VFS wanted originals of the surrender certificate, renunciation certificate, nationality certificate and cancelled Indian Passport. Make sure you take them all. They get sent to the High Commission who return them by courier in about 2 weeks' time. There is no end to the ridiculous Indian bureaucracy.

I applied for renunciation of citizenship at VFS Goswell on 29th January 2024. Till today the online status on the MHA website is showing as 'Received'. Looks like the 60 days timeline given by VFS is not correct. Incidentally the passport surrender certificate took about 3 weeks to come, even thoug...

First adult passport after Naturalization HMPO : Corby Applied 16-Jan-24 Sent the docs 17-Jan-24 Royal mail advice of delivery: 18-Jan-24 9.45 am Passport Off confirmation that docs are received 19-Jan-24 10.38 am Passport Approved : 23-Jan-24 17.22 pm Passport printed : 24-Jan-24 05.22 am Passport ...

Eligibility criteria: Long term ILR holder / spouse of British Citizen Proof of language: Exempt (age) Method of application: Online Date of application: 11.09.2023 Date of documents submission: 29.09.2023 Date of biometrics: 29.09.2023 Date of acknowledgement email that docs and biometrics submitte...