Today Journey to British Citizenship is complete I have received my British Passport. I would like to thank all the members for their input and share their experiences. It's been great to be part of this forum. I will keep logging to share my knowledge for this forum. Thank you once again. I would ...

Today Journey to British Citizenship is complete I have received my British Passport. I would like to thank all the members for their input and share their experiences. It's been great to be part of this forum. I will keep logging to share my knowledge for this forum. Thank you once again. I would l...

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Hi all,

Does any body know which number to call when booking an appointment for passport interview.

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Passport Type: Adult Application Type: First Adult passport Method of application: Check and Send Date of application: 06 October 11 Date application received by IPS: 13 October 11 Date of letter sent to counter signatory: 20 October 11 Date of return of documents: 28 October 11 Date of receipt of i...

Hi all, Surprised received today the much talked about "BROWN ENVELOP" and its an approval dated 28th September. HURRAY!!!!!! Many thanks to all for your very useful input during stressful times. on the other note I applied on 10th June. congratulation mate and good luck for the ceremony ...

Hi all, Surprised received today the much talked about "BROWN ENVELOP" and its an approval dated 28th September. HURRAY!!!!!! Many thanks to all for your very useful input during stressful times. on the other note I applied on 10th June. congrats mate, yeah this is the kind of news we all...

Hi all,

Surprised received today the much talked about "BROWN ENVELOP" and its an approval dated 28th September. HURRAY!!!!!!

Many thanks to all for your very useful input during stressful times.

on the other note I applied on 10th June.

thx, anyone else applied in April/May/June and still hasn't got his letter ? this would help us know if those months have been cleared. I applied in mid-July and I know for sure (after calling HO) that I won't hear their decision before mid-October. so it looks like the majority of applications are...

Hi Skr27, tried calling them and there is a pre-recorded message "Citizenship applications go through various checks which can be time consuming we dont not provide any update on application made within last six months" How annoying is that? Hello there I would just give it a try ...i.e. t...

Thank you AALI24... any news from UKBA regarding your application? Mind you, I haven't got the much talked about brown envelope yet.... hope it will arrive before friday. Not yet mate, I was thinking to call UKBA but looking at the other messages i thought I wont get any reply either. Still a long ...

Hello again got my private ceremony booked for this friday. again great help from city council to understand the personal circumstance and do everything they can to organise it with short notice. :D will not be able to apply for my passport till next summer unless I can apply it overseas using my n...

dear ILR_Applicant_UK and all others.. I called my city council about the ceremony and go to know the following details which may be useful for others as well. they told me that they get an email from UKBA with the approval for that week on Thursdays which is followed by the certificates on friday ...

Hello PK congratulations... sure its an approval. I havent called this week. I would really like to hear what you heard this morning in my case also (also received in UKBA on same day as yours) Hi skr27 Ya I saw that our dates are similar..You should get your approval pretty soon too...Its a nervou...

Hi guys, I dont know living in different counties can be a cause of delay, I only have lived in one county but three different addresses. I have been waiting for nearly 99 days.
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skr27 wrote:Hello all
called today, no progress, still in the Q to allocate to caseworker.

Sorry hear that mate, I can believe what they are doing?
how many checks they have to perform before approvals.

Hi guys, Could not stop myself and called UKBA been told going though checks and not been allocated to case worker yet. When I said last time I called, I have been told its in the queue waiting allocation then he said all the checks should be completed before allocation to case worker so wait it can...

skr27 wrote:Hello AALI24
our hopes were raised after seeing some of the june applicants getting approval last week. Lets hope it will be our turn next. good luck.

Thanks mate, Good luck to you and all who are waiting.

skr27 wrote:@Mego-1980, PK, Osteophytes, AALI24, bob1979: any news?

No news from me at the moment. anxiously waiting

I know of thing which is PNC, wandering any further checks to that for BC ? If you refer to UKBA website its mentioned as: What checks do they make? " We make checks with the police in all cases where the good character requirement applies. Additional checks may be made with other government d...

Hi Guys

Any Approvals Today?

Man_In_Barc wrote:Looks like few applicatanst left behind from April,May awaiting decisions.Any more updates on your case guys?

Applied on 10th June and made many phone calls since 14 July but same answer waiting for allocation in the queue.

Last time I called on 2 September and been told waiting for allocation.

HI Guys,

Any approvals today?

lunatfr wrote:Went to royal mail centre to collect my post. Well it's not an approval letter but they have returned my passport and ho letters I had sent. They have written they may ask for documents again if required. Not sure how long I will have to wait for approval.

When did you apply?

I dont think they can change the status of any application or can influence the priority of an application but when I phone on friday she said "your application status is same as last week" which made me think they do log our calls.