Renunciation of British Citizenship
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:13 pm
Hi there
I'm sitting here with the declaration of renunciation form (for renouncing British citizenship) and I have a few really quick questions about the process.
1) I'm living in Beijing and would guess that the dear old Home Office wouldn't send it directly to Beijing (and I'm worried about something going wrong in the process) so I'm thinking about asking them to send the confirmation to my witness (who is in agreement). Do you think that it's acceptable for me to write the same address as my witness/countersignatory on Section 1 of the form where it says:
"I (full name)..[MY NAME]... of (full address)..[MY WITNESSES ADDRESS]..."
However, this address is not an address that I'm associated with. The reason why I want to do this is that my witness is a very trustworthy person who will be able to send the completed form directly to me in Beijing (and he writes Chinese, which makes the addressing of the envelop easier).
2) I can't possibly relinquish my Irish passport during the process but will definitely send a copy of it with the renunciation form. Will this be acceptable? I've sent emails to the Home Office on every email address that I've been able to find but no-one has replied!!! I'll be back in the UK for a short time at the end of this month and plan to do the renunciation then, but I'll need to Irish passport to get back into China in February. Therefore, I can't be without it.
Thanks a lot for any assistance
CC
I'm sitting here with the declaration of renunciation form (for renouncing British citizenship) and I have a few really quick questions about the process.
1) I'm living in Beijing and would guess that the dear old Home Office wouldn't send it directly to Beijing (and I'm worried about something going wrong in the process) so I'm thinking about asking them to send the confirmation to my witness (who is in agreement). Do you think that it's acceptable for me to write the same address as my witness/countersignatory on Section 1 of the form where it says:
"I (full name)..[MY NAME]... of (full address)..[MY WITNESSES ADDRESS]..."
However, this address is not an address that I'm associated with. The reason why I want to do this is that my witness is a very trustworthy person who will be able to send the completed form directly to me in Beijing (and he writes Chinese, which makes the addressing of the envelop easier).
2) I can't possibly relinquish my Irish passport during the process but will definitely send a copy of it with the renunciation form. Will this be acceptable? I've sent emails to the Home Office on every email address that I've been able to find but no-one has replied!!! I'll be back in the UK for a short time at the end of this month and plan to do the renunciation then, but I'll need to Irish passport to get back into China in February. Therefore, I can't be without it.
Thanks a lot for any assistance
CC