passport is extra money , i'm sure getting a passport is not a problem, its getting your citizenship certificate.

i'm sending off the misses app asap, in her case sometime in may, shove it on the credit card, interest free for 9/12 months ...

need to do it asap, becuase you don't knows whats going to happen, how much it will cost and with her being a foreign doc, i wouldn't put it pass the gov , that non euro docs could only apply for training post if you've got citizenship or a EEC national..

also like you said there will be a rush of apps, and when i phoned them a while ago, they told me processing time could be more than 6 months