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HI

my brother is going to apply for British Citizenship next week.
we have one problem,

last year when he applied for ILR he sent his Original LIFE IN THE UK TEST CERTIFICATE along with ILR application.
but
they did not send that back with Biometric Residence Permit, now he has to send them along with his British Citizenship Application, how can he get that back?

or

is there any other way dealing with this?

Regards

star17 wrote:HI

my brother is going to apply for British Citizenship next week.
we have one problem,

last year when he applied for ILR he sent his Original LIFE IN THE UK TEST CERTIFICATE along with ILR application.
but
they did not send that back with Biometric Residence Permit, now he has to send them along with his British Citizenship Application, how can he get that back?

or

is there any other way dealing with this?

Regards

He does nt need it, he should tick that he met the KOLL requirements for settlement.

many thanks D4109125

i got one more question about the referees
1- do both referees has to British National?
2- do both have to be professionals e.g doctor, engineer,solicitor etc

i appreciate your reply.

Only one referee must be British, the other one of any nationality.

One of them must be a professional referee, either of them.

psb wrote:One referee must be British, the other one of any nationality.

One of them must be a professional referee, either of them.

My understanding is professional referee can be of any nationality but personal referee has to be BC (with professional qualification or older than 25 years)

cricinfo wrote:

psb wrote:One referee must be British, the other one of any nationality.

One of them must be a professional referee, either of them.

My understanding is professional referee can be of any nationality but personal referee has to be BC (with professional qualification or older than 25 years)

+1 to this.

duplicate

My professional referee was from a EU country and was accepted by the Home Office.

D4109125 wrote:

star17 wrote:HI

my brother is going to apply for British Citizenship next week.
we have one problem,

last year when he applied for ILR he sent his Original LIFE IN THE UK TEST CERTIFICATE along with ILR application.
but
they did not send that back with Biometric Residence Permit, now he has to send them along with his British Citizenship Application, how can he get that back?

or

is there any other way dealing with this?

Regards

He does nt need it, he should tick that he met the KOLL requirements for settlement.

i contacted my local NCS office today to get appointment, and explained her about my life in the uk test certificate.

lady said i must bring my original certificate along me as they need to see all original papers ( i do have photo copy).
i try to contact the test centre where i attended my life in the uk test couple of year ago, unfortunately that test centre is closed.

i dont know what to do now?

The NCS employee is wrong. Tell her so and if she insists, ask to her to check with the UKBA while you wait.

You already received a good answer from someone in this thread. I don't see why people ask for advice in a thread then disregard the answers they're given and go and ask someone else. Why didn't you just ask the NCS people in the first place if you weren't going to take the advice of the people in the thread? I think it's very rude. Someone takes their time to help you with your query and you just choose to ignore it.

Anyway, I have no idea why the NCS person told you you need to bring the LIUK certificate if you've already explained your circumstances. If the home office already has your LIUK certificate then how can you bring it with you to your NCS appointment? Just tick the box that says you have met the language requirements and you will be fine.

Astrid24.. i decided to use this ID myself, previously my brother wrote question for me.
2nd for just your kind information ( everyone else knows that) when you try to get appointment with NCS ,they tell you what you need to bring along on the day of appointment.
and
forum are made to share information while NSC is and formal department,and they have certain guidelines to follow, if they say something ( right or wrong) that is trouble/issue for that person.

then

one has to come back to forum to get further information. this is why i only referred it to kind person D4109125.

i hope you will not waste your time writing irrelevant things and will understand the purpose of forums.

Ok well then I apologise. I misunderstood. Hopefully you have got the answer you need.

Unfortunately the NCS are not infallible and often make mistakes. In this case they are definitely mistaken.

Casa wrote:Unfortunately the NCS are not infallible and often make mistakes. In this case they are definitely mistaken.

i agree for sure they are mistaken. if they insisted i will give the copy and will ask them to send copy along with my application and do write them that applicant failed to provide original.

i dont mind

Point them to page 13 of the guide (click) or ask them to call a UKBA caseworker. Remember those at the NCS are not highly trained and are just looking out for you hence the often over cautious reactions.