helpmepleasee wrote:why does it take forever for the public ceremony

It is something to do with your council, I suppose.

I received my approval letter on Friday, and same day booked the [public] ceremony for the following Monday.

ola1 wrote: i cant actually understand why the question is been ask anyways.

Because sometimes, citizenship can be based on you parents [and by connection, maternal grandparents].

I don't know why so many people are complaining about this. Either you know [or your parents know], or just write 'not known'.

bunty4ILR wrote:Can I use a different local authority service even if I dont live in their borough

Yes.

I will be applying for BC next month and the local NCS is charging £65 for the service which would become very expensive for me. Can anyone please advise would it affect my BC application if I ask the Home Office to return my passport after 4 weeks or so? Would the Home Office consider my applicati...

Query 1) Do I need to send 3rd passport 2) In guidance it says cancelled passports will be cut at the top corner but my passport has cancelled stamp. Does that mean same. 1. No, if the 2nd one is the one you first entered UK with. 2. Yes, some countries just put the "CANCELLED" stamp and ...

sayani wrote: With current waiting times around 2 months I was hoping to escape before the winter sets in.

I waited just under 1 month for mine, and this was during summer holiday months.

- can I request my current passport/supporting documents back & say I need them for urgent reasons (any ideas? I know you're not supposed to travel...) Yes, you can request, but no guarantee that you will get them urgently. Mine took about 2 weeks to come back. Make sure you pay extra £3 to hav...

You count the days by ignoring the day of departure [from UK] and day of arrival [back to UK] as, technically, you were still in UK on [the part of] that day. Hi Friends, I am filling the AN form section 2: Residence Requirement It has a column 'Date of departure from United Kingdom', what date. Sho...

As I read it, these info are to be provided in all cases where the parents are born out of UK. So can someone please clarify if it is mandatory to provide the details about the grand parents ( and how on earth will they check anything - thats details of birth in India 120 years ago) As you pointed ...

bobobo wrote:When I booked my appointment I was told the docs are sent to HO by overnight Secure Delivery courier and not by Royal Mail. So I am not sure if they can actually give you a reference

Probably it differs from NCS to NCS - I was given standard RMSD reference...

ric1982 wrote:Hi,

I just applied through NCS. The NCS didnt gave me any Royal mail reference number. Does NCS always give royalmail reference number to the applicants?

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They do if you ask - I certainly did.

Hi I just got a mail from ips saying they have dispatched my interview letter yesterday. Does anyone know as I have read on the forum that people are able to book appointment over the phone even before getting the letter from ips for interview, how to book it as I am delaying a work trip coz I don'...

I am sure the interview office in london would be quite busy so might have to go out of london to get a sooner appointment as I have to travel for work reason but delaying just coz I don't have passport yet. I am quite lucky that Newport is one of the three closest ones for me [living in England, t...

jms_uk wrote:They also said interview letter was sent out today [not bad, considering I applied on 14/08] 2nd Class post, we'll see how long it takes to get here...

It arrived today, 1st Class

I would be interested in clarifying this as well. I am planning to attend the ceremony with my wife and 1year old. I'm the only one being naturalised so my wife will be able to stay with the baby. He can be fairly active and its hard to keep him still, so any details of the ceremonywould be helpful...

I went online n to track your application there is a form that needs to be submitted. I did that yesterday and still awaiting response. It took them 5 days to respond when I used the form. I got a response today within 1/2 hour after sending it. Interestingly, even though it was sent to Newport, th...

rgutis13 wrote:I've done a few flights from Heathrow to Scotland. Do I need to list these trips while claiming my Absences?

Many thanks for your help!

Did you have to show your passport on arrival [to Scottish immigration officers]? - there is your answer...

One more vote for NCS, mainly for keeping your documents.

While my BC application was processed I went abroad twice, which I wouldn't be able to do if I didn't use NCS.

It was £40 well spent.

achellap wrote:other have to post their applications to swansea with their passport to get their provisional,

Count yourself lucky - when I did it in 2001, I had to go to DVLA office to confirm my identity, and nearest one was 40-odd miles away...

juliajules1979 wrote:Hiya

Do you know if they send Passport Interview letter out 1st or second class post, says second class but a friend ofmine got it 1st class.

Many thanks

Maybe it differs between passport offices - which one was he dealing with?

That's the whole problem its gonna be a week that I submitted my application tomorrow and I still don't know if it ever reached ips office or no. Infact I took a guaranteed next day delivery prepaid envelope with me so that it can reach next day and also can be tracked but the guy in post office sa...

I got ILR on 14th October 2011 (2 years Tier 1+3 yers WP). I have been living in the UK since 2004. I was out of the UK from 12th October 2007 to 11th Novemre 2007 for holidays. It means if I apply on 15th October 2012 for naturalization I was not present in the UK 5 years before my application. Pl...

Then you'll have to wait 12 months from the date of getting ILR.

Are you married to a British citizen?

vrks wrote:I went online n to track your application there is a form that needs to be submitted. I did that yesterday and still awaiting response.

I think it says not to use that form until two weeks have passed from the date of applying.