I did the same, glued it.
After realising that just before sending my application, also clipped second photograph on the same page.

Application 1: Myself Criteria: 2 Year HSMP + 3 Year Tier-1 (Gen) + 1 Year ILR. Type: Postal (Special Delivery + SDE for return of documents) Date of Application: 16/05/2013 Date application received by UKBA: 17/05/2013 Date of debit of credit card: 20/05/2013 Date of acknowledgement: 20/05/2013 (Da...

As long as they have associate and above membership of recognised body such as IMechE etc. it should be fine.

Chartered membership is not a must.

3.1 – what is your occupation= shall I mention “Self Employed” or my actual designation. Actual designation or profession: e.g. Software Engineer or Analyst or Mechanical Engineer or Doctor etc. 3.2 – Are you – shall I tick on both “self-employed” and “A director”? Employee, if you are taking salary...

I wonder if anyone can help with my questions below in this AN form topic: I have obtained my PR already and I am applying for naturalisation after 1 year: - I do not need to send any other documentation that I sent before to obtain my PR card, do I? Just your passport, PR card and Life in the UK t...

On all the timelines , users state the date when application was received by the home office. How is this determined? Are people simply using the tracking feature on the Royal Mail website? Yes. Is this the date that counts? Yes. The date of application is the date UKBA receives your application an...

So what about qualified accountants whose qualification is no longer current, i.e. they are a chartered accountant, but not a current member of ACCA, and got their qualifications in another country? I think UKBA require referees who are member of UK Professional body, if you are applying from UK. I...

Dear all, I just want to ask those who have applied the citizenship without using NCS. 1. do you need to post your ILR residential card to home office? Yes 2. does home office send the card back to you if the applicaiton is successful? Same way as they would send back other originals like Passport ...

HI I recently for my ILR and now wish to apply for naturalisation for my baby, who is UK born and is currently on indian passport. He was not included in the ILR application. My husband is yet to file for his ILR. 1. Can I apply for my baby naturalisation even though my husband is yet to apply for ...

Check Citizenship FAQs.
Should be on or after 21 November provided you have met the residency criteria and allowed absences.

If you did not have an ILR sticker on your passport but an ID card. Was your permanent residence card returned to you or was it retained? Hi psb, I think if you hold a biometric residence card, you are not required to send it with your naturalisation application. I have not sent mine with my applic...

Hi, When completing formAN what do exactly they mean by other names? For example if a person is known (in more or less all documents e.g. payslips, bank statements etc.) by the name "Kate" but the passport has the name "Katherine" do they need to fill the other names section? Of course the applicat...

AFAIK, there is no time limit on surrender of Indian passport after acquiring British passport, although there is a penalty for using Indian passport for entry to India, three months after acquiring foreign nationality. there is a penalty for retention of passpport after 3 years of obtaining foreig...

AFAIK, there is no time limit on surrender of Indian passport after acquiring British passport, although there is a penalty for using Indian passport for entry to India, three months after acquiring foreign nationality. Look through MN timelines on the forum and if you think your son's application w...

Q 1.7 Name at birth if different from above. (If the names you have given are different or spelt differently from the name shown on your passport, please explain why on page 13) In section 1.5 surname and in section 1.6 first and middle names are provided but those are the names after name change du...

Just reading through form AN (Pg. 15) Section 5 - Evidence of freedom from Immigration Time Restrictions (ITR) and lists following documents as evidence. • Your passport showing permission to remain permanently in the UK OR • The Home Office letter by which you were given permission to remain perman...

Not an expert, but believe it is not required as Surrender certificate for indian certificate will have the same name (maiden )as on indian passport unless of course you use misc. services for name change on indian passport.

Hi All, Can any one let me know what Employer information has to be filled in Part B of the OCI application form? I am currently working as a contractor with my own limited company, in this case, what should I write? Any one in similar type of employed applied and received OCI if replies would be m...

barker wrote:Anyone....

Yes.

You are right in thinking that Director taking salary from their LTD company are considered as employee as long as their pay is administered by the LTD company through PAYE system.

There is no need/requirement to show current earnings for naturalisation application.

Is it not advisable to add a pre-paid self addressed envelope for receiving approval documents even applying via NCS?

Royal mail second class mail have off late very poor delivery times.
I have same post from same town posted second class arriving only after 4-5 working days.

Thanks you for adding your time line.
Does help people who are planning on using this registrar office.

salman83 wrote:Hi,

Me and my wife got ILR this week. I want to know when I can apply for citizenship and whats the timeline and procedure.

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

You may find answer to your query here

Like others said if you leave it blank, they can work out who you are just by your passport number or even your names.
so it is not very important, IMHO.

I am just curious if there would be any reduction in fees that you pay to UKBA for naturalisation application such as using from AN, if you are not going to use public ceremony. The fees leaflet does mention that the fees cover cost of public ceremony. Cost of private ceremony does vary by the counc...

To answer your first question unlike any immigration extension application which allowed you to apply up to 28 days ahead for a naturalisation application you need to wait full 12 months after you were granted ILR (Unless married to a British citizen). As such ILR does not have expiry date, so UKBA ...