Hi, I recently acquired British citzenship (formerly Indian national) and am planning to travel to India, along with my wife and daughter (both British) to visit my parents. I live in the Netherlands and I thought it would be a straight forward application for a tourist visa at the Indian embassy in...

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...

rod_p wrote:@BigSam

Better keep lowering those expectations wa-anker 'cause it looks like you should well be expecting a long wait!

How come this person is not banned yet?

Hey BigSam, congratulations mate. You must be glad that the wait is over.

Passport for: An Adult Application Type: First Passport application after Naturalisation Method of application: Check & Send -Special Delivery with a pre-paid SD envelope for returning documents Date of application: 25-Feb-2013 Date application received by IPS:- Don't Know Date of fee deduction: Pa...

Glad you found it useful.

Passport for: An Adult Application Type: First Passport application after Naturalisation Method of application: Check & Send -Special Delivery with a pre-paid SD envelope for returning documents Date of application: 25-Feb-2013 Date application received by IPS:- Don't Know Date of fee deduction: Pai...

Eligibility criteria: WP(1yr) HSMP(2yr)+Tier1(3yrs) + ILR (1week) + BC spouse Method of application: NCS Date of application: 22 Oct 2012 Date of receipt by UKBA: NA Date of debit of fees: 26 Oct 2012 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5 Nov 2012 Date of receipt of approval: 11 Feb 2013 Date of Ce...

hi, i wanted to apply for my son's naturalization as he born in UK just wonder, some ppls use the National Checking Services . is it mandatory or we can by pass them. rather them paying fee which is good for nothing as i know my son qualify for his Nationalization on MN1 form under section 1(3). Us...

If your wife's applying for a EU spouse Schengen visa, then there is no need of lot of documents, for e.g. accommodation, funds, etc. However, that means you both need to travel together to NL. If it's not a spouse visa, from my Finland visa experience, she needs proof of accommodation, funds in her...

I don't know about other EU countries. The 1 year funds is what IND told my employers. Also, you could ask the IND in Amsterdam about it so you know for sure how much money you need to show. Is your wife in a position to work? If so, may be you can think about getting her to the NL on the 3 months S...

Hi, The Schengen visa is only short-term (3 months). For long term, you need to go to the IND in NL. I am in a slightly similar situation. My wife is British, I am Non-EU and we are moving to the Netherlands, from the UK. My plan was to get a schengen visa to gain entry to Netherlands, and then for ...

hi emmigrator123, Did you find your certificate at Leeds then? I just spoke to my council and they said they don't have anything for me! BigSam, yes the certificate is in Leeds, at least that's what they told me. I am trying to arrange a private ceremony with them as the public one is at the end of...

If your partner hasn't already done, it's worthwhile contacting your NCS. They should have their own communication channel with UKBA.

BigSam, I presume Leeds has my certificate. I will have to confirm this just to be sure. I really hope to become a British Citizen before I leave and find out whether I could apply for the passport from Amsterdam.

emmigrator123 my man... Congratulations. I also applied through NCS in Barnet in London but my local council is up north. I wonder if the same happened to me. What is the date of your approval please? My approval letter date is 5th Feb. It says to contact the Leeds Register Office. I applied throug...

Eligibility criteria: WP(1yr) HSMP(2yr)+Tier1(3yrs) + ILR (1week) + BC spouse Method of application: NCS Date of application: 22 Oct 2012 Date of receipt by UKBA: NA Date of debit of fees: 26 Oct 2012 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5 Nov 2012 Date of receipt of approval: 11 Feb 2013 Date of Ce...

totallylegit wrote:I thought you were supposed to intend on residing in the UK?

Future intention criteria doesn't apply to spouse of British Citizen.

Sending someone else's birth certificate? And we pay the muppets 850 quid. I suggest you also call NCS, they will have their own communication line with the UKBA

It's 3 and half months here too and there is no approval yet. Rang my council on Friday and they don't have anything for me from UKBA. I will be relocating to the Netherlands next week and I am not holding any hopes of receiving withing the next week. When I applied, the NCS person said that my appl...

I presume you are joking....
Otherwise, it doesn't mean team 3 are only for application refusals, it's just how they put the arrows.

Anyway, though it's more than 2 years old, it was interesting read. It looked more like a "you scratch my back, and I will scratch yours"

Don't worry, as you say it's only 3 days. Mine took 4 or 5 days. I certainly saw cases on the timelines thread taking more than a week for payment to go through.

If you have ILR and married to a BC you can apply for Naturalisation anytime. You don't have to wait for a year.

Hi ujan1, not that I wish someone to be in my boat ;) but good to know someone under same situation. Once you take oath, would you be travelling on your current passport, given that you are officially British Citizen. Also, what are your plans about passport application? Would you be travelling to t...

Hi, I need some advice regarding my citizenship application which I made last October, and I am still waiting for the approval. I am an Indian national with an ILR and the application for citzenship was based on marriage to a British Citizen. I will be moving to the Netherlands, with my family, in a...