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Hi, I want the UK citizenship because I plan on starting my career in the Army and its an requirement. And yes I will have to give up my Dutch citizenship/passpoort.SYH wrote:HI Shire
Just curious why would you want UK citizenship.
Dutch citizenship pretty lets you do what you want to do like UK citizenship or is just that you have been there for 6 years and you are ready???
I also thought the Dutch do not appreciate dual nationality, will you have to give up you Dutch passport???
I was in college from 2001 till end 2004 and on/off working till summer 2006 till I got an steady job... I was living with my parents till I got the steady job.SYH wrote:I looked at the forms for Naturalisation and that would be your passport with letters from employers such as a p60, education establishment such as a diploma, or other govt dept.
It depends on your situation so if you can tell us what you were doing in the uK for the apst 5 years, then that would help determine what documents to support your application
I've called up the college's i've attended and scheduled to pick up official letters confirming the courses I took there. I came in the UK when I was 15 so moved with my parents. I've got only one P60 for a job I did for 6 months in end 2006, early 2007.SYH wrote:Not sure how the student aspect factors in meeting the residency time frame but obviously showing tuition charges and a diploma indicates you were there taking the program.
When you say you stayed with your parents, does that mean in holland or were they were in the UK.
If the jobs were in the UK, then you should have received p60's
Obviously living with your parents means you haven't bought any property i your name which would help.
I dont think your vagueness make it easy to help you.
I remember opening my account back in early 2002, so that would give me 5 years.. I've been using my bank account practically every few days since I opened it so would bankstatements from the beginning till now be enough without all the college letters and such?SYH wrote:Not really, you could have opened up an account and left it, doesn't mean you were in the country using it day in and day out.
but it sounds like your bases are covered now
My advice:shire19 wrote:I remember opening my account back in early 2002, so that would give me
5 years.. I've been using my bank account practically every few days
since I opened it so would bankstatements from the beginning till now be
enough without all the college letters and such?
Oh and thanks for the help
Thanks for the info, I will definatly do that..Marco 72 wrote:My advice:shire19 wrote:I remember opening my account back in early 2002, so that would give me
5 years.. I've been using my bank account practically every few days
since I opened it so would bankstatements from the beginning till now be
enough without all the college letters and such?
Oh and thanks for the help
- Contact your bank and ask them for a bank statement for the last five
years. Two years ago Barclays charged me £5 for this.
- Get letters from the schools you attended between 2001 and 2004,
and the P60 from the time when you worked.
- Try to get a letter from your GP(s) stating that you have been a patient with them for so many years.
- When you have the above ready, make an appointment with a Nationality Checking Service. If when you call them they ask you about proof of residence, say you will bring your passport, bank statements, etc. If they think the evidence is not enough, call another NCS centre. Some of them don't ask you when you book the appointment.
- When you go to the appointment, bring all of the documents above plus all your Dutch passports and ID's for the past five years.
Good luck.
Sorry, I might not sound like it but yes I did.. Reason I ask is the NCS appointment I made earlier in the afternoon wanted to know if I had an ILR certificate, of which I said I didnt need too but she didnt believe me. Kept asking wheter I recieved any letters from home-office.SYH wrote:Shire?
Did you read the application even a little?
You would be exempt.
Lots of reasons why a Dutch person might want to swap their passport for a British one. Maybe they want to vote, hold public office, join the military or civil service, or perhaps just that they see the United Kingdom as "home".SYH wrote:HI Shire
Just curious why would you want UK citizenship.
Dutch citizenship pretty lets you do what you want to do like UK citizenship or is just that you have been there for 6 years and you are ready???
I also thought the Dutch do not appreciate dual nationality, will you have to give up you Dutch passport???
But because the loss of citizenship is automatic it wouldn't matter. In that case he would be illegally travelling on a Dutch passport.Dawie wrote:Do bear in mind that if you do not explicity tell the Dutch authorities that you have been naturalised as a British citizen, they have no way of knowing or finding out.
I was enrolled in May 2001 at an community college and have proof of that now. I got letters confirming my courses up until the end of 2004 and P60, P45's confirming my employment up untill my current job which I've held for nearly 11 months now. I'm all set now thanks, except for teh bank statements, they will take a week to get to me.John wrote:shire19, you need to have been exercising your EU Treaty Rights for 5 years in order to get PR status. Being a student in the UK is a way of doing that.
You came to the UK in Feb 2001. When did you start to be a student in the UK? And if some gap between when you arrived and when you became a student, what were you doing for the period of time?