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Dear immigration experts,
I have completed and submitted naturalisation form and trying to book an appointment. I was redirected to TLScontact website. In my past applications I was redirected to UKVCAS website. Has anything changed recently redireting me to a different unexpected website.
Secondly, it's showing following centre to be closest from my workplace.
Location: London (Gee Street) UKVCAS Service Point

However, a simple google to find address suggested that this centre closed permanently. The search on UKVCAS site doesn't even show this centre. This is so confusing.
Can you please confirm -
1. TLScontact is the correct website to book an appointment
2. "London (Gee Street) UKVCAS Service Point" is an existing and valid centre

UKVCAS is no longer used for biometric appointments. Applicants need to use TLScontact from now on.

fanaqvi wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:33 pm

1. TLScontact is the correct website to book an appointment
2. "London (Gee Street) UKVCAS Service Point" is an existing and valid centre

1. Yes
2. Yes, I just attended an appointment there myself.

What were the general availability like? I'm living in London and wanted to check if it is possible to find a slot for the next day?

How long did the entire process take? Was it better than SopraSteria?

I booked my appointment at the beginning of October and availability was very limited for London. I don't know if the situation has improved since then, but I would expect it to be more competitive for a while. When SopraSteria phased out their systems they didn't release new appointments anymore, so there's a backlog of applicants that wanted to get appointments over the last two or more weeks but couldn't. They all will now need to be served by TLS. I would say if you were trying to find an express appointment you'd have to be very lucky to get something for next day. I booked express but the shortest wait was still 2 weeks.

The process went well and they were very organised. Took me a bit less than 30 minutes (I had uploaded my documents before the appointment, so only my passport was scanned). I can't comment on SopraSteria as I have not used them before.

This is very helpful. Thanks a lot.

I just tried booking and the earliest appointments avaliable in any of the london centres was the 24th october (so 8 day wait). And this was a prime appointment that I had to pay £60 for.