Any inputs please sysnerul and other forum members: I am actually looking for advice from you. My case is a bit different, my wife's current Indian passport is on her maiden name. We were planning to get her British passport in her married name, using a deed poll. Subsequently the plan was to get an...

Congrats TTOE mate. So what did you choose for your wife, maiden name or married name on the certificate? In my wifes case its going to be her maiden name, but when applying for passport we will be using deedpoll to get it in her married name.

Thanks Ban.s, I am trying to get in touch with the council. Was just wondering if any member had any prior experience of this.

Regards

Hi Forum, I am expecting my citizenship approval letter sometime next week. Now I would like to book a private oath ceremony, which is all good . However, I have a situation where my wife may and may not be able to make some days next week, and due to the nature of the situation, we just cannot pred...

Thanks TTOE, I am surprised you havent tried getting an update on your application. Are you taking it cool ?

Thanks guys, I followed your advice and went back and persisted with it, on the 4th consecutive try I got through, 5-6 mins after that a lady answered the call, and after taking a lot of details, she told me ceremony letter has been despatched on the 11th, and should be with me in a couple of days. ...

Not getting through to an advisor on that number today, either option 2 or 3, some lady just says all advisors are busy and the call gets disconnected. Anyone else trying with more luck? Am I doing the right things?

Congratulations ssp, my timelines are exactly like yours, I am planning to call them soon too.

Can you also update your timeline when you receive the letter please?

Congratulations Vengud123, good going. What next private ceremony or public?

Thanks and all the best to you too TTOE. Our timelines are so close I expect we will get the news very close together as well. Its just a question of when:).

I had sent a special delivery envelope with my application through NCS, just so that the approval can get to me faster. When I went for lunch this afternoon, I found a brown envelope at the doorstep which got my heart racing. When I opened the envelope I found a letter saying special delivery envelo...

Yes its looking more and more likely isnt it TTOE , so we are almost next in line .

My theory based on recent events, is HO has allocated separate teams of CWs for each month Oct, Nov, Dec etc, hence the approvals are coming in parallel and not in a sequence.

This is a great move if its true.

Any inputs CR001 and others?

Hi CR001, Is that the Indian Embassy? Does that mean previously Indian nationals cannot change their name in the passport using this method? My wife is going to be in the same boat soon so looking for some inputs. Also would she face problems due to the difference in names in her subsequent OCI appl...

No problem good luck, here is the form in case you did not find it:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... y-fees.pdf

You need to fill a payment slip and take with you. Google for ukba nationality payment form.

Great optimism TTOE, I like you man!

Any particular reason for this optimism, with almost all November approvals still to come through?

Hi pasha44,

Yes somehow write both names in the same space. You need to fill only one form, £1550 for the joint application.

HTH

Got acknowledgment today, updated timelines: Joint application Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 years Tier1 + ILR (12 months) Language criteria met: Me - Expires ILETS certificate used at the time of EC, Fresh IELTS certificate for wife Referees used - Manager at work, and colleague at work Curr...

Those are awesome timelines for first passport, well done pqek. Congrats and good luck for the future.

Where are the approvals ?

So if you balance has dropped and card been charged, you should be fine, IMO Rikken.

For me, I noticed the available balance drop on Monday morning and transaction appeared in my account on tuesday evening the 21st of January.

So has your balance dropped then rikken?

HTH

Thanks for the link and the information sysnerul, and sorry for not helping on any of your queries, in my defence I know much less than you do on this topic at the moment. I am actually looking for advice from you. My case is a bit different, my wife's current Indian passport is on her maiden name. ...