Guys who have already applied for passport, any news about it? Hi Bright Star I applied on a Tuesday and received my passport the following week Wednesday. It is so quick. thanks for your reply, JJL. did you have a British countersignatory? Hi Bright Star, Yes I did. I think that did help hurry thi...

bright_star wrote:Guys who have already applied for passport, any news about it?

Hi Bright Star

I applied on a Tuesday and received my passport the following week Wednesday. It is so quick.

Hi Canabrit The passport process is actually very straight forward and so quick. All you need is your parents passport number (if known), your registration of British Citizenship certificate, a full colour copy of your non-british passport, 2 photographs and a proof of residence of address. You fil...

Hi JJL My husband applied from Durban South africa. The application took 6 months to approve. He received his approval letter on 8th January. We have heard nothing from the British High Commission about the ceremony and we have passed the 6 week time frame. We emailed the necessary email contact in...

Hey JJL (and whomever has already been successful), What was the passport process? I'm still waiting to hear about a ceremony, but I thought I'd look into the passport thing in case there's a lot of prep. After a bit of googling, it seemed like all avenues led to an online application through the H...

Hi JJL Thanks so much for the reply, could I ask a few more questions; 1. Did you have your father's expired British passport? 2. Did you use a vault copy of your birth certificate or unabridged? How long did vault if it was vault? We are awaiting the vault now. 3. Did you have a British passport h...

Hi All, The British High Commission in South Africa has contacted me and I have my ceremony next week. Meaning, this time next week I will be a British Citizen. Such an amazing feeling. I applied from South Africa and my total time line was 4 months and a half months. Good luck everyone and thank y...

Hi All, The British High Commission in South Africa has contacted me and I have my ceremony next week. Meaning, this time next week I will be a British Citizen. Such an amazing feeling. I applied from South Africa and my total time line was 4 months and a half months. Good luck everyone and thank yo...

Hello everyone, It's been months now since I logged into this. I have noticed that there are a lot of new ukf applicants. For the sake of sharing this to my co-ukf hopefulls I will be giving you all an update. I have already received a letter from UKVI on december 23 2015. It was dated 4 Dec 2015. ...

Hi Antsmall I am so sorry to have heard and followed your terrible experience during this process. My updates are simply to give some hope to new applicants that the process can in fact run smoothly, and for me personally as well as others on this forum the process has been somewhat painless. I thin...

Dear All So I emailed the further nationality enquiries last week enquiring about how to do an address change from outside the UK, and I very pleasantly received a response saying a decision has been made an a letter was posted to me on 18 December 2015. So hopefully the letter is positive and if so...

@ canbrit So on the UK.Gov website there is a page entitled "Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back". https://www.gov.uk/visa-documents-returned It then provides the option of selecting whether you are applying in or outside the UK. Naturally you would select the latter o...

Hi guys. So I posted recently saying I applied in South Africa, and received my documents and biometrics notice back within a month of the ceremony fee being deducted. Some advice on getting documents back quickly, is to contact your British consulate in the country you are applying from and ask the...

Thank you Bright_Star. All the best for your application. It does seem that the Home Office is familiar with these applications now so everything seems to be running far smoother. I will let you know on any further progress. Also it is not a requirement to have a British citizen as a referee. I was ...

An update from South Africa. My application arrived at the Home Office on 20 September. £80 deducted on 25 September. Documents and biometrics letter sent back to South Africa via registered post on 07 October and received on 26 October. Biometrics appointment set up for 06 November 2015. Hopefully ...

Hi All Firstly, I just wanted to say how incredibly helpful reading this forum has been, and thank you to all of those that have taken the time to post advice and experiences. I just wanted to find out if anyone had arrived at the stage of Citizenship Ceremony yet? Also, do overseas applicants recei...

Hi All Firstly, I just wanted to say how incredibly helpful reading this forum has been, and thank you to all of those that have taken the time to post advise and experiences. I just wanted to find out if anyone had gotten to the stage of Citizenship Ceremony yet? Also, do overseas applicants receiv...