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Hi All,

I'm applying for UK citizenship via naturalisation after under 1 year of ILR, and my wife is a UK citizen. In the form though, there is a place where they ask for Citizenship certificate number. My wife is unable to find her citizenship certificate unfortunately, and we've tried all means of contacting UKVI / HMPO and are unable to retrieve the number. The only way for her is to apply for a new citizenship certificate by paying 428 pounds.

Shall I submit the application with a note on the form where it asks for Partner's citizenship certificate reference number and say something like "Applied for new certificate and will submit number" ? Or alternately, shall I wait for a couple of months until the new certificate is available and then submit my naturalisation application?

Will not submitting a certificate number now and only sending the number later choosing one option over the other impact the outcome / decision?

I suggest you wait until obtain a copy of the certificate before you apply and supply that. Make sure you store that in a sfae place going forward.