Return passport with paper ILR after citizenship ceremony?

[Mie]

After 4 months I received my approval letter and have attended the ceremony, thank you to everyone on this board for your help!

I have one last question, in my approval letter under "your previous immigration status" it states that a BRP card should be returned within 5 days and:

"If you have any travel documents issued by the Home Office, including expired documents, they should be returned to the Home Office in the same envelope for official cancellation"

I applied with my old passport and paper ILR vignette from 2002 and never held a BRP, do I need to send in my old passport and ILR to be cancelled?

[contorted_svy]

No, as it's not a BRP but a vignette. Suggest you keep that safely especially if you have children with a claim to Birtish citizenship through your ILR.

[MuhammadM86]

I agree regarding vignette with the above.

Your passport, is it issued by home office? Did you have a travel document due to being refugee? If not then you don’t need to send your passport.

[Ticktack]

I agree regarding vignette with the above.

Your passport, is it issued by home office? Did you have a travel document due to being refugee? If not then you don’t need to send your passport.

I'm sure you can see that the OP's flag is American. Not sure you'd find many American refugees. In the early 2000's and before, the ILR was the green vignette attached to the passport. BRP's where fully implemented in 2015 or so.

Prior to that (Segue), spouse visa's LTE was vignette's for 2.5 years.

[MuhammadM86]

I agree regarding vignette with the above.

Your passport, is it issued by home office? Did you have a travel document due to being refugee? If not then you don’t need to send your passport.

I'm sure you can see that the OP's flag is American. Not sure you'd find many American refugees. In the early 2000's and before, the ILR was the green vignette attached to the passport. BRP's where fully implemented in 2015 or so.

Prior to that (Segue), spouse visa's LTE was vignette's for 2.5 years.

I thought flags don’t represent where people are from. Nonetheless, my aim was to assist, but thanks for the information

[Mie]

Hi, thanks for you responses. I'm from the US and not a refugee but I was confused as to whether a paper ILR fit under the definition of a "travel document". It sounds like it will be ok to not send it in.

In the passport application guidelines it says to send in the "passport you used to enter the UK", does this mean I need to send in both my current uncancelled US passport and my expired passport from 2002 which I initially moved to the UK with?

Also, if I use a retired referee/countersignatory does their British passport have to be unexpired?

[contorted_svy]

Hi, thanks for you responses. I'm from the US and not a refugee but I was confused as to whether a paper ILR fit under the definition of a "travel document". It sounds like it will be ok to not send it in.

In the passport application guidelines it says to send in the "passport you used to enter the UK", does this mean I need to send in both my current uncancelled US passport and my expired passport from 2002 which I initially moved to the UK with? You need to send in all your current passport and the passport you used to enter the UK, I would send both.

Also, if I use a retired referee/countersignatory does their British passport have to be unexpired? Probably best for the referee's passport to be current.