EU Citizen applying for PR - passport original or copy?

[melbel]

I am a German citizen and after living and working in the UK for over 9 yerars I now want to apply for Permanent Residence with the view to obtain citizenship thereafter.

For the PR application does any know whether it will be acceptable to send a certified of my passport with the application? The current waiting times seem to be incredibly long and I would continue to need my passport for travel. Any thoughts?

[LilyLalilu]

Copies (certified or not) are not usually acceptable - you can request your documents back which usually takes 10-20 working days or else you can apply through the new Passport Return Service where they take certified copies of your passport and you can hold on to the original.

[ohara]

You will need to send your passport unfortunately. Do you have a German ID card you can use to travel while you are without your passport?

You are able to request your documents back from UKVI, which they aim to do within 10 working days. But as of late a lot of people have been waiting a lot longer than that.

[fadedGlory]

I submitted my application on July 6th and followed on with a request to return my passport on August 10th. After hearing nothing for 2 weeks I filed another request on August 25th. I received my passport on September 1st.

My application is still being processed.

[melbel]

I don't have a German ID card anymore, as am registered as living abroad. My 80 years old grandfather isn't well, and whilst I want to progress my application for PR I don't want to end up in the situation where I need to travel over and can't!

I'll look into the passport return service. Thanks all.