Questions about tail end of Naturalisation process and ceremony
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:34 pm
My mother who is German and has lived in the UK since she was 18, was ecstatic to receive her letter from the Home Office telling her she had been successful and would shortly receive her letter to attend a citizenship ceremony where she will be presented with a certificate of British citizenship, only 2 weeks after we had sent in her paperwork and biometrics. Considering we had been warned about having to wait 6 month and the fact we were worried if anything was wrong on the form and so might mean they contact us about a problem, this is a great relief and she is very happy but of course she worried about every stage and is now worried about the ceremony and getting a British Passport so we have a few new questions if anyone could help please.
She is 79 and so was not required to do any of the language or knowledge obligations normally required, so what will she actually have to do at the ceremony, she is panicking?
She has always looked forward to getting a British Passport and of course there is no mention of this on her letter, so at what point can she apply for this, is it once she has this certificate of British citizenship after the ceremony?
When she applies for a British Passport will she need to send it off with the application and is it only for her first British passport or every time (yes I know she is 79 but she is optimistic about living a long time)(she’s thinking along the lines of “when will I be truly British and not have to send extra paperwork off that a normal British citizen would not have to”)?
Considering the process she will have gone through to get to this point is there anything special she needs to do when applying for a passport that say a British subject would not have to?
Incidentally, as her original documentation was lost from when she first came to the UK in 1955 she had to get a Residence Document to state that she has permission to stay here but we’ve heard this will soon become invalid as the system gets changed and so we’re not sure if this will play any part in a passport application, at least while it is still valid. Will it?
Any answers or help appreciated.
She is 79 and so was not required to do any of the language or knowledge obligations normally required, so what will she actually have to do at the ceremony, she is panicking?
She has always looked forward to getting a British Passport and of course there is no mention of this on her letter, so at what point can she apply for this, is it once she has this certificate of British citizenship after the ceremony?
When she applies for a British Passport will she need to send it off with the application and is it only for her first British passport or every time (yes I know she is 79 but she is optimistic about living a long time)(she’s thinking along the lines of “when will I be truly British and not have to send extra paperwork off that a normal British citizen would not have to”)?
Considering the process she will have gone through to get to this point is there anything special she needs to do when applying for a passport that say a British subject would not have to?
Incidentally, as her original documentation was lost from when she first came to the UK in 1955 she had to get a Residence Document to state that she has permission to stay here but we’ve heard this will soon become invalid as the system gets changed and so we’re not sure if this will play any part in a passport application, at least while it is still valid. Will it?
Any answers or help appreciated.