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certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 1:57 pm
by hiawataa
Dear all,
I submitted my ILR SET(LR) by post in mid-January and I have also given my biometric fingerprint at the end of January. I have been waiting for any news from the Home Office since then.
As my passport is still in the Home Office, I now need a certified copy of it from the Home Office as a valid proof of ID for some purposes (not for travelling purpose).
Is there anybody who had any experience in this ? Procedure, where to send the request, how long it will take, etc ?
I notice that a few people have asked this question before, but I haven't seen any response to those questions.
Cheers,
Hiaw
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:40 am
by imii
You can request for your immigration history from UK Visas and Immigration by sending them SAR form .
They will send your all the immigration UK history , included your first entry to UK , supporitng documents ,
Airport and airline boring pass etc ...
Please see below weblink
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration
they will charge you around £10 and normally takes 4-5 weeks , 2nd option if you applied your visa through your solicitors in last 5 year then they are legally bond to provide you copy of your documents ...
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:57 am
by CR001
imii wrote:You can request for your immigration history from UK Visas and Immigration by sending them SAR form .
They will send your all the immigration UK history , included your first entry to UK , supporitng documents ,
Airport and airline boring pass etc ...
Please see below weblink
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration
they will charge you around £10 and normally takes 4-5 weeks , 2nd option if you applied your visa through your solicitors in last 5 year then they are legally bond to provide you copy of your documents ...
The poster is asking how to get a notarised/certified copy of his passport from HO while his application is still under process with HO. OP is not asking about SAR.
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 12:18 pm
by hiawataa
Yes, the moderator is correct. I am asking how to get a notarised/certified copy of his passport from HO while my application is still with HO. It is to give the evidence that my passport is still indeed in HO and that I can only show a copy of it at the moment.
I saw a document (for HO internal use) which mentions this certified copy.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _clean.pdf
But when I called the Home Office, the person who answered said that they don't issue a certified copy. This is confusing.
Cheers,
Hiaw
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 12:50 pm
by CR001
On what page of your link does it refer the documents?
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:15 pm
by vinny
Page 11 wrote:If you receive a request for a document to be returned for any other reason, you must tell the holder this is not possible, but the Home Office can provide them with a certified copy. There is no agreed standard wording for this certification, but it is advised it should include the fact the Home Office is holding the document and contact details in case a third party such as a bank wish to confirm this fact.
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:20 pm
by hiawataa
In Page 13, it mentions that the Home Office can provide certified copy. That document is actually not for handling the ILR, I think it is for asylum seeker case. But it shows that the HO can provide certified copies of document (if they are willing). Whereas the staff in the phone said that HO does not issue any certified copy because they are not a solicitor or anything like that.
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:23 pm
by snapeaholic
Did you ever solve this?
Re: certified copy of passport from Home Office
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:32 pm
by vinny