New guidance came into effect on April 6, 2015. Are you saying that only people who applied after April 6 will have their fingerprints deleted automatically? Click here please. Sorry, maybe I am being thick, but the amendments you posted (to the British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003) state...

fwd079 wrote:New guidance came into effect on April 6, 2015.

Are you saying that only people who applied after April 6 will have their fingerprints deleted automatically?

You dont need to anymore. According to Guide AN , which is much clearer now: SECTION 6: BIOMETRIC ENROLMENT your fingerprint details will be retained until we are notified that you have attended your citizenship ceremony . My fingerprints were still in the system 8 weeks after attending my ceremony...

As he is married to a BC (you) he only needs to hold ILR at the time of application, it doesn't matter how long for But he also needs to have 3 years of residence, as his residence started on 1 June 2012, then he will meet this requirement on 1 June 2015 (provided that he spent less than 270 days ou...

@secretsimon Thanks, I already know about the CoEtRoA. However as I have no restrictions on multiple citizenships, I don't see any advantage of this. It costs more than the passport and there is no in-person service either, which means there is the same risk of documents being lost by the bureaucrac...

You only need the documents that milan69 has said: application form, passport (preferably covering the 5 year period), proof of ILR, LIUK test, (English test / degree if applicable). If they need anything else they will ask you. They should be able to tell where you have been from your passport (tho...

When is this likely to come into force?

Hello, I am having the naturalisation ceremony on Tuesday, after that I will be eligible to apply for passport. I read on the government website that it takes at least 6 weeks to get passport, but the timeline thread on this forum says people are getting it within 3-4 weeks. I need to travel in 5 we...