Are you an EU citizen or EU family member? Then council tax bills or P60 are fine, one for each year (only one type is needed) - monthly payslips are not required. You don't need to send tons of documents. If you hold UK ILR then generally your passport with stamps covering the residency period is s...

Start here: "Request copies of personal information held in the borders, immigration and citizenship system" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration/request-personal-information-held-by-uk-visas-and-immigration Requests can be done directly, wit...

hello alterhase58, so sorry to bother again but I'm receiving some very conflicting information on whether i can apply for replacement BRP while my citizenship is being decided. on the one hand when i called UKVI, they stated that i cannot apply for BRP after my citizenship application as the two p...

Hi everyone. Im italian and my wife is Mexican. We both have pre settled. Her presettled expire in 2026 but her residence card expired this month. She did already the application for the new residence card and for the settled status. My question is Can we travel to my country and return to uk? Can ...

Note, naturalisation is not an immigration application and is not governed by immigration rules.
Your immigration status is in place until you become British, BRP application is totally separate.

You still have all the rights as an EU citizen when dealing with the EU!

Hi there, I am currently applying for BC; I have settled status as a family member of an EEA (ROI) citizen. The Settled Status BRP was issued in 2021; I held an EEA PR before this - which was sent back when the settled status brp was issued. My questions are regarding the requirement to prove I hav...

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Thanks both. On question 1, there seems to be a contradiction. Shall I go with option 1 then.

#1 is fine (never seen a complaint about that), the child is the applicant (all questions are worded to that effect) - second otions is for professional advisers.

Q1. But the child is the applicant so it’s option 1 as far as I know. Option 2 is normally for using a solicitor.

Cousin needs to wait 12 months from date of ILR grant before applying for naturalisation. If married to British citizen then can apply immediately,
Subject to all requirements being met.

No need to complicate, just mention the first country, count the days excluding UK outbound/inbound. What is important is your absences, not where you went.

GPs have been removed from this list 10+ years ago so they can concentrate on their NHS duties.
If you have a friend who is a Doctor (even GP) and who signs as friend that should be fine - best to attach a note spelling this out.

Hello, I recently booked a holiday for the end of August this year, however did not realise my BRP was expired, i decided that instead of renewing my BRP i would go for British Citizenship, however, there has been many delays and i fear that the application will not go through by the time i need to...

You can still apply online.
You send your original documents and photos to HMPO. It’s not a totally paperless application.

Purely postal application are likely to take longer as there’s more handling of paper involved for digitising.

You could send an email (quoting all details) to all the email addresses listed on this link, explaining the error: https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/nationality-enquires-t330909.html#p2093594 I would doubt that it would be straight refusal - especially if children qualify per th...

Can't really answer this question, except to say I have never heard of eGates changing status from ILR to visitor visa. I have heard that border force officers have sometimes stamped passports for some reason or other but border force can't just change your status, overriding ILR for example. There ...

MN1 is the correct form to apply for registration of children as British citizens. Can you please explain what category you have selected? Under what heading is "register as a child"? By "Other" you mean "at Home Secretary's discretion"? Were children born abroad? Please clarify. Caseworkers will kn...

Hi I am seeking guidance/clarity on this as I keep getting conflicting answers and no clear guidance that I could find on the gov website. I have ILR. I do not want to renew my foreign passport unless absolutely necessary as I've never been back/not going back/it takes stupidly long and is expensiv...

Yes each page. Why add additional documents? Of course you are free to add anything you wish but it’s not an immigration application where you have to document lots of information.

As ILR holder your passport(s) covering the residency period are sufficient. No additional documts.

Not sure what happens in that scenario- normal recommend is to wait til 12 months are completed avoid any possibility of issues. I’m aware for ILR timings can be managed but naturalisation doesn’t come under immigration rules so best to stick with the rules.

Yes - absolutely normal. It's a standard email, you are just under 6 months.
Whilst they have a processing target of 6 months it's not a guarantee. You should not read anything into it except they are running slow.

I came to UK in 2015 and I am from Portugal.I worked in the UK all this period and I never bothered to apply for a settled status at the time. I left UK after 6 years to look after my sick parents . I want to return now in 2024. I would like to know how can I have my rights regulated : 1) Can I be ...

Your certificate conferring British citizenship will be dated on the day of the ceremony - the ceremony is a legal requirement.

Referees are rarely contacted. It’s not an indication of where your application is.