British Embassies are renowned for adding a few wrinkles on advice. (imo)Originally Posted by brocky
ps. needless to say I shall be printing their email and take that along with me..
Seriously though, you must take that e-mail from the embassy. In case of problems you can rest assured that the Embassy does have a 'workaround', but as always these decisions are solely discretionary.
Forearmed is forewarned.
UK issued CNI's have varying validity depending on the country in which you intend to convert to the 'local CNI'
In principle a CNI has no set validity under the UK law.
But to the very best of my knowledge and experience, I have to say that it has always been considered the case that a CNI issued in the United Kingdom should be presented to this Embassy within 3 months of it being issued. Whether this is dictated by local requirements I don't know.
But certaininly, the Philippine authorities will not accept a CNI which was issued by the British Embassy more than three months before its presentation to them.
This is the same case applied to most countries that require CNI
Hope this helps
Good luck
However, having said all that, the the really important factor is the local CNI, and that has 3 month max validity. (The Embassy WILL confirm that)
