Advice on filling form AN for naturalisation

[knivo]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for naturalisation as an EEA citizen. I've been in the UK since 2011, I have PR since 2016 and now also have settled status.

Since my PR application was for 2011-2016 and my naturalisation application would be focusing on 2015-2020, should I provide the exact same documents I provided for my PR application but for 2015-2020, or is it just a matter of proving that I lived in the UK during 2015-2020?

Many thanks for your help

[alterhase58]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for naturalisation as an EEA citizen. I've been in the UK since 2011, I have PR since 2016 and now also have settled status.

Since my PR application was for 2011-2016 and my naturalisation application would be focusing on 2015-2020, should I provide the exact same documents I provided for my PR application but for 2015-2020, or is it just a matter of proving that I lived in the UK during 2015-2020?

Many thanks for your help

You provide documents to cover the five years back from the naturalisation application date.
Documents as per the guidance, such a P60s or employer letters - the requirements are different from EEA applications.
Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... n-guidance

[Wtaribo]

Hi guy i am about to apply for naturalisation as a spouse.my wife was herself naturalised many years ago,problem is i need her naturalisation certificate number and we cannot find the certificate,is this going to be a major problem?

[Hristina_Iv]

Dear all,

I am currently completing the online naturalisation form and have a couple of questions I was hoping you can help me with:

1. Authority on Russian passport written in cyrillic only - on my Russian passport, the issuing authority is written in cyrillic only (МИД России 44201) with no English translation like it's done for the other fields. Do I add it in cyrillic in the form, or do I have to translate myself (e.g. MID Rossii 44201). That is not an authorised translation though and may confuse the person reading if they dont know the cyrillic alphabet

2. Date when you first arrived in the UK - Should I enter 2008, the date when I arrived to study in a UK university, or a more recent date? My qualifying period has started much after 2008, and I had some long summer absenses. The form says to enter the date when I arrived with an intention to stay, but that is not something I can specifically pinpoint. Any advice?

3. Biometrics - as a Bulgarian/russian dual citizen, what should I tick for the biometric residence permit question? I dont believe it's something I've done before as I use my BG passport for all travels - I assume I need to select "No, I do not have a BRP for my most recent leave" and "Do you have a BRP from a previous stay in the UK? - No"?

4. Referee form - can you please confirm that this is the form my referees need to complete? I understand that form is provided to the applicant only after the application is submitted, after which they cannot be changed - I assume I can also request them to complete it before I have submitted and paid, so I can be sure there will be no hiccups after and I have all I need before the payment? Also again, another question that I see has been asked multiple times but I still dont understand - if it's only the scanned copies of the referee forms being sent, why do we need to write our name on the back of the photos and stick them - what I am missing here? This wont be visisble in a pdf document.

5. Previous Passports - do I need to provide all previous passports for the full 5 year period? Bulgaria does not give back expired passports so that would prove impossible - is it a requirement?

Thank you very much in advance!

[alterhase58]

Dear all,

I am currently completing the online naturalisation form and have a couple of questions I was hoping you can help me with:

1. Authority on Russian passport written in cyrillic only - on my Russian passport, the issuing authority is written in cyrillic only (МИД России 44201) with no English translation like it's done for the other fields. Do I add it in cyrillic in the form, or do I have to translate myself (e.g. MID Rossii 44201). That is not an authorised translation though and may confuse the person reading if they dont know the cyrillic alphabet
Suggest you use your translation - UKVI & HMPO should be quite familiar with what passports from around the world look like.

2. Date when you first arrived in the UK - Should I enter 2008, the date when I arrived to study in a UK university, or a more recent date? My qualifying period has started much after 2008, and I had some long summer absenses. The form says to enter the date when I arrived with an intention to stay, but that is not something I can specifically pinpoint. Any advice?
The next date you entered the UK? Alternatively use 2008 - it should not make a difference.

3. Biometrics - as a Bulgarian/russian dual citizen, what should I tick for the biometric residence permit question? I dont believe it's something I've done before as I use my BG passport for all travels - I assume I need to select "No, I do not have a BRP for my most recent leave" and "Do you have a BRP from a previous stay in the UK? - No"?
Correct

4. Referee form - can you please confirm that this is the form my referees need to complete? I understand that form is provided to the applicant only after the application is submitted, after which they cannot be changed - I assume I can also request them to complete it before I have submitted and paid, so I can be sure there will be no hiccups after and I have all I need before the payment? Also again, another question that I see has been asked multiple times but I still dont understand - if it's only the scanned copies of the referee forms being sent, why do we need to write our name on the back of the photos and stick them - what I am missing here? This wont be visisble in a pdf document.
Probably a hangover from the paper submission process (I went through) - photos can get detached in transit.

5. Previous Passports - do I need to provide all previous passports for the full 5 year period? Bulgaria does not give back expired passports so that would prove impossible - is it a requirement?
Only your current passport required if applying as an EU citizen (applicants with UK ILR get their passports stamped and provide alll covering the residemncy period.

Thank you very much in advance!

[ninjapizza]

Hi all, I submitted my online application and now need to keep an eye out for available UKVCAS appointments.

My question is - if i quit my current job and be unemployed, will this impact negatively on my Citizenship application? Would I need to inform them of this employment change, if I leave the job, as in application I've entered as "currently employed"?

thanks

[alterhase58]

Hi all, I submitted my online application and now need to keep an eye out for available UKVCAS appointments.

My question is - if i quit my current job and be unemployed, will this impact negatively on my Citizenship application? Would I need to inform them of this employment change, if I leave the job, as in application I've entered as "currently employed"?

thanks

It won't impact your application. You are not required to advise employment changes post application date.
Note that employment is not mandatory for naturalisation..

[ninjapizza]

Hi all, I submitted my online application and now need to keep an eye out for available UKVCAS appointments.

My question is - if i quit my current job and be unemployed, will this impact negatively on my Citizenship application? Would I need to inform them of this employment change, if I leave the job, as in application I've entered as "currently employed"?

thanks

It won't impact your application. You are not required to advise employment changes post application date.
Note that employment is not mandatory for naturalisation..

Thanks for the response! thats reassuring.. now just hoping new SopraSteria slots open up.. haven't seen new app. times available for a while

[GeneTakovic]

Hi. I am stuck on good character section. I have two parking tickets (around 4 years ago), and a 'Seizure information notice' from Border Force. Basically I was trying to bring to UK too many cigarettes and Border Force didn't trust me its for my mothers use. It was 4000 cigarettes, 4 years ago.
Should I include the information about seizure in the online form?

[samapply]

Hello

I have couple of issue with filling my form

1. Travel history :
Sadly I did loads of backpacking and I don't know how to fill form
for example
I left UK 01/01/2016 went to germany then italy then france back to UK 20/01/2016
My passport stamp in for germany and stamp back to UK country was france

what should I do ?

2. About work history
Sadly I don't have all details were I worked and how long for ? what can I do ?


Thank you for help

[alterhase58]

Hello

I have couple of issue with filling my form

1. Travel history :
Sadly I did loads of backpacking and I don't know how to fill form
for example
I left UK 01/01/2016 went to germany then italy then france back to UK 20/01/2016
My passport stamp in for germany and stamp back to UK country was france

what should I do ? Just state your last country before returning to the UK.

2. About work history
Sadly I don't have all details were I worked and how long for ? what can I do ? Give as much detail as you can - estimated dates (month/year) are ok. Explain in a note and upload with your other documents. You may be able to obtain your employment history from HMRC, probably going back for about five years, however that may take a while to arrange. You will be ok with some estimates.


Thank you for help

[samapply]

Hello

I have couple of issue with filling my form

1. Travel history :
Sadly I did loads of backpacking and I don't know how to fill form
for example
I left UK 01/01/2016 went to germany then italy then france back to UK 20/01/2016
My passport stamp in for germany and stamp back to UK country was france

what should I do ? Just state your last country before returning to the UK.

2. About work history
Sadly I don't have all details were I worked and how long for ? what can I do ? Give as much detail as you can - estimated dates (month/year) are ok. Explain in a note and upload with your other documents. You may be able to obtain your employment history from HMRC, probably going back for about five years, however that may take a while to arrange. You will be ok with some estimates.


Thank you for help

Thank you for your help,

I got some details through Online HRMC which are not accurate but it would help also I will write note about them

Another questions
-- Currently I am working for one company full-time job and I have another job working as self-employed but both are still on-going. Which ones should I mention and what should I do with another one ?

-- I use to get benefit for 3 months and it appear in my work history ? Do I need to mention them as well ?


thanks again

[alterhase58]

Hello

I have couple of issue with filling my form

1. Travel history :
Sadly I did loads of backpacking and I don't know how to fill form
for example
I left UK 01/01/2016 went to germany then italy then france back to UK 20/01/2016
My passport stamp in for germany and stamp back to UK country was france

what should I do ? Just state your last country before returning to the UK.

2. About work history
Sadly I don't have all details were I worked and how long for ? what can I do ? Give as much detail as you can - estimated dates (month/year) are ok. Explain in a note and upload with your other documents. You may be able to obtain your employment history from HMRC, probably going back for about five years, however that may take a while to arrange. You will be ok with some estimates.


Thank you for help

Thank you for your help,

I got some details through Online HRMC which are not accurate but it would help also I will write note about them

Another questions
-- Currently I am working for one company full-time job and I have another job working as self-employed but both are still on-going. Which ones should I mention and what should I do with another one ? Suggest you list the employment FT job and mention the self-employed job separately in your note.

-- I use to get benefit for 3 months and it appear in my work history ? Do I need to mention them as well ? You were unemployed I guess, so just list that period. No need to mention benefits. Earnings and benefits you are entitled to are not being examined.


thanks again

[samapply]

Hello

I have couple of issue with filling my form

1. Travel history :
Sadly I did loads of backpacking and I don't know how to fill form
for example
I left UK 01/01/2016 went to germany then italy then france back to UK 20/01/2016
My passport stamp in for germany and stamp back to UK country was france

what should I do ? Just state your last country before returning to the UK.

2. About work history
Sadly I don't have all details were I worked and how long for ? what can I do ? Give as much detail as you can - estimated dates (month/year) are ok. Explain in a note and upload with your other documents. You may be able to obtain your employment history from HMRC, probably going back for about five years, however that may take a while to arrange. You will be ok with some estimates.


Thank you for help

Thanks for your help


Thank you for your help,

I got some details through Online HRMC which are not accurate but it would help also I will write note about them

Another questions
-- Currently I am working for one company full-time job and I have another job working as self-employed but both are still on-going. Which ones should I mention and what should I do with another one ? Suggest you list the employment FT job and mention the self-employed job separately in your note.

-- I use to get benefit for 3 months and it appear in my work history ? Do I need to mention them as well ? You were unemployed I guess, so just list that period. No need to mention benefits. Earnings and benefits you are entitled to are not being examined.


thanks again

[samapply]

Hello

I was double checking my filled form and documents Home office require . I am bit confuse now

-- On paper form it mentioned I should fill travel history with ending most recent one but in online application has been mention this and I did from latest now to oldest one . Is that okay ?

-- should employment history be same as travel history from newest to oldest ?

-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot
what should I do with this I don't have all of my previous addresses

thanks

[alterhase58]

Hello

I was double checking my filled form and documents Home office require . I am bit confuse now

-- On paper form it mentioned I should fill travel history with ending most recent one but in online application has been mention this and I did from latest now to oldest one . Is that okay ? yes - no issue.

-- should employment history be same as travel history from newest to oldest ? yes - that's the normal order.

-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot Proof of living - Your passport(s) covering the period.
what should I do with this I don't have all of my previous addresses Fill in as much detail as you got/can remember - mention this on your note.

thanks

[samapply]

Hello

I was double checking my filled form and documents Home office require . I am bit confuse now

-- On paper form it mentioned I should fill travel history with ending most recent one but in online application has been mention this and I did from latest now to oldest one . Is that okay ? yes - no issue.

-- should employment history be same as travel history from newest to oldest ? yes - that's the normal order.

-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot Proof of living - Your passport(s) covering the period.
what should I do with this I don't have all of my previous addresses Fill in as much detail as you got/can remember - mention this on your note.

thanks

Thank you for your help

Sorry I don't understand
-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot Proof of living - Your passport(s) covering the period.
I have uk travel document how can it be my proof of addresses ?

thanks

[alterhase58]

Hello

I was double checking my filled form and documents Home office require . I am bit confuse now

-- On paper form it mentioned I should fill travel history with ending most recent one but in online application has been mention this and I did from latest now to oldest one . Is that okay ? yes - no issue.

-- should employment history be same as travel history from newest to oldest ? yes - that's the normal order.

-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot Proof of living - Your passport(s) covering the period.
what should I do with this I don't have all of my previous addresses Fill in as much detail as you got/can remember - mention this on your note.

thanks

Thank you for your help

Sorry I don't understand
-- Proof of living in the UK for 5 years and I moved a lot Proof of living - Your passport(s) covering the period.
I have uk travel document how can it be my proof of addresses ?

thanks

If you hold UK ILR you normally would provide your passport(s) for the residency period which show stamps in/out to prove residency - you are not required to prove specific addresses. In your case I assume you submit your Travel Document - presumably it shows entry stamps.

[artsy]

Hi
I came to the UK on student visa and then applied for asylum, now it's about 12 months after my ILR and I'm applying for naturalisation.
I have 2 Qs regarding the previous immigration applications, Do the applications for Travel document count?
Aslo. in my previous application for Travel document I forgot to include an application I made 10 years ago and I had no issue, should I include it in the naturalisation?
I appreciate your help.

[fifi12345]

hi,

i have a permanent residence card for living in the uk (i am a eu citizen). i want to apply for british citizenship, can i use my permanent residence card to apply for british citizenship after the 31st of december???

[RNasir]

Hi,

I had given two referees, one is IT Project Manager and the other is Professional Teacher. I just found out that one of the referees need to be an Accountant or Solicitor or someone who belongs to a professional body.

My appointment is on Mon, 21/12 and I can get a reference from an Accountant, so my question is whether I should submit the two references or get a 3rd reference from the Accountant as well and submit it. Obviously I had already put two referee names in my application, so can't change them.

Many thanks

[CR001]

Hi,

I had given two referees, one is IT Project Manager and the other is Professional Teacher. I just found out that one of the referees need to be an Accountant or Solicitor or someone who belongs to a professional body.

My appointment is on Mon, 21/12 and I can get a reference from an Accountant, so my question is whether I should submit the two references or get a 3rd reference from the Accountant as well and submit it. Obviously I had already put two referee names in my application, so can't change them.

Many thanks

Teacher is fine, if a registered teacher.

[fifi12345]

Hi,

i have both a permanent residence card and an eu settlement scheme. When filling in the british citizenship form, which one should i put under:

what will you use to apply for a British Citizenship?

Permanent residence card or indefinite leave to remain

I'm asking this because i believe the permanent residence card will expire on the 31st of December, and i'm planning to send my application off in January

[alterhase58]

Hi,

i have both a permanent residence card and an eu settlement scheme. When filling in the british citizenship form, which one should i put under:

what will you use to apply for a British Citizenship?

Permanent residence card or indefinite leave to remain

I'm asking this because i believe the permanent residence card will expire on the 31st of December, and i'm planning to send my application off in January

Presumably you mean Settled Status - if you have held it for 12 months you can use that.

[Mrsdoc]

*REFEREES INQUIRY*
I am posting in this thread as I didn’t want to open a new one for a possibly the same question which had been posted already.

I’m planning to apply for a British citizenship and I’d like to confirm whether my referees are suitable for the application. One of them is a director of engineering with BEng (HONS) AMIMechE another one is a director of a company (I’m assuming a vat registered one) as he runs a car dealership business.
On the professional standing list there’s one for “Engineer (with professional
qualifications)” and “ Director/Manager/Personnel
Officer of a VAT registered Company”. Of course I’m going to ask one of them to act as my professional referee.
Would they qualify for that?
Thanks.