According to the Henley & Partner Visa Index 2012, holders of a British passport can visit 167 countries visa-free or with visa on arrival. Only Finland, Sweden, Germany and Denmark score higher . This map might also be of interest. Thanks for this vital information , very interesting indeed !!...

Don't worry about that , being a housewife is just perfect and besides , not having a job has nothing to do with good character , so enjoy yourself and you will soon be a BC

bugger off , silly sod Not sure what you are going on about, and what disgruntled you in such a way as to call me stupid and a silly sod. As I explained, the British immigration process is - while undoubtedly not without its flaws - overall a very well operating system. I think it offers a very rea...

Thanks aledeniz, I think that helps to put things into perspective. It really grinds my gears when I read what some people expect. As if the citizenship were an item that one can order on Amazon. As if the Home Office were a service provider. People are given the opportunity to get the citizenship ...

Hi everyone, Sorry if this has been posted before but I could not find anything using the search function. I'm from EU and have been living in the UK since 1996 permanently. I am planning to apply for a British passport and as I understand I need to apply for citizen neutralisation first? And I've ...

There are more than a million items sent on fed ex or DHL each day and still it is feasible to track the real time progress of each and every parcel without overloading or delaying the system. So if UKBA would want to make their service better they can.. but they wont. For the £851 we pay, I would ...

I have heard people come up with all sorts of anger and frustration towards the citizenship call centre and i wonder if this call centre is playing games with our minds or what ? These people have access to our applications like when we want to change details they can easily do that but when it come...

Hi Jumbo and trs2011, Thanks for your fast reply. It is impossible to reach the UKBA via phone, it goes to recorded messages… so the only option is to email them I guess. Do you know any other way to find this out? Maybe the mail just got simply lost … Do you happen to know what kind / class of mai...

thanks but I believe this is not a problem for them, they could check without asking me to send it to them !!! just wasting time and more delays Well you might think its a waste of time but they want to make the right and well informed decision by seeing everything . Imagine if they had just refuse...

hello everyone, I hope someone could help me with this enquiry. I have applied for BC early September via NCS and couple of days later the fee was already deducted from my account. Meanwhile I had to move out suddenly from my address so I have set up a redirection via Royal Mail. It’s been almost 2...

I believe an approval is coming your way , a few August applicants have already been approved , good luck . I also called today , but the lady was not keen to give me anything but i came up with a ridiculous excuse that i wanted to know if the letter i sent has been scanned onto the system , thats w...

Thanks Jambo. Does indian embassy or anyother countries embassy inform UK HO that for xyz person the passport has been impounded and he or she shouldnt be allowed to get naturalised. I gree with Jambo , no other country can tell the UK who to naturalise and who not to , that is why the HO say its u...

Then just press option 2 , they will answer . The thing is getting anything out from your application depends on who picks the fone , someone tells you someone will refuse to even ask your ref , so its just a matter of luck .

why having multiple nationalities ? Many want the British citizenship, but don't want to give up their original nationality. I am one of those pesky people as well. For some, the second nationality has practical advantages (especially for those outside the EEA), for others it is more a mental thing...

Well, I'm only going on my previous experience with the border agency who once tried to tell me that my EEA ID card was bad quality upon entry into the UK and got even more suspicious when I produced a US passport. They wanted to use my US passport to let me in but that would've been illegal in my ...

Hi guyz please can somebody give me the HO contact number and options to select to get to somebody about progress of my BC application. Thanks Call 08450105200 , press option 2 , then option 2 again and you will speak to someone , ignore the stupid message of saying not to call if you have applied ...

Hi everybody, This forum is amazing – I am surprised how late I discovered it! My case maybe peculiar in my application to citizenship and would greatly appreciate member’s views on this. Background: I got my ILR (post 5 yrs on WP+HSMP+Tier1) in June 2011. In August 2011, I left the country to do m...

This afternoon , tried my luck regarding my citizenship application , got through and spoke with a guy . I asked him if they had received my application last month and he said i should check with Royal mail track and b4 he finished i cut him and said i wanted to know if the details are on the system...

Hi All, i completed my ceremony today & became a british citizen :D it was such an experience. All the best for all of you & i am sure your memorable day is not long away... sending my passport application tomorrow 8) ken, ola1.. thanks for both of you!!! I sent mine on the 19th Sep and rea...

Hi All, i completed my ceremony today & became a british citizen :D it was such an experience. All the best for all of you & i am sure your memorable day is not long away... sending my passport application tomorrow 8) ken, ola1.. thanks for both of you!!! I sent mine on the 19th Sep and rea...

Method of Application Post , Islington Date of application: 19/09/12 Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/09/2012 Date of debit of fees: 26/09/2012(declined) but paid by phone (01/10/2012) Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/10/2012 (letter dated 26/09/2012) Date of receipt of approval: 16/11/12 dated 14/...