Naturalisation certificate and Passport

[mubashir9819]

Hi All
I could not find the answer to this so I have posted it here. Any comments/ insight would be useful. I want to know about the Naturalisation certificate i.e. what use it has, will I ever need it again, where will it come handy, etc. This same goes for the Biometric Card.

I have already got my British Passport, so am wondering if the above two will be useful to me in any way.

Thanks in advance

[fwd079]

Hi All
I could not find the answer to this so I have posted it here. Any comments/ insight would be useful. I want to know about the Naturalisation certificate i.e. what use it has, will I ever need it again, where will it come handy, etc. This same goes for the Biometric Card.

I have already got my British Passport, so am wondering if the above two will be useful to me in any way.

Thanks in advance

Please note carefully the difference:

• Your British Passport is just a travel document and it is not a proof of your UK Citizenship, but merely an evidence of it.

• Your Naturalisation Certificate is the most important document in your UK immigration route, it proves you took Oath to become UK Citizen through Naturalisation. So keep it safe, scan it on very high resolution and keep soft copies at multiple secure places.

• Your ILR BRP ceased to exist technically, once you were granted Naturalisation as a British Citizen. You can destroy it.


Please also click here to see further links, where vinny has provided legal arguments of whatever I have posted above.

Hope this clears things up for you.

[mubashir9819]

Thanks very much for your reply.

This now makes sense and clear things up.

Regards.

[CR001]

Another very important point, DO NOT laminate your naturalisation certificate.

[mubashir9819]

Yes. This was mentioned when i got the certificate. This is becasue of all the security features in that paper.