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Hi everyone, I applied for British citizenship through naturalisation and I have issues with the passport application. I am currently overseas for a year abroad study (in Japan with a student visa for 10 months under my UK university, my nationality is Turkish). This is my timeline for naturalisation:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr + 1yr IRL
Language criteria: B1 Test
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 22/06/2019
Date biometrics enrolled: 07/07/2019
Date on Approval letter: 09/09/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 16/10/2019
Date of Ceremony: 13/11/2019
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date Passport received: TBC

My application got approved way quicker than I imagined (I thought the earliest approval would be in November). I planned to come back from Japan in late December to do my ceremony and stay a month+ to get my UK passport and return to my year abroad (we have a long winter break). But now, I have to go back to the UK in November and I can only miss 2 weeks of classes even though I informed my universities about the urgency of the situation. I have been told that a passport interview is mandatory. Would I be able to do my passport interview in a British embassy/consulate in Japan? If I can't, would you be able to tell me how quick the letter for the interview comes? I plan to send my biometric card as soon after the ceremony on the same day and apply for the passport on the same day as well. I asked my solicitor but I didn't get a useful reply (she actually wrongly informed me and said passport interviews aren't a thing).

I am only in Japan for 10 months but it is a mandatory year for me to progress to my final year in my UK university.

Interviews are rare these days and passport applications currently take 2 to 3 weeks.

Hello, I need to go abroad urgently after my citizenship ceremony and I don't have the time to wait for the British Passport (I will cut up and send my BRP card). I was planning to apply for CoE when I'm abroad. However, I will be back in the UK in the winter and I would like to apply for a British passport then. I know that you can't possess both CoE and British passport so my question is if I apply for the passport would my application be refused or would my CoE be canceled? If it can be cancelled when I'm back in the UK I would prefer that. Also, my other country allows dual citizenship, so I have no problem holding a British passport as well as my own.

You will be taking extreme risk by applying for your first British passport from outside U.K., especially if you are a dual citizen.

Please see http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 87178.html for a recent example, where the revocation process has been initiated for a similar case.

Proceed cautiously.