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I think it's normal to be allowed to take two guests along, though if it's the same as my wife's ceremony the guests had to sit at the back during the actual ceremony itself.naav wrote:Hi everyone
My wife got her documents back today regarding her Naturalisation application and she is due to get a letter in two weeks time for her ceremony date.
Since she completed the ESOL course with Citizenship over a year ago, she hasn't been able to attend any further classes as we have a small child. At the same time, she hasn't been practicing her English.
I do remember reading in the guide to the Naturalisation application that one can bring someone along if they don't feel confident to deal with the ceremony.
So:
1. Would her 'lack' of English hinder in anyway the ceremony and, furthermore, when she goes for the passport interview (I take it everyone has to go for this interview)?
2. They won't 'test' her at the ceremony, will they?
Thank you
Are you talking about arranging a private ceremony? As I thought you had to have a ceremony of some sort where you said your Oath or Affirmation of allegiance.batleykhan wrote:If she feels unsecure to attend a ceromony, she can ring the Council and choose a date where she attends at the Council Offices to collect her certificate from there. They will ask her a few basic questions and will get her to sign to say she has collected here certificate . Takes about 5 minutes. You can take your spouse with you, no problem.
Yes you can do that in front of the person who is going to interview you from the Council in a Council Office, rather than attending one where the Lord Mayor is doing it.Are you talking about arranging a private ceremony? As I thought you had to have a ceremony of some sort where you said your Oath or Affirmation of allegiance.
2) They won't test her at the ceremony, but I guess if the interviewer at the passport interview is concerned at all they could flag it up within the BIA.
3. I would be going with her so I take it I could help her along, couldn't I?If she feels unsecure to attend a ceremony,
4. Would they give me the opportunity or allow me to sit with her during the interview?they have interpreters in a number of languages should you need one
1. All I was thinking was that if someone turned up at a passport identity interview who had an English qualification to gain ILR/citizenship but couldn't communicate well enough in English the interviewer may think that the English qualification was obtained fraudlently or the person wasn't who they said they were.naav wrote:Thank you
2) They won't test her at the ceremony, but I guess if the interviewer at the passport interview is concerned at all they could flag it up within the BIA.
1. But surely if she's already got her ESOL with Citizenship qualification which is sufficient for ILR and Naturalisation, they can't take her British Citizenship away from her?
2. And she needs a passport to leave the country?
3. I would be going with her so I take it I could help her along, couldn't I?If she feels unsecure to attend a ceremony,
4. Would they give me the opportunity or allow me to sit with her during the interview?they have interpreters in a number of languages should you need one
Thank you
If you go for the passport nterview in Leeds,you can ask for interpreters if you cant fully understand the question (maybe becuase of the way we speak English in Yorkshire ).1. All I was thinking was that if someone turned up at a passport identity interview who had an English qualification to gain ILR/citizenship but couldn't communicate well enough in English the interviewer may think that the English qualification was obtained fraudlently or the person wasn't who they said they were.
I'm sure the colleges who do ESOL are experts on spotting fake foreign passports...batleykhan wrote:When you take your Esol for ILR,they want to see your passport first, so you are who you are.You cant fiddle the present sytem in any way now