Citizenship Application - Help Required

[kanwaldsingh]

I am planning to submit my application for citizenship next month, most likely using the NCS service. I hold ILR since 2015 and applying on the basis of the 5 year residency period and had a few questions about the supporting documents required as part of the application:

• Do I need to submit payslips for the entire duration that I have been in the UK or will the P60 from the last tax year be sufficient?

• For 5 year residency, do I need to submit bank statements from that period or will the entry in the passports be sufficient?

• For the Life in the UK test, I do not have the original test pass certificate. Can I attach a covering letter to that effect as part of the application suggesting when and where I took the test?

Thanks for your help.

[cyclina1]

I am planning to submit my application for citizenship next month, most likely using the NCS service. I hold ILR since 2015 and applying on the basis of the 5 year residency period and had a few questions about the supporting documents required as part of the application:

• Do I need to submit payslips for the entire duration that I have been in the UK or will the P60 from the last tax year be sufficient?

• For 5 year residency, do I need to submit bank statements from that period or will the entry in the passports be sufficient?

• For the Life in the UK test, I do not have the original test pass certificate. Can I attach a covering letter to that effect as part of the application suggesting when and where I took the test?

Yes, if you used that for your ILR application.

Thanks for your help.

How do you get your ILR, and what's your citizenship now?

[kanwaldsingh]

Thanks for the response. I am an Indian citizen and came to the UK initially on a Tier 1 Visa. I got my ILR as per the usual process of submitting the salary proof for the last 12 months, Life in the UK pass certificate and my English competency.

I am looking for some guidance around what documents apart from the passport, BRP and Life in the UK test should I submit at the time of applying for citizenship.

Appreciate your help.

[nidaulhaque]

Just to prove 5 year residance this can be done either old passports, p60, council tax bill etc

You don't need pay slips

[kanwaldsingh]

Appreciate some guidance regarding the documents to be included as part of the Citizenship application. I am applying based on the 5 year residency criteria and have had ILR since 2015. The documents I am planning to use are:

• Passports

• Biometric Resident Permit

• Cover Letter for the Life in UK Test (my original pass certificate was not returned after being granted ILR)

• P60s for the last 5 years

• Don’t require an explicit English language test as I was granted ILR after Oct’ 2013

I will be using the Nationality Checking Service at my local council.

Is there any other documentation I should be taking along? Appreciate the help.

[trilobite1981]

You need the evidence for English language proficiency. Don’t forget that!