The Citizenship applications still seem to be going through in a timely manner (unlike those who have the misfortune to be waiting months & months for their FLR & ILR decisions). 14 Jan.... have appointment with Local Authority checking service to submit Mrs BBJ's citizenship application form 21 Jan ... cheque gets cashed 12 Feb .... positive decision made (although letter was dated 4 Feb, so unsure where it's been for a week) so, three weeks ..... not bad at all. We've now got 21 days to make an appointment with the relevant Local Authority to do the oath taking. .... then that elusive British passport
Congratulations to you both It's a long and costly immigration journey but you made it. I've attended quite a few ceremonies and enjoyed them all. The last one however did not include singing our National Anthem. Shame. When my wife did hers I was the only one singing it. No-one else knew it. Mind you it wasn't indicated anywhere it would be included. Yep, once that naturalisation certificate has been presented it's time for the British passport application and interview. Ah, don't forget the reacquisition of Philippine citizenship. That's another oath-taking ceremony
*** UPDATE *** Mrs BBJ attended her Citizenship ceremony yesterday, and it was interesting see how the cultural, religious demography of the UK is changing (has changed). Firstly, the Citizenship candidates were split almost 50/50 between those who swore under oath (“I swear by almighty God … etc etc “), and those who affirmed their oath. About half the candidates were originally Nigerian, three were Australian, three from Sri Lanka, and rest were individuals from Nepal, Liberia, Zambia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. The journey is now over (apart from the pending passport application).
Yes, I was intrigued on the breakdown of origin of folks sitting the life in the UK Test the other week. Out of 23 sitting the paper there was 4 Filipinos, a Thai, 4 Rumanians, a Chinaman that I knew of..and the rest were a mixed bunch too.
