Do I have to submit my original ILR BRP card with my child's naturalisation application?

My child is a non-UK born and non-British. He already has an ILR.

I've read somewhere that a parent is allowed to keep his original ILR BRP card (i.e. not post it back to the Home Office within 5 days of the citizenship ceremony) if he has a non-British child because the parent's original BRP card must be submitted to the Home Office when applying for the child's ...

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 Date of debit of fees: 05/09/2018 Date of Biometric letter is...

Hi there, My wife will qualify to apply for the naturalisation at the end of Oct (1 year ILR), so we are currently preparing her application. We need to provide proof of residence since Oct 2013 (i.e.past 5 years) but she doesn't have her previous passport because our government keeps the old passpo...

what about travelling between London and Paris via Ireland while the passport application is ongoing? is that an option?

Hi there, My naturalisation has been approved so now I need to start thinking about the citizenship ceremony, the BRP return and the passport application. There is a complication in my case because I need to travel for business (temporarily for the next few months) on a weekly basis between London a...

Discretion wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:13 am

longgapilr wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:48 am

received my ceremony invite letter on Saturday! Thank you everyone!

Congratulations longgapil. If i may ask you when did u applied for Citizenship?

24 Aug 2018

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 Date of debit of fees: 05/09/2018 Date of Biometric letter is...

received my ceremony invite letter on Saturday! Thank you everyone!

cambs68 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:24 pm

Yessssss just received my approval letter in the post feel very relieved .... thanks all

Congrats!!! Hope I receive the same.

What could it be? Decision letter or something else? How would forum members know what has been sent. Suggest wait for letter to arrive to see. Sorry thought someone could have been in the same boat.. I received a very similar email yesterday. Mine didn't specify when the communication had been pos...

Dear all I wrote an email to HO asking the progress of my citizenship application and Received this from home office ; Thank you for your e-mail. A communication has been posted to you in the last day or so, this can take up to three weeks for you to receive. Thank you FMT FMT Admin Support Nationa...

could you please advise how I can submit an FOI request regarding my naturalisation application?

wouldn't submitting an FOI request slow down the processing of the naturalisation application?

what is FOI?

so, is the current average time to process 2 months? I know the guidelines say upto 6 months, but what is the actual current average time to process? any data or guesses on this question?

Looking at July/Aug 2018 timelines, many getting their approvals in less than a month. Is this norm these days or they're lucky? I thought mine was straightforward, Tier2/ILR, one job all these years, no extended absences etc, and nothing yet, it's been nearly two months. This question interests me...

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 Date of debit of fees: 05/09/2018 Date of Biometric letter i...

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 Date of debit of fees: 05/09/2018 Date of Biometric letter i...

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: 05/09/2018 Date of debit of fees: 05/09/2018 Date of Biometric letter i...

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 years Tier 2 General + 1 ILR Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: NCS Date of application: 24/08/2018 Payment method: credit card Date of acknowledgement: Date of debit of fees: Date of Biometric letter issued: Date of biometri...

Can a radiographer (member of Health and Care Professions Council) be a professional referee? She works at a private hospital in London, not NHS.

Do I need to have the 2018 self-assessment done before I apply for naturalisation on 7 Aug 2018 even though I have till Jan 2019 to do it?

Hi everyone, please advise if I need the original letters from employers, HMRC employment history (because I don’t have the original letters from employers) or if I need to obtain my travel history from the Home Office via a Subject Access Request (becaue I don’t have the original of my previous pas...

Dear members, Thank you very much for the great advice you give on this forum. My background: Date first arrived in the UK: 31 Jan 2012 Nationality: Non-EEA Visa type: Tier 2 General ILR grant date: 7 Aug 2017 Marital status: Married, 2 kids (wife – Non-EEA, got the ILR after me; one of the kids got...