Someone who spent their whole life in Italy would qualify for naturalisation there, AFAIK. I very much doubt that. I personally know someone who was born in Italy and lived there until she was 16, and she never qualified. She actually never come close to qualify. I know they recently relented on th...

JAJ wrote:Also, make a complaint to the council concerned and/or the Home Office.

I wonder how hard is to write a software to guide and assist the tasks of the NCS clerks.

Today I sent this complaint letter to the Post Office: To whom it may concern, Dear Sir or Madam, Fact The WW February I went in the Post Office of XXX to use the Check & Send service to request the first passport of my wife. My wife was recently naturalised, and therefore she is nowadays a dual Bri...

In the section where you fill your parents' details, you can see a note on right hand side stating requirements of your grandparents' details. Well, I filled 3 forms so far (for people who got the BC through naturalisation), and I never noticed that note, I never wrote down my grandparents' details...

LondonApplicant wrote:No, it is not mandatory – absolutely not.

Yup, just to confirm, my wife has a first name made of 2 words separated by a space, and a last name made of 2 words separated by a space, following this schema:

FFF FFF LLL LLL

And the UKBA got it right, no dashes.

I am applying for my first British passport . I have noticed in the application it is asking for grandparents(maternal and paternal) details I was wondering if there is more than one type of form, as I recently filled three applications for a first British passport, 2 from the citizenship ceremony,...

So, based on her automatic acquirement of permanent residence on 27 Feb 2012, yesterday on 27 Feb 2013, I went to Birmingham NCS to apply for her Naturalisation. The Council lady didn't even know what EEA meant and what treaty rights were! Sorry mate, but :lol: :lol: :lol: seriously, WTF! She rang ...

Now, as I understand it from what's being said here, I didn't need to apply for PR confirmation first and could have applied to naturalise on reaching my 5th anniversary providing evidence of my husband's PR status (derived under EU law), British citizenship and proof my residence in the UK for 5 y...

There are some people who are confused about FP ad EEA2 Adding on top of Vinny's, the FP is just the end result of an entry clearance process, that's it, you may think of that as a sort of simplified visa for non EEA family members of EEA citizens exercising treaty rights in the UK. The main scope ...

Good for you, now look through that thread and report back after your hols! The bit about not needing the exit visa is hilarious for me, if you meant it was not required for the Schengen visas as well, I didn't knew that, my wife was hold God knows how many times from border guards trying to match ...

from April 2013 meaning that people on ILR will no longer be able to apply for citizenship and have British passports, but will only be able to become permanent residents. Is this true I reckon it may be the dream of certain sort of people, but I very much doubt they will see that happen as soon as...

This is clear as far as people with only one nationality are concerned; not so clear when it comes to people with dual nationality. In other words, it's clear that an Italian (who doesn't also hold British citizenship) residing in the UK may choose to vote for either the UK or the Italian (but not ...

Aledeniz@ So generally speaking if i get PR in JUNE-2013 ( even though i have already spent 6 Years in UK ) Then do i have to wait another whole one year to qualify to apply for NATURALIZATION which would be JUNE-2014? KINDLY CLARIFY THIS POINT PLEASE You don't need. If someone fulfil all criteria ...

When i came in UK 6 Years ago I studied at THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY and i done English Language course from there Is it acceptable in the place of ESOL? I very much doubt it. I've got friends born and bred in English speaking countries (South Africa, Australia, Canada, USA), holding university degr...

(If i apply for PR ON EEA3 in this case do i need to have ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST AND LIFE IN UK TEST..IS IT COMPULSORY EVEN FOR EU NATIONALS?) I did apply for the PR document without Life in the UK, as it is not required for EEA3 or EEA4 applications, afterwards, before applying for naturalisation, ...

An EU NATIONAL must apply for PR first then for Naturalization and then for British passport? No, you need to achieve PR, obtaining the document certifying PR is optional, then successfully apply for naturalisation, then apply for the passport. or is it possible to directly apply for British passpo...

nidaulhaque wrote:Dont think you need life in uk

She does need it, indeed.
Actually, as Vinny more correctly put it, generally speaking she needs KOL, which is achievable also through Life in the UK.

The other downside of having a dated confirmation of PR is that you still have to show that you had attained PR for at least one year, possibly before the date on the confirmation of PR. Yup, that's what happened to me, I got PR, then I applied for naturalisation without waiting 1 year from the PR ...

In my case what would you suggest what should i do? It depends from your own circumstances, I suppose. In the case of my wife, we perceived that the risk of loosing the application fee for naturalisation, £851, was very low, because of my own understanding of the law and of the naturalisation proce...

May I simply ask if this is your interpretation, or if you know for sure, in which case I'd find it interesting to see some exact references to the relevant EU law (or other sources)? Just before voting for the last EU elections, I got the instructions from the Italian consulate in London, clearly ...

However, if a EU citizen also acquires British nationality, can he/she vote for the two constituencies (native country + UK), or does he/she have to choose one? One head one vote. You may disagree, and I don't actually dislike the Hungarian experiment, but in modern western democratic tradition, tu...

For me its Registration Certificate for him its residence Card 5 years. By my very limited experience and observation, an EEA1 application takes generally 2 to 6 months, while an EEA2 4 to 8 months. But really, I'm not at all certain of the shape of the distribution, and of the consistence of the t...

Help5 wrote:focus on our education

Please note that the links some kinder forumer has provided you are actually very educative, if not in some cases properly formative.
You would be surprised from the amount of things I've learnt perusing the UKBA website

We both would like to get EEA 1 and EEA 2 application ASAP. We currently live with our friends. You have to find a way to exercise treaty rights, ideally ASAP. Can you assist me with Same day application for him and me. AFAIK there ain't "Same day response" services for EEAx applications. Also, peo...

Help5 wrote:i am German

Just joking, I know plenty of Germans, they are generally alright, Help5 potentially included!