Thank you for keeping us upto date with what happens once you get your Home Office approval. Step by step this is helpful for those of us who have finished our tests and do not really know what happens next. Please keep this site informed of the steps you take as it is good for us to refer back to it. Also the important points that someone may overlook! Once again Thank You.

I contacted my Local Authority immediately after receiving my citizenship approval, to arrange a ceremony. After answering several questions, they gave me an appointment for the 8th of June.

The questions they ask you are:

1. Do you want a group or individual ceremony.

2. How many guests would you like to bring.

3. If you are going to swear or affirm the Oath.

4. Are you happy to shake hands when you receive your certificate.

Oath of allegiance

I (name) swear by Almighty God that on becoming a British citizen?????..

Affirmation of allegiance

I (name) do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that on becoming a British citizen??????.

My pleasure, we owe more thanks to you than you do to us.

                                                British  Nationality Act 1981

                               Certificate of naturalisation

                                                                    As a

                                                       BRITISH CITIZEN

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the British Nationality Act 1981, hereby grants this certificate of naturalisation to the person named below, who shall be a

                                                      BRITISH CITIZEN

                                             From the date of this certificate

Full name 

Name at birth if different

Date of birth

Place and country of birth

                                Issued on the direction of the secretary of state

                             HOME OFFICE LONDON

Certificate no

Reference no

Date

Section

                 This certificate does not certify the accuracy of the personal particulars,

                 which are those supplied by the person who made the application.

                     Any unauthorised alteration may render this certificate invalid

I applied for my British passport today 13/06/2006 using the post offices checking service, it cost me £61 all inclusive.

They said that I would get my passport in 10 working days. They also said that 10,000 applications were rejected per month because of silly mistakes which could be avoided if every body used the checking service.

10,000 rejected passport applications per month - and
whose fault is it?

Somehow passport agency does not realize that it is their fault that their form
is so complicated that people make those mistakes. I think they should change the form and make it less complicated.

I have never used checking service and filled form for my family and never had
a problem. I remember one time, when my reference on the form had the same last
name. They delayed it until we cleared it that this person is not our relative.

I agree with you 100%. The problem is if we want to play the game, we have to play with their rules, otherwise they say don't play the game.

When I went to the citizenship invitation, there were 59 other people all paying lip service to the national anthem including the mayer who happend to be of turkish origin. I and they would have sung enything to get the citizenship. Easy to fill forms, or hard to fill forms what the hell as long as we get what we want.

lol, You are so right.

REF

22/June/2006

Dear So & So

RE PASSPORT APPLICATION FOR MR So & So

Thank you for your recent application for a passport. Unfortunately you did not enclose your previous passport that you entered the country with. If your foreign passport (or travel document) is not available, please let me know why, or submit your Home Office letter showing Indefinite Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom. We cannot accept photocopied documents.

Yours sincerely

So & So

REF

24 June 2006

Dear So & So

Please find enclosed the original Home Office letter showing Indefinite Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately I lost my original passport with the stamp of indefinite leave to remain and that?s why I sent you the new one.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any other queries that you may have.

Yours sincerely

Mr So & So

And today 28/June/2006

I received all of the documentation I sent them safely back. No mention of a Passport yet

Still waiting  I guess it will not be long now inshaAllah.

29/June/2006

Today I recieved My British Passport

ElhamdulilAllah