Hello, I just wanted to express my gratitude to all the people who work in this board. The amount of help and support given here is priceless. I have been able to find every answer that I needed for all my problems and questions. This board can literally save and change people's lives. Thanks to all...

There is no direct explicit route that provides for a child in your specific circumstance, especially as you have never been to the UK. I would suggest making an application to register the child as a British citizen under Section 3(1) on Form MN1. Note that it is possible for this application to f...

CULLINAN wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:55 pm

What about your dual Syrian Nationality?

I'm not allowed to enter Syria anymore, nor will the Syrian embassy issue documents for me.

Hello, I'm a British citizen by descent, meaning I cannot pass British citizenship to my children if they were born outside the UK. My wife isn't British, and her country of origin doesn't allow mothers to pass citizenship to their children. Unfortunately, my child was born in a 3rd country, neither...

I see. I thought there might be some exceptions for those who have just returned from a hot war zone. I guess after 3 months, there would be no need for claiming benefits, I mean an amibitous person should be more independent. Regarding the National Insuarnce Number, what are the precedures to apply...

Hello, I have some questions related to living in the UK, but first, let me tell you about my situation: I am a British Syrian, 23 years old, who hasn't been to the UK before, I currently live in Aleppo, Syria and am currently planning to move to the UK very soon via my British passport. As a beginn...

I would love to inform you that I was notified just today to collect our British passports from the VAC in Beirut, Lebanon.

Thank you so much for your kind support

Actually, UK Visa Application Center isn't authorized to inform the applicant about any detail; according to them.

4 weeks ago, I sent the HMPO an email asking about the progress. They refused to leak any detail, they said they will contact me when they need to.

As for communications here, it is possible to receive and make international calls with some difficulty in some times; however, the email addresses provided in the passport applications are daily checked by me and my friends who live abroad in case we had an internet blackout in my city. Hopefully t...

After 14 weeks of waiting without any news from the HMPO, I am too worried now. :( I want to know whether I am on a solid ground or not. Waiting a day in Aleppo is worth a hundred elsewhere. In cases of refusals, do they usually leave people in the dark like this? Or it's a sign that things are just...

Hang in there I truly appreciate your support all from the beginning :) It has been 9 weeks so far since the day when the money was drawn. Yet, nothing came from the HMPO. They haven't even contacted my countersignatory (even though she is British and living in the UK). Anyway, I still have 3 more ...

We're still waiting, but so far, no contact has been made from the HMPO after six weeks of the beginning of the process. The good thing is that there is an American-Russian Truce Agreement in Syria, especially in my city, Aleppo. I don't know how long it could last, but we're tying to enjoy it to th...

I have recently emailed the HMPO asking about the interview; whether it is going to take place at the final stage of the passport progress or not. Their response was that an interview is not a must in all cases, it could occur at anytime and for a multitude of reasons. After a month spent of the beg...

My last updates:

The fees have been taken from the Visa Card account; however, no email, SMS, or a phone call received from the HMPO yet to notify me that the process has started, or to include an application number so I would be able to follow up!

This seems very relaxing :) One of the things that I was asked during the appointment was an address proof (although it is not marked by the asterisk * in the guidance notes) she said you might be asked about it which also might cause a delay. Anyways, soon I got back to Aleppo, I asked for one, and...

Hello again :) I have set an appointment in the Visa Application Center in Beirut on 18/7/2016. @Jawad94, any news on the outcome? I had to delay that appointment, it was just two days ago when I submitted the applications in Beirut at the UK Visa Application Center. I haven't received an email yet...

So far I've sent an email to the address provided in the embassy in Damascus and another to the one in Beirut. However, no reply received from both

I called to the FCO, they didn't provide me with any help and the advice they gave is to call the passport advice line

Here's exactly my problem, I am not allowed to stay in Lebanon more than a week maximum to wait for the passport release, and it's too dangerous to come back to Aleppo.

I will call them during the opening hours.
But is it going to cost more money for finishing the process within one day? I may not be able to afford more fees would they take that into consideration?

Of course there is no embassy in Syria. I totally understand the fears of Syrian citizens, but I come from a respectful background. However, before an embassy takes any action, I will provide them with all of my documents, I can also be recommended by British people in UK that I have no relation to ...

Thanks Richard W. I have a question: It is mentioned in one of the services that an embassy can provide is to help British Citizens who suffer from terrorism or a serious violence. In my situation, I am a British Citizen by Descent, but with no passport nor a registration certificate yet. I also hap...

So the plan is like the following: The credit card holder is in France, He fills in the payment form, including his signature, He sends the payment form by snail mail (can't be by fax I suppose because it contains a signature) Finally, I include the payment form he sent me along with my application ...

Yeah, exactly the same. Now my only problem is about how to pay. After submitting my information in the Overseas Passports in gov.uk, they mentioned a link for the payment instruction: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-passport-creditdebit-card-payment-authorisation It turned out t...

I have checked about online applications, it is only available for renewing or updating a passport, not for a first adult passport who hadn't held a child passport before. So I cannot do an online application, right? My first query was basically about whether the credit card holder can send the paym...