Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC (Total residency 3 years 10 months out of which 1 year )
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 22/08/2014
Date approval received: 15/10/2014

Don't have other dates. Good luck everyone else!

This should not be a problem.

Just to recap to keep things simple I want to use Pakistani passport/ILR all the way through until we come back and just wanted to use British Passport on immigration counter in UK. This should not be a problem. Just hand over the pakistani passport if they ask you about it. If you have a british p...

I think with kids it does not matter that much. It is merely a formality that you have to get referees. Do the best you can and it should be fine.

There is no problem in that. I traveled last year along with my baby. The baby had a pakistani passport and british passport. We used his british passport to go to pakistan and showed the pakistani passport at heathrow to check in. No problems, when we landed in pakistan we used pakistani passport t...

Ceremony booked for 18/03/2014

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year on ILR
Method of application: NCS Barnet London
Date of application: 22-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 11-12-2013
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of approval: 06-03-2014 (dated 24-02-2014)
Date of Ceremony:

Congratulations all, finally getting approval notifications after a brief lull on this thread ... its satisfying to know that the 24-26th october applicants have started getting approvals.

Ozair...!! for 39000 * 874 = 34086000 just for your ease its 3.4 Million pounds... in one month... all money donated by poor immigrants... You apply for your passport, you will get it by recorded delivery, Passport is your right ... unfortunately, citizenship is not a right but a privilege, so you ...

p2kin wrote:
@Ozair, cost for HO who might have even cheaper rates than 33p for 2nd class.. they could be under corporate rates...

These are business rates, normal people like us dont use franking service ...

thats really astonishing both approval were received after 9 days... why there is always so long bween approval and receive date... Surely they charge so much money cant they just stick a first class stamp insteas?... they are tight... I am sure they use franking service by royal mail 1st Class Let...

I applied fast track for the passport. Minors, unlike adults, can use fast track service for their first passport and they do not need to be present at the appointment. You will have to however book an appointment and it can be weeks ahead in busy periods. If you havent got your childs certificate, ...

I am not sure what happens in case of a joint applicaation but i applied for my child on his own and we got the certificate in post. Maybe when you make a joint application, the certificate gets sent to the council where the ceremony is to take place. Maybe you can call your council and ask them if ...

maasif wrote:

Ozair wrote:Fees deducted, finally!

Can you please confirm when UKBA received your application ?

Date of application: 22-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-10-2013

NCS said they will post it on 23rd and ukba should get it on 24th, i did not trace the parcel so it is based on what NCS told me.

Fees deducted, finally!

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year on ILR
Method of application: NCS Barnet London
Date of application: 22-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 11-12-2013
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

You can check other NCS near your home or work, you dont need to attend the one in your council, also, as a last resort, you can always post the application yourself without using NCS

As far as i know, the teacher must have a "qualified teacher's status" or QTS.

Also, check with your NCS that they are going to post the application before 24th of Oct as the home office says on their website that they should receive the application by 25th oct which is the last working day before 28th.

The date is when the home office gets your application.

I submitted my son's application an year ago on monday and the ncs said that their posts are collected only on fridays, so the home office got the application on the following monday and that was the date on the confirmation letter.

Passport for: Child Application Type: Fast track first passport Method of application: Fast Track Date of application: 10/12/12 Date application received by IPS: 10/12/12 Date of return of documents: 12/12/12 Date of Passport Receipt: 12/12/12 Total Time: 2 days! Extremely pleased with the efficiency!

I am imagining that those applying for child's passport after his / her registration as a British citizen, get a new photo taken for the child for the passport application, given that it takes more than a month to process the citizenship registration. I think the passport guidelines require photo t...

I do not know Sheffield HO number. How to get it. Check the approval letter. It might be there. Alternately, check with DX Couriers 01604 496798, press '*' when the IVR starts Thanks wpilr_nov12. Checked my approval letter and it looks like Sheffield HO later headed paper and phone number is 087060...

Congratulations!!!

Hi Ozair, I am sure you must have had your NCS appointment by now, 2 questions: 1) Did they infact gave you an appointment before you had your ILR granted? 2) Did you or did you not have to carry your Biometric cards, or was the ILR approval letter enough for this purpose? Regards 1) Yes they booke...