I didnt pay £1000, so no issue there, you seem to run this blog on behalf of indian high commission. thanks for you comments any way.

I see what you are saying, and that is what I did. I applied for the certificate as soon as I found out that I meant to surrender old passport. Now they have everything but they won't issue me the certificate unless I pay £145 penality. Which seem unfair - they should have asked me for the c ...

I acquired British Nationality about 4 years ago. I had no idea that I was meant to surrender my old Indian passport after acquiring foreign nationality. But I did not miss-use my Indian passport. I travelled to India in 2009 with Visa on my British Passport. But Indian High Commission did not ...