bipsan wrote:Thanks for info.
I was under impression that once you got approval for Citizenship ceremony you have 90 days to book it and once you received the British citizen certificate you can apply for British passport with no time limit and in between you can keep ceremony certificate as proof of British citizen and other had keep your Indian passport for regular travels.
And don't need to apply for British passport.
Regds
Bs
You are quite correct about
British law as it stands. After you get the letter, you have 21 days in which to contact the council and 90 days within which to attend the ceremony. There is no time limit within which to get a British passport. So, for instance, if you had a country that allowed dual citizenship, such as Pakistan or Nigeria, you could travel around using that passport without a hitch.
Where you run into trouble is
Indian law. Indian law states that you cease to be an Indian citizen when you take citizenship of any other country. With regards to the UK, that means getting the naturalisation certificate. An Indian passport is a travel document for Indian citizens only and hence your entitlement to the Indian passsport as a travel document lapses when you become British. Indian law does give you a grace period of 90 days within which to travel on your Indian passport while you get the passport appertaining to your new citizenship. But any further travel on such a document is a criminal offense in
India and may cause issues when you travel to India. If you are Indian, you may be aware of the rigour with which Indian authorities would pursue the matter of a foreigner breaking the law.
It will be
Indian law that you are breaking, not
British law.
