Yes, it is true as they were born abroad before you were British, they don't appear to have your name and from what you say, don't appear to have ever lived to the UK You would need to prove that you have sole responsibility for each one and the other parents' permission to apply for any type of vi...

Finally I want to say that at the time of their birth (2009 and 2007) I was in the UK but was neither British nor Settled. They are not entitled to register as British as they were born abroad before you became British. All the other stuff is irrelevant from this point of view. Although proving the...

I have this slightly tricky case on which I wish to hear your views. I am a naturalised British Citizen domiciled in the UK and I want to register my children as British. My citizenship route was 5 years refugee, then Settlement, and was approved in October 2014. I know very little about registratio...

Oh and before I leave, I'll be launching a formal complaint to the Home Office about the very bad service I received from them during my application, and will be asking them if anything is being done to improve their customer service. I think all successful applicants should do this - they have noth...

You are right and I share your views, carinoso_yo. We are all terribly puzzled by the cumbersome bureaucracy of the Home Office and their slowness in processing some applications - May applications in particular - whilst much recent ones took/are taking few weeks to process - more puzzling when peop...

Checks currying seems to be the sole cause of much misery to many people here. I feel your pain and I'm so sorry this still is the case. The adjectives used for the noun checks are 'external' or 'necessary' in a way that blame/responsibility for any application falling outside the HO's service rate ...

Sorry I don't mean to rain on your parade, but this notion that the HO treats some nationalities less favourably is pretty thin. No one can say that what in essence is discrimination based on nationality is anything but mere conjecture. The British Nationality Act 1981 doesn't operate in a vacuum, i...

Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Check & Send Date of application: 30/10/2014 SMS confirming receipt by IPS: 03/11/2014 Date of return of documents: 04/11/2014 ( accompanying letter dated 03/11/2014) Date of receipt of interview letter: 05/1...

"Relatively Fat" MP can’t involve any immigration matter until its really going wrong, quote from email “MPs are limited in what assistance they are able to give in immigration cases and are typically limited to chasing up outstanding applications” its Coincidence your local MP find out y...

I received my approval two days after I had emailed my MP, so I re-emailed him calling it off and got the following reply: " Thank you for your recent emails and it is great to learn that your application has been concluded and your status has been granted. MPs are limited in what assistance th...

Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Check & Send Date of application: 30/10/2014 SMS confirming receipt by IPS: 03/11/2014 Date of return of documents: 04/11/2014 ( accompanying letter dated 03/11/2014) Date of receipt of interview letter: 05/11...

mhsadique wrote:I JUST FOLLOW UP AND REALISE THAT ITS DEALY COZ OF ASIAN NATIONAL INCLUDING ME!!!

12) RELATIVELY FAT 01 May 2014 (approved on 8 Oct 2014 and ceremony was on 16 October 2014)

I'm from Chad, Africa.

Is no guru able to answer these questions?

The booklet AN - the Requirements - October 2013 says: 3. BREACH OF IMMIGRATION LAW You should not have been in breach of immigration law during the residential qualifying period. You should have been here legally. In other words, you must have had the necessary permission under the immigration laws...

[iD] You are exactly right. At the completion of my citizenship ceremony, the person who conducted me told me she would inform the Home Office I had effectively become a citizen. Just to explain the significance of this a bit more, the mere fact of you getting your approval letter doesn't make you B...

waitingobserver, glad your ordeal is well and truly. But do file a complaint for poor service against the Home Office.

Hi guys, I know you're waiting for positive replies here, that new posts should be related to new approvals. This is related to recent posts i.e. the lousy service of the Home Office. After several failed attempts to getting an accurate update or any piece of information that is meaningful, I have r...

My citizenship ceremony is today at 2pm. For travel purposes, I have a UK travel document ( the blue one for refugees) and it expires 2024. I had guessed my citizenship app would take long, so I applied for a travel document immediately after my ILR and have used it to travel three times so far. I w...

SKK27 and king hassi, I suggest you contact your local MPs because you have nothing to lose, all to gain. Make the complaint about their poor customer service, giving out wrong information (for example, they told me yesterday my app were in process, yet it was approved and posted to me a week ago) a...

Congratulation.........one more approval :D :D I was told you early day's just wait and see, as you mention your record are completely white. :D Yes, I was in distress and found your reply reassuring -- it made me cautiously optimistic. Thanks a lot. I don't however accept the adjective you used &q...

Received approval today and booked a private ceremony tomorrow (for £100) -- I'm tired of waiting and will apply for my passport as early as this Friday to hopefully get it before Xmas. Eligibility criteria: LLR 5yrs + 1 year ILR + 1 month Language criteria met: LIUK + ESOL. Method of application: N...

The fact that my approval was announced to the MP must be a sheer coincidence maybe I coulda just waited for a week or 2 to be notified personally via mail by the HO itself. Technically as you said I'm still a waitingobserver cuz there's no tangible proof of my approval except the word of my MP. Ho...

My approval letter has arrived today. Phew-flipping-phew! Eligibility criteria: LLR (Refugee Status) 5yrs + 1 year ILR Language + UK knowledge criteria met: LIUK + ESOL Entry 3 (speaking and listening). Method of application: NCS (Croydon) Date of application: 30/04/2014 Payment method: Debit Card ...

musto , I was planning to write to my MP to complain about the lousy service and use that as an excuse to have my application dealt with expeditiously. I couldn't have had any grounds for asking the Home Office to speed up their approval process because the six month framework hadn't expired. Poor ...

My approval letter has arrived today. Phew-flipping-phew! Eligibility criteria: LLR (Refugee Status) 5yrs + 1 year ILR Language + UK knowledge criteria met: LIUK + ESOL Entry 3 (speaking and listening). Method of application: NCS (Croydon) Date of application: 30/04/2014 Payment method: Debit Card D...