To anyone who intends to follow the process in addition to the Original Poster A - Complete Passport Application B - Enclose Marriage Certificate, Naturalisation Document & Covering letter C - Make a call to the HMPO line, and make sure notes are added (Providing you are following the right proc...

UPDATE: The Other half received her First British Passport, and its in the married name! Took little over 3 weeks, including Interview!

Result!

Credit for the approach goes to nojathan who inspired this topic

Hi All, My Wife (TZ) National just sent off her application for her first British Passport following Naturalisation earlier on this month, and we made a call to the HMPO asking for advice, they suggested to have the 1st Passport in the Married name we: 1. Complete the application in the Married name...

What do I do, if the foreign country are not responding to my request to cancel my expired passport that is my maiden name?

Would a cover letter with the uncancelled / expired passport suffice to have the first BP in the married name.

Hi All, Just naturalised as a British Citizen, and now need some guidance to apply for the first passport. Can I send a completed Application for the First British Passport and NOT send the Foreign Passport (In Maiden name) as its Expired, will the HMPO still process? I am only saying this as the Fo...

Hi, Like everyone in this helpful thread, I thought I would add some questions for my wife who is going to apply for her first passport following naturalisation to the UK. - She is of Tanzanian birth and cannot hold dual nationality - Her current passport is in her maiden name - Her UK Naturalisatio...

Hi I have just got confirmation from the Home Office that I have successfully been granted Naturalisation as a British Citizen. I have been advised that in order to apply for the first passport I have to change my foreign passport in to my married name before I can apply and submit my foreign passpo...

Hi,

Is it safe to assume that if the UKBA invites you to enrol your Biometrics for the naturalisation application and acknowledges the submitted application that it's well on it's way to be granted or am I just assuming something that happens as standard.

Regards

Thankyou 'noajthan'

Let's hope for speedy Naturalisation and then first passport and then we can go on our Holiday's lol

Thanks for all your help

My Spouse applied for her Naturalisation on the 7th August 2015, and the payment is now pending on our credit card dated 19th August 2015, however the amount pending from Nationality Direct (Liverpool) is only pending to the value of £1,005, which is the amount of the Naturalisation Application Fee....

Application: Spouse Eligibility criteria: Spouse of UK National Language criteria met: English Language and LITUK Nationality: Tanzanian Method of application: Postal Date of application: 07/08/2015 Payment method: Credit card Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/08/2015 Date of acknowledgement : PENDING Dat...

Please see link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448606/Master_Fees_Leaflet_2015_07_21.pdf The question I have is what amount do I enclose on the said application as above. The Current Fee for Naturalisation (AN) is £1,005, however as quoted from the link T...

Thanks to the people who have posted and found this whole section that helps clarify the situation. The referees are there to identify and maybe contacted to confirm, and should this not suffice further request for an additional referee is requested. 6.3.7 Referees - Qualifications 6.3.7.1 All appli...

The referee part of it should be the least of our issues, paying the increased fee of just over £1000 should be the bigger challenge.
Does £30.00 reflect an appropriate fee from a Doctor to complete the referee section?

If you read through the accepted referees for BC applications, you will see that 'Doctor' has been removed from the list. Assuming you were intending to use your GP as a professional referee. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/421217/Chapter_6_A_Referees_-_lis...

noajthan - Thanks for clarifying (my friend will be acting as referee for the Director of a company) and my GP or someone over 25 will act as the secondary. The section in the form is generic so the reference can be added either way around but satisfying the said rule. So let me get this right, prov...

Our Doctor has known my wife since she has entered the UK (Aug 2011), but knows her from when she visits the surgery and at times when my wife was expecting, he suggests paying £30.00 for the service.

Will the GP/Doctor suffice?

I asked my GP to be my referee and sign the naturalisaion form. He signed the form but gave his office address when he filled line 5.6 (Address). He also put his stamp there with his name and address. 2 questions. 1. Is it acceptable for a referee to give his professional address rather than home a...

Is it correct that one referee has to be a professional and british and the other over the age of 25?

Hi all My Spouse is due to be applying for her Naturalisation but have now stumbled across the following Section (Section 5) For the first Referee, can my other half use someone from her place of birth to be used in the section as shown below? Can the GP referee her also? (Has anyone got a list of t...

Thanks for your reply.

The only document that will show her married surname will be the naturalisation certificate, and maybe her bank records.

Lets hope the Cancelled foreign passport process helps have her British passport being issued.

Thanks again.

Hi again Thank you for clarifying that. When we get round to applying for the first passport we will submit other documentary evidence other than the passport which is in the maiden name to avoid any sort of issue. We want my wife to be able to naturalise in her married surname and drop her maiden n...

They should review the current process so it saves time and hassle for all the new citizens to make it easier. It's hard enough to come in to the country as a spouse, then apply for Indefinite leave, then go through the process of the life in the UK and not to mention to demonstrate your English, a...

They should review the current process so it saves time and hassle for all the new citizens to make it easier. It's hard enough to come in to the country as a spouse, then apply for Indefinite leave, then go through the process of the life in the UK and not to mention to demonstrate your English, an...