All sorted, now have passport. The issue and resolution is along the lines outlined by others. It seems from the citizenship timelines that normally, after the ceremony, passports are sent within a week, even though the joint citizenship+passport form we got said 20 working days. We called both HMPO...
Hi. Has anyone get any experience of this issue and how to resolve? Attended the ceremony 3.5 weeks ago and have the naturalisation cert. Most people seem to then get a passport text and the passport fairly quickly. Called HMPO several times, they have said either in progress, waiting to be examined...
Same here - got the council ceremony letter but not yet the HO approval letter. Seems it can happen. Did anyone in this situation not also receive the HO letter automatically a few days later? If not, was it necessary to contact the HO, and what way is best - phone or e-mail?
Nationality: EEA
Method of application: NCS JCAP
Date of application: 14 February 2017
Date of acknowledgement + biometric letter: 22 February 2017
Biometrics done: 24 February 2017
Date of HO approval: not yet received HO letter...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter from council: 17/05/2017
