Hi Rowge I tried to track using the HMPO reference but that didn’t work. What I read on the DX website was that we will only get a trackable reference directly from DX by text or if a delivery attempt is unsuccessful. I’m hoping to get mine before the end of this week. Hi Ballet Congrats! And... Dit...
My passport is on its way! Eligibility criteria: UKM (Romein) Nationality: South African Applying from: South Africa Method of application: Online Date of application: 8 March 2019 Payment method: Credit card (8 March 2019) Date of acknowledgement email: 11 March 2019 Documents sent by courier: 11 M...
Has there been any progress on your applications? I am waiting for my passport application to be approved. Documents were received and were being processed on 15 October.
Congratulations! The weeks between the invitation and ceremony flew by for me. I thought they would crawl but thankfully I was so busy I didn’t notice. Yes! One person in a ceremony is very different from mine; mine was practically a party. My date for the ceremony is fixed and I am so excited! It w...
Our ceremony was conducted by the vice consul. She said that South Africa has the largest community of British citizens living outside of the UK. I'm not sure how often the ceremonies take place but we have them at least monthly in 3 centres with about the same number of people at each (my brothers'...
Ah, there it is! One step at a time... Update: Eligibility Criteria: UKM Applying from: EU Method of application: Online with documents sent by post Payment method: Credit card Date of application: March 30, 2019 Date documents sent: April 8, 2019 Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: april 1, 2019 Da...
I am more relieved than elated to be at this point. It has been an exhausting process. I used a UK passport holder who is resident in the UK to confirm my identity. I had to provide the passport office with a name and email address. She had to confirm my name, address and date of birth. It all happe...
I attended my citizenship ceremony this afternoon. There were about 36 of us and we had tea and cake afterward. I have submitted an online application for a UK passport already. My identity has been verified online and I have received a mail asking me to send my documents to the passport office. Nea...
It was exactly 6 weeks and 2 working days (approval on a Friday and invitation on a Tuesday) from the email that I received saying that a decision had been made (letter dated same day, 26 July) until the day I received the email invitation (10 September). The ceremony has been another month wait (9 ...
Johannesburg Congratulations, Where are you based? I waited about 6 weeks for the invitation from approval. The ceremony is this Wednesday! On another group they are saying they wait on average 12 weeks here in SA for the invite. Hi, I had the same experience 3rd week in Aug and received assistance ...
I waited about 6 weeks for the invitation from approval. The ceremony is this Wednesday! On another group they are saying they wait on average 12 weeks here in SA for the invite. Its a yes..... YaY now to wait for the Ceremony, I'm sure it will be good news! Holding thumbs you hear back from her soo...
I am going to the High Commissioner's residence in Pretoria (nearest to Johannesburg). The Consulate is in Cape Town with an Honorary Consulate in Durban. All three host oath ceremonies in South Africa. I don’t think that you will have to go to the embassy for your ceremony if you have a consulate n...
I think that you select your nearest city in the original application; or maybe they look at your address and direct you to the nearest consular office. I didn’t get a choice of venues. I have two brothers who completed the process before me and they were in different cities from each other and thei...
That’s awesome! What was the date on your approval letter? Eligibility Criteria: UKM Applying from: EU Method of application: Online with documents sent by post Payment method: Credit card Date of application: March 30, 2019 Date documents sent: April 8, 2019 Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: apri...
Hi Rabbit123 I was given the date and told that if I couldn’t make it then the onus is on me to arrange an extension as the certificates have an expiry date. I had emailed before receiving the invitation to ask for a specific date range as I am travelling a lot in the next few weeks and didn’t want ...
Hi It may be just the online form that requires the passport holder to be resident in the UK; got the below off the website: To confirm someone’s identity online, you need to: be 18 or older and live in the UK and have a current UK passport and work in or be retired from a recognised profession [/hi...
Hi Faircape I received the invitation within the 6 month mark (just). By the time I attend the ceremony it will be 7 months from application date. The invitation to the ceremony is sent by email from a consular officer and contains an attachment from the vice consul. I haven't seen the new requireme...
Update Eligibility criteria: UKM (Romein) Nationality: South African Applying from: South Africa Method of application: Online Date of application: 8 March 2019 Payment method: Credit card (8 March 2019) Date of acknowledgement email: 11 March 2019 Documents sent by courier: 11 March 2019 Date of re...
Perhaps each case worker completes their load in date order but it seems that not all case workers are created equal. I think mine must have gone on annual leave as soon as as my documents were received. I applied 10 days before @Rowge and everything else happened quite a long time after. I'm curren...
Your sister probably does know British citizens who live in her area but she is unaware of their dual nationality status. I also thought it would be difficult to find referees but just asking around my own office I have found quite a few people who hold British citizenship and I've known them for ye...
This is the worst thing about the application, isn’t it? Constantly checking emails and waiting... waiting... waiting... So from my point of view you have already received what I am desperately waiting for (approval) but obviously the waiting isn’t over then. So the invitation to the ceremony will ...
You must be so happy to not have to keep checking your inbox and your post box for the next piece of communication! I’m waiting for the oath invitation now. It’s almost 4 weeks since approval and I’m impatiently checking for the email. I am really sorry to hear this keh723. It must be extremely stre...
I have only received two emails from the Home Office. The first was to let me know that I should enrol my biometrics and the second was to ask how I wanted my documents returned. I had included a covering letter indicating that I wanted them to contact me about returning my documents as I wanted the...
I understand. I applied for my vault copy in 2011; still waiting. I believe there were records destroyed several years ago by a fire or flood or some such event. Mine may have been in that batch. I think if I applied for the vault copy again I would get the one I submitted myself in January this yea...
I submitted my unabridged (not vault) birth certificate and received approval today. Now I begin the wait for the ceremony invitation. I meant use an agent to get your Vault copy. What is important is that you have it on hand Incase the request it later on. I have done my retention of citizenship. B...
