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Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(NCS)

A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen. Naturalisation

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Linchou
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Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(NCS)

Post by Linchou » Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:11 am

Dear Forum ,

Can you please tell me the pros and cons of the two options for British citizenship application ?

Make an individual application
Use the Nationality Checking Service (NCS)

Regards
Lin
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usman81
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by usman81 » Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:57 am

Linchou wrote:Dear Forum ,

Can you please tell me the pros and cons of the two options for British citizenship application ?

Make an individual application
Use the Nationality Checking Service (NCS)

Regards
Lin
Benefit of applying via NCS is you keep your original documents and NCS staff would make copies of your originals to enclose with your application form.
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HelloitsmeAbby
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by HelloitsmeAbby » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:12 am

I dont know if there is any pros for sending by post....
NCS is bettercos they thoroughly check your form for errors or small things you may have missed.....and if they say you need something and u dont have it...u lose the ncs fee and not the 1005 HO fee

At the sane time, if youre confident you have done it all correctly and dont want to travel, post is fine.


My only questionis why are the NCS fees different in every city? My city and county council are different...county was £10 cheaper!!!
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noajthan
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by noajthan » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:42 am

With NCS, as well as sanity-checking of the application and return of documents, the cost of forwarding the application (securely) to the HO is included in the NCS fee.
No need to pay separately for the despatch (& ofcourse no need to pay for secure return of your documents).
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jasonyu1983
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by jasonyu1983 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:34 am

NCS is always strongly recommended.
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Linchou
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by Linchou » Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:29 am

Thanks for enlightening me . I will also go through NCS service .

Regards
Lin
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jaweb
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Re: Individual application vs Nationality Checking Service(N

Post by jaweb » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:33 pm

Hi,

I am an eU citizen and sent my application by myself as I have a passport and ID card too however it took only 5 weeks to get the approval.
My husband is a non EU citizen. He has used NCS as he has only passport and knew it would take longer to wait for his approval. Today it is exactly 5 months since he applied however he got his approval yesterday :-)
If you have your passport only as a travel document then I would definitely use NCS.
Good luck! :)
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