Mistake/typo in my citizenship application made yesterday!

Good evening everyone,

First of all I hope everyone is keeping safe and sorry in advance for the long blurb...

I finalized and paid for my application for British citizenship last night (I am EEA citizen and have settled status) and although I had triple checked everything before paying, I realized as I read the printed out form that I made one horrible typo on the return date of one of my trips outside of the UK in 2017. The trip was in India between April 7th, 2017 and April 20th, 2017 but I stupidly wrote April 20th, 2019 as a return date!!! So instead of an 11 days trip it makes it a 741 days trip which would automatically disqualify me for the citizenship
As I realized my mistake this morning, I immediately sent an email to the FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk email address to notify them of the issue and received an automated answer saying that they would get back to me within 20 working days.

I have my appointment at UKVCAS on March 3rd.

After reading a few posts on this forum, I also called the HO and managed to speak to a person who suggested either to withdraw my application and that I "may" get a refund as it was very recent and I hadn't submitted my documents/biometrics yet or to not do anything and go to my appointment on March 3rd with all my documents plus a cover letter and justifying documents (my flight booking confirmation stating the actual return date on April 20th 2017) to join it to the rest of the documents explaining my typo/mistake.

So... now I am torn as I am not sure what the best solution is to rectify this and would like to know if someone had an experience or advice around this.

many thanks in advance for your help.

Ceclondon

Simply add a cover letter explaining the error and upload with your documents. Don't panic.

Just wanted to say that I did something similar.

I had entered a week long trip to the Netherlands With a return date of November x, 2109 Rather than November X, 2019 so my Days out of the country showed 3662 Days for that trip!

To be fair, when you complete the application the number of days out of the country is not shown, it was only shown when I printed the application after I had submitted it and realised my error.

Mine was such a ridiculous error it was obviously an error.

As is yours.

I submitted a cover letter With my materials I uploaded explaining the correct dates and all was fine.

Although my application did take an extra few months to decide compared to others’ submitted at the same time so I have wondered if it was directed into a “special” category before they read my explanation. But there’s no proof of that.

Just wanted to say that I did something similar.

I had entered a week long trip to the Netherlands With a return date of November x, 2109 Rather than November X, 2019 so my Days out of the country showed 3662 Days for that trip!

To be fair, when you complete the application the number of days out of the country is not shown, it was only shown when I printed the application after I had submitted it and realised my error.

Mine was such a ridiculous error it was obviously an error.

As is yours.

I submitted a cover letter With my materials I uploaded explaining the correct dates and all was fine.

Although my application did take an extra few months to decide compared to others’ submitted at the same time so I have wondered if it was directed into a “special” category before they read my explanation. But there’s no proof of that.

CR001 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:21 pm

Simply add a cover letter explaining the error and upload with your documents. Don't panic.

Oh thanks for your speedy reply! OK, I am trying not to panic but have to say that by heart skipped a beat when I realized my mistake this morning! I will follow your advice, thanks again.

novalicary wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:42 pm

Just wanted to say that I did something similar.

I had entered a week long trip to the Netherlands With a return date of November x, 2109 Rather than November X, 2019 so my Days out of the country showed 3662 Days for that trip!

To be fair, when you complete the application the number of days out of the country is not shown, it was only shown when I printed the application after I had submitted it and realised my error.

Mine was such a ridiculous error it was obviously an error.

As is yours.

I submitted a cover letter With my materials I uploaded explaining the correct dates and all was fine.

Although my application did take an extra few months to decide compared to others’ submitted at the same time so I have wondered if it was directed into a “special” category before they read my explanation. But there’s no proof of that.

Ha! This is super reassuring, many thanks for your reply, I will add the cover letter and corresponding documents

I did not include any documentation about my week long trip, for what it is worth. My passport had been stamped So they could look there. But if you have it handy, why not.

I just wrote that I made a type when entering the dates In the application and what the dates should have read, and the total days abroad.

If I recall, I also verified at some point on the application that the dates did not exceed the maximum allowed, which further indicated an error of a typo nature.

novalicary wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:26 pm

I did not include any documentation about my week long trip, for what it is worth. My passport had been stamped So they could look there. But if you have it handy, why not.

I just wrote that I made a type when entering the dates In the application and what the dates should have read, and the total days abroad.

If I recall, I also verified at some point on the application that the dates did not exceed the maximum allowed, which further indicated an error of a typo nature.

Super and thanks again, I had a good night sleep thanks to you