Certificate question for naturalisation

[Emma84]

I have just been granted ILR as an unmarried partner of a British citizen, and I was going through the documents I got back from the Birmingham PEO. I noticed that they did not give me back the Life in the UK test certificate. Were they supposed to keep it or give it back to me? I know I can apply for naturalisation in a year and that they need confirmation of UK knowledge.

I know this might be a bit early to be asking this, but I didn't want to leave it too long. Btw I do have a copy of my certificate, but I know the HO don't like copies.

[paulp]

The HO keeps the certificate. They probably have not thought it through when they extended the Life in the UK test to ILR.

[Dawie]

There's no need to have the certificate. Not only do they have an electronic record of your test pass, but it will be obvious from the date of your ILR that you would have had to pass the Life in the UK test before being granted ILR.

[thirdwave]

There's no need to have the certificate. Not only do they have an electronic record of your test pass, but it will be obvious from the date of your ILR that you would have had to pass the Life in the UK test before being granted ILR.

The NCS asked me for the certificate when I applied..

[Dawie]

There's no need to have the certificate. Not only do they have an electronic record of your test pass, but it will be obvious from the date of your ILR that you would have had to pass the Life in the UK test before being granted ILR.

The NCS asked me for the certificate when I applied..

Well, it's impossible to supply it because the certificate is taken when you make your ILR application.

[thirdwave]

There's no need to have the certificate. Not only do they have an electronic record of your test pass, but it will be obvious from the date of your ILR that you would have had to pass the Life in the UK test before being granted ILR.

The NCS asked me for the certificate when I applied..

Well, it's impossible to supply it because the certificate is taken when you make your ILR application.

Dawie, I dunno if it was a mistake on the HO's part but in my case they did not.I can`t remember whether the lady at the NCS specifically asked for the Life in UK certificate but I had taken it along just in case and she included a copy of it as well.She also demanded the ID which I had used at the time of taking the test.The thing is she did not say 'hey, you don`t need this' so I am assuming if you have one then there is nothing wrong in submitting it.