Hi,

Her South African passport was returned along with the letter of approval from the Home Office. I think you can request docs back sooner but we didn't.

Brad

Hi all, So as of yesterday my fiancee is officially a British Passport holder! Time for me to sign out but here is the final timeline for her application: Documents sent: 16/11/16 Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16 Ceremony fee taken: 26/11/2016 Email confirming application received at Home Offic...

Ok great, thanks.

So you didn't have to attend an interview either?

@PCB46 have you had your ceremony yet and have you got someone to countersign?

@Swebri Congrats, very good news and that is a really quick turnaround on the passport, I'll be hoping for anything close to that. Can I ask, what passport did your countersignatory hold? I know applying form outside the UK you can have EU, US or Commonwealth whereas they dictate a British passport ...

Just for completeness (the timelines have been so useful to me on this forum): Timeline so far: Documents sent: 16/11/16 Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16 Ceremony fee taken: 26/11/2016 Email confirming application received at Home Office: 28/11/2016 Letter dated 25/11/2016 received asking for B...

Hi all, Similarly to PCB, my fiancee has received notification of her successful application, very similar timeline overall! Hoping our local council will receive her paperwork this week sometime (they told me they normally receive documentation on a Thursday) and we can get her ceremony done in the...

@PCB46

Have you heard anything?

Brad

New timeline as follows for UKF from within the UK: Timeline so far: Documents sent: 16/11/16 Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16 Ceremony fee taken: 26/11/2016 Email confirming application received at Home Office: 28/11/2016 Letter dated 25/11/2016 received asking for Biometric enrollment: 30/11/...

Finally!! I guess I'm signing out, my Citizenship and British Passport Application is over. Thanks to this forum, again congrats to those who are done as well, and goodluck to those who are yet in the process (particularly those who's applying in the Philippines and overseas) eventually you all wil...

A couple of updates this week... - Application Sent: 11 November 2016 - Application Received (according to postal tracking): 14 November 2016 - Ceremony Fee Taken: 17 November 2016 - Email Advising Application Received and Being Considered: 18 November 2016 - Early Return of Passport Requested Onli...

A couple of updates this week... - Application Sent: 11 November 2016 - Application Received (according to postal tracking): 14 November 2016 - Ceremony Fee Taken: 17 November 2016 - Email Advising Application Received and Being Considered: 18 November 2016 - Early Return of Passport Requested Onli...

A couple of updates this week... - Application Sent: 11 November 2016 - Application Received (according to postal tracking): 14 November 2016 - Ceremony Fee Taken: 17 November 2016 - Email Advising Application Received and Being Considered: 18 November 2016 - Early Return of Passport Requested Onli...

I will definitely keep you updated, please do the same if you don't mind. Timeline so far: Documents sent: 16/11/16 Documents signed for @ UKVI: 17/11/16 It's encouraging to know that they have taken the fee already, if you look back on the forum, some people waited months just for the fee to be tak...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has applied from the UK and can give me an idea of their processing times? I'm hoping to get my form in today. Applying from the UK but my Tier 5 visa is up in early April. Bit worried about getting to the end of my visa and being both citizenship-less and kiwi pass...

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 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 ho...

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...

It is my understanding that, as in the previous person's case, this person also does not need the UKF citizenship route. She can simply apply for a passport by following the rules for first-time passport applications (which are a bit more stringent than the ones for passport renewals). She should b...

You do not have to go through the UKF route because your parents married before your eighteenth birthday. Therefore, apply directly for a passport, using your birth certificate and your parents' marriage certificate (and whatever other documents they want). Use 'long forms' of all documents whereve...