If you are anywhere near a Nationality Checking Service office, I suggest you use it to submit your application. They will copy all of the supporting documents and give them straight back to you.
There is also a good deal of anecdotal evidence suggesting that NCS-submitted application can be dealt with much more quickly than postal applications. You don't have to live in the district of the borough who provides the NCS office - you can use any office in the country. There is a list here -
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/applying/nationality/ncsIf you don't want to use NCS, you will need to get a solicitor to provide certified copies of
all pages of your passport, and submit the copy instead. Don't even think of sending the original passport with your application if you have only got a month before you need it. Some applications are dealt with very quickly, but many take over a month, or longer....
paul
