Complaints process is http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-p ... passports/

TBH, I am not expecting much from them when we go through it.

Experience with any division of the Home Office has never been great but ultimately gotten what we wanted out the end of it so accept it.

As you mention interview are you talking about citizenship or passport?

If it is for a passport you would complain to the IPS rather than UKBA

You would only need to include employers letters etc if you are in the UK under EEA legislation and havent already received a PR stamp

We didnt have any recent docs to submit as you only receive the requested statement if are required to pay tax and from the 4 years she's been self employed earnings have been below the personal tax allowance except the very first one.

Wasnt asked for anything else in our case.

The forms say a manager of a VAT registered company counts but from other posts on here UKBA have advised not when people have phoned and asked (not surprising really given anyone can form a VAT registered company for about £35). Dont know if anyone has applied and had it rejected though. Easiest th...

Wondered how long from sending off an EEA3 application any form of acknowledgement? I know the time to process it is up to 6 months? A friends sent their docs about 4 weeks ago and hasnt heard anything and I cannot remember how long it took for us, though for BC it took 6 weeks for the HO to acknowl...

If they work in an investment bank then they are probably ok. If they work in a broker or such within investment banking then probably not.

Presumably you have exhausted the obvious ones such as your GP or your Dentist?

I am always surprised that "Manager of a VAT registered company" is listed, even Directors shouldnt be on there in my opinion given that with no vetting and only about £35 you can set up a company and register it for VAT. That said, it is there and so in theory the Deputy Head of a department should...

I was wondering if there are any tips or tricks to speed up the application for a British Passport? We want to book a holiday but not sure what name to use as the british passport will be in married name but the current passport in maiden name. Would prefer to book in married name (had questions alr...

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New Method of application: Postal Date of application: 28 March 2012 Date application received by IPS: 29 March 2012 Date of return of documents: 17 April Date of receipt of interview letter received: 14 April 2012 Date of Passport Appointme...

Assuming you meet the other requirements then you can apply now for BC on the basis of 5 years residency inc at least 1 free from immigration control. Your wife cannot apply yet having not been here 5 years yet. That said, assuming that you do become British she can then apply immediately for BC too...

I believe ours came second class rather than recorded

We never got ours, called the council and they just emailed a copy of it.

As has been said though, you just need the HO invitation and photo ID on the day

Your actual PR was when you were in the country 5 years exercising treaty rights and so you could apply now as this has presumably already passed giving how long it takes to get PR sorted. That said, my experience of UKBA is that they dont always know the rules and for the sake of waiting a fortnigh...

Which country is it? Can you not check with their consulate? My guess would be you put one in A and the other in C and it is purely your choice which order you choose (presumably you use the one they will consider most favourably in A) B would only be used if you relinquished any nationality (eg if ...

They must be received when you are eligible but is the 7th April the date you got the PR stamp or the date on which you had been in the UK for 5 years exercising treaty rights?

1) Yes 2) Ok 3) It is the HMRC office that handles your taxation. If you are an employee your HR department will be able to tell you which tax office deals with them 4) If you are using NCS then only photocopies are sent not any originals. Not sure what you are wanting returned using your prepaid en...

Half the stamps in our passport are unreadable, several overlap each other, some are missing as per your issue.

Didnt have a problem and just correctly filled in the form AN based on the truth rather than just what stamps are present etc. Wasnt a problem for us.

1) No, the only optional part is to use NCS and thus not lose your docs. No way to accelerate the process 2) Your BC application doesnt impact your ILR. I imagine if they find there is some big issue in your past they may pass it to the other relevant department for review. If you do some digging yo...

You havent been resident for 3 years if you only arrived on 10/04/2009 but you can apply from the 10/04/2012 when you will have been.

You need to make an appointment for NCS. In London it is typically a month or so in advance, cannot comment for other areas.

1) You must have been resident in the UK for 3 years. Your ILR means you meet the free from immigration control and as the spouse of a BC you dont need to have the normal 1 year free of immigration control 2) You can make the appointment whenever just as long as by the appointment itself you are eli...

They got the name right this time, unlike the PR card which they spelled the name wrong on. Had similar issues with the holiday company recently where they stripped the space and so wrote it as a single name. They said their system couldnt cope with double surnames and so I suggested hyphenating it ...

Is it your approval letter (ie your invited to become British) or acknowledgement letter (ie they say they've received your application)? I believe the letters are all standard as it mentioned things like photocopies etc on ours when we didnt send any photocopies. I would raise the name being wrong ...

In answer to your questions: 1) Yes they are 2) There is no need for you to be debt free. You however need to ensure you dont have any CCJs or CIFAS loadings due to the debt 3) You need to send your proof of residency etc for the last 5 years in the form of passport(s). How many passports have you h...

I spoke to my accountant ...he sent me a form for registering myself for self-assesment ...and asked me to fill it as a ' I have become a director' ... and send it to HMRC. It is probably quicker to just telephone HMRC (though expect to be on hold for 20 minutes or so) and save having to wait for p...