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Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:07 pm
by uli-pinky
Hi all
i recently completed my LIUK test - on the certificate it states country of birth, German Democratic Republic.
This is literally correct as it was still East Germany at the time but in my passport etc. my country of birth states Germany.
Will this mismatch on the documents cause any issues? Do i need to re-do my LIUK test and state Germany?
Any past experiences or feedback would be appreciated
Many thanks
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:35 pm
by MrsGreenside
Why have you used your birth certificate as source for the birth location at the LiUK test? Or was this done by the centre? If so I would hand in my birth certificate with a note that the GDR became BRD on 3rd Oct 1990. I cannot see this being an issue. After all it's still the same country.
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:38 pm
by Casa
MrsGreenside wrote:Why have you used your birth certificate as source for the birth location at the LiUK test? Or was this done by the centre? If so I would hand in my birth certificate with a note that the GDR became BRD on 3rd Oct 1990. I cannot see this being an issue. After all it's still the same country.
My understanding is that the OP is referring to the LIUK certificate.
This won't be a problem.
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:50 am
by MrsGreenside
That's what i said...?
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:29 am
by Casa
MrsGreenside wrote:That's what i said...?
"Why have you used your birth certificate" The OP hasn't mentioned using a birth certificate.
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:34 am
by uli-pinky
Thanks for the replies.
I have not used my birth certificate, but when registering for LIUK you need to state country of birth - hence me being literal and stating GDR.
Therefore, the LIUK certificate stated GDR and not Germany as on my passport.
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:48 am
by Casa
uli-pinky wrote:Thanks for the replies.
I have not used my birth certificate, but when registering for LIUK you need to state country of birth - hence me being literal and stating GDR.
Therefore, the LIUK certificate stated GDR and not Germany as on my passport.
As myself and MrsGreenside have said, this won't be a problem.
Re: Country of birth - potential refusal?
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:10 am
by MrsGreenside
Casa wrote:MrsGreenside wrote:That's what i said...?
"Why have you used your birth certificate" The OP hasn't mentioned using a birth certificate.
Of course not
but the only document that could still state GDR is their birth certificate. Had they used their passport upon registering for the LitUK test the problem would have not arisen in the first place. Hence my assumption that the birth certificate was used. See, where I am coming from?
@uli-pinky, so basically you took the whole country of birth quite literally. Do not worry about it, after all it's still the same country (technically it's always been but that's a different story altogether
). If you it makes you feel better, you can - as previously stated - add a note to your application to explain. However I really don't see this being an issue.