05-01-2006, 11:52 AM
Hi Cheffie
Congrats on finally making it to short finals... the process is not as difficult as you might expect.
The link you require for the IND is http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/
http://www.workpermit.com/uk/naturalisation.htm ... sorry if this doesn't work, but seems ok (my usual link isn't working this morning
)
When we applied 2 years ago, we didn't have to go through the rigmorale of proving we were English speaking, so I am not sure of the requirements, but as far as I remember all you needed was
Firstly you send a letter to the British Home Ofice giving your passport and birth details and request a letter from them saying that you have not yet applied for British citizenship.
When you have received this, you then send your section 6 application too SA House
http://www.southafricahouse.com/hacs/retention.htm. You need not wait for this to come back before applying for naturalisation though.
Then you complete the form you downloaded off the IND website (hopefully it can be found at my link
)
On the same website, it clearly gave advice for your application.(Form N, I think) If you follow that, you should have no problems.
Our application took 4 weeks before they debited our card, and then 6 weeks later we got our letter and passports back.
We sent off our first letter in March and our citizenship ceremony was on the 24th June.
My sister in law though sent in her application a week earlier than ours and only after badgering her MP twice, did they get their applications through in August!
So I am not sure what the time frame is at the moment, but hopefully you're one of the lucky ones
Passport application is even easier. Just get a form from the post office and they do it for a small fee. And they guarantee you get it back in 2 weeks
Costs? http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_2_howtoapply/2_w...urrentfees
http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_1_applications/1_contents.asp
The link above also discusses biometric passports.
Enjoy and let us know how you proceed. If you need any more info please don't hesitate to shout.
Congrats on finally making it to short finals... the process is not as difficult as you might expect.
The link you require for the IND is http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/
http://www.workpermit.com/uk/naturalisation.htm ... sorry if this doesn't work, but seems ok (my usual link isn't working this morning
)When we applied 2 years ago, we didn't have to go through the rigmorale of proving we were English speaking, so I am not sure of the requirements, but as far as I remember all you needed was
Firstly you send a letter to the British Home Ofice giving your passport and birth details and request a letter from them saying that you have not yet applied for British citizenship.
When you have received this, you then send your section 6 application too SA House
http://www.southafricahouse.com/hacs/retention.htm. You need not wait for this to come back before applying for naturalisation though.
Then you complete the form you downloaded off the IND website (hopefully it can be found at my link
)On the same website, it clearly gave advice for your application.(Form N, I think) If you follow that, you should have no problems.
Our application took 4 weeks before they debited our card, and then 6 weeks later we got our letter and passports back.
We sent off our first letter in March and our citizenship ceremony was on the 24th June.
My sister in law though sent in her application a week earlier than ours and only after badgering her MP twice, did they get their applications through in August!
So I am not sure what the time frame is at the moment, but hopefully you're one of the lucky ones
Passport application is even easier. Just get a form from the post office and they do it for a small fee. And they guarantee you get it back in 2 weeks
Costs? http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_2_howtoapply/2_w...urrentfees
http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_1_applications/1_contents.asp
The link above also discusses biometric passports.
Enjoy and let us know how you proceed. If you need any more info please don't hesitate to shout.