the initiative... i am after the gossip, what's solicitor's view? does he beleive writting to them will speed up the ...
With regards to her Sri-Lanka citizenship, then this depends on Sri-Lanka nationality laws. Some countries (India for example) requires you to surrender the passport if another citizenship is obtained. Would she be able to travel on SL passport? Probably as no one would know she has acquired BC. Is...
Hi All, I've accepted a job in the UAE and will be relocating around new year. My wife's naturalisation application is still in progress. By end of dec, the application would 4+ months old and hope we will hear a response by then. However; if the nat approval doesn't come before we leave; apart from...
Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC Method of application: NCS Date of receipt by UKBA:8-08-11 Date of debit of credit card:18/08/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: can't rememebr Date of receipt of approval:07/11/2011 (dated 27/10) Date of Ceremony: TBC! Update: Phone...
I submit my at 1/08/11 still wait and wait and full strees No need to be "full stressed" - avg timeline is 3-4 months; set your expectations Nov/Dec - if your lucky (I hope you will be) you will get earlier which is always a bonus! Good luck... So far I have seen two ppl applied in Aug have recvd t...
Hi all, Surprised received today the much talked about "BROWN ENVELOP" and its an approval dated 28th September. HURRAY!!!!!! Many thanks to all for your very useful input during stressful times. on the other note I applied on 10th June. the average is around 3-4 months with the exception of few un...
Hi everyone I am new on this forum so pls excuse me if i am asking a question posted here before I am applying for the british citizenship in december 2011 I am self employed through my limited company and have filed in corporation tax and self assessment for the year 2009/10 but have yet to file t...
dear gurus please response not a guru; but let me give it a try ;) I belive the referee should be "professionally qualified" - i.e. passed professional exams like LLB, CIMA, MBBS etc. Most lecturers hold academic qualifications such as MBA/MSCs so not sure if they qualify. However it depends on the...
Hello there, my name is Yanko. I was born in Brasil and since I had a Portuguese grandfather, I got a Portuguese Citizenship and a Portuguese Passport to emigrate to the UK in 2006. I now want to apply for British naturalisation, however I have to prove that I have lived in the UK for 5 years. How ...
I applied for my first British passport immediately after the ceremony the 24th of sept it reached IPS the 26th and because of travel i called them tuesday afternoon asking them to send me back my old passport before the 4th cotober as i need to travel. i thought they will do their check before sen...
congrats to all those who got their nat approval. Don't forget to update the naturalisation time line thread - many use the info from there to bench mark...!
Hey Guys... Just called UKBA...and to my surprise..the lady said a decision was made yesterday on your application..(i.e 20th SEP)...I dont know what the decision is but hopefully should be a positive one...Cannot wait for the letter.. PK when did you apply? Never heard any rejections so it's an ap...
Hi All, Just to close this thread; I was put through to the interview stage after sending the naturalisation certificate... Booked the first available interview [90 min drive] - all went OK and got the passport delivered today... My advised to anyone naturalised is to make the first available interv...
Hello all, I have read other posts with similar queries but would be grateful for any advice specific to my situation. I came to the UK in May 2006 on a 5yrs WP and was granted ILR in May 2011.My wife came to the UK in May 2008 and has been granted ILR with me.We have a kid born in April 2009 in In...
I wouldn't worry much on this. As you mentioned you've used the passport name on all documents you should be fine. My name for example abc def xyz - on passport On my financial and other docs - abc xyz. This was raised during my passport interview but had no impact on bc application. If ukba are in...
Hello folks, First of all im really grateful to this forum for providing me great support, allthe way from hsmp to tier 1 to indefinite visa...and yes its the time to apply for the citizenship. I have 2 questions :- 1) I have 2 bank accounts one with barclays where my salary goes in and all direct ...
Background: Awaiting wife's naturalisation decision. Applied via NCS as a wife of 2 yrs of brit citizen. We just did a credit report for the first time ever! and found out she has another name associated... The ONLY name we have ever used for immigration purposes in the last 3.5 years is as per her ...
by the looks of things HO has picked up pace again... not necessaraly in terms of the number of approvals coming along.. looking at the recent applicants the money is being debited in couple of days from the application... acknowledgements generated sooner too... Also there were couple of approvals ...
Hi everyone, Hope you ok, I have couple of questions to ask and would be grateful if you could help me with the answer, today I had my BC application approved (took 8 months and 1 day), I am planning to attend the ceremony and get the citizenship certificate soon. However, I am also have all the ar...
