20-05-2008, 04:53 PM
alvonhumb Wrote:Decided to start on the next step to UK citizen.ship, having got ILR.
We're all aware of the need to get consent from SA so that we don't lose SA citizen status.
The SA Home Affairs website says you need to get a letter confirming that you haven't applied as yet, so that you can get permission to apply to retain SA citizenship (yes, I was also yawning by now...but plow on). The site advises to apply to the "British Nationality Division; 3 Floor, India Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L2 OQN" for such a letter. This is where the hitch is -a net search for the British Nationality Division of the Home Office yields no usable results. Nothing on the Home Office website or the new BIA site either that I can find. I believe there is supposed to be a form available for this purpose, but it's proving impossible to locate. I suspect it is the brand new BIA that has probably re-named the division.
Anyone out there gone through this bit of beureaucratic drivel recently, and able to offer information? I sometimes think they're trying to bore us into going home .... nothing is straightforward
Alvon Hi, as you stated, you simply need to draft a letter to them in Liverpool and they will send you a standard letter stating that you have not applied etc. etc. There is no standard form for this at all, but Liverpool knows the drill.
This is the address and phone number
Nationality Inquiry Team, Nationality Division,
Home Office, India Buildings,
Water Street, Liverpool L2 1QN,
United Kingdom
Telephone : +44 151 237 5200
Fax : +44 151 237 5387
It doesn't take long to receive.