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British Citizenship or First British Passport

A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen. Naturalisation

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Andrea200
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British Citizenship or First British Passport

Post by Andrea200 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:23 pm

Hello. I have been in the UK for almost 8 years. This forum has been a great help through all my applications for my different visas.
I got my ILR on the 02/10/08 , always been legal in the country.
I was wondering what is the next step to get the British Passport.
Do I need to get the British Naturalisation before applying for the First British Passport? If so how do I do it?
I had taken the Life in the UK test, which was a requirement to get my ILR.
If you could be kindly enough to give me some advice on the above, it will be really appreaciated.
Many thanks,
Andrea
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taliska
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Post by taliska » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:30 pm

You have to qpply for naturalisation as a British Citizen before you can apply for a passport as a passport is just a travel document issued to a citizen, which you only become when you are naturalised see the link below
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... alisation/

you still need your original Life in the UK test pass Certificate as you do need to send this with your application
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Andrea200
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Post by Andrea200 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:07 pm

Many thanks for your reply. I remembered last year paying like £750 for the ILR, do I need to pay again £720 for the naturalisation?
I thought it was just one payment :(
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yarons
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Post by yarons » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:37 pm

Andrea200 wrote:Many thanks for your reply. I remembered last year paying like £750 for the ILR, do I need to pay again £720 for the naturalisation?
I thought it was just one payment :(
Unfortunately yes - you will have to pay. Naturalisation is a separate application and is unrelated to ILR.
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Andrea200
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Post by Andrea200 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:41 pm

Many thanks for all your help. I have been checking the application and how important are the referees....does it really have to be a doctor or a minister, or solicitor? can it be a professional or has to be one of those?
Many thanks
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yarons
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Post by yarons » Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:15 am

Andrea200 wrote:Many thanks for all your help. I have been checking the application and how important are the referees....does it really have to be a doctor or a minister, or solicitor? can it be a professional or has to be one of those?
Many thanks
you can find here a list of acceptable professional persons:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... er6/annexa
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