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Thanks - didn’t mean to spam up the boards.CR001 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:52 pmPlease refrain from starting a new topic with each question. Topics merged!!
He is only British once he has attended his ceremony and received his certificate.
If he did not apply to retain his SA citizenship, he ceases to be a South African Citizen automatically on the date of his ceremony which is the date his certificate will be dated.
There’s a 21 day wait at the London embassy roughly speaking at the moment so, I would probably aim to get the US visa in her passport now as August isn’t far away. Even if you got her application back tomorrow, you still wait a bit for ceremony and then up to 3 weeks for British passport...?andystokes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pmWe're in the same boat! My South African wife has already applied for her british citizenship, it's been about 2.5 months but havn't heard anything yet.
We're due to fly to Florida at the beginning of August and was hoping we would have received something by now seeing as a lot of people on the time line pages receive their natralisation in 2ish months.
I'm not sure when the latest is we can apply for the US B1/2 visa to have it in her SA passport in time for our holiday but it would be nice to avoid yet another visa cost.
Does anyone know how long it will take to get an appointment at the US consulate and receive a tourist visa?
Thanks
Thanks again!
Thanks for the info! In my head I imagined we would have the approval letter by now, have the ceremony in a few weeks then another week for the UK passport, just in time to get an ESTA. I guess we'll apply for the US visitors visa then, another £125 on visas .SuboJvR wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:00 pmThere’s a 21 day wait at the London embassy roughly speaking at the moment so, I would probably aim to get the US visa in her passport now as August isn’t far away. Even if you got her application back tomorrow, you still wait a bit for ceremony and then up to 3 weeks for British passport...?andystokes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pmWe're in the same boat! My South African wife has already applied for her british citizenship, it's been about 2.5 months but havn't heard anything yet.
We're due to fly to Florida at the beginning of August and was hoping we would have received something by now seeing as a lot of people on the time line pages receive their natralisation in 2ish months.
I'm not sure when the latest is we can apply for the US B1/2 visa to have it in her SA passport in time for our holiday but it would be nice to avoid yet another visa cost.
Does anyone know how long it will take to get an appointment at the US consulate and receive a tourist visa?
Thanks
Well, it feels wrong to do it after he would become a British citizen? Is it not unlawful?CR001 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:10 pmNot sure why you believe there will be an issue with travelling on his SA passport. No one is going to stop him or notify the sa authorities that he is travelling.
If he gets a us visa, regardless of the British citizenship application, he is free to travel, no "passport police" are going to chase him to confiscate his SA passport.
Yep tell me about it LOL! Oh well, in our case it’s a ‘cheap holiday’ as he can accompany me with work. Costs mounting!andystokes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:14 pmThanks for the info! In my head I imagined we would have the approval letter by now, have the ceremony in a few weeks then another week for the UK passport, just in time to get an ESTA. I guess we'll apply for the US visitors visa then, another £125 on visas .SuboJvR wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:00 pmThere’s a 21 day wait at the London embassy roughly speaking at the moment so, I would probably aim to get the US visa in her passport now as August isn’t far away. Even if you got her application back tomorrow, you still wait a bit for ceremony and then up to 3 weeks for British passport...?andystokes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pmWe're in the same boat! My South African wife has already applied for her british citizenship, it's been about 2.5 months but havn't heard anything yet.
We're due to fly to Florida at the beginning of August and was hoping we would have received something by now seeing as a lot of people on the time line pages receive their natralisation in 2ish months.
I'm not sure when the latest is we can apply for the US B1/2 visa to have it in her SA passport in time for our holiday but it would be nice to avoid yet another visa cost.
Does anyone know how long it will take to get an appointment at the US consulate and receive a tourist visa?
Thanks
In the same boat. Have to go for Sister’s wedding in September and know there will be no chance for me to get documents in time. So will go for a visaandystokes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pm
Does anyone know how long it will take to get an appointment at the US consulate and receive a tourist visa?
Thanks