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10th October 2015, 12:05
Hello there!
My wife has just received her British Citizenship Invitation letter, which is great !!!
Once she has British Citizenship, my wife wants to apply for a British passport.
Currently her Philippine passport is in her single / maiden name and I have read that in order to apply for a British passport, the Philippine passport has to show her married name.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Has anyone recently applied to the Philippine embassy/consulate in London to have a Philippine passport issued in the wife's new married name………. and if so how long was the process??
Also, after doing a search I found this post from another forum member….
""I applied for my first british passport 3 weeks ago and received a letter that i cant be issued a passport because my Philippine passport is on a different name, which was still on my single name, to the one i am applying for now, which im applying it to be on my married name.
I was initially given 2 options, either apply for new Phil passport under my married name to which Phil. Embassy said not an option since im already a brit citizen……. or get my passport cancelled by the Phil embassy and letter stating that passport is cancelled and my citizenship is renounced.
I was told by the case worker from Passport Office that the latter is the only option""
2) With regard to the above statement, has anyone applied for a British Passport by using the second option mentioned above?
Any replies would be most appreciated!!
My wife has just received her British Citizenship Invitation letter, which is great !!!
Once she has British Citizenship, my wife wants to apply for a British passport.
Currently her Philippine passport is in her single / maiden name and I have read that in order to apply for a British passport, the Philippine passport has to show her married name.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Has anyone recently applied to the Philippine embassy/consulate in London to have a Philippine passport issued in the wife's new married name………. and if so how long was the process??
Also, after doing a search I found this post from another forum member….
""I applied for my first british passport 3 weeks ago and received a letter that i cant be issued a passport because my Philippine passport is on a different name, which was still on my single name, to the one i am applying for now, which im applying it to be on my married name.
I was initially given 2 options, either apply for new Phil passport under my married name to which Phil. Embassy said not an option since im already a brit citizen……. or get my passport cancelled by the Phil embassy and letter stating that passport is cancelled and my citizenship is renounced.
I was told by the case worker from Passport Office that the latter is the only option""
2) With regard to the above statement, has anyone applied for a British Passport by using the second option mentioned above?
Any replies would be most appreciated!!