Citizenship Application wit Notarised copy of Passport?

[Mptp76]

The UKBA webpage indicates that applications for citizenship need actual documents, not copies, however I have heard that under current laws you can apply for citizenship with a notarised copy of your passport, rather than sending away your passport for the months it takes to process the application.

I work in the airline business and need to travel frequently as part of my job, so obviously I would prefer to apply for citizenship without sending in my passport if at all possible.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks for any responses.

[MPH80]

Apply via the Nationality Checking Service (see the home office site) - they'll copy and validate all documents - it'll let you keep hold of everything.

[Mptp76]

For some reason I totally missed that. Thanks very much for your reply.