Best of luck to you too Mick!

It's been a pleasure.

cheers Mr and Mrs Jeda (and Ollie the cat)

Hi Mick

I received my passport last Friday!
We did it!
Good luck to everyone else and don't worry, it's just a process and it will all come together.
cheerio
Jeda

HI Mick Yes!!! We are both British. But you know what, we always were British. I sound English, spent years living there, I was brought up as a Brit. This is just a silly process we had to go thorough because our mother's were UK born and not our fathers. They need to change the rules around this. M...

MickByNameAndNature wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:38 pm

UPDATE:

I am now a Citizen of the United Kingdom!

Congratulations and welcome to the British Club!

I've put in for my passport. Did it online end of June. It's currently being processed. Hopefully hear back in a few weeks regarding it being sent back.

Cheers for now
Jeda

MickByNameAndNature wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:20 pm

Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021
Date of ceremony: 06/07/2021

Fantastic!! Here's to being British on Tuesday!
Let us know what the virtual experience is like.
Cheers
Jeda

Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021 Date of ceremony: TBA I'll have to send off both my US and my Irish one then. Seems a shame to finally get the certificate and then have to send it off, but that's the price we pay.... In the US, the Postal ...

Invitation for Virtual Ceremony: 30/06/2021 - Received by POST (not email) dated 22/06/2021 Date of ceremony: TBA Yay! you got it finally! Now, you just need the date. Those instructions sound more complicated than it is. I guess it's because you're doing this from home. My ceremony was very inform...

MickByNameAndNature wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:22 am

Congratulations, Jeda!!

Still no update on my end, even no response from my email. Still trying to wait patiently, though.

Good to see you made it! All the best.

Thanks!!! Hopefully you hear very soon. Can't be much longer now.

Hi All Yesterday I attended my British citizenship ceremony in Western Australia. It was short - there were only 2 of us. I said my oath and then was given my certificate - it was all very informal and friendly but of course that is most likely as there was just the two of us. You are given some inf...

So now it's just a wait for the citizenship ceremony and then I assume I can apply for a passport. Cheers and best of luck to everyone waiting to hear! :D Hi BostonBrit Yes you can definitely apply for your passport once you have done the ceremony as then you will legally be a British Citizen. You ...

My parents were so English and we lived there for a long time but it does feel odd we have to go through all this paperwork and time so we can "register" as Brits. They need to change the law so it shouldn't matter which parent was born in UK - ie if Dad had been born there I wouldn't hav...

Ah, so you would have been double descent by F. Anyway, all the best on the 15th, go out for fish and chips after, and report back and tell us all how it went! Yes double descent. I could have obtained it at one point as I lived there more than 5 years but thought UKM was easier. I was going to do ...

If your dad had a British passport, why didn't you qualify under UKF? Dad was born in Australia - his parents born in UK so he was automatically a British citizen via his father. His entitlement by descent does not extend to me. He left Australia as a baby and grew up in UK. Dad and I are the only ...

I'm also in that camp, but a little anxious about upsetting the apple cart, so to speak. Anyway, it has been sent now. Only 10 days to go until you are official! 8) 8) :lol: :lol: Ha ha!! Yes! Taking husband and friend who are Brit citizens already. Now I will no longer be the odd one out. I can tr...

MickByNameAndNature wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:09 am

Also, in my reply I put the correct time of 16+ weeks, not 6+ weeks, that was a typo.

Hi Mick

I would have written also. My philosophy is if you don't ask, you don't get.
I hope to hear about your ceremony letter very soon.
Best,
Jeda

I got all my documents back today in the mail, really thought they sent an email to approve you and then mailed your documents back but apparently not. Letter of approval is in there and dated May 20th. Hi Cobra2 Very happy to hear your news. Funny how some of us get an email first. At least you've...

It is hearing news like this that makes me check my email all day long even though it would come through on my phone and my watch. Wait, when's the last time I checked the spam folder? Maybe I should do a quick search for ".uk" just in case.... :D Glad to see you moving along in the journ...

Yes I actually thought about you when I received my notification as you're on the same timescale as me. Which country are you in? Hope you get your invite very soon! I'm in the US. Did the invite come by post or by email? It came via email from the British Consulate. I am given the choice of 2 date...

Congratulations Jeda! Hopefully other countries will start following. I've been waiting for the invitation since February also so maybe mine will come soon. Yes I actually thought about you when I received my notification as you're on the same timescale as me. Which country are you in? Hope you get...

Today I received my invitation to the ceremony! Letter came from British Consulate in Australia. So, after a year exactly of starting this process, I will finally be able to apply for my British passport.
Ceremony in about 3 weeks!

Hi Doug - your passport will be safe. It's does take awhile for them to send it back to you. Mine took 8 months to come back. They had my mum's UK passport too and all relevant original docs. All arrived back by DHL courier. Just waiting for the ceremony invite. I've been waiting for that since Feb.

Hi
I sent my application in June 2020, approved early Feb this year. Passport sent back to me by DHL mid Feb. Now waiting for the ceremony invite which I don't expect to get before June. Such a long process but all good things come to those who wait.

:oops: Hello, has anyone used a lawyer to check or assist in their application and to write their cover letter and answer any questions through the process? If so who did you use and what did it cost? I have my UKM form filled out and I believe all of my needed documents but I just want to stack my...

Yesterday I received the email from the courier service to advise my documents are ready to pick up next Tuesday. I've instructed DHL to pick them up and they'll be back with me in a week and a half.

Now, the waiting game is on for the Ceremony Invite. Hopefully get that before Christmas

Greetings All - Victory! Overnight I received confirmation by email that my application has been approved. :D This is 8 months exactly to the day I submitted my online application. I now await my Ceremony Invitation. This, of course, may take some time. All good things come to those who wait (and ta...