I suggest that in order to ensure a smooth application, your wife stops claiming single person discount - at least until after your application is approved. Like the previous respondent said, it is conflicting that you say you are living somewhere else but at the same time claim to be living togethe...

Passports are delivered 6 days a week, like normal post though they tend to come with courier service. I suggest you wait for up to 2 weeks after your interview for your passport to be delivered. You may be lucky though as courier service resumes Thursday 27th December.

Yes you do. you have to include five years addresses. home or abroad. i think the reason why is to confirm your wife.s identity. so pls make sure that any addresses you put down especially the first two years adresses correspond with whatever addresses your wife.s old ukba applications have.

Mine took exactly 3 months. I think thats the average for the spouse of BC ones.

I can probably answer ur first question best. Put down your address (his old address). The application is YOUR application so the focus is mainly on you. So yes put down your address and not your husband.s. Had the same experience as spouse and i were separated at the time of my bc application but t...

Yes he should tick the box that he meets the requirement as well as include the ESOL certificate.

If he is applying via NCS they would most likely ask him to include the certificate anyway, so yes include it. Doesn't harm as well.

So many views - yet no answer cos you need lots of direction. Yours is a tough one to elaborate on but I am guessing your best bet is to become civil partners and only after that can you apply for a visa as the partner of a british citizen. I beleive your local citizens bureau has facilities to advi...

I think it is absolutely fine. If you like include a cover letter explaining that you currently live at so so address but you will be moving house and that the address you have put on the form is that of your friend. Also ask them to contact you if they have any further queries. It's not a big probl...

I think this question has been answered several times before in this forum. But here goes: It's fine for a british citizen with an expired passport to act as your referee. they will only check their systems to confirm that indeed the referee is british....using his/her passport number to do this. go...

Not necessary, but that would help as it would make things easier for the case worker. So yes include the covering letter. A short one.

I think you will really complicate matters by writing different names without a deed poll or marriage cert - which obviously doesnt apply in your case. surely as much as the names will only be swapped, its best to play safe and write exactly what is in your passport - exactly. once you get your brit...

@lumera - leeds. As much as those are normal questions,@lamzat, and it is used to verify my identity, nothing anywhere prepared me for these kind of questions. All websites including this forum, mostly describe a different set of sample interview questions . Now at least others who come on to this f...

Didn't know under which sticky I had to post this - so decided to create a new topic. Basically I thought to share with you, my experience of the interview for the British passport, 2 days ago, as nothing I had read or heard prepared me for this! The whole interview took just under 15 minutes. I was...

Hi Jambo, Yes, correct. Page 13. I am satisfying the criteria but thought to add this info. Do you think will it create difference? When you meet the criteria then there is no need to add this (useless) info. You got into a shop and want to buy a shirt which is priced £20. The shopkeeper will hand ...

The answer is Yes.......you can travel BUT only AFTER 5 days from the date you submitted your application.

Hope this a clear answer.

Update......my certificate came back folded together with my passport in spite of the pls do not bend envelope i included. Maybe i shd have asked them specifically in my cover letter to use the do not bend envelope. On top of that there was a big stain....which looked like a coffee stain on the cert...

To add to Jumbo question 1 eligibility, the one month leeway doesnt apply to citizenship. you can only apply on the exact day of eligibility or after.

I will try to answer your questions based on my experience. Maybe the gurus can back it up? 1. Previous name if different at birth, she got different the surname before marraige, so does she need to write it ? Yes 2. Citizenship reference number. In citizenship certificate it got certificate number ...

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: First British Passport after naturalisation Method of application: Postal by Special Delivery Date of application: 07/06/2012 Date application received by IPS: 08/06/2012 (received in Durham) Date of return of documents: 2nd July Date of re...

no my friend....i had no joy with getting a direct working number... however someone from the durham office did call me on the 6th day of waiting for a callback (they used a blocked number). unfortunately she said that she could not give me the barcode number due to data protection! but she gave me ...

Dear forum members, I would like to share my HAPPY NEWS with you all. My family and I received our approval letters today, dated 13/06/2012!!!! :D :D :D :D We had applied on 04/04/2012. Thanks for the invaluable information being shared on this form, I will be staying on this site till I complete t...

Guys, I need urgent advice. I cannot seem to find my passport application barcode in order to track my application as I am having to move house in a week. I have somehow misplaced it in the chaos from packing up. The application form has my old address. I have tried several times to get in touch wit...

Stand by friendinneed, I am yet to have mine returned. I'll let you know if the IPS dared to fold it even though I provided a 'Do Not Bend' envelope. As promised to return with an update; my docs and cert were returned today, in the Do Not Bend envelope. The cert shows no signs of being folded. Gla...

Well! I have just received my approval letter!!! :D Very happy!Exactly 4 months today since I applied. Now need to arrange the ceremony. :D :D :D Good luck to everybody who still waiting! Congratulations! i am so happy for you! :D at last! now you can relax! the news was good we told you....but the...

Just a quick update on how the ceremony went......perfect......i went for the group one as the council was going to charge £140 for a private ceremony held on friday or £105 for a private ceremony held mon-thurs! as soon as we had sang the anthem and the lady said congratulations, i breathed a big s...