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by EJCAMARA
Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
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United Kingdom

Re: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

Finally it arrives and I go to the embassy, but then I'm informed that when I turned 18 I was supposed to declare that I want to keep my Spanish Citizenship, so there is a whole process I have to go through to do this. This is despite the fact that I am now 33 years old and have renewed my Spanish ...
by EJCAMARA
Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Re: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

Do you not have an EU Identity Card? https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61a63e6cd3bf7f05570652cb/LitUK_candidate_identification_requirements_v8.2.pdf It expired when I was 14. Since living in the uk since 2004, the spanish embassy told my parents we dont need to renew it since we are ...
by EJCAMARA
Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Re: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

What stops you to renew your passport? Do you not have any valid form of ID? Naturalization is a lengthy process, which may take 6 months (since the application submission) or more. I have my UK Drivers license as my ID. But it appears this is not an acceptable form of ID for the life in the UK ...
by EJCAMARA
Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Re: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

I always believe that as an immigrant one should always have a valid ID document. Unfortunately the free and easy movement we had as part of the EU has vanished and at some stage bureaucracy catches up. Not a criticism of the poster - I'm just surprised the number of stories I see from people ...
by EJCAMARA
Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Re: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

I always believe that as an immigrant one should always have a valid ID document. Unfortunately the free and easy movement we had as part of the EU has vanished and at some stage bureaucracy catches up. Not a criticism of the poster - I'm just surprised the number of stories I see from people ...
by EJCAMARA
Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport

Hi, I have a Spanish passport that is expired, I have been trying to renew it since 2022 but I have given up and decided to just switch to a British citizenship instead. I have been in the UK for around 19 years so have settled status. I'm trying to book the life in the uk test, however it asks me ...
by EJCAMARA
Sat Aug 12, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Applying British Citizenship test with expired passport
Replies: 15
Views: 3042
Mood:
United Kingdom

Spanish citizen applying for British, confusion with surname

Hi, I am a spanish citizen applying for British citizenship. The issue that I have is that in Spain they put your surname first followed by your mothers maiden name. For example "Smith(surname) Johnson(mothers surname)" The issue is that in all my proof of identity documents from the UK including ...