... https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-of-name-guidance I wonder what this means: From the 'Change of Name Guidance' PDF file 8. Where a person is a national of more than one country, and one or more of those countries place restrictions on changes to names, they will need to provide...

My brain will explode. Look what I find. What do you think about it? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-on-criminals-who-change-their-names-to-avoid-detection https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-of-name-guidance Oh. so this confirms what we had figured out by the way we are ...

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk

Members of this group - MPs who obviously have an interest in migration matters:
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/members

"All women have the right to live free from discrimination and violence." Statement by Baroness Northover , UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development, at the 59th Session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women >> someone who evidently promote...

Hi all. I don't have good news. No luck for my application, and I sent official complaint today. Please, can we all share information where and to whom we complain. My application at Liverpool office (I guess all of us affected by same office or maybe by same team), I sent complaint to Newport. Not...

Hello, the link offered above is to my thread, tracking my wife's passport application 'experience'... Be aware of recent difficulties that some newly naturalised married ladies are now having. This is occurring when they naturalise in their married name and apply for a first British passport in the...

Yesterday I sent another request to the HMPO about the status of my application . And today got an answer that with regards to my application the caseworker have contacted the HMPO policy department . The policy department have advised that they are working on my case and caseworker currently await...

Update Application Timeline (2 of 2 applications) Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (1st time: naturalised citizen) Method of application: Check & Send Date of application: 11 Mar 2015 (resubmitted after correcting form) Date application received by IPS: 12 March 2015 Date of return of ...

Wrote to HM PO today with what I believe to be a correct interpretation of the relevant Philippine laws on citizenship; I believe it amounts to enough proof that my wife is not actually a dual citizen & it confirms her previous passport is in fact no longer valid, (ie since the date she was natu...

Hi everyone, I've been reading your posts and don't understand when this new secret policy was introduced! I naturalised in nov 2014 and applied for the passport in dec 2014 and had no probs or wat so ever. My foreign passport is in my maiden name, my Naturalisation certificate was in my married na...

Finally received a letter from HM PO (I have anonymised some of it) When considering issuing passports, HM PO seeks to confirm that a name is used for all purposes. It would appear you have not assumed a single name for all purposes, and you hold a ... passport in the name of < maiden name > ...I un...

... The lawyers have bailed on me. I'm going to have to wait another week to talk to them, and of course they only told me at the last moment, after I'd got up at dawn on a heinous Monday morning, following a near-sleepless night of trepidation, just to talk to them, hoping for some relief. Another...

Update to my wife's case. We have still received nothing in writing from HM PO. Called HM PO & explained to the help desk that I believe my wife currently only has British citizenship; she does did not have Filipino citizenship any more as the UK citizenship ceremony cancelled it out. (This has ...

Only about 1 year ago people were successfully applying for a British passport in their married name (with supporting documents including a naturalisation certificate in married name & a passport in maiden name): http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/change-of-name-in-naturalisati...

Migrant's Network - sources of advice:
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/about/advice-services

Liberty - human rights group; promoting the values of individual human dignity, equal treatment and fairness as the foundations of a democratic society.
ttps://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/get-advice

The Fawcett Society - campaign group; charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights.
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/about

Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan

https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nicky-morgan

UK Feminista - campaign group:
http://ukfeminista.org.uk/take-action

AdviceNow
http://www.advicenow.org.uk

on discrimination:
http://www.advicenow.org.uk/is-that-discrimination

Advicenow is an independent, not-for-profit website, run by the charity Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education

Guardian newspaper's Liberty Clinic:

Do you have a question for the Liberty Clinic?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... rty-clinic

Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) https://www.gov.uk/equality-advisory-support-service The EASS helpline is able to provide free advice and information about the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. We can advise you on identifying the correct protected characteristic, the sector...

Food for thought Discrimination: your rights https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights/types-of-discrimination It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of: ... being married or in a civil partnership ... sex You’re protected from discrimination in these situations: when using...

The "Dual nationals' right" etc was my FOI request. I've been exploring all possible avenues to investigate this matter. .. Antsmall, that's very constructive. Let's see how it works through the system. The absurdity of this catch-22 situation is shown here: https://www.gov.uk/change-name...

noajthan, thank you very much for your reply and advice. I am Russian citizen and by Russian law just one circumstance can allow me to cancel my home passport - refusal of citizenship. I don't want to do this. Why I should? Furthermore, by Russian law I don't have a dual citizenship. Doesn't matter...