Passport application form: 1. Do I need a person acting as a countersignatory to fill in section 10 and sign ? 2. Section 5 is asking about certificate of registration or naturalization. I obviously don't have a naturalization certificate but I am not sure what is a registration certificate I would...

Ceremony booked! Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:...

Approval letter received today - now waiting for the council to confirm the ceremony date. Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS West Sussex County Council Date of appli...

ALL applicants for citizenship MUST enroll their biometrics. HO will write to the applicant within a few weeks of submitting their application. The applicant goes to the Post Office with the letter to do their biometrics. No required to do before you apply and will be pointless as the letter HO wil...

Still waiting as well :-( Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by...

Casa - there is some, we are just looking at that route for my husband to get an EU passport. I can get Italian citizenship by descent (never bothered until now) and Italy grants citizenship to the spouse of a citizen after x years, even if you have never lived in Italy. France, I think, does the sa...

Oh - and they even sent my passport back as signed for, had to collect from the Post Office. I only asked for my passport back at the time and all other documents were returned when I received my card.

Oh, that's great! So I can request the passport back even if applying as a self sufficient person? Would you mind posting the link to the form? I searched the website but I couldn't find it anywhere. Yep - form is here: https://www.gov.uk/visa-documents-returned I think you need to wait a couple of...

Re the passport, you can request this back early through their website (there's a return of documents form somewhere). Got mine back within a couple of weeks from submitting the request.

Bonus question: I'm just reading through a guide that comes together with passport form. Section about photo guidance says: 'You must have one photo certified if you are applying for a first British passport (adult or child)' Do we really need to get this done when going through JCAP? Thanks, Tomas...

It's also not offered everywhere yet. My council has three locations for NCS but the joint passport application can only be done in one of them.

I received my DCPR, which states the date of issue "12 Dec 2016". Together with the document, there was a supporting letter stating "Date you acquired permanent residence status: 28 August 2014". That is a very useful piece of information and seems to be a change from previous H...

For naturalisation just bring the required documents. For passport you do not need birth certificate or parents details as you are going trough naturalisation. You will only receive passport once you had your ceremony. HMPO guidance booklet is not designed for JCAP. Photographs: one for AN, stick o...

I know right! I would appreciate an email AND a letter, especially because of this time of year and possible strike action. Even better still an insight into the application process, i.e. an online account where you can check where it stands. With today's technology this could even be an option! Po...

All, I know it's a waiting game with loads of patience needed but just wondering that how do we get the approval acknowledgement: letter or email from HO or from NCS or both? What happens if a letter is lost in post esp. given this busy period? How do we ensure we don't miss or waste time instead o...

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS + JPCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 08/12/20...

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS + JPCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 08/12/20...

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS + JPCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 08/12/20...

Thank you all for your posted replies! It was very helpful and now I am clear on this. I wonder if the Council at my JCAP appointment would accept that I bring all my original docs to the appointment and do the photocopy beforehand as well of all my documents so that they have less work to do and d...

Thank you all for your posted replies! It was very helpful and now I am clear on this. I wonder if the Council at my JCAP appointment would accept that I bring all my original docs to the appointment and do the photocopy beforehand as well of all my documents so that they have less work to do and d...

Thank you, I booked an appointment with them for tomorrow. Just one more query: When applying for a PR I evidenced 5 years with all sort of letters... Do I need to send the letters again; or do I need to evidence only time after receiving a PR card? Regards Dawid You will need proof for the last th...

Just had my appointment last Wednesday and can confirm that your passport is returned to you at the end of the appointment.

alterhase58 wrote:
Regarding the referees, I believe they are valid for six months, but shouldn't be a problem to get those pages re-signed as you know them (but I stand corrected if timing not correct).

I can confirm the six months.

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen & in U.k for 8.5 yrs Language criteria met: BSc from a UK university Nationality: German Method of application: NCS + JPCS West Sussex County Council Date of application: 07/12/2016 Payment method: credit card Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: Date of a...

I have noticed too that EU nationals seem to have a shorter waiting time. Hope we all have a fair chance at quick reply :wink: I'll know soon how long my citizenship application takes but I've just waited for 5.5 months to get my permanent residency card (just proof that I've been in the UK exercis...