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Hello All,

I will be grateful if anyone could help. My application for citizenship has been approved and I did it through NCS (without the passport application). I am yet to book the naturalisation ceremony. I will be travelling in 4 weeks and I think the passport will not be ready for when I travel.

I wonder if I can go back to NCS and ask if they will accept my passport application so I do not have to submit my current passport (which will be needed for my travel). Has anyone heard of such a thing? Will NCS accept the passport application or is it only done jointly with the citizenship application?

Thank you
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Aliaban wrote:Hello All,

I will be grateful if anyone could help. My application for citizenship has been approved and I did it through NCS (without the passport application). I am yet to book the naturalisation ceremony. I will be travelling in 4 weeks and I think the passport will not be ready for when I travel.

I wonder if I can go back to NCS and ask if they will accept my passport application so I do not have to submit my current passport (which will be needed for my travel). Has anyone heard of such a thing? Will NCS accept the passport application or is it only done jointly with the citizenship application?

Thank you
D

Too late. A passport application will only be accepted through the JCAP service at the same time you are submitting your BC application with the NCS.

Bear in mind that you are also required to attend an interview before the passport can be issued.

No you cannot. It is only possible if you had applied for citizenship and passport at the same time.

You will now have to apply via the Post Office or by post. There is no other way.

Edit : beaten by Casa

Thank you Casa and CR001. I appreciate your prompt response.

Shame. I'll wait until I return from trip to attend ceremony then
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You do realise that you have to return your BRP (assuming ILR and not PR through EU route) within 5 days of attending your ceremony.

CR001 wrote:You do realise that you have to return your BRP (assuming ILR and not PR through EU route) within 5 days of attending your ceremony.

Yes, I do CR001, thanks for the reminder. I'm torn between either going for the ceremony and applying for the passport in time for a planned holiday in 4 weeks or applying for a Schengen visa for the upcoming trip. The passport application, I understand can take up to 6 weeks but from what I see on this forum, the average is about 3 weeks.

Aliaban wrote:

CR001 wrote:You do realise that you have to return your BRP (assuming ILR and not PR through EU route) within 5 days of attending your ceremony.

Yes, I do CR001, thanks for the reminder. I'm torn between either going for the ceremony and applying for the passport in time for a planned holiday in 4 weeks or applying for a Schengen visa for the upcoming trip. The passport application, I understand can take up to 6 weeks but from what I see on this forum, the average is about 3 weeks.

I am CR001, not Casa.

Suggest postpone your ceremony then. Unlikely you will get your passport in time, it is the start of peak season at HMPO.

CR001 wrote:

Aliaban wrote:

CR001 wrote:You do realise that you have to return your BRP (assuming ILR and not PR through EU route) within 5 days of attending your ceremony.

Yes, I do CR001, thanks for the reminder. I'm torn between either going for the ceremony and applying for the passport in time for a planned holiday in 4 weeks or applying for a Schengen visa for the upcoming trip. The passport application, I understand can take up to 6 weeks but from what I see on this forum, the average is about 3 weeks.

I am CR001, not Casa.

Suggest postpone your ceremony then. Unlikely you will get your passport in time, it is the start of peak season at HMPO.

Thank you