Posted my Citizenship Application!

I'm so excited...I posted it yesterday via Special Delivery...the Home Office in Liverpool should have received it today by 13.00...I'm not sure how long the process will take.  I heard it can be from 6-9 months....fingers crossed its quicker then that...they are supposed to acknowledge receipt of my application within 2 weeks....

So excited..after all the visas and paperwork...i think it mite finally be coming to a grand conclusion...yiipeee....

 

Great news!!   

That is really exciting!  Congrats!  Here is to some speedy news.

Thanks, I'm really excited...i found out this week that they charged my debit card the 268 pounds fee and sent me a confirmation letter of receipt of my application...now all i have to do is sit back and wait...it took a week for the home office in liverpool to acknowledge the application and charge my card

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I've thought about getting dual citizenship, as well, but I know at heart I'll always feel like an American, and I've felt it would be a betrayal, in a way (not to say that about you). Has anyone else thought along that line? I've lived here long enough to have dual passports--I just think it would be odd.

Congrats!

I've thought about getting dual citizenship, as well, but I know at heart I'll always feel like an American,

Suzanne: I am with you on this. I am going to stop with my ILR; it's enough for me. I don't mind the fact that I have to  stand in the non-EU line at any immigration counters. I know that if and when I leave this country it will definitely be for more than two years as I don't plan on staying here if anything happens to my DH. And I have no desire to vote here. I am an American  and I don't mind saying this. I suppose if I were a lot younger than I am now, and if I didn't have children from my other marriage, perhaps I would feel differently, I don't know. But now, I am more than content to be an American married to a wonderful Englishman and a  permanent resident of the United Kingdom.

And you know what? If it were the other way around, my DH would have it the same way. He is very proud of being from England. And if he lived in the U.S., he would have become a permanent resident, but never a naturalized citizen.

We both just happen to be from two different countries and happen to live here in the UK because it's where his job is.

georgia

I guess it's down to how you feel. I will be going after mine when I can afford to. I feel like I belong here, and somewhat detached from America. I still feel patriotism for America,  and love what it's supposed to stand for, but it's not home. This is home to me. If I had to lose my US citizenship to do so, I wouldn't do it. I love both countries, why not be a citizen of both.

I feel privileged and that it is truly a deep honor to have the opportunity to be a citizen of two countries!  It's not an opportunity that everyone gets...and I'm sure my hubby a Brit would be more than happy to be a dual citizen as well if we ever moved to the US!!!

I feel lucky to have met my husband and to have the chance to not only learn about British culture , but to be a part of it as well

Blondshania and others:

Please don't take what I wrote the wrong way. If I was, say 20-30 years younger and had no real ties other than the States being my homeland, then perhaps I would be looking at things differently. However, I have too many strings pulling me towards there, and someday I will probably return, (hopefully not for a very long time though - knock wood  ), for good.

Btw, Blondshania, congrats, hope it goes smoothly for you. Please keep us posted.

As an afterthought...

Few people here are getting the ROA stamp in their US passports after they get their British passport.  So this step tends to get left out from many people's personal experiences.

Although it's not needed, it can be very useful.  It's a stamp in your US passport that shows you have Right of Abode in the UK.  So if your British passport gets lost, or is being renewed or what-not, you can enter with your US passport and use the EU queue...

Garry,


Useful information but how do you request an ROA stamp in your US passport?  Is that during the time of obtaining ILR or after you receive British Citizenship?

In all this, what I meant to do (twice) and didn't was to send you my congrats also! Blondshania, know everything will go your way.

Garry,


Useful information but how do you request an ROA stamp in your US passport?  Is that during the time of obtaining ILR or after you receive British Citizenship?

After you get a British passport, send your American passport and the form and your naturalisation certificate, to the Nationality Directorate in Liverpool.  It takes about 4 - 5 weeks.  The ROA stamp is valid even after the American passport expires, but there's also a rigamarole to transfer it to a new passport.   

People in this forum rarely take this extra step, but it's helpful to know about it.  For example, I have to get an ROA in my son's Russian passport so that he can travel back and forth in the FSU without hassle.