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by Christophe
Sat May 18, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: entitlement certificate to right of abode
Replies: 7
Views: 1237

Re: entitlement certificate to right of abode

By the way the cert of entitlement states s1(2)(a) of BNA 1971 so that woud mean he is a british citizen If that's the case and he is as you say a British citizen, it means that he can apply for a British passport. How long he has been in the UK or even whether or not he has ever been in the UK is ...
by Christophe
Sat May 18, 2013 9:56 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: GOOD CHARACTER(DEBTS) FOR CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT..HELP.
Replies: 34
Views: 6998

Re: GOOD CHARACTER(DEBTS) FOR CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT..HELP.

D4109125 wrote: Generally debts would be a reason for refusal unless the applicant was a person with an undischarged bankruptcy or they had CCJs and showed an unwillingness to pay their debts...
I think you mean "Generally debts would NOT be a reason for refusal...".
by Christophe
Wed May 08, 2013 9:13 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Employment requirement
Replies: 4
Views: 700

Being employed is not a requirement for naturalisation. Indeed, some people who naturalise have never been employed in the UK (an obvious group of such people being women who might put "home duties" as their employment).
by Christophe
Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: First travel after son’s british nationality
Replies: 11
Views: 1439

Hello members, Does it matter which passport you use for check-in purpose with the airline? Can I check-in using the Pakistani passport on both my outward and inward journey? I guess I can produce a british passport at the immigration desk in UK even if i have used Pakistani passport to check-in? M...
by Christophe
Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:56 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: benefits of British citizenship for American citizen
Replies: 6
Views: 1433

A citizen cannot be deported and may be afforded consular protection when abroad (and there could be situations in which being British could be more advantageous than being American). However, for most people these things are, happily, more a matter of academic interest than practical reality. One o...
by Christophe
Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:24 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spanish citizien & naturalisation
Replies: 7
Views: 1212

Two things that occur to me for you to consider:

(a) You must have been in the UK on the date of your application at the beginning of the qualifying period.

(b) Have you checked if you would, under Spanish law, lose your Spanish citizenship if you naturalise as the citizen of another country?
by Christophe
Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:10 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: silent reader
Replies: 2
Views: 791

$uperman wrote:Do you mean , you have been granted Refugee Status mate??
Huh? :?: The OP is talking about naturalisation as a British citizen. The ceremony is on 14 August.

Well done, blackbeauty! I hope you can now move on from the anxiety and proceed with the rest of your life as you would wish to. :)
by Christophe
Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Documentation pre 83
Replies: 2
Views: 810

The father's passport can't be completely necessary, because not every father in such a situation would have even have had a passport. The fact that the child was born overseas and that the child's mother was married to the child's British-born father doesn't, after all, preclude the fact that the c...
by Christophe
Tue May 29, 2012 9:24 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Question about British passport application
Replies: 2
Views: 758

Re: Question about British passport application

It will be returned.
by Christophe
Sun May 27, 2012 10:30 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Does British citizenship invalidate ILR?
Replies: 8
Views: 5278

However, even if you were to use your current passport with ILR to travel in and out of the UK, you would not be able to renew your ILR sticker when it came time to renew your passport. You could, completely legitimately, elect to have a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode placed in you...
by Christophe
Sun May 13, 2012 12:57 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: child born to ILR father
Replies: 2
Views: 865

Re: child born to ILR father

Hello; I have been granted ILR on 15 Febuary 2012 and my child born 14th March 2012. As it says on ILR letter that child born to a person settled in UK will be british, but i dont know how to register or aply for a british passport for my child. can someone please guide me properly. regards As per ...
by Christophe
Sat May 12, 2012 4:17 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Visas on Old passport
Replies: 4
Views: 1189

Re: HI

hi Jambo, I understand your explanation for traveling to US & Canada on British Passport. However, Can you please clarify the following for me. Is the visa on the Surrendered Indian Passport still valid interms of Port of Entry at USA? Or this visa is not valid? (As I hear, the general b1/b2 visa a...
by Christophe
Fri May 11, 2012 2:39 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Passport
Replies: 5
Views: 953

The passport application form is very deficient in this regard. Many years ago there were multiple forms, for use depending on the basis on which one was applying (birth, descent, naturalisation, birth in a colony...) – this of course made it easy if one knew to ask for the right form (no internet b...
by Christophe
Fri May 11, 2012 2:35 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Palestinian citizens
Replies: 10
Views: 1863

I would be very worried if the government starts to give away citizenships within a day. There is a big difference between giving the right to work/live in the country (even if indefinitely) and citizenship. On the other hand, it is clear that the HO can't cope with the amount of applications. I th...
by Christophe
Thu May 10, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Giving up British Nationality
Replies: 3
Views: 1074

Well it's a bit funny but as you asked I wanted to let you know that Pakistan's Home Minister Rehman Malik Used to be British National and today he submitted a letter in Supreme court that he surrender his British Nationality 4 Years ago when he became Pakistani Home Minister. So I wanted to know h...
by Christophe
Thu May 10, 2012 9:23 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Residence visa of other country
Replies: 10
Views: 1419

Agree with Jambo – it won't make any difference. The Home Office is interested in whether you fulfil the requirements, including the UK residence requirements, for naturalisation, and the fact that you may have a resident permit for a third country (i.e. not your country of citizenship and not the U...
by Christophe
Wed May 09, 2012 4:05 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Multiple citizenship??
Replies: 4
Views: 884

No problem, and welcome to the boards. :)
by Christophe
Wed May 09, 2012 3:26 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Multiple citizenship??
Replies: 4
Views: 884

Re: Multiple citizenship??

That is no problem. In broad, general terms, countries that do not attempt to restrict double or dual citizenship take the same approach to multiple citizenship. You will be able to keep your Australian and New Zealand citizenships if you apply for naturalisation and become a British citizen, and th...
by Christophe
Wed May 09, 2012 3:08 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Irish citizen applying for British naturalisation
Replies: 24
Views: 18514

Re: Irish Citizen applying for British Naturalisation

Those born on the island of Ireland after 1922 can choose to be one or tother or both. Well, that has only ever applied to people born in Northern Ireland, obviously. And from 1983 onwards, birth in the UK (in this case in Northern Ireland) has not conferred British citizenship in all cases, and fr...
by Christophe
Wed May 09, 2012 12:28 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Travel after application
Replies: 4
Views: 938

You are legally required to be in the country at the point that the Home Office receive your application. To ensure this happens the NCS service normally say you shouldnt travel for 5 days after submitting your papers just to be sure that if there is a delay in the post etc that you are still here ...
by Christophe
Wed May 09, 2012 12:24 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: English Language Test for UKBA
Replies: 2
Views: 700

You're correct, of course, modal verbs take a bare infinitive after them, not an infinitive with "to" – e.g. "you must arrive before 7.00pm" not "you must to arrive...". However, there are, as you no doubt know, some verbs that can be used as either modal verbs or non-modal verbs. An example is "nee...
by Christophe
Sun May 06, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Irish citizen applying for British naturalisation
Replies: 24
Views: 18514

Back to the original question. For Irish nationals who have PR, can they apply immediately having acquired PR, ie 5 years of continuous enjoyment of EU rights? (I think the answer is yes, but have become a little confused with the correspondence). Yes, Irish citizens can apply after 5 years of livi...
by Christophe
Sun May 06, 2012 9:20 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Irish citizen applying for British naturalisation
Replies: 24
Views: 18514

Thanks for the responses! I have some more questions though about the form. Seeing as Irish citizens automatically have ILR do I need to fill out the section about exercising EC Treaty Rights seeing as I'm not really applying under that criteria but there's no section to account for the unique citi...
by Christophe
Thu May 03, 2012 9:12 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Become British before parent, possible?
Replies: 3
Views: 841

The short answer is yes. For a longer answer (e.g. when the application can be made by/on behalf of the child), I guess we'd need more information about dates, etc.
by Christophe
Wed May 02, 2012 10:14 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Do new citizens have to be registered on Electoral Register?
Replies: 6
Views: 1519

Re: Do new citizens have to be registered on Electoral Regis

PG1983 wrote:
kingcedz wrote:You haven't said why your wife doesn't want to register, surely its an easy process.
I was wondering the same thing. As above, enrolment is compulsory for those who are eligible to enrol but voting is not.
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