NCS by appointment :(

[rogerroger]

Hello

I just called Brent citizenship and the NCS is by appointment and they can give me 14th November 2005 so i will miss the citizenship test deadline
i dont want to send my stuff by post since i want to hold on to my passport

do you guys know if all the boroughs do the checking service by appointment?

i have tried al the NCS, cant beat the deadline.

anybody know where the citizenship test is on the home office website?
i spoke to a nice lady who told me that it was a 40 question test you guys know how to book the test?

[Khurram]

I am sure you can find answers to your queries in the Sticky posts within this forum.

Regards

[rogerroger]

thanks khurram

found the sticky

[John]

Roger, if I were you I would not proceed in that way.

Here is the webpage where IND gives instructions to its staff about photocopies. Whilst 1.1 sounds very negative, 1.2 is much more positive, given that I suggest you do get a Solicitor-certified copy.

So if you really do need your passport for travel shortly after your naturalisation application is submitted, just get a certified copy of the passport and submit that instead.

That is, go to a Solicitor and say you need a certified copy of your passport. But do note, for naturalisation applications, it is essential that every page of the passport is copied ... even the blank pages! A fee will be payable.

Then armed with your certified copy passport, submit the naturalisation application by post .... and of course post it no later than Friday 28th October is you want to beat the new test requirement. And given the importance of the application and the documents being enclosed, do use Special Delivery to post the application.

[rogerroger]

thanks for the reply and the advice

i need to travel, but my reasons are not that convicining, i have to go back to my country of origin

if i were to send the application by post, in that case i would have to put forward convincing reasons for not being able to supply the originals

would not a postal application take more time?

i think if i get a solicitor to certify every page of my passport, i will have to get it done during the week, which means that i will have to take time of work anyway since solicitors are rarely open on a weekday, and dont they charge 5 pound per page or something like that, wouldn't that mean 30x5 = 150 pounds.

i called up all the nCS services around london except the haringey one (could not get through), they are all booked, but i found the most polite staff answering every centre i called.

i have ordered the citizenship book, plan to read it, one of the ladies said that the first three chapters are the important ones, booked myself proviosnally for the test in the last week of october, and plan to book myself an appointment in novemeber, i asked the NCS guy about november bookings, and he said november is going to be fine since people are tryingto beat the deadline.

how did all the centres get booked up so fast. the best date i came up with was 1st of november