British citizenship will take 5 years now

[flomike]

hello to all. I am ready to apply for my naturalization before end of the month finally. Getting a referee is not that easy as I thought bec some people are not willing like my GP bec she said she only knows me as a patient not personally well, as I only see her may be thrice in a year. My husband knows a few people who are qualified but of course again they don't know me personally they know me as his wife.

To those applying for naturalization soon, you have to be sure that the referees you are thinking will vouch you as some a bit hesitant to give their personal details even they know you already.

Anyway, I got my operations manager to be my referee as I am working there for 4 years now and a friend of ours who works as a public servant. I just want to ask if there's a new form for naturalization (spouse of brits citizen) what I have now is FORM AN October 2008 is that the right one, any help please? I hope this changes won't affect me when I submitted mine this month.

Good luck to us.

[darren-b]

hello to all. I am ready to apply for my naturalization before end of the month finally. Getting a referee is not that easy as I thought bec some people are not willing like my GP bec she said she only knows me as a patient not personally well, as I only see her may be thrice in a year. My husband knows a few people who are qualified but of course again they don't know me personally they know me as his wife.

To those applying for naturalization soon, you have to be sure that the referees you are thinking will vouch you as some a bit hesitant to give their personal details even they know you already.

Anyway, I got my operations manager to be my referee as I am working there for 4 years now and a friend of ours who works as a public servant. I just want to ask if there's a new form for naturalization (spouse of brits citizen) what I have now is FORM AN October 2008 is that the right one, any help please? I hope this changes won't affect me when I submitted mine this month.

Good luck to us.

This is a very good point, especially as the referees should have known you for three years. Which as a spouse of a British Citizen trying to apply as soon as possible would mean that it's someone you've known literally since the day you arrived in the UK if not before. Doctors are very reluctance to this nowadays as they tend to only know patients medically.

We were limited for options too when my wife applied as like you many of my friends are qualified to act as referee but didn't really know my wife well enough. My wife's friends (who I tend to know a lot better than my wife knows my friends) are luckier as they have me to sign them - did my first one last year (the wife of a certain moderator on this board...) and I'm sure it won't be my last.

The October 2008 form is the latest one, and no the changes won't affect you if you apply this month.

[Tiggers0608]

Best Thing to do is ........

Save money incase the payment went up for ILR and citizenship

Do training/voluntary work more than 30 hours in a year

Or work to do all those lol coz if working u can save money and do dont need training or voluntary work anymore lol.

And read here about it and always be informed and read the home office websites

And still married to your husband/wife dont forget about that coz thats one of the requirements lol