Villette, Your daugher is a British Citizen - you could've applied for her British passport while you were in Brazil, and in the 6 months before you travelled to the UK, she would've received it and could have entered the UK without a visa. You can still do the same, send her passport application (a...
My wife and I became naturalised British citizens back in 2011 - we were both born out of the UK and neither of our parents have British nationality . Our daughter was born in the USA last year. We directly applied for her British passport through the IPS office in Washington. We had to send our ori...
NewtoThis, I'm copying a reply I sent to someone else a few months ago, they had a similar query to you and my situation was the same: quote: Our numbers of days away were very high for a number of reasons. I got my UK work permit while assigned by company to Egypt. So, at the time of ILR, the first...
Call the same number, ask them for a private ceremony. They've miost likely received notification of your naturailisation, so they'd be able to tell when they can fix a ceremony for you.
I think cost differs according to council, I think mine was 60 pounds.
In summary, yes it is 6 yrs unless u're here as a spouse to a UK citizen. There two distinct milestones... 5 yrs after landing, you are eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain, which, I guess is as good as naturalisation, minus the passport (and claim to British nationality); you no longer need a vi...
children don't attend ceremonies. Were they born in the UK? Kids don't attend the oath ceremony, but their naturalisation certificate gets sent to the local council all the same, not mailed to the parents home; you can go and pick them up anytime. Unless there is a specific urgent need, most parent...
Are you apply just for your child or the entire family?. When I submiited my naturalisation application, I used 2 work colleagues as referees. But having worked for over 4yrs together, we had a very good personal friendship as well. So, both of them signed off as "Colleague and Family Friend", and t...
Shawn, In simple terms, the UKBA don't care about what other passports/nationalities you carry. On the successful completion of her naturalisation application she would get her passport back. In fact, she could simply apply through the Nationality Checking Service where the local council will check ...
At UK immigration on landing, if they ask you for purpose of visit - clearly state you've come back to live here. Do not say anything that may give the impression this is just a flying visit.
I don't have my records with me at the moment, but, certainly, at the time of ILR, in that qualifying 5 yr period, I was based overseas for the first 2 yrs. I did return to the UK a couple of times to attend meeting etc, but each year, the total number of days was under 30. After exactly 2 years had...
hi about to apply for citizenship in couple of weeks. have got two queries: 1-once naturalisation certificate is received, is there a time limit for booking the ceremony. 2- once all is done and british passport is obtained, does the naturalisation cert of any importance. a friend needs to change h...
Jambo: Both the requirements you list are discretionary - given he can now apply as spouse of EU national, you're right, the qualifying period is only 3 yrs. To put things in perspective, when we applied, my wife was away 670 days (instead of 450) in the last 5 yrs, and 114 days away in the last yr....
Can't tell you if they've stopped giving updates or not, but, I can assure you, any information you get from them is mostly useless. The only time you actually get a somewhat clear answer is when your application has been completed and the HO is about to send a letter informing you of the decision. ...
He is OK, ILR stays valid as long as you're not away from the UK for more than 2 yrs in one go. He can return to the UK before Oct 2012 and submit his naturalization application You don't have to apply for a passport once you've received your british citizenship, that can be done ANY time, even year...
I sent my previous passport as well, 3 in all, the current valid one, lus the ones which have my first UK landing, as well as the 2nd last one which I got my ILR one.
I seem to recall reading somewhere they want to see 1st landing and ILR stamps as well.
Never had an emergency, or, just an unforseen even in life before?. In anycase, there is also lack of clarity on the whole process. When I submitted my passport application through Check and Send PO, I was under the impression that my original documentation (Naturalisation certs, overseas passport) ...
It somewhat depends to an extent on who you get at the post office (if you use check and send). In my case, i had taken quite a bit of documentation with me (marriage certs, birth certs, parents british pport copies). The PO retruned everything and for me and my wife only took: 1) Our oversea passpo...
nothing in the post for me today also... :cry: but this rather to get this post on top of the list Skr: While you wait, it maybe worth calling the council every now and then to book an oath taking appointment - I would think the HO dispatches naturalisation certs via some sort of secure postal serv...
NCS are extremely cautious, and in some cases, inconveniently so. The same applies to the passport check and send service through the post office. Depending on who you get on the day; they may know the actual rule; or insist on the certificate - in case of the latter; argue your case and as a last r...
Hi My situation is tensed and would be greatful if someone can advise me on the situation. I applied for my Naturalization application on August 11th through NCS. My case is as follows: 1. I have ILR , 2 kids have ILR along with me ( one child 7 years born in India, another 1 year born in UK), both...
This happened to me first with the NCS (they lost my payment slip), and it happened again recently with my Passport application, though luckily before the interview stage. I was 'lucky' as I found out (completely by accident) that they had the wrong address on their system. :o I say by accident as ...
Look at the naturalisation time line... 6 to 8 weeks would be a above average, 10-12 weeks is more the usual time frame. I suppose it also depends on what/how many checks the HO may want to do on a particular application.
This may be of interest to you: After keeping a clean license of circa 18 years, all the way through my student years, I got clocked doing 80 mph in a 70 mph zone on the return journey from NCS Hamilton where I had just submitted my BC application. Got 3 pts and 60 pound fine, which I paid as soon a...
