ferrarilondon wrote:my council Newham does 2 ceremonies per week, yes 2 per week. Definitely they are the busiest in town lol

Most inner London councils do that.

allta wrote:Congrats wunder, so happy for you matey.

Thank you!
Finally, I will be able to call myself British and have documentary proof of it

I've got my approval!
Waited for 9 weeks.

Congratulations, Mike London!
But surely the application did not reach Home Office on the same day?

I think some people here should get a grip on reality and stop abusing Home Office phone lines (not to mention that they are not obliged to give you any information before 6 months - you are abusing their good will). The only result would be that they will stop giving any status updates whatsoever! ...

I called the Home Office today. My application is still sitting in a corner, unloved and feeling dejected. Submitted on 14th March. I think it is a bit too early for you to worry! Where is the place of traditional British customer service? Traditional British customer service is no customer service...

If this is your first British passport - you will have to attend a face-to-face interview and total wait will be up to 6 weeks...

ferrarilondon wrote:its not only just the fees Kamilian10 its new laws coming into force etc that started this sudden increase in application numbers recently.

What new laws? I don't remember any changes to citizenship law?

this is the busiest time in HO due to prices going up next month they received triple application than normal so now average application will take up to 8 to 12 weeks to consider Ouch! :cry: So just as I got a chance to apply, a horde of cheapskates decides to apply en masse to save 50 quid ... Thi...

the above, quite often, works against you - not that it is the case with your BC application (I have no idea how they work), just in general: having dependants makes you more stable :D Really? In my experience people with children (especially young children) are much more unstable :P When you say n...

If only all the other departments of the HO was as efficient as their Nationality Directorate. And if only they were that efficient for everyone! I applied on the 1st of March, and nothing so far... I know it is still early - but I see that other people are getting their decisions faster than me, a...

This is not true!
Your husband can live his entire life without applying for the passport and his citizenship will be just fine.

gidoc wrote: Am I not ok if UKBA gets my Citizenship application on 5/04/2011?

No, you are not OK - it is the last day of your 5th year. So if they will receive your application on that day, it will be automatically refused.

You are trying to save £56, but you will lose £800+

Nothing.

Phew! Thank you

So... about an hour ago I was made redundant and now am unemployed. Can't express how 'happy' I am with this development, but the worst thing is that I was going to apply for citizenship on the 1st of March (and even booked NCS appointment) - however it is not clear to me whether I can do it while u...

Impossible to say - each NCS has it's own hours.

I had same issue with many UKBA forms. So far there were no problems with giving them slightly smaller copy

arsenal49 wrote:i really would like to know what is like to be an it contractor. is there lots of demand out there?

The demand for IT contractors is generally the same as for permanent employees - so at the moment it is rather bad and rates are low too.

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Yes.

Was it timed correctly for your passport application? Considering that checks for citizenship and passport are rather similar it can be that IPS is doing them for Home Office

ilrseeker wrote:Secondly , these rules were all the same when I applied for tier1 extension and ILR, why would they grant those and refuse the citizenship application?

Citizenship rules are stricter (but there are plans to change this by making ILR just as strict from April 2011).

Yes, that should be fine :) In fact that's exactly my situation and exactly what I will be including in my application! I think the difference of citizenship from everything else we've experienced before is that for citizenship UKBA expects us to be really settled down - so they don't want the 'pape...

Have a look at the last page of form AN (list of documents) - it clearly states: • Your passports OR • Letters from employers, educational establishments or other Government Departments indicating presence in UK Your passport (or passports) should cover entire 5 years though. Should they not say...