A 'friend' of mine has been terribly naive. He recently applied for and gained British nationality. Now he's applying for a passport. When he applied for British nationality, he was asked to fill in his parents dates of birth on Form AN. He was unsure about the exact dates, and knowing full well tha...

Finally sorted.

Only took three weeks.

I know some people who used these 'courses' to get indefinite leave. And were planning to use the certificates given to obtain nationality.

I take it, they'll either have to Pass the Life in the UK test or go on a legitimate course when the time comes?

Mashk I TOTALLLY know what you are going through. I got my letter in early Feb and it took 2 months to finally get a letter with a date from bham city council. The phone numbers are wrong. I called the home office and they told me they recently moved buildings. apparantly it is chaos. I emailed sev...

Managed to get though today. After 100+ phone calls. Only to be told, 'we haven't received your paperwork yet, phone back in three weeks'

Seriously thinking of spending £280 for a private ceremony.

Yep. Just phoned up and got the brush off. Need to keep on phoning the same numbers, only to be greeted by a bloody message telling me to keep trying.

Bah.



I thought the hard part was already done. Yet they put even more hoops in my way.

Do you live or work reasonably close to the Council House? If you do suggest you call in and speak to them in person, and arrange your Citizenship Ceremony. But we have of course had two days of Bank Holiday, plus the two days of weekend, since you received your letter, so maybe you will get throug...

Anyone have any problems arranging this? The numbers provided by the home office on the letter sent to me don't work. I keep on getting an answering machine. Been trying since the middle of last week.

I am on income support and applied for citizenship because of panic that law was changing on 13th jan,2010 does it effects my application. I have ILR for last 3 years and its falls under spouse category. How long nataurilsation application takes approx ? Thanks a lot for any help. No, income suppor...

Anyone used this? The wife is applying for British nationality and has got an appointment tomorrow.

We're a bit worried about the fact she's never worked in this country, which made on of the pages on the Form AN look pretty bare.

Hi, Sorry if this question has been asked before. My wife has just passed her Life in the UK test, and we're applying for Naturalisation. Just looking through the Form AN, and we're a little concerned about the section on employment. She's never worked in the Uk, as she's stayed at home to look aft...

Hi, Sorry if this question has been asked before. My wife has just passed her Life in the UK test, and we're applying for Naturalisation. Just looking through the Form AN, and we're a little concerned about the section on employment. She's never worked in the Uk, as she's stayed at home to look afte...

Taking the ESOL option, you could for example study level 1 and then once you've completed it you've progressed to level 2 ...satisfying the requirements for ILR or Citizenship. Generally speaking the ESOL courses are lengthy and not cheap. If you're considering one of the ESOL courses which promis...

If you go for the ESOL option you don't have to reach level 3. You have to progress from one level to the next . i.e level 1 to level 2, or 2 to 3. Just to clarify then, is the blurb in my original post inaccurate? The certificate is registered and recognized. After passing the listening and speaki...

Book a test, applying for a passport? Are you UK citizen already that you are applying for a passport? Test is for people applying for nationality not passport. ESOL is a school where less english speaking people enroll until they become almost fluent in english language, with the certificate they ...

Hello, Just booked my Life in the UK test. Whilst searching for test centres I came across this Life in the UK Test training course in London, Coventry, Luton and Birmingham. At ITA (Intelligent Training Academy) we teach you an English Lanugage Course which lasts 4 to 5 days for ESOL with Citizensh...