Naturalisation through ILR route

[jayeshkaushik]

Hello Respected Gurus,

I have one query for Naturalisation through ILR route.
I was granted ILR in August 2017 from Tier 2 General and now applying for Naturalisation along with my wife and daughter.

I want to know what is the actual application date for home office. Is it the one on which we pay and submit online application or will it be on the day when we submit our biometrics at UKVCAS service point?

I have submitted online application and paid fee on 19 Feb but unable to get any appointment at my local UKVCAS center. We were out of country 5 years ago from 16th March so if I don't get appointment before 16th March will my application be invalid?

Thanks
Jayesh

[CR001]

1. Please do not tag your questions onto other members topics. Post split to you own topic.

2. Date of application is the date you submit and pay online and NOT the biomterics appointment date.

[jayeshkaushik]

Thank you for your prompt reply CR001 and apologies for tagging my question on someone else's.

There is one more query I have, I am not sure if it can be asked on this topic or not. Please remove it from here if not appropriate. I have applied for naturalisation along with my wife and daughter (born in UK before our ILR), but i have not included my son who was born in UK after we had ILR. We applied for his right of abode and Certificate of Entitlement in Indian Passport after his birth. It is my understanding that we can apply for his british passport and don't need to do his naturalisation application. I was planning to apply for his british passport at time when we applied our (after successful naturalisation application and citizenship ceremony). Is this correct or we need to apply for his naturalisation as well because we have got an Indian passport for him?

Regards
Jayesh

[CR001]

Correct re son born after you got ilr, child is automatically British and can simply apply for a passport. Note that you should retain your ilr brp as that is proof of his entitlement to citizenship.

[jayeshkaushik]

Thank you so much CR001 for your reply.
I will keep a copy of my and my wife's ILR before handing it over to UKVI. We also have his passport with Certificate of Entitlement which should act as proof of his citizenship.

[mesn]

Thank you so much CR001 for your reply.
I will keep a copy of my and my wife's ILR before handing it over to UKVI. We also have his passport with Certificate of Entitlement which should act as proof of his citizenship.

Not copy. You should retain the original and write to HO with the reason of doing that.

[jayeshkaushik]

Thanks for letting me know that originals will be required for my son's passport application.
I will apply for his passport now, as we will be waiting for our decision on naturalisation for few weeks and i have all the original documents with me.

Jayesh