All,
Today I attended the Croydon UKVCAS to complete my naturalization application. I was asked to provide proof of current address and proof of continuous residence in the UK.
Considering that I was granted ILR in 2017 and I had already proved residence in the UK (for my ILR application) and my naturalisation application checklist only asked for my passport I did not have anything with me this morning to provide as proof of current address apart from my drivers licence. My drivers licence was scanned and uploaded but i was told that I needed to provide further evidence such as council tax notices, bank statements or utility bills and I had the option of delaying the submission of the application to the Home Office till 10pm tonight so that I could upload the remaining documents. I also had to sign a form which stated this and this was uploaded onto my account.
Having a look at table 1 in the below link I decided to include council tax notices and P60s for the last 5 years and uploaded these to my account as proof of residence in the UK. I assume this will also be sufficient as proof of current address.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -in-the-uk
My current passport, life in the UK test pass notification and UK Naric letter were checked, scanned and uploaded during the appointment. I had already uploaded these documents before the appointment.
I uploaded the following documents before the appointment:
- Current passport (all pages)
- Expired passprot (all pages)
- BRP
- Life in the UK pass notification
- Degree certificate
- UK NARIC letter confirming my degree is comparable to a UK degree
- Letter from my university confirming my degree was taught in English (I have used this letter for all previous visas)
- 2 x referee declarations
No changes were made to my account with regard to the documents I had uploaded.
A little bit about me to put all of this into context:
Nationality - South African
Current immigration status - ILR (granted 2017)
Previous visas - Tier 1 (2008 - 2016 but I was not in the UK from 2009 till late 2012) & Tier 2 (2016 - 2017).
I hope this will be helpful and of use to anyone applying now or in the future.
Cheers
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