Can anyone help when to book the appointment? VFS site says slots are opened on friday evening but tried few times and it says all slots are booked.

Hi - looks like in last few days I have lost my UK passport and OCI. I had kept them up for opening a new bank account in India and due to all the covid related chaos, it may have been left somewhere or due to they being within the Xerox copies it may have been binned :( I have just realised and loo...

Hi I am a british citizen and looking at visa process and documents for my parents to come from india for 1-2 months to UK: - Which visa to use - supporting documents to be submitted by parents in india - supporting documents/supporting letter I need to provide to parents which need to be submitted ...

You can add a X at the end of OCI number and book it

Hi - did your OCI also had name as XXX as forename and actual name as surname ? Thanks Hello Sushdmehta, My OCI application has been processed. In OCI form I put, Given Names : XXX Sur Name : British Indian Summery Again : Indian Passport: Given Name: British Indian Surname: British Passport: Given ...

I submitted my oci application with employment letter mentioning designation, salary etc but no job description and it was fine for acceptance.

I went with my employment letter which only says designation and it was fine at vfs hounslow

Thanks for your quick help

CR001 wrote:

such cases has XXX in forename and "actual name" in surname

Yes.

Hi my wife has only one name in her indian passport. Will her british passport also shown only one name or as I have read in some places british passport for such cases has XXX in forename and "actual name" in surname. Any help will be great, thanks

Language criteria met: LITUK + ILR applied post oct 2013 Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS + Passport separately Date of application: 15/02/17 Payment method: Card Date of receipt by UKVI/HO: 20/02/17 Date of acknowledgement: 20/02/17 Date money gone off account:18/02/17 Date of letter ...

Thanks, no net yet because no-one was picking up over the weekend. I will try again tomorrow. Will they be ok to return the passport and naturalisation certificate asap? By ASAP will they send by post which means another day atleast or can i collect it in person? Thanks Withdraw your application? Ha...

Any help from mods or senior forum members? Plz help

Hi - I am in a very difficult situation. Have applied for british passport with my naturalisation certificate and indian passport. I need to travel to india for an emergency, now I dont have either my indian passport or my new british passport.

What should I do? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all, I got my HO letter the next day which ironically says I should call the council to ask for an appointment. I would suggest just wait for 1-2 days and it should arrive

Hi I am receiving my naturalisation certificate soon, for applying the british passport are the below supporting documents enough? This is the first adult british passport after naturalisation: - Naturalisation certificate in original - Original current uncancelled passport - 2 photos, 1 with counte...

Hi I am also in the same situation. My council letter has arrived today dated as yesterday. No HO communication yet but the ceremony is on 17th . How was your experience or how did you got around it? Thanks

Hi - not sure I am in this peculiar situation, today I received a letter from my local council dated 11th may that my ceremony is on 17th may. I have not received any single communication from HO after my biometrics was done so is this normal or should I wait till monday and give a call to home offi...

Hi - want to know what are the options available if I have to travel urgently after attending the citizenship ceremony but still not having got the british passport? As I understand within 5 days of ceremony I have to return the BRP card. Can I travel with the old Indian passport and citizenship cer...

Hi - my wife is applying for naturalisation and passport together via NCS. She only has one name i.e. Karishma without any surname in her current Indian passport.

What should we enter in the form AN1/passport form - Karishma in other name row and keep the surname/family name blank?

You dont need to declare PCN as they are part of civil conviction process - only FPN is required as they are part of criminal process

For 1 and 2 I will let senior forum members to answer. If you are applying through NCS and is a joint naturalisation and passport application please make sure you paste the photo before you give the application to them for review. In my case the lady accepted the naturalisation form but refused to a...

As none responded, I went to the NCS and they confirmed only FPN need to be mentioned. So any private car park penalty is not recorded in DVLA and hence not needed to be mentioned in naturalisation form. On a separate note: 1. I was planning to apply joint naturalisation and passport but because I d...

Hi As it happens, just 2 days before my naturalisation application I have received a civil parking charge notice from Athena which act as parking agent for LIDL. It is not a FPN or a notice from council. I have already appealed for it also as I was exceeding only by 15 minutes. But for my applicatio...

Hi - just wanted to check if anyone can confirm NCS will accept as per my previous post. Thanks

Hi - in proof of residence section guide mentions about absence from UK, that I hope will be based on the passport stamps for entry/exit at airport/port. Could not find any specific place where they have mentioned about proof of address? If you can please point and also will the driving license be c...