OK, thanks for explaining. My plans are exactly like yours, but I am not sure about the legality of this, so am currenly sticking to the OCI plan. I would recommend talking to some immigratiojn lawyer in India, or taking this in writing from FRRO. I have already crossed the point of no return, maybe...

Thanks gols, I am sure that my son is allowed to keep both the PP till 18, so I carry PP's always withme. Immigration officer also told that it is a new rule so not many people know this. Do you have any official link/email about this? Thats exactly my point, its a new rule (if it is!), so you might...

How do each of these compare in terms of getting them done from India, can people who have done this please provide some timelines for the following: 1) OCI timelines when applying from India 2) PIO timelines when applying from India For people with kids and who are moving to India, I guess the comm...

Why would you do that mate, why would you put your kids in that kind of jeopardy? The way I see it there are only 2 real options: 1) Take British passport for them, surrender Indian passport, get OCI. 2) Do not take British passport, retail Indian passport and go for RoA. Out of the 2, I would still...

Wow from application to passport thats an impressive timeline. Well done mate.

I applied yesterday and need to get to my native country in april urgently, let us see how it all pans out.

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 Current nationality: Indian Method of application...

No problem, hopefully you wont have this middle name crap to deal with, I have had enough of it, unfortunately I gave my kid a middle name too. Sorry kid!

Good luck with your application humanvoid.

Hi Humanvoid,

Sorry to confuse you . The firstname+middilename bit appears in the passport under "given name" which I reckon is the first name, the surname appears under "Family name/Last name".

At least thats how it is in the Indian passport.

HTH

Thanks humanvoid. Glad all went well. Now I am a bit confused. I have already made some enquiries and got a different response that maiden surname can be changed to married surname on just basis of marriage certificate. Also there were few topics on this. I mean how sure you are of NCS' competency. ...

OK, I have a copy of my kids form at home, if no one can respond by the time I get home, I will find the answer for you.

Yes, register your child as a UK citizen using form MN1:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... rm_mn1.pdf
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... de_mn1.pdf

and then apply for his/her passport.

Your call Suis,

I am sure members in the forum can share about the standard of exam, and also pointers on how to prepare for it.

Yes IELTS was 135£ for us here.

Regards

Hi Suis, She took the general IELTS. Minimum score is 4, she scored 8.5 overall, so no problems there. Its not hard to pass IELTS, but I feel its too cumbersome for a simple English test, go for this instead: http://englishexamcentres.co.uk/b1-esol-entry-level-3.html I should have gone for this for ...

Thanks wpilr_nov12, All went well, the NCS person asked us 2 things which got us thinking: a) Whether we want to send any other documents - I asked her if she would recommend any other documents, to which she said all the essentials are there, and we dont really need anything else. b) Would I like m...

I am carrying both P60s and photographs just in case.

Good luck for your application, please put future timelines into the December timelines thread, it would be interesting to know your timelines as we are both applying tomorrow.

Some last queries forum, thanks for your help so far: 1) The instructions say the form has to be filled in BLOCK CAPITAL letters. All my referees however have written their emial address in lower case, could that be a problem? 2) HO ref on the payment page - is in a grey color, I am confused if we a...

Thanks humanvoid, hope it all goes well on Monday. BTW just double checked the guidance, I think it is for applicants from the European Economic Area (EEA): FOR APPLICANTS FROM SWITZERLAND OR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA Evidence of Nationality • Your valid passport or valid EEA national identity card...

Oh yes, my bad again, I am carrying passports, and normally keep my BRPs in there, so I am carrying those.

I did not see any requirement to carry P60s, is this required? I can carry them as optional documents anyway, but it would be good to know if these are mandatory.

Thanks humanvoid.

I have the same on monday too, she needs to attend in person I am afraid.

Regards.

Hi Jambo,

Thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot about the marriage certificate for the joint application, really appreciate this.

Regards

Hi Forum, I am applying for naturalisation for myself and wife, as a joint application, via NCS on Monday. Here is a quick list of what I have prepared, please let me know if you find any gaps: 1) Completed AN forms for me and wife 2) Completed payment form for 1550£ for joint application. I decided...

, looking forward to it Ayyubi72.

I was hoping against hope someone would have inputs, but I understand if wasnt the best question to ask. Anyway.

One final query forum:

Historically, has the mode of payment, credit card/debit card had any effect on when the payment gets taken/cleared?

Regards

Thanks for the quick response Jambo.

Regards

Yes, that would be too simple though ;). BTW, a very quick question, one of the referees for my application, and both referees in my wife's application have used the date in 10-DEC-2013 format. Now I just noticed that the form guidance says all dates should be DD/MM/YYYY. I know this is a paranoid q...