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I got home last night and found a brown envelope on my floor - my citizenship application has been approved! Citizen ceremony is booked for next Thursday 30th and once that is done I will officially be a British Citizen and can then apply for my UK passport.

I can either go for a free group ceremony in Kingston on the 19th of Feb or pay £100 for a private one next week in Weybridge - so I'm going for the latter as it's before the 31st (not that that is really needed, but still) but it really is a lot easier to get to and it works timing wise that Nadine can join me as a guest and we can have a celebratory lunch afterwards. At this point the whole process has cost so much money anyway I may as well do the private one (besides which I thought I had to pay anyway).

So there we are - end next week I'll officially have dual-citizenship

Congratulations, Ria I am very happy for you

Brilliant news Ria

Enjoy the celebration

Ho that's brilliant ria congratulations xx

Sweetheart that is fabulous news, probably the best some of us will have all year. xxxxx

Will you get a certificate? If you do you must bring it to Brum.

Workingman wrote:Sweetheart that is fabulous news, probably the best some of us will have all year. xxxxx

Will you get a certificate? If you do you must bring it to Brum.

actually I do!


Thanks all - I'm actually rather pleased!

Congratulations Ria, great news

That’s wonderful news Ria, we can all celebrate in July!

Congratulations Ria!

Very well done, Ria!

But it doesn't stop there, you know - for the Advanced Stage of Citizenship, you have to go take courses up in Yorkshire on how to brew tea and talk proper!