A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen.
Naturalisation
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TheDon
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by TheDon » Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:01 pm
TheDon wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:21 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online/digital passport photo
Office: HMPO Newport
No interview.
Online Application: 10/09/2020
Identity Verified: 11/09/2020
Documents Sent: 12/09/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 15/09/2020
Documents Received status: 21/09/2020
Application being processed: 22/09/2020
Application Approved: 24/09/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 24/09/2020
Passport Received: 29/09/2020
Passport Colour: Blue
Date of Return of Documents:
07/10/2020
I didn't pick any of the 'Urgent' options when doing the online application. Still quite quick considering.
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UKapplicant
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by UKapplicant » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:24 pm
UKapplicant wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:30 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 24/09/2020
Identity Verified: 24/09/2020
Documents Sent: 25/09 /2020
Documents delivered and signed: 28/09/20
Documents Received status: 28/09/2020
Application being processed: 29/09/20
Application Approved: 09/10/20 (11 days)
Passport Printed and Sent: waiting
Passport Received: waiting
Passport Colour: waiting
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
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CR001
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by CR001 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:35 pm
Can members please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Do NOT post questions, chit chat or discussions in this thread. Such posts will be removed without any further notice. If you have a query, post in your own existing topic or start a new topic if you don't have an existing topic.
Char (CR001 not Casa)
In life you cannot press the Backspace button!!
Please DO NOT send me a PM for immigration advice. I reserve the right to ignore the PM and not respond.
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Humble123
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by Humble123 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:05 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 08/10/2020
Identity Verified: 08/10/2020
Documents Sent: 08/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 09/10/2020
Documents Received status: 09/10/2020
Application being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent: waiting
Passport Received: waiting
Passport Colour: waiting
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
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rozearo
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by rozearo » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:40 am
Type: First Child passport (one application sent to Newport, the others to Peterborough)
From: UK
Method: online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 5/09/2020
Identity Verified: 5/09/2020
Documents Sent: 7/09 /2020
Documents delivered and signed: 8/09/2020
Documents Received status: 9/9/2020
Application being processed: 10/9/2020
Application Approved: 17/9/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 18/9/2020
Passport Received: 22/9/2020
Passport Colour: blue
Date of Return of Documents: 24/9/2020
Type: First passport after naturalisation & First Child passport
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 5/09/2020
Identity Verified: 5/09/2020
Documents Sent: 7/09 /2020
Documents delivered and signed: 8/09/2020
Documents Received status: 16/09/2020
Application being processed: 18/9/2020
Application Approved: 22/9/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 23/9/2020
Passport Received: 25/9/2020
Passport Colour: blue
Date of Return of Documents: 5/10/2020
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Route to ILR
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- Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:11 pm
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by Route to ILR » Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:47 pm
Type: Child Passport Renewal (for my Daughter)
From: UK
Method: online
Date of Online Application: 26/09/2020 (Saturday)
Date Identity Verified: No need as child is over 12 years old
Date Documents Sent: 28/09 /2020 (Previous British Passport).
Documents delivered to: HMPO Durham
Documents delivered and signed: 30/09/2020
Date Documents Received status: 01/10/2020
Application being processed: 05/10/2020
Application Approved: 05/10/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 06/10/2020
Date Passport Received: 08/10/2020
Passport Colour: blue
Date of Return of Documents: 10/10/2020.
Previous British passport cut from the cornor. Outer layer and 1st page.
Total: 12 days.
Type: Child Passport Renewal (for my Son)
From: UK
Method: online
Date of Online Application: 26/09/2020
Date Identity Verified: 01/10/2020
Date Documents Sent: 02/10 /2020
Documents delivered to: HMPO Newport
Documents delivered and signed: 04/10/2020
Date Documents Received status: 05/10/2020
Application being processed: 06/10/2020
Application Approved: 06/10/2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 07/10/2020
Date Passport Received: 09/10/2020 (TNT Courier)
Passport Colour: blue
Date of Return of Documents: 09/10/2020 (Separate Envelope)
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Humble123
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by Humble123 » Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:15 pm
Humble123 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:13 pm
Humble123 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:05 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 08/10/2020
Identity Verified: 08/10/2020
Documents Sent: 08/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 09/10/2020
Documents Received status: 09/10/2020
Application being processed: 12/10/2020
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent: waiting
Passport Received: waiting
Passport Colour: waiting
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
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Anatol
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by Anatol » Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:12 am
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 29/09/2020
Identity Verified: 29/09/2020
Documents Sent: 29/09 /2020
Documents delivered and signed: 30/09/20
Documents Received status: 1/10/2020
Application being processed: 2/10/20
Application Approved: 8/10/20
Passport Printed and Sent: 9/10/2020
Passport Received: 10/10/2020
Passport Colour: blues/black
Date of Return of Documents: 12/10/2020
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DCgirl
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by DCgirl » Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:45 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 08/10/2020
Identity Verified: 10/10/2020
Documents Sent: 12/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 13/10/2020
Date Documents Received Status: 13/10/2020
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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N1234
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by N1234 » Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:03 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 13/10/2020
Identity Verified: 13/10/2020
Documents Sent: 13/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail:
Date Documents Received Status:
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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ellyell
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by ellyell » Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:06 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Durham
Online Application: 24 Sep 2020
Identity Verified: 24 Sep 2020
Documents Sent: 25 Sep 2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 28 Sep 2020
Date Documents Received Status: 29 Sep 2020
Application Being processed: 02 Oct 2020
Application Approved: 09 Oct 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 12 Oct 2020
Date Passport Received: 14 Oct 2020
Doc Received: 14 Oct 2020
Passport Colour: Blue
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U Aziz
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by U Aziz » Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:03 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 14/10/2020
Identity Verified: 14/10/2020
Documents Sent: 14/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail:
Date Documents Received Status:
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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bcilr18
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by bcilr18 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:51 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Durham
Online Application: 20/09/20
Identity Verified: 21/09/20
Documents Sent: 26/09/20
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 28/09/20
Date Documents Received Status: 29/09/20
Application Being processed: 02/10/20
Application Approved: 09/10/20
Passport Printed and Sent: 12/10/20
Date Passport/Doc Received:14/10/20 (new pspt and docs received same day but separately)
Passport Colour: Blue
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SosoU
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by SosoU » Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:47 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 12/10/2020
Identity Verified: 13/10/2020
Documents Sent: 13/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 14/10/2020
Date Documents Received Status: 15/10/2020
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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Mel Klevis
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by Mel Klevis » Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:16 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 27/08/2020
Identity Verified: 28/08/2020
Documents Sent(2nd class Royal Mail): 28/08/2020
Documents delivered :10/09/2020
Date Documents Received Status:10/09/2020
Application Being processed:14/09/2020
Application Approved:21/09/2020
Passport Printed and Sent:22/09/2020
Date Passport/Doc Received:24/09/2020
Passport Colour: Blue
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Moa7
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by Moa7 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:16 am
Type: First adult passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 29 Sep 2020
Identity Verified: 29 Sep 2020
Documents Sent: 30 Sep 2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 01 Oct 2020
Date Documents Received Status: 02 Oct 2020
Application Being processed: 02 Oct 2020
Application Approved: 12 Oct 2020
Passport Printed and Sent: 13 Oct 2020
Date Documents Received: 14 Oct 2020
Date Passport Received: 15 Oct 2020
Passport Colour: Blue
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MMA123
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by MMA123 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:16 pm
Passport for: Adult first passport after Naturalisation
Applying from: UK
Method of Application: Online
Passport Office: HMPO Newport
Date of Application: 15 October 2019
Date Identity Verified: 15 October 2019
Date Documents Sent: 16 October 2019
Date Documents Delivered: awaiting...
Date Documents Received: awaiting...
Joined Processing Queue: awaiting...
Application Approved: awaiting...
Passport Printed and Sent: awaiting...
Date Passport Received: awaiting...
Date of Return of Documents: awaiting...
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Fbiboy2002
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by Fbiboy2002 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:02 pm
Fbiboy2002 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:42 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: online/digital passport photo
Office: HMPO Newport
No interview.
Online Application: 26/09/2020
Identity Verified: 30/09/2020 (paper form)
Documents Sent: 01/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 02/10/2020
Documents Received status: 02/10/2020
Application being processed: 05/10/2020
Application Approved:14/10/2020
Passport Printed and Sent:15/10/2020
Passport Received:16/10/2020
Passport Colour:Dark Blue
Date of Return of Documents: 15/10/2020
TNT tracking didn’t work for me.
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mrduplicity
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by mrduplicity » Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:55 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 13/10/2020
Identity Verified: 15/10/2020 (paper form)
Documents Sent: 16/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed:
Documents Received status:
Application being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Passport Received:
Passport Colour:
Date of Return of Documents:
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U Aziz
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by U Aziz » Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:49 pm
U Aziz wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:03 pm
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 14/10/2020
Identity Verified: 14/10/2020
Documents Sent: 14/10/2020
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 15/10/202
Date Documents Received Status: 16/10/2020
Application Being processed: 16/10/2020
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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uuee6543
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by uuee6543 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:05 am
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Newport
Online Application: 14/10/2020
Identity Verified: 16/10/2020
Documents Sent: 17/10/2020 Special Delivery next working day
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail:
Date Documents Received Status:
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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Ade1111
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by Ade1111 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:36 pm
Type: First passport after naturalization
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 16/10/2020
Identity Verified: 16/10/2020
Documents Sent: 17/10/2020 Special Delivery next working day
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail:
Date Documents Received Status:
Application Being processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport/Doc Received:
Passport Colour:
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instantmouse
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by instantmouse » Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:52 pm
Type: First passport after naturalization
From: UK, London
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Durham
Online Application: 11 Oct 2020
Identity Verified: 17 Oct 2020
Documents Sent: 19 Oct 2020 (Special Delivery tracked for next working day)
Documents delivered by Royal Mail and signed for: Pending
Date Documents Received Status: Pending
Application Being processed: Pending
Application Approved: Pending
Passport Printed and Sent: Pending
Date Passport Received: Pending
Date Documents Received: Pending
Passport Colour:
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kampk121
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by kampk121 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:43 am
Type: First Child passport after getting ROA
From: UK
Method: online
Passport office: HMPO Peters borough
Date of Online Application: 04/09/2020
Date Identity Verified:04/09/2020
Date Documents Sent: 05/09/2020
Documents delivered and signed: 06/09/2020
Date Documents Received status: 07/09/2020
Application being processed: 08/09/2020
Application Approved: 19/09/2020
Passport Printed and Sent:Waiting
Date Passport Received: waiting
Passport Colour:blue
Date of Return of Documents: waiting
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madihaali_304
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by madihaali_304 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:38 am
Type: First passport after naturalisation
From: UK
Method: Online
Passport office: HMPO Peterborough
Online Application: 15 Oct 2020
Identity Verified: 15 Oct 2020
Documents Sent: 19 Oct 2020 Special Next Day Delivery
Documents delivered and signed as per Royal Mail: 20 Oct 2020
Date Documents Received Status:
Application Being Processed:
Application Approved:
Passport Printed and Sent:
Date Passport Received:
Doc Received:
Passport Colour: