Dear All, I have been REFUSED the application for British citizenship (and so the passport) I am italian national, been living in UK for about 125 years. I am super qualified (architecture / master) studied here architecture, worked as an architect in one of the most important and prominent archite...

Hi CR001,

Thank you for your reply. I makes sense to send them to locations according to workload. I was just a bit confused because like I said living so close to Durham in my mind it would have made sense to send it there.

Thanks again!
Mrs T

Hello, This is probably a silly question, and if so I do apologise. Both my sister and I applied for our passport online via the Beta application service. After filling out the form, and printing it off as requested I noticed that on my sister the advice was to send it to the passport office in Durh...

That's wonderful news, Melak! Congrats!

**ANXIETY** It took me nearly 10 months to get ILR approval. I am so anxious lately about the AN application. In the last week I wait and hope for that brown envelope and even though I know it's a little bit early (my application was received 26th October) I still feel awfully anxious that I may be...

Indianlonly wrote:My mate text me saying there is letter for me at home just after I left lol hopefully the approval .
I applied 10 oct and done my biometric 26 oct
I'm finishing my work midnight Nd can't really wait lol

Fingers crossed!

You have to declare the FPN, but you don't have to declare the PCN's.

I would suggest to do declare the FPN, whether or not you received any points. Just to make sure. The HO will find out about the FPN and if you haven't declared it they might think that you tried to hide it from them.

I'm afraid I disagree newbie0203. There are EEA members from October still waiting for their approval.

Hello all, Following recent discussions on the forum why some people get their approval more quickly than others, or why some people have been waiting for much longer, I thought I'd let you know that the average number of calendar days between “Application Raised Date” and “First Case Outcome Date” ...

So how long does it usually take to get an invitation to the ceremony after receiving the approval letter? it's been a week and still no letter from the council. their website allows to book it but it says my reference number is not found. Sent an email them - no reply, probably they all gone for C...

Hi, thanks for your replies. Surely there must be some kind of exception in place to avoid penalisation of the applicant if the delay is not their fault?

Hello all, I am asking for my sister as I have already arranged my citizenship ceremony. My sister is waiting for her approval letter, and obviously we hope that it will arrive very soon. Current events of postal delays due to Christmas and potential strikes made me wonder though: you have 21 days f...

Eligibility criteria: UK residence-10 yrs / ILR-5 yrs / PRC-2016 / UK spouse. Language criteria met: Yes. Nationality: EEA (German) Method of application: NCS Gateshead Date of application: 13/10/2016 Payment method: Credit Card Date of receipt by UKVI/HO: 17/10/2016 Date of acknowledgement: 25/10/2...

Eligibility criteria: UK residence-10 yrs / ILR-5 yrs / PRC-2016 / UK spouse. Language criteria met: Yes. Nationality: EEA (German) Method of application: NCS Gateshead Date of application: 13/10/2016 Payment method: Credit Card Date of receipt by UKVI/HO: 17/10/2016 Date of acknowledgement: 25/10/2...

Thank you pentaya! Seems like I panicked for nowt. Yesterday was clearly not my day. Thanks again!

@Indianlonly: Thank you very much!

@Casa: Thank you!

Thank you newbie0203, much appreciated!

@newbie0203: Sorry? You agree that FPN has to be delcared. A PCN (i.e. my ticket) does not have to be declared?

@all: I do apologise, my head is mush and my nerves are a bit on edge.

Sorry to bother you again, maybe I am misreading this after all? If the ticket was issued by the council, wouldn't it be a PCN rather than a FPN? 3.1 – 3.2 You must give details of all criminal convictions both within and outside the United Kingdom. These include road traffic offences. Fixed penalty...

I will ring them later this afternoon when I have my case ID at hand. I did not try to conceal it, it just slipped my mind completely. Thanks for your reply, Indianlonly!

Hello all, I have just realised after reading in the forum that I forgot to declare a parking ticket from May 2014. I paid the fine to the Council the same day I received the parking ticket, and admittedly simply forgot about it until today. In the application guidelines it states that: "Fixed ...

I've noticed. They might have hired additional staff due to higher volumes of applications, or maybe they're just working quicker to get more applications approved or refused before Christmas? Does anyone know (maybe someone who has been on the forum for a few years) whether processing times decreas...

No it's alright, cheers. Just tried to shed some light on what you said.

ohara wrote: I was born in Finland

I thought the only official languages of Finland were Finnish and Swedish?

I never received any kind of booklet or advice on the structure of the test, so I looked up information online. The format is a simple conversation between two candidates. The examiner will ask you questions about yourself, and give a topic to talk about with each other. I found it very simple, howe...