applied on 6th April. (SOC) It was posted today on 29th April. Another 3 days to receive it. That is 15 working days for them to complete (without post). UK NARIC is probably the worst company. What they do is change your applicaiton date to the date when they start looking at your case and then ca...

Hi senior members, My date of appointment with NCS is very near. I am feeling less confident about ILR approval period. MY ILR was approved in May 2013. However I lost BRP in dec 2013 and received replacement BRP in Jan 2014. How to handle this situation? As advised by Jambo above, just provide the...

I have been reading various posts on the forum but I am very confused now. Can someone please help me. Here is my situation. Applying for naturalization as a spouse of a british citizen. I have a foreign masters degree from a non-english speaking country but the degree was taught in English. I have ...

Hi, As per the new fee structure for 2014 published by the home office, there is no mention about the joint applciation fee for naturalisation to UK citizenship. Have they stopped accepting joint application fees? I have been asked by NCS to pay for the joint application separately as 2 individual ...

salman83 wrote:What about ceremony

Home Office will decide the council for your ceremony on the basis of your current address.
If you want to change it then there is a rather long and time consuming process to request a change once you have received a ceremony invitation after your approval.

As long as you visa allows you to work without any limitation on working hours etc employers will be ok with it. Also job market for software engineering is pretty good these days at least in london and surrounding areas.

I would recommend using NCS. They do charge you some money but you get to keep originals which is a massive plus point. I have seen a number of posts on the forum where HO did not return all the documents or lost them. Also it is another set of eyes to make sure everything is in order. your choice t...

Strictly my personal view - I would take my chances and not inform HO particular if it is likely i get the naturalisation feedback within 6-8 weeks. If you are lucky, you would get your reponse within the next 3-5 weeks. I am no expert but I would strongly advice against not informing HO. The decla...

To sum up the letters...... As far as I know (by reading the forum and personal experience) If you apply using NCS: then you get one letter only. The title of the letter is something like "Citizenship Invitation". It says that the application is approved and it also asks you to contact the...

Unbelievable. Less than a month later after the HO debited my fees, I have got the Council letter adivisng successful application. Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 + spouse of BC Language criteria met: UK Masters Degree Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Ca...

Thanks for clarifying mate.

Why did you send your BRP to the passport office?
The question is for my own benefit. I have recently applied for my first adult passport after naturalization and I did not send my BRP. Was I supposed to send it??

vinny wrote:Birth certificate is not required for a naturalised citizen.

Thanks vinny - You are a Star mate.

I have recently been naturalized as BC and applying for my first adult passport now. The person in post office for check and send told me that I also need to send my original birth certificate with my application, I told him that it is not mentioned in the passport guidance booklet but he was insist...

I think these letters should be enough to prove you were in the UK so holidays/absence is not really the issue here. The real question should be " Will UKBA consider this period a break in the continuous residence? " because you mention now that they asked you not to get involved in paid e...

I don't think you need a solicitor really. All he is going to do it to write a cover letter explaining what you have just explained and attach proof to support your story. I think you can do all of that on your own. I would say write a cover letter, attach any correspondance letters you had with hea...

Applying for naturalization via T1G-ILR route. Form AN 1.23-1.30 ask for details of the parents. The problem is that my parents don't know their exact date of birth because it was not very common to keep these records in small town etc in my country of origin about 50 years ago. The guide says that ...

It can be upto the last six months. See the first reply of this post http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 95869.html.

Hi Shahid, More documents I can get is as below : a) Electricity Pay as You Go Annual statement (dated Dec 2012) on my wife's name. b) Electricity Pay as You Go Annual statement (dated Dec 2013) on my wife's name. c) Council Tax Bill on joint names(2014/2015) on both names. d) A letter from the Eke...

Hi All, I am on Tier 2 (ICT) and my wife is on Tier 2(ICT) dependent. I will completing 5 years on Aug 2014. As per Section 11 of SET(O) form : ''If you have a spouse or civil partner listed in section 2 of this application form who is applying at the same time as you, please provide documentary ev...

Yes, I mean cohabilitation proof . Which I have one from nov 2011 that is when I entered uk and another from nov 2012 .....don't have anything in between ... But have many after nov 2012. You entered UK in 2011 and you are applying for ILR. I am confused, what category are you applying under? Cohab...

Hi, I have a appointment at PEO this week but I just realised that I only have bankstatements until august. I have requested the bank who only gave me a printout of bank statements which is not stamped. My question will this be accepted by ukba?? I also wanted to ask about accomatation proofs...I h...

Could some one please help....its really urgent and I really appreciate your help...... along with above query I have another query too: - SET(O) section 7.11 - How long have you lived in the UK? Shall I count it from the date I first entered the UK on WP? (considering I was out for 10 continuous m...

Hi, I got my ILR approval last Tuesday at Belfast PEO but not yet received my BRP card. Can someone let me know what the delivery time is? Thanks. They say it may take upto 10 days but one of my friends got his after a whole month due to some technical issues with home office system. I think a lot ...

Thank you so much for your help. Just one last question: Do I have to surrender my daughter's Indian passport before I make the MN1 application? Regards, Anil I am not 100% on this but it does not make sense to surrender the passport before you get another nationality because if you do that she wil...