That sounds a bit extreme to me. I actually have a feeling once the October rush is over, applications will turn back faster.

Hi sysnerul,

Any update in your case?

Regards

Parents on ILR can go for fast track passport for their child. ETA 3-4 days. Worked fine for us so speaking from experience.

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Hi forum,

Can someone point me to an inexpensive and reliable deed poll service?

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Hi Sysnerul,

My wife is in the exact same situation, can you reveal what are you planning to do to get the passport in your married name?

Please also update the group as and when things happen in your case.

Regards

Agree with pennylessindia here, I have myself got an admission for my daughter in an Indian school, when we go back, we will all be british. This does not matter for schooling, when you talk about higher education, fees and opportunity depends on the state you are living in. In Pune (Maharashtra), t...

I glued my picture to the referee section, this was fine with the NCS.

HTH

For LIUK remember to carry the same id proof as you used at the time of the test.
Also better to carry any approval letters etc from HO that you may have received in the past. My Ncs person took copies of all letters I had, said provides context to case worker.

HTH

Infants passport should take 3-4 days if you go for the in-person fast track option.

Not sure about the regular postal method.

HTH

I had the same query about section 6.7. Ncs lady told me to leave it as it is.

Regards

OK, thanks for explaining. My plans are exactly like yours, but I am not sure about the legality of this, so am currenly sticking to the OCI plan. I would recommend talking to some immigratiojn lawyer in India, or taking this in writing from FRRO. I have already crossed the point of no return, maybe...

Thanks gols, I am sure that my son is allowed to keep both the PP till 18, so I carry PP's always withme. Immigration officer also told that it is a new rule so not many people know this. Do you have any official link/email about this? Thats exactly my point, its a new rule (if it is!), so you might...

How do each of these compare in terms of getting them done from India, can people who have done this please provide some timelines for the following: 1) OCI timelines when applying from India 2) PIO timelines when applying from India For people with kids and who are moving to India, I guess the comm...

Why would you do that mate, why would you put your kids in that kind of jeopardy? The way I see it there are only 2 real options: 1) Take British passport for them, surrender Indian passport, get OCI. 2) Do not take British passport, retail Indian passport and go for RoA. Out of the 2, I would still...

Wow from application to passport thats an impressive timeline. Well done mate.

I applied yesterday and need to get to my native country in april urgently, let us see how it all pans out.

Joint application Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 years Tier1 + ILR (12 months) Language criteria met: Me - Expires ILETS certificate used at the time of EC, Fresh IELTS certificate for wife Referees used - Manager at work, and colleague at work Current nationality: Indian Method of application...

No problem, hopefully you wont have this middle name crap to deal with, I have had enough of it, unfortunately I gave my kid a middle name too. Sorry kid!

Good luck with your application humanvoid.

Hi Humanvoid,

Sorry to confuse you . The firstname+middilename bit appears in the passport under "given name" which I reckon is the first name, the surname appears under "Family name/Last name".

At least thats how it is in the Indian passport.

HTH

Thanks humanvoid. Glad all went well. Now I am a bit confused. I have already made some enquiries and got a different response that maiden surname can be changed to married surname on just basis of marriage certificate. Also there were few topics on this. I mean how sure you are of NCS' competency. ...

OK, I have a copy of my kids form at home, if no one can respond by the time I get home, I will find the answer for you.

Yes, register your child as a UK citizen using form MN1:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... rm_mn1.pdf
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... de_mn1.pdf

and then apply for his/her passport.

Your call Suis,

I am sure members in the forum can share about the standard of exam, and also pointers on how to prepare for it.

Yes IELTS was 135£ for us here.

Regards

Hi Suis, She took the general IELTS. Minimum score is 4, she scored 8.5 overall, so no problems there. Its not hard to pass IELTS, but I feel its too cumbersome for a simple English test, go for this instead: http://englishexamcentres.co.uk/b1-esol-entry-level-3.html I should have gone for this for ...

Thanks wpilr_nov12, All went well, the NCS person asked us 2 things which got us thinking: a) Whether we want to send any other documents - I asked her if she would recommend any other documents, to which she said all the essentials are there, and we dont really need anything else. b) Would I like m...

I am carrying both P60s and photographs just in case.

Good luck for your application, please put future timelines into the December timelines thread, it would be interesting to know your timelines as we are both applying tomorrow.