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by sonnouk
Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:39 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

...i don't think it's all that cut and dry... but i thinkthe logic goes..."if IBA just checked all their docs, id's etc...then why should TPS have any reason or evidence to mistrust the information?" non? guys does this mean ips are not requesting interveiws for firstime passport applicant...
by sonnouk
Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:39 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

Final Update

Postal or NCS: NCS Date of submission or posting : 20 SEP 07 CRITERIA - 5 years (10 yrs) + ILR 1 year Date of debit of cheque: 28 SEP 2007 Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 01 OCT 07 (dated: 27 SEP 07) Date of receipt of approval : not received! Date of invitation letter received: 28 NOV 07...
by sonnouk
Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:10 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

UPDATE

Postal or NCS: NCS Date of submission or posting : 20 SEP 07 CRITERIA - 5 years (10 yrs) + ILR 1 year Date of debit of cheque: 28 SEP 2007 Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 01 OCT 07 (dated: 27 SEP 07) Date of receipt of approval : not received! Date of invitation letter received: 28 NOV 07...
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:02 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

I BEG to DIFFER!!!!!!!!!!! they do lie to you to get away with certain mistakes, lack of attention etc... on their part. ..you call them on different occasions ..and the answers you're given are different... ...they forgot to send my letter... ..i think...to make sure things are done swiftly or...th...
by sonnouk
Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:12 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

timeline update

Postal or NCS: NCS Date of submission or posting : 20 SEP 07 CRITERIA - 5 years (10 yrs) + ILR 1 year Date of debit of cheque: 28 SEP 2007 Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 01 OCT 07 (dated: 27 SEP 07) Date of receipt of approval : not received! Date of invitation letter received: 28 NOV 07...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:15 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

thanks for answering my questions. i called and they said it's definitely by SMS, for which i need to sign. a bit odd. paranoid... In that case, The decision letter will be send via normal posting. Maybe the the adviser just gave you the assumption that your reply will be send via SMS. To be certain...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:35 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

sorry to bother you again but one last question.. i've applied through NCS. Thus, all docs were photocopies except the application form itself. (I called Nat. Helpline. they said the decision has been made over a month ago...) ..so why would they send anything by SMS? (it seems that everyone else is...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:45 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

so..can it also mean that it's not necessarily a rejection letter? They send Original documents back by Secure mail service and if a decision has been reached, they will include the letter in it. But on all ocassion, they return documents by secure mail service if they dont need them again. thanks.
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

SMS

has any one received anything from home office by Secure Mail Service?
What items do they deliver by SMS?
Are they decision letters?
or are they original docs you sent in..?
or are they both?
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:59 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

but you do realise that some receive only one letter, one of approval, which says contact the local authority for ceremony etc..? in fact, there's a post here somewhere, that says..they did not even receive the acknowledgement letter but the approval letter straight away. I don't think that "ap...
by sonnouk
Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:57 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

Invitation letter?

I gather that (from replies posted here) it is not so unusual to receive only one letter...for both approval and invitation...

..it seems that some get two separate.. letters and others get one for both purposes...

is this true...?
can any one clarify?
by sonnouk
Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:48 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

decision

..well it doens't take too long to decide once it's allocated to a caseworker.. but..hey..it took them only 2.5 weeks for the decision.. however, it's taking them about 4weeks to send the letter... ..apparently they sent it...but i had to ask for a duplicate...as it's deemed to be lost..in the post ...
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:11 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

1. well, given the fee of 655 pounds, it's hard to comprehend that the reply they send is by cheap second class mail 2. at NCS thing, they probably photocopied everything. so relax! And...by the way.. it seems that (from experience) they keep track of when and how many phone calls you make to enquir...
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:06 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

And...by the way..
it seems that (from experience) they keep track of when and how many phone calls you make to enquire about the progress..
i don't know why but they did seem to know all about my enquiries and dates they were made on my last phone call to them!
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:04 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

Re: Character Checks

ummm, i think you misunderstood what i said. the time it takes for them to make the decision, differs from case to case enormously. I was just saying that if your application was sent to Liverpool, it would take 3 weeks or longer for any letter to arrive, as there is a huge backlog at Liverpool Post...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:28 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

Home Office in Liverpool

If your application was sent to their Liverpool Office....(which mine was)..
..then you're expected to wait roughly 3 weeks from the start of November...
(that's what nationality advice centre said on the phone..)

sweet..(not)
by sonnouk
Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Students and Citizenship
Replies: 6
Views: 1671

Hello, What you quoted was not my question. in fact it was my answer to some one else's question. My question was: Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject: .. Thanks. Regarding the second question, I've checked all the docs on the website.. etc... what i want to know is...not what's actually w...
by sonnouk
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:15 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Students and Citizenship
Replies: 6
Views: 1671

I'm sure other docs can be changed by deed poll. e.g. you get a passport under name A then have your name changed to name B by deed poll and then have your name changed on your passpost from A to B. But the name on the naturalisation certificate itself won't change. anyhow, anyone can answer my ques...
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:47 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Students and Citizenship
Replies: 6
Views: 1671

..

Thanks. Regarding the second question, I've checked all the docs on the website.. etc... what i want to know is...not what's actually written there but..how they would interpret it... ...e.g. they keep mentioning (paraphrasing) ...an established home, family and a considerable part of estate" I...
by sonnouk
Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:10 pm
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: dearly beloved polish immigration officer
Replies: 85
Views: 30135

Re: dearly beloved polish immigration officer

...ha ha... i don't usually take these things too seriously...! ...i wasn't offended then at all... i just thought it was funny... maybe the one who handled your case, had seen non-whites before.. and the one who handled mine...just hadn't...! ..i wasn't insinuating anything to do with beloved... ja...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:15 pm
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Students and Citizenship
Replies: 6
Views: 1671

Students and Citizenship

I'm pretty sure this would be useful to quite a few of us, students, want to apply or have applied for their citizenship. Info about my circumstances: I've always been a student in the UK for the whole time (Secondary school and university) - Hence, the ILR based on long residence (10yrs) Here are a...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:37 am
Forum: Europe immigration forum
Topic: dearly beloved polish immigration officer
Replies: 85
Views: 30135

Re: dearly beloved polish immigration officer

I've had a similar experience in sweden. but i think they were just very surprised to see any non-white person at all! remember ...poland is not as cosmopolitan as other more developed european countries ..like Britain. She'd probably never seen a non-white person before. I've passed through immigra...
by sonnouk
Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:57 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Replies: 7793
Views: 2283845

Questions regarding my app.

My time line Postal or NCS: NCS Date of submission or posting : 20 SEP 07 CRITERIA - 5 years (10 yrs) + ILR 1 year Date of debit of cheque: 28 SEP 2007 Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 01 OCT 07 (dated: 27 SEP 07) Date of receipt of approval : awaiting Date of invitation letter received: a...