You are welcome buddy! and of course congratulations on receiving your naturalisation certificate!!

From this thread, I see that the processing times are much quicker than 6 months - am I right ? I am completing one year on an ILR end-April, if I apply for naturalisation then, how long will the entire process take to get my British passport? I ask because I need to then apply for a US visa to sta...

Date of application: 19.10.2012 Received by UKBA: 22.10.2012 (Delivered from Royal Mail ) Date of debit of fees: 27.10.2012 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30.10.2012 Date of approval: 28.03.2013 Date of receipt of approval: 03.04.2013 (special delivery) Date of Ceremony : next week maybe priva...

Hello All, Is Approval letter different from invitation letter? Cheers Hello, Some people (myself included) received a single combined approval+invitation letter. Some councils also send a letter when they receive one's certificate and some councils don't. The council where my certificate was sent ...

Your naturalisation certificate is valid for life buddy. What led you to believe there is a time limit, or even a requirement to have a British Passport? Many British people by birth never travelled outside the UK and never had a passport. Not having a passport makes you on less British than anyone ...

Thanks BigSam. If I apply for my passport by post (not via check & send), I need to fill in a payment form. I am wondering how much I need to write including the special delivery? You are welcome buddy!! The amount you need to write is £75.50 (which is £72.50 for passport fees plus the £3.00 for se...

How much extra did you pay for special delivery for your return of documents? £3.00 which is a bargain if you compare it to Royal Mail Special Delivery. IPS will return your documents by TheDX and if you give them a call a few days after you apply, they will give you the reference number to track y...

Passport for: Adult Application Type: First Passport after Naturalisation Method of application: Check & Send Date of application: 11/03/2013 Date application received by IPS: not sure but I assume was 12/03/2013 Date of return of documents: 21/03/2013 Date of receipt of interview letter: 20/03/2013...

Payment plans are fine. However , the statement below is inaccurate: credit history is irrelevant to determine a good citizen as long as there are no criminal court jurisdiction involved. Below is an extract from Annex D of the caseworker instructions which you should be aware of " 8.6 Debt 8.6.1 Po...

Another quick question folks Is it true that if you ask for your supporting documents to be returned by secure mail that the IPS will keep hold of them until they send you your British passport? Otherwise, they will send them back by normal second class post before your interview? In other words, if...

Thanks guys!!

Hello folks, Could anybody who applied for their first adult passport and ticked the "Return supporting document by secure mail" share how their supporting documents were returned please? Was "Secure mail" a Royal Mail Special Delivery? or were they returned by a courier? From what I can see, it app...

2s0e0p1 wrote:thanks. BigSam any news for you?

You are welcome buddy!!

Yeah I already had my certificate last week and posted my timeline here

Hope yours comes through before you need to contact the UKBA after!!

Guys,today I have recieved my shiny new passport and this concludes my journey of immigration to become british citizen. As I now leave the forum for good I Just wanted to say thank you to everyone on here specially Big sam, who have been through nearly the same frustration as me. But in the end we...

Congratulations Sam.really happy for you. :D Thanks Alish60 buddy. My wait has been long but obviously others had waited/still waiting for longer than me. I am glad it is all over now!! Passport applications take few weeks. I hope you and the others I shared my experience with get your approval bef...

It seems that phone lines have been shut down to applicants and the only way to contact the UKBA is through email

There is a phone number here but I never tried it

Use the NCS and you should have a result in 4-6 weeks providing you are eligible. Hello Sakthi, Take the 4-6 weeks with a pinch of salt. Some lucky applicants had a decision in the space of 2 odd weeks while others (myself included) waited for months. Be prepared to wait 6+ months and if you get a ...

D4109125 is right, this is a civil matter and not a criminal conviction. You should declare it as being a civil judgement made against you. Below is an extract from Annex D of the caseworker instructions which you should be aware of " 8.6 Debt 8.6.1 Police enquiries, or other information, may sugges...

bigsam, raynbest, malik congratulation ...;-) me still nothing no idea why what happened ;-( Thanks chicona!! I am sorry you are still waiting, I know what the waiting was like indeed. What makes waiting hard is that the Home Office marks Annex H of Chapter 18 is restricted and unavailable for disc...

Thanks a lot Adam my man!! It is really nice to hear from the good people I shared my immigration journey experience with through to completion

All the best and may God bless you too!!

Sam

.hey mates ..thanks alots bigsam ..im so happy ..coudnt belive i got it ..on the 29 of november i had 3 point and 60 pound fine for driving using mobile phone ....this summer will be magic ..2 months around the world with friends and familly ..spain then south africa ..good luck for ppl still waiti...

Hi Members, My son was born in UK who got US Citizenship from his mother. I got ILR recently and I like to register my Child as British Citizen. What would happen to his BC registration application when I sent his US passport along with his UK Birth Certificate and other docs. Can a US citizen appl...

Just happy you followed my advice on lowering your expectations. If you look at any suggestions I've made here, they are with the best intentions. People come to this forum to seek/give advice and quite a few come here to find out how other applications are progressing and hopefully get a measure o...

malik0073 buddy you are welcome and many congratulations!! This has been a busy week for us who were waiting for a long time!

My ceremony was on the same day as yours, we could have been sitting in the same room had you gone to a group ceremony!!

Congratulations again and all the best

I got letter today ..yessss .after 4months letter dated 2 march .booked for oath on 8 april :lol: :D soi happy ..party party night and its friday ..tonight will be good good night congratulations buddy... This is fantastic news!! We both waited four months for the approval. I was lucky I managed to...