Cheers Desperado!

And yeah - if you need to apply for a PIO card, you can apply from the UK.

Link is here: http://www.hcilondon.net/visa/pio-card.html#app

Hope this helps.

Ta!

regards.

Hi All, I had attended my citizenship ceremony this morning and i have received my british naturalisation certificate :-) It was a very grand experience. It was for less than an hour in total. In brief, things that happened were: 1. Snacks and refreshments. 2. Formal welcome by the registrar 3. Form...

Sorry for the repetition. Since I own this thread, i thought its better to keep this and the other thraed updated together.

Ta!

regards.

Cheers Desperado, My current passport has the city name correctly spelled. The mistake is only in the invitation letter and the naturalisation certificate (registration office told me that). The mistake is that the HO has skipped one letter of alphabet from the city name :-( So i take it that once I...

Hi , My citizenship ceremony is confirmed for coming wednesday - 22nd. I have recd. all the documentation - i.e. HO invitation letter, ceremony confirmation ,etc. However i noted that they have wrongly spelt my place of birth city name in the invitation. I also got it confirmed from the registration...

Hi , My citizenship ceremony is confirmed for coming wednesday - 22nd. I have recd. all the documentation - i.e. HO invitation letter, ceremony confirmation ,etc. However i noted that they have wrongly spelt my place of birth city name in the invitation. I also got it confirmed from the registration...

Hi All,

I have got my ceremony date confirmed for next wednesday -the 22nd June.

Can't wait to see it in action

Will keep you all updated!

Ta!

Cheers Desperado :-) I can't wait to enjoy mine :-) Couple of questions: 1. Is there any formal dress-code for the ceremony? What would you suggest, considering the dress-code of the whole lot that came there? 2. How long does the ceremony go on for? So I can plan my day-off next week accordingly. T...

Hi desparado,

Congrats to you!

It will be great if you can describe how the ceremony was!

Can't wait to take mine :-)

Ta!

regards.

Hi desperado, I guess it will be next wednesday. I will have to re-confirm it tomorrow. As of Monday, they had not recd. the letter from HO. Also i have not recd. the invitation letter so far (my approval letter says i will get it soon though :-)) So in all probabilities, my ceremony date could be n...

Oops! Silly me!

Got your point now

Ta!

Wow! Looks like the fees increase "programme" has now become an "every quarter" thing. Good for the Govt. :-) The last one was on the 1st April 2005. Probably the next one is due in October 2005! :-) Frankly, I personally don't mind the fee increases at all - as long as their ser...

Oh Goodness! Do we have to again go through the "signature by someone who knows you for blah blah years" (something we have already done when applying for naturalisation!!!!!!!!!!). Come on! This is really frustrating. I guess they should accept something reasonable as well - for example, ...

Hi bhavna,

I had a letter signed by my college's principal, saying that "English" was my medium of instruction throughout my 3 years of degree course.

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Hi - I have not recd. my invitation as yet, but i called up the registration office and found that i can book the comming wednesday (day after tomorrow) as my ceremony date. I have been asked to call back again this after noon to confirm this becuase it seems the registration office has not yet recd...

Hi All,

Has anybody taken the citizenship ceremony in Manchester? Any info as to their frequency of ceremonies in a month, etc. will help.

I will call them up on Monday, but just was curious if somebody already had used Manchester for the ceremony.

I am absolutely excited!!!!

Ta!

regards.

Thanks guys.

Of course, i will not desert the forum

Ta!

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Hi All, I am very very hapy to tell you all that my British citizenship has been approved. I had applied using hte nationality checking service on the 3rd of May 2005. I recd. the letter from HO this morning. Very very happy today. Around 5+ weeks turnaround... very very impressive service. Looking ...

Hi All, I am very very hapy to tell you all that my British citizenship has been approved. I had applied using hte nationality checking service on the 3rd of May 2005. I recd. the letter from HO this morning. Very very happy today. Around 5+ weeks turnaround... very very impressive service. Looking ...

"1a. Receive acknowledgement letter from naturalisation dept. liverpool if the application was sent directly to liverpool office " I don't think that is correct. I applied using the checking service, and i did receive an acknowledgement fom the Liverpool office telling me what documents th...

Hi All, So is there any effect / trouble / issue for Chris in the future, considering he has been driving 2 years in the UK with a US license, even assuming he stops driving from today with his US license? Just curious. Of course, this is assuming he has had no incidents on UK roads so far. Also, Ch...

Hi - I finally managed to speak to a person at the Citizenship dept. Home office today. She took those 2 reference numbers and looked into the computer and said both mapped to my application and she did not knew why. She put me on hold for a couple of minutes and spoke to her supervisor and came bac...

Hi John - any thoughts on this!

I tried to ring the Home office number (the number in the acknowledgement letter) - but the number is always busy!

Ta!

regards.

Any ideas from any one who had used the checking service. Did you get multiple acknowledgement letters like this?

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Cheers Joseph. They charged me 23.50 I think. Also as an update - I received a acknowledgement letter on 7th May Saturday, saying they acknowledge my application form (1), passport (1), supporting documents (3), ILR letter (1) and fees of £268. This letter was dated 4th May. Today I have recd. anoth...