It is a waiting period in UK until I get my british passport. I have sent my original indian passport, citizenship certificate when I applied for british passport. The waiting time is only 2 weeks so its not that bad I suppose.rogerroger wrote:hey desperado
how do you travel when you apply for the british passport. i mean you ahev sent in your one and only indian passport and are waiting for your british passport, so yo uare stuck in the UK till then, correct? is this "stuck" time or waiting period a long time?
As I'm aware india does not allow dual nationality. So we have to surrender our indian passport. But recently the indian government introduced overseas indian citizen, which is more or less like indian citizen. You have all the rights except the following:rogerroger wrote: question on indian citizenship,
i understand that you have to surrender the indian citizenship when you acuire british citizenhip. that is what is on my passport.
sodo we havr to then reapply for a new overseas indian citizenship or have there been a change in the rules and you can be an equal indian citizen?
1. You cannot vote
2. You cannot stand in any form of election
3. You cannot take up any government jobs
Other then that you are allowed to invest, start business, live in india forever etc
I didn't have to take any britishness exam. I think they have plans to introduce those exams later this or next year.rogerroger wrote: also recently i came across an articl on bbc's site which spoke about this elaborate test of britishness ,weher you got to answer questions like what do you do if you spill some one else's pint. (questions out of this 150 page book), is that exam gonna kick in lnext year or did you have to take the exam too?