herewego - well done!! Congratulations, you were very patient (unlike me!)!!!!!

spiyaa - hope yours will come very soon!!

How long does it take to get invitation letter? Hey - seems to be different approval letters. Some approvals say call the council to book your ceremony (and you dont need to wait for another letter), other approval letters ask you to wait for your invite letter to arrive separately. From looking at...

xlisusx + sikiliza69 - hey guys, we're all cool, you both made good points! Maybe we should actually play the lottery since we've been talking about it so much! We might even be lucky and win this weekend!!

CONGRATS fingercrossed123 and others! Fingercrossed123, I got my approval a week or so ago but was still checking this post to see if you have got it! I can go back to my day job now :D :wink: Haha, thank you aspirant09! Just keeping you on your toes my friend!! :lol: :wink: Very big congratulation...

Some people seem to argue (on earlier threads on here) that you "should" leave and enter on the "local" passport if you're a citizen of the country you are leaving and entering on. However, I have not seen any formal guideance on this and it doesn't seem to make any sense for EU passport holders. U...

Thank you for your response, Jambo. Some people seem to argue (on earlier threads on here) that you "should" leave and enter on the "local" passport if you're a citizen of the country you are leaving and entering on. However, I have not seen any formal guideance on this and it doesn't seem to make a...

Hi Guys, Just called the council to book my BC ceremony. The lady was really nice but said that I would not be allowed to travel until I got my British Passport as any ILR would be cancelled from the time of the ceremony. I then explained to her that I do not have or need ILR at all as I am a EU cit...

Hi Team, I hope to start my passport application process shortly. I will be travelling soon so wonder whether I should apply now from my British passport or after when I am back from my trip (I can travel on my current passport with no problems but was worried about getting it returned in time from ...

Application timeline Eligibility criteria: EEA national 5 years + 1 year PR (Exercising Treaty rights) Method of application: NCS Date of submission: 16 August 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 19 August 2013 (Royal Mail tracking) Date of debit of fees: 21 August 2013 (credit card) Date of receipt of a...

ITGraduate wrote:Your approval is a great pleasure and relief to all August timeliners lol

Good Luck and Congrats Fingerscrossed123!!!

Happy days mate

Thanks for your kind words, my friend! I am very happy! Best wishes to you too!!

One final thing I wanted to let you know is that I contacted the HO by email last week to check if my application had been given to a caseworker and whether a decision had been made. They replied quite quickly and said no decision had been made BUT the date of my approval letter shows that they had ...

British citizenship approval isn’t a case of “lottery”....the end the important is if you sent to the HO all the right support documentations needed for your approval. I think you have misconstrued the word "lottery" in the context we used it in. Sikiliza69 + xlisusx - you both make good points!! T...

Application timeline: Eligibility criteria: EEA national 5 years + 1 year PR (Exercising Treaty rights - no PR card) Method of application: NCS London Date of submission: 16 August 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 19 August 2013 (tracked by Royal Mail) Date of debit of fees: 21 August 2013 (credit car...

@fingerscrossed123 Ahhh!...that's probably the reason yours is late....yes mine was SD, 1st class post...which means your's it's on its way :wink: Oh, thanks for your kind words of encouragement! I have tried to just be more patient and calm as have realised that this all seems a bit of a lottery s...

Congrats Soraya85, helen12 + Borello!!

Emrah - enjoy your ceremony!

Soraya85 - you're right, the board does help!

Hopefully the good news continues this week....!

panic over! thk god! mine arrived today and dated on the 26th. @fingerscrossed123, yours should be on the way shortly. Huge congratulations, sikiliza69!! That's such great news!! Well done! :D Quick qtn: Did you post your application and have them send your approval in a special delivery envelope? ...

Congratulation every one I'm still waiting and I'm getting a bit angry now I emailed the HO last night and I'm still waiting for a reply 11 weeks compare to the rest of you is a long time :( any advice any one pls Borello - Waiting is frustrating but the process seems like a bit of a lottery! Some ...

I phoned the NCS bUt they said they can't help me because it out of their hands I might have to email the HO and see of they can't advice me with something is any one got their email adress please and how long does it take them to reply Thanks every one NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk The...

Yes yes yes I have got a phone call back from NCS they have got my certificate just booked my ceremony on 08/10/2013 they sent my letters to wrong address instead of flat 3 they sent it to flat 13 :evil: anyway happy days going there tuesday morning. That's great new, Emrah! Glad it all eventually ...

I see that some letters are arriving people after 9-11 days how is that? Do they issue the letter and wait to send it to people? or Royal mail really sucks? I guess we have no way of knowing the true story but I suspect that the delays are probably at the HO end (as all other mail I've had delivere...

numfon wrote:my friends send the home office e-mail, they get back next day.

Oh cheers for letting me know! I might try email but really want to speak to someone, sometimes I find email communication so frustrating!

sililiza69 - Forget the itching, I'm about to POP! Gosh I hope we get some news soooooooooon! I hope we are next up!

You are a star, Amber - thank you for your help! I will try the NCS route.

Emrah - if you used the NCS team then I think ask to speak to them. I think they'll be able to either answer your question or direct you to who in the Council can help answer your questions. (That's my opinion anyway).

Apologies for asking if this has already been covered but what is the current telephone number to call to check BC progress / speak to someone about progress? I was given 0845 010 5200 on a form given to me by the NCS but it just goes to a recorded message telling people to send an email instead. I ...