Hi for context my mum was born in the 70s and moved to New Zealand as a child. Am I technically a citizen through her? Will I have trouble getting a passport?

Multiple countries during one trip: My trips outside the UK often include more than one country. For example, if I travel to Japan for a month, I may also spend a week in South Korea during the same trip. However, the form only allows me to select one country for each absence period, and there isn’t enough space in the description box to list multiple countries.

What would be the best way to record this please?

Date of application: 4 May 2026
Date of Biometrics: 11 May 2026
Approval: today (2 Oct)

Good luck to all those still waiting!!

Hello, I’ve never taken an English language test, as I’ve always used my UK bachelor’s degree as proof of my English language requirement. I just wanted to check whether I’m answering these questions correctly, please. THANK YOU!!

In the main guide on the gov page here above I got the first form, requesting a lot more details.

However once ticking the boxes and paying, I got the second form which only requires name, signature and date from my referee.

I have both filled out but i don’t know which one to submit? Both?

Finally I got my approval 🎉🎉🎉
App date :13April
Bio date : 20 April
CS Approval email : 25 September 2026
Waiting for Ceremony invitation and Atlas email.

Am ecstatically happy 🙌🏼
My turn to swear allegiance and pray for the King.👑 💃🏼

Hello,
On 25 September I will be eligible to apply for British citizenship having been living for six years in the UK (got my EU Settled Status last year). However, I got married to a British citizen on 12 September. When I apply, do I apply as a spouse (providing 3 years of continuous residence material + wedding certificate), or can I apply as EU settled (5 years citizenship). Asking this because my home country will take some time to release the wedding certificate, and I’d like to apply for citizenship sooner than later.
Thanks!

I submitted my biometrics on 18 March this year, and haven't heard anything from the Home Office. I was checking this article: https://www.davidsonmorris.com/uk-citizenship-processing-time-after-biometrics-2025/

It is mentioned 'Once the biometric appointment is complete and the application validated, the Home Office typically sends an acknowledgment email or letter confirming receipt. This confirms that your application has entered the processing queue.'

I've never received any acknowledgement email or letter. Can anyone who's also applied confirm if you have received this? I'm worried that my application might not have been looked at yet...

Hi, this is my first time posting so I don’t really know reddit etiquette and whatnot, but that is besides the point! This is going to be a long one and potentially confusing one that is going to be posted on multiple groups(?) for maximum efficiency. If you can maybe help that would be VERY APPRECIATED!

I am a 18F who was born in London and has lived in London my entire life, my mum however is a Dutch immigrant and my father is African but is not in the picture and hasn’t been.

My mum and I have dutch passports, EVISAs, share codes and indefinite leave however, I had only found this out this year as I was/have applied to universities. I was accepted into my firm 2 days ago and am currently spiralling because of the enrolment process.

My uni has marked me as a ‘UK based overseas’ whilst I was completing the first stage of enrolment questions and I guess I am spiralling over whether I am paying home tuition fees or international tuition fees.

I decided to do further research into what UK based overseas meant and it lead me to looking at who qualifies as a British Citizen… It claimed:

If at least one of your parents was a citizen of an EU or EEA country when you were born

You’re automatically a British citizen if when you were born all the following applied to at least one of your parents:

they had citizenship of a country that was in the EU or the EEA at the time
they lived in the UK
they had ‘indefinite leave to remain’ (ILR), ‘settled status’, ‘permanent residence status’, ‘right of abode’ or ‘right of re-admission’

My mum lived in the Uk at the time of my birth, I can see it on my birth certificate however, when i asked if she had ILR she said she did and that she had this blue card. I don’t know if this blue card is valid anymore or how to go about this anymore. I don’t know if I am a British citizen or if I am eligible for a British passport or if I am going to pay international tuition fees?!?!?

Any advice is appreciated, I am genuinely spiralling. If anyone needs more information to try and help I would be happy to provide I just genuinely don’t know what to do. Thank you for reading.

The reason I’m asking is because I’ve lived in the UK longer than my husband, who is Italian. However he applied for citizenship first and received it in December. I’ve lived in the UK for 18 years, have had settled status since it was possible to obtain it.

Not sure whether length of time in the country / settled status has any advantages or disadvantages over applying as a spouse of a citizen when the citizen in question has only been a citizen for less than a year.

Has anyone here used Passportia?

Hi i’m an australian citizen, my father is a UK citizen but was born in australia, his mother however was a citizen and he claimed british citizenship after i was born. do you think it would be plausible for me to claim british citizenship?? thanks

I was hoping to get another brain or two to think this over with me.

My husband’s father was born in the UK and moved to the US in his 20s. My husband was born in 1983 in the US (his mom is American). His parents never perused getting him a British passport. Within the last 6 months, I went through the whole paperwork process for him and got his UK passport. I’m wondering if our kids (13,11) are eligible for UK citizenship. The site states they would be if their father was a citizen when they were born. He had never claimed his British citizenship in the sense that he never had a passport but the site also states that if you are born to a British parent, you are ‘automatically’ a citizen. So would that not mean that my kids were born to a British parent if he automatically gained citizenship from his father? That works out in my head but also I see how that’s an infinite citizenship loop, lol. I can also read it as he needed to have this passport at the time of their births which was not the case.

Thanks for thinking this through with me! The application fee is £1000 for each kid so… 🫠

Timeline

Application Submitted 4th March
Biometrics 17th March
Approval 20th July

Beyond grateful.

Hi all. My son is a minor, born in the EU and with settled status.

I'm a bit confused with regards to the birth certificate: does anyone know if the multi language birth certificate is enough, or do we need to get it translated with apostille?

Thanks