I'm a dual US/UK citizen and recently legally changed my name in the US. I plan to also update my name in the UK to this name. Ideally I would get the name change enrolled but the process seems arduous at best. Given that I can update the name on all of my major documents/accounts (e.g. passport, dr...

I'm a US/UK dual citizen, which gives me the right to work in the US and EEA (which includes EU members) without a permit. If the UK left the EU, would my rights - e.g. which countries I'm allowed to work in without a permit - be more restricted, and if so how?

I noticed that posts now become uneditable after a while. I don't think this was always the case on this site. I think it would be better if posts remained editable. Sometimes, for instance, someone may want to remove information they would rather have private, or update a post with new information ...

mykarl123 wrote:Hi SAM. Congratulations on receiving your approval.. It gives me hope. I will be 10 months waiting on 4th May. Hope something turns up too. Good luck to all those who arewaiting from 2014

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Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 10+ yrs ilr, hadn't left uk 5+ yrs, met all criteria Method of application: ncs surrey Date of receipt by UKBA: end/8/14 Date of debit of fees: start/9/14 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: end/8/14 Date of receipt of approval: end/3/15 Date of Ceremony: m...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 10+ yrs ILR, haven't left UK in 5+ yrs, met all other criteria Method of application: NCS (Surrey) Date of receipt by UKBA: end of Aug 2014 Date of debit of fees: start of Sep 2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: end of Aug 2014 Date of receipt of appro...

No, there is not. I think I should've worded the question more like this: Is there a rule in which being out of the UK for a certain time can cause British citizenship to be revoked, like there is with an ILR visa? Say I get my citizenship, then soon move back to the US indefinitely due to a job ch...

Is there a time limit rule for being out of the UK before British citizenship can be revoked, like there is with an ILR visa? Say I get my citizenship, then soon move back to the US indefinitely due to a job change / etc.

Spoke with the NCS again to verify. The NCS has a special agreement with the Home Office. There is a general checkbox/list they check that essentially confirms everything's okay with the application; reportedly nothing specific about driving licenses. Thus they normally don't send a driving license ...

Submitted my form AN today via NCS with passport and Life in the UK test pass certificate as supporting documents. Forgot to submit driving license which was used for the test. The AN docs say it's expected the same doc used for the test is used for the form. Called the NCS who said they wouldn't wo...

If anyone's method of applying was through an agent or representative, please feel free to share recommendations.

You get my sympathy for being a fellow migrant but I think that anyone with a conviction or caution should be rejected! Why? The caseworker will probably not reject your application on the basis of a caution (they have bigger fish to fry). Good luck with your application. Probably not. However, som...

after i request for crb check , crb check shows this offence How did you do that? Last time I checked , DBS (formerly CRB) checks on oneself aren't possible. Anyway, I heard that the UKBA has direct access to the PNC, in which case a subject access request is probably closer to the type of check th...

The applicant would probably have to wait about a year anyway to be eligible for applying if they don't apply during a certain range this year, due to otherwise being outside of the UK 5 years before the date until then. Since the eligibility issue in this case is technically a grey area I'm not sur...

Regarding citizenship and nationality inquiries, it seems like there are two email addresses but no phone number listed. ukbanationalityenquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk just sends standardised responses nowadays. Has anyone actually gotten a reply by emailing FurtherNationalityEnquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk? Wh...

I thought I read somewhere that if an application is unsuccessful then one can apply again in 1 year from the date of the previous application, but on a recent search I haven't found it mentioned in the guide or website. Can anyone help? Thanks.

D4109125 wrote:I spoke to someone recently who had 4 (in 4 different continents)..... some nice travelling.

UKnow wrote:That is correct my children hold 4 passports as well and it is never been an issue. ( I hold 2, their mother hold one and a British passport as well)

That's nice. Which 4?

Does anybody know or heard of someone that had actually been unsuccessful in their citizenship application? See figure 7 here http://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/naturalisation-british-citizen-concepts-and-trends Thanks for the link. These statements should be pretty concerning for most ...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone here has been refused citizenship on the basis of a caution even though the application was made AFTER 3 years of the caution? I realise that applying WITHIN 3 years of the caution is a probable rejection, but I haven't seen anyone mention that they got accepted AFTER the...

Now, however, it sounds like "spent" and "unspent" convictions are no long a consideration for naturalisation. If I am reading the rules correctly, the UKBA has set up its own standards for the "Good Character" requirement. That's what I understood as well. But for som...

A caution is an admittance of guilt, depending on the offence it may still create a decision that you have not met the good character requirement even after 3 years. E.g. An offence for dishonesty, recklessness or a sexual or violence offence. Cheers for reiterating that it's an admittance of guilt...

If you look at the wording, all they changed was basically to introduce more room for discretion. Okay, let me put things as simply as I can. Your assault conviction will... under the old regulations: <5 years: cause refusal >5 years: not cause refusal (conviction spent) under the new regulations: ...

Three years from the date of the offence. So if the caution was given on 22nd may 2011 then you would automatically be refused until 23rd May 2014. A caution is a non custodial conviction for the purpose of the good character requirement. Therefore, a caution related to a violent offence may still ...

A caution is an admittance of guilt. If you have a police caution it will be treat as a non custodial sentence and you should be automatically refused for 3 years. You may also be refused after this time depending on what the offence was I.e. recklessness, dishonesty or an offence of a sexual or vi...

Within the last 3 years I received a police caution for common assault. I have a police record but neither a charge nor a conviction. I was planning to apply for British citizenship by naturalisation later this year, when it will still be within 3 years of the caution. My initial research suggested ...