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Got Certificate of Naturalization, do I HAVE TO get passport

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littlerice
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Got Certificate of Naturalization, do I HAVE TO get passport

Post by littlerice » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:39 pm

Already got Certificate of Naturalization, do I have to apply for passport straight away? Is there a time limit?

I still got my original country's passport with ILR, and can use that to get in and out the country right?

Lucapooka
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Post by Lucapooka » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:50 pm

A passport is a travel document. You would only need a passport if you wished to travel outside the UK as a British citizen. Millions of British people don't have a passport. My old granny never held a passport in 90 years of living but that fact did not run counter to her claim to be a British citizen.

krthk.s
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Post by krthk.s » Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:52 pm

Regardless of whether you get a British passport, the moment you are issued a naturalisation certificate, you become a British Citizen.

If you are from a country that does not allow dual nationality (such as India) then you are potentially travelling illegally with an Indian passport even though you are no more an Indian citizen

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Post by JAJ » Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:56 pm

However, it is strongly advisable for a naturalised British citizen to obtain a British passport.

The passport can be used as a document for day to day evidence of British citizenship, allowing the naturalisation certificate to be kept in a safe place. Preferably not in the same place as the passport. Copies of both documents should also be kept at a different location.

This greatly reduces the risk of being unable to prove British citizenship at a critical time.

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