It is a punishable offence to travel on an Indian passport after acquiring Foreign citizenship. I think it is about £145 fine for each time you travel.
I have got a reply back from VFS re my query. Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for your email. Please note that applicants cannot apply for a surrender certificate and OCI application at the same time. However, they need to first obtain the Surrender Certificate as surrender certificate is a mandatory docu...
1. I cannot recall what documents exactly that I submitted when I applied for PIO for my son but from what I recall Parents passport, child's passport and birth certificate should be sufficient. Please remember to take a photocopy of all the documents as they don't keep the originals when you apply ...
One more question please and please excuse my ignorance but I've never applied to VFS by post before. Can I just send a normal A4 envelope with my postal application for return of documents or does it need to be a special Royal mail envelope? Same with sending the application?
Hi All, I've just received my British passport and I intend to apply for OCI now and have a few questions: 1. Is there any way that I can apply for surrender certificate and OCI at the same time? The reason I'm asking is that I may need to travel to India on short notice due to a family issue. If no...
I'm about to apply for surrender certificate for myself. The photocopies of Indian passport, Uk Passport, Naturalisation certificate have to be self-attested. Does this mean just sign and date or do I need to add some words as well?
Just to update everyone, I received my passport yesterday :D It was 10 days from interview letter to receiving my passport, great sevice by IPS :D Eligibility criteria: 5 Year Work Permit + 1Year ILR (Single Application) Method of Application NCS Milton Keynes Date of application: 17/04/12 Date of r...
No problem. I was a little nervous about what questions they were going to ask but as I said already the lady was very friendly and just chatted about my work to put me at ease. All in all I would advise everybody just to photocopy their passport and naturalisation applications and be familiar with ...
I had my interview for first adult British Passport today. These are some of the questions asked: Confirm your name with spelling Date of Birth Full address with postcode What type of house is it? Is it in a village or estate? Is it at a busy junction? How far is the nearest shop? How far is the nea...
I would be interested in clarifying this as well. I am planning to attend the ceremony with my wife and 1year old. I'm the only one being naturalised so my wife will be able to stay with the baby. He can be fairly active and its hard to keep him still, so any details of the ceremonywould be helpful ...
oh my God, you didn't send it at that address did you ? oh no....no wonder you've not heard anything back yet, had you sent it at the correct address , you would've had a decision and approval by now. how can you be this daft ? you need to get in touch with whomever received your documents...my gue...
Eligibility criteria: 5 Year Work Permit + 1Year ILR (Single Application) Method of Application NCS Milton Keynes Date of application: 17/04/12 Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/04/12 Date of debit of fees: 26/04/12 (credit card) Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/04/12 Date of receipt of approval: 09...
I'm reassured that everyone seems to be in the same boat and the delay is not restricted to only some applications. Maybe the school holidays/Olympics means lots of staff are on holidays and UKBA are short-staffed? Can anyone shed anymore light?
I applied in April and my referees have not been contacted yet either. I was worried about this as well. If the referees are not contacted normally it reassures me a little.
You haven't mentioned this but I'm assuming that your wife to be is a foreign citizen and currently outside the UK. 1. It doesn't make a difference if you appy through NCS so you'll get to retain your documents. You can then appy for dependent visa for your wife post marriage. 2. The dependent visa ...
When I applied through NCS, the caseworker asked me to put down the date of the first entry into the UK i.e the 2004 date and port of entry will be whichever airport you arrived at.
With the closure of the application processing timelines thread I thought I'd start this one to help keep track of April 2012 applications. So here's my timeline so far: Eligibility criteria: 5 Year Work Permit + 1Year ILR (Single Application) Method of Application NCS Milton Keynes Date of applicat...
Please see the topic below where this is discussed. According to OCI rules, for a minor to achieve OCI status, one of the parents must be eligible for an OCI, i.e one of the parents must hold a foreign passport.
When my wife received her naturalisation certificate she was given a "New British Citizen Voter Registration" form to be registered on the Electoral Registry. Is it compulsory? will there be any negative consequences for not register on Electoral Registry, other than unable to vote? You haven't sai...
rentmeda wrote:I think it depends on the NCS, hence from the inputs from members it is better to take more paperwork to the appointment rather than less and be sorry.
