Good for you Flickers!

This is the 2nd good report of quick processing times i've heard of in the last month.

Perhaps this is the UKBA's last ditch attempt to avoid going down in the books as an utterly incompetent government department.

Too late I say but well done none the less!

Have you been employed throughout the 5 year period? Maternity leave will not be considered as a seizure of exercising treaty rights.

Moonika wrote:Is the WRS certificate any proof? I remember, when I applied for WRS, that I had to send a letter from my employer confirming when exactly I started working. So having my original WRS certificate can UKBA find out the date?

Does your WRS certificate state the 12th?

Relax! There is nothing to worry about.

This is an understandable error which proof of your start date and cover letter will clear up in a second.

You can either apply to the UKBA for a replacement certificate (if you can delay your application for a few weeks) or include a cover letter explaining the situation and detailing (as much as you can remember) when and where she naturalised. Does she have a British Passport? You may also include this.

There is no profitable discussion to be had here on this issue.

If you feel so strongly about the redundancy of counter-signatories, direct your complaint to the IPS.

Ayyubi72 wrote:In my opinion, check and send is just a waste of money for first passport applications.

It's simply a waste of money.

I second your thoughts mate, I was also under the impression that they would use the next day special delivery but my application reached them after 3 working days which clearly is not special next day delivery. Yes, they do bend the certificate without realising the value it may hold to some peopl...

There is hope! I received my PR after 2 months. It took 8 months and many letters to get my RC so really surprised this time around. Good for you! Based on observation there seems no clear cut tips that help for speedy processing though it always helps to send a well organised application. My situa...

Might be a silly detail to worry about but I was a bit concerned myself when I noticed that both my referees were born on the same day of the same month - 14th of Feb. How likely is that?! I began to wonder if one of them had made a mistake... Going through this momentous process can make one unders...

They were returned via the Post Office check and send service i.e. secure post. Do you mean the DX secure delivery company that the IPS uses? Did you tick the option on your passport application form for your docs to be returned by secure delivery (at an additional £3 fee)? If so, then they were re...

kinhell, just seen this today. I can apply for citizenship after 8th october but I am going away on 5th oct and don't come back till 31st oct so it looks like i will have to take LIUK test again. I understood that once someone has a LIUK pass certificate then it is valid for life. Is this not the c...

Thanks Guru. Did you complaint? Do they normally give compensation to cover costs etc? No, I didn't, as mine wasn't irreparably damaged. Yes, according to this IPS procedural doc. (under the heading - UK Documents) the IPS has an arrangement with the UKBA to issue replacement naturalisation certifi...

Will I need a return ticket to Australia or will a flight somewhere else in Europe be sufficient? Once my husband joins me I will be able to work and reside in an EU country with him but wondering how I go about explaining this? Thanks You will need to satisfy the IO of what your travel intensions ...

There have been a few reports on IPS being funny on the GP in a professional capacity. However, I haven't seen any issues with the HO with regards to naturalisation applications. Perhaps...again for my passport application the same dentist I used for my AN application acted as a counter-signatory a...

As jambo has advised...

But what about your wife? No mention of her nationality or position...Is she also looking to naturalise? If so then it will be cheaper if you both make a joint application.

It is reassuring to know that those who have a degree taught in English and had taken the LIUK test pre-Oct. '13 have no additional hurdles to skip over or extra expenses to incur. The journey is time and financially intensive enough I feel.

Your colleague who is a banker - have you both worked closely enough together such that they can vouch for you in a personal capacity? If so then make them your personal referee and the nurse your professional referee. thanks Plum70, but my question is more about the referee who is a professional. ...

miryferny wrote:Like this option.. Home office (HO) reference or fee reference* – Nationality only...
I left it blank in the end...

If you have received a CoA with a case ID then enter it there. If you do not have one then yes, leave blank.

Dudu, you may not apply for PR confirmation before applying to naturalise.

P60s covering the 5 year qualifying period of your choosing should suffice.

Please post in the March Timeline Forum.

Your colleague who is a banker - have you both worked closely enough together such that they can vouch for you in a personal capacity? If so then make them your personal referee and the nurse your professional referee.

RRH, for your entry into IT or DE to be entirely hassle-free (from an immigration stand point), you would need to either be (1) travelling with your husband or (2) joining him. If you wish to go ahead of him then you will need to satisfy the authorities on what basis you wish to independently enter ...

Definitely complain and request compensation to cover the cost of obtaining a new certificate. I also experienced something similar. When the IPS returned my passports and naturalisation certificate by their so-called "secure" courier they came in a basic white envelope with a gum seal that looked l...

You must not have been absent from the UK for more than 90 days in the last year, but absences of up to 100 days may be disregarded. See here.

I am not sure whether you can use the period of holding ILR from 10 August 2012 - 10 August 2013 only...

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