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Dilemma : When to apply for BC

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:28 pm
by helpmepleasee
Greetings All

apologies if this has been covered already but i tried reading as much as i could but nothing similar was found.


i Arrived in the country on 20th of July 2007 as a visitor...

an Application for ILR was made under exceptional circumstance in October 2007...

i was Granted ILR in Feb 2009...

i have never left the uk Since 20th of July 2007 (almost 5 years)


can someone please tell me, when can i apply for Naturalization based on the above information ? so far i am getting very confusing advice

i will appreciate all the help i can get on this

God bless all of you.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:33 pm
by Lucapooka
July 20, 2012

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:40 pm
by helpmepleasee
really????? oh my god

thats the best news ever

thanks you so much

bump

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:23 pm
by helpmepleasee
so i have my form all filled up, just to double check if anyone would be kind enough to confirm it's all ok, would really appreciate it.

1: fee and AN form with picture

2: 2 passports (one current one and one old one with stamp of entry in uk)

3: life in uk test pass


those are the only 3 things needed or do i have to send proof of address like a bank statement or my college letter ?

i'm currently a student.

please advise, thanking you

and may God bless all of you for helping people like me!!

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:56 pm
by helpmepleasee
anyone here ? please help

thanks

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:01 pm
by Jambo
The last page of the application form contains a list of the required supporting documents. I suggest you use that to check.

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:11 pm
by helpmepleasee
Thanks Jambo

one last question, i only just picked this up (silly me)

my passport expired in april 2012, because i didn't leave the uk in last 5 years, i didn't need to use my passport as such

so my question is, when i send my An application with my current passport (which has not expired) will it be ok ?

or

do i need to renew my passport first and then send it with my An application along with my expired passport ?

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:49 pm
by Jambo
There is no requirement to have a valid passport so you can apply with an expired one. You will need to prove that you have been in the UK since the passport expiry date. See last page of the application form for examples of such evidence.