I was wondering if it's ok to book NCS appointment within 2-3 weeks? Or is it better to do it earlier than that?

My travel would be for no more than 5 working days, so hopefully this would not pose a problem.

Great, cs95tdg and sabeekj, this is very good news!

Can anyone who submitted their applicationgs at NCS after 2 April share their expiriences. Did they have to submit their original BRP, or was the copy of it taken, and the original BRP returned to the applicants? I am really concerned about it, as I have some important travel plans later in the year...

Hi in regards to BRP card, I submitted mine with NCS yesterday. They advised to tick yes for BRP enclosed and the NCS Person wrote on the box below attested copy is attached.. so hopefully that answers your query.. Sorry, I didn't get that. Are you saying you submitted an ORIGINAL brp, and that it ...

Given how many people wait for 6 months or more for the outcome on rheir application, it would be truly auful if they start requiring people to submit their BRPs....

I think you need to calm down. I don't want to be rude, but it's none of our business how the British government does these checks. If you look into the recent report from inspector general, you will see that they have a risk- based approach to more detailed checks, and rightly so. If they checked e...

Its not annoying if they said your application is not allocated to the caseworker because they never can allocate an application to any caseworker until his/ her checks been completed. How do you know ?where you got your information from? I remember reading in an earlier report (also by John Vine, ...

John Vine is surely some piece of work...

Once you obtain citizenship, your ILR ceases to exist. So, if you renounce citizenship, you will be back at square one, ie a person without any valid leave in the UK. But it beats me- why are you already thinking about renouncing it, before even applying for it? Under what plausible circumstances ma...

Those who have received the approval - do you get individual approval letter for each applicant or a single letter for the everyone. Also, if it is single letter for everyone who applied together do you get details of all applicants in the letter? The reason why I am asking is on the acknowledgemen...

hunanuk, noone here can explain the reasons for these very long delays, because noone actually works in the Nationality department (and even if somebody does, he/she is bound by non-disclosure rules, so they will not tell you.) People can only speculate, based on non-verified assumptions. Like you d...

Thanks, t123456789. sagareva and you are right. The decision maker will normally refuse an application if within the 10 years preceding the application the person has not been compliant with immigration requirements, including but not limited to having: a. failed to report b. failed to comply with ...

We know from the recent report about the UKVI that delays are not caused by checking with foreign governments, because such checks do not take place at all!!! Not quite true. I quote directly from the report: Managers told us that they were unable to conduct overseas criminality checks unless there...

From my limited understanding, some applicants fit "high risk profile". For them, a large number of checks are done, e.g. through security services, Interpol, foreign governments, HMRC etc.

summer08, I wouldn't worry. If they make a requirement for applicants to produce police certificates from their countries, I don't think it will affect already submitted applications. But for others who apply later (especially those who lived abroad in a number of countries), that may be a real pain...

fwd079 wrote:I posted BBC link this morning, kind of explains sudden halt in approvals.

The report was completed and sent to the Home Office three and half months ago. No need to over-analyze this really.

No need to guess what is highly to be accepted, and what is not, because the HO has already responded: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385760/2014_12_11_Home_Office_Response_to_ICI_Report_on_Nationality_Casework.pdf Personally I do not see much new in this r...

Someone above has said that they changed their appointment from Croydon to Solihul, and were "very pleased" with it. Well, one cannot compare experience in Croydon in 2011 to Solihull in 2014, because Croydon is now much better than it used to be. I had mine and my partner's application th...

This "news" is just so full of negativity... Quite depressing to read.

As regards external checks, I have read somewhere that HMRC has a strict limit on the number of checks it allows the Home Office to conduct on its database per month. This may explain the backlog, if HO has a number of applicants whose tax records it wants to check. In AN form, a number of other che...

It seems that the passport backlog was indeed the reason why applications submitted earlier in the summer took so long to process... Hopefully HO is now back to normal.

I don't for a second believe that he was told to "reinstate his citizenship". For one thing, immigration officers don't have the power to strip anyone of citizenship. It's a long and complicated procedure, where one has to prove in court that the citizenship was obtained by fraud. Alternat...

hi Respected Gurus, I attended my citiznship ceremony tomorro and abt to apply for British Passport now. however i do have a question once Passport has ben issued. i might be travelling to another country soon for my new job. i was under impression that i will not have any restrictions on travellin...

Neo.kap - It mentions it in the guide Friday - I assume your application went smoothly? I think you are referring to page 13 in the guide. However, they say the following: if you used one of these documents when you took the Knowledge of Life in the UK test you will be expected to use it again by e...