First thing first, do you have a letter from university saying your degree was taught in English? If you have that, you do not need ELA. does your degree give you points in PBS? Then send it and again you do not need ELA. Assuming the answer to both the above questions are NO,send a print out of NAR...

Email them. They will reply.

I can not comment on MN process as we were settled when the child was born and he qualified for british citizenship by birth. The only differences between PIO and OCI are: 1) PIO is valid for 20 years where OCI is valid for life time. However, I think for a child you need to get a new one issued any...

Please can you help? I had my passport interview on May 16 in Manchester. I answered most questions without any issues but there were 2 questions I was unsure of: previous store cards (I could only name 1 as it was sometime ago) and knew my mom's DOB but had to calculate how old she actually is whe...

Congrats 27 pence!! Your journey sounds so identical to me. I also came to the UK for my masters in Feb 2008 and had a job offer back home. ALso got married in May 2011!!!! Got ILR in July 2013 but couldn't be bothered applying for naturalisation as I felt the money was quite an extortion. Finally ...

You can not get OCI for your child. You can apply for PIO.

No, if you don't have something like this (click) , best she takes a test (click) to prove B1 English is met in addition to LIUK. Wrong. I myself have received ELA certifying me at c1 level and I did not have a letter from my university. I called them and asked if they would process ELA without let...

Hi Jeeth, Thanks for the reply, her original certificate was an Adexcel English course, passed at level 3 at our local college around 4 years ago and recognised on the OFQUAL register, but refused as not ESOL approved. She sat the IELTS course at the weekend, a few weeks to wait for the results, th...

Hello everyone I send my passport application using check n send service on 09/05/2014. But still passport office has not received my application with them so how long does normally it takes to reach yo passport office??? I am really worried as I don't have my passport n naturalisation certificate ...

1. How do they check if the reference has a profession on the list? For example if I have a friend who is an engineer but not a chartered engineer and I put down his/her name as a reference, then how will home office know if she/he is chartered? Do I have to provide extra evidence? Or are they goin...

Hi Romila If point based calculator is not giving you any point, in all probability UK NARIC will not be able to certify your English language skill either. Both use the same data. In that case yes, you have to take a recognised English test. It is upto you if you want to risk paying NARIC hoping th...

Hi, I am applying for Naturalization and have following queries. I tried to look into the forum but could not find a concrete answer :( 1. I and my wife(who was on dependent Tier-1) had applied for ILR May last year. Could somebody please clarify if she is eligible for applying for Naturalization a...

Did you pay the £3 to get your supporting documents back by special delivery? And how did you know the date your application received by IPS? Also did you write your grandparents details on the application? Thanks a lot! Yes, I did pay £3 for special delivery. I believe PO send your application by ...

Yes but there have been some cases reported here where they have asked for NARIC certificate even after PBS print out. These are old cases and not reported in last 2 months.. One of the guy argued with them that he does not need to send NARIC certificate and won !! So, in summary in majority caes th...

Yes he can be your referee. You do not need anything to prove that he is a manager. This country is full of managers and less doers and so they do not doubt a manager!! Just make sure the word "manager" is some where in his designation that he writes in the form !! PS: My line managers did mine and ...

Hi My Parents Came to UK in JULY 2011 on Visit Visa. During their stay in UK, our circumstances substantially changed and we applied ILR for them. The application was approved in May 2012 (on the basis of elderly parents of Settled British Citizen). Can senior forum especially Amber. please advise ...

Sorry only just seen your reply. Yes he does have ilr and we know he can apply in his own right after being here 5 years just it was the fact that we weren't legally separated and it doesn't give you on the form any other options apart from married or legally separated. So i guess he has to tick th...

Coud have answered many of your quesitons being through the process recently but I am not a moderator.. So..

Apologies if i have posted in the wrong forum. I don't live with my husband and have been separated from him for a few years. He now wants to apply for British citizenship in his own right based on being in the UK for 5 years. (arrived 2009 ilr received 2012) On the form there is no option to put j...

Hi all,

Just read the photo guidance for passport and it says it must be taken within the last month. That means I can not use the photo used during naturalisation which was recent at that time and now almost 2 months old.

Just wondering what others did? Please share.

A British citizen otherwise than by descent, can automatically pass on British citizenship to a child born outside the UK. You can be a British Citizen otherwise than by descent by:

Birth;
Registration;
Naturalisation;
Adoption.

applied on 6th April. (SOC) It was posted today on 29th April. Another 3 days to receive it. That is 15 working days for them to complete (without post). UK NARIC is probably the worst company. What they do is change your applicaiton date to the date when they start looking at your case and then cal...

I am a bit worried about English language requirements. I passed life in the UK test and attached certificate. I attached the uk university degree certificate. Is it going to be OK? I did not explain anything, and I have used them for my points when I get my work permit. I have seen other people us...

Eligibility criteria: tier 1 5 yr + 1 yr ILR Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): PBS print out for 10 points on english language only. Never provided print out for degree comparison to show I get 20 points for degree Current nationality: Indian...

@akash08, Yes you are right, may be in tom.tom's case something is not right. But my case is very obvious, i didnt show them the comparability part in the PBS sheet, that was a silly mistake from my side. However, you have been asked to submit the language letter from University as well which is no...