Hi vinny Thanks for your reply I bought the tickets as I found a good flight fare. It is a risk that the visa is refused but if i wait until the visa is issued, it could have been very expensive which I cannot afford. They applied for the visa on 22nd March for travel on April 12th They got the visa ...

Hello I have been planning my parents to visit me for a while and hence bought a ticket for them to travel to the UK in January. My parents applied for the Visitor Visa in mid March and I provided them with the Invitation Letter to submit to the home office clearly stating the below: Travel ...

Hello I am confused about the following and would be grateful if someone can advise as to how to go about it. My wife has just got her naturalisation and had submitted a deed pole to change her surname. I understand that there has been instances where application for British Passport has run into ...

My wife applied in June and we are scheduled to move houses in a month.

Does any one know if we should let the home office know that we are moving houses now or wait for a couple of weeks?

Also has anyone who applied in June got a decision yet?

Anyone can advise on this please?

Hello All My brother is currently applying for a Canadian PR through the MRPS route. He is using an immigration consultant firm to guide him through the process and they have asked him to provide reference from all employers for the past 10 years. In this regard, I would like to mention that the ...

Any one can advise on this please ??

Thanks anyway to contact the Home Office at a number for these issues?

Hello My wife applied for Naturalization and she has got an invitation to get her Biometric Details done. The name on the invitation letter was incorrect and we sent an email that was mentioned on the letter on 03 July, 2015 asking for this to be amended and sent out again. Have not heard back ...

Hello All Would be grateful to have some advise on the following: My parents and in laws are both scheduled to travel together and visit us in September. We are intending to sponsor their visits to the UK. Wanted to ask if both my wife and wife can provide a joint sponsorship letter saying that we ...

Thanks again. the entire process is quite confusing

I had hoped the marriage certificate and the deed poll would have been enough.

Thanks

Thanks again.

So we can cancel the old passport in the previous name before the naturalization is approved, right?

Thanks a lot noajthan for your reply. So since we have just started the naturisation process, from the link you sent, the best way for me is to get my wife to change her name in her current passport to be the one that will be in the naturalisation certificate and apply for a British Passport in due ...

Hello My wife recently applied for naturalisastion and we are waiting for the decision. She completed a deed poll to change her Surname as before she used to have both her maiden surname and my surname as part of her full name and that is what her current passport reflects. She applied for the ...

Hello All I would like to have some information regarding this. Any views will be much appreciated. I applied for my passport on February 25th and had my interview at Edinburgh yesterday. When should I expect to receive my passport and also when should I expect to receive the supporting documents ...

milan69 wrote:You have to send your current passport.

thanks milan69

Hello

I have recently got my naturalization and am travelling in the first week of April. From the application notes, I believe that I have to send my current passport as part of the application? Am I correct in my interpretation?

Would be grateful to have some advise on this.

Subject to current nationality laws, I would travel with current passport (and ILR) and apply for British Passport after return. However you might receive your British passport just in time before travel (assuming you apply immediately after naturalisation). Thanks ban.s for your reply. Yes, I ...

Thanks zeusmagnanimous and milan69 for your replies. I am asking this because the following is what is said on the site "If you’re applying for your first adult passport, you need to leave at least six weeks, as you may be asked to attend an interview." So I am not sure that there will be enough t ...

Hello I am scheduled for my British Ceremony this Wednesday (Feb 25th). I am also scheduled to travel abroad on April 3rd. What would be the correct way of travelling in this instance. Should I wait till I come back in April before applying for Passport? And travel with my correct passport and ILR ...

I was not required to show my certificate when I travelled on ILR with my old passport. I did mention it that I have it with me but there was no need. thanks milan69, so you think i should just travel as i have been travelling and surrender my current passport and apply for British Passport as soon ...

Hello I have recently got my application for naturalization approved and have got a date for the ceremony on the 25th. I intend to apply for my passport after the ceremony but have travelled planned in the 1st week of April. As for 1st adult passports the recommended timeline is atleast 6 weeks that ...

Hello I applied from British Citizenship on January 13, 2015 through NCS. I was advised the application details and reference number will be informed to me via email by Friday. I have not heard anything back or received any information in my email. Any experience as to when these information are ...

Hello All I would be grateful to have some views on this. I have a friend whose wife got Spouse Visa and got her English Language credentials when she originally applied to join my friend who is a British Citizen. Her Spouse Visa is now nearing expiry and they are planning to apply for an extension ...

Hello I received my baby's first British Passport on Saturday and am now waiting for the supporting documents to be returned. I had opted for the Secure Delivery of the supporting documents and wanted to know what is the average timescales I should expect for the supporting documents to be returned ...