curiousgeorge wrote:If you're a new citizen, maybe you can help.
My friend wants to know...
After applying for citizenship, apparently the first letter will be Approved-in-Principle and you have 50 days to complete an online e-journey (quizzes), a Singapore Experience Tour (at a national heritage site) and a Community Sharing Session (with local MP).
1) Assuming he has done all that, how long before he gets the actual Approval Letter? The online portal says 2 weeks. Mine took around 3 weeks.
2) Does this approval letter come with the citizenship registration appointment, or must that be made, and how long is the wait? The letter is self-explanatory & yes they give you an appointment date which can be changed via e-appointment. Link is here: https://eappointment.ica.gov.sg/ibook/index.do
3) How long is the process to renounce nationality and get the renunciation letter from his home embassay (UK)? i.e. is it quick so as not to delay the citizenship registration appointment?
4) Once you've done the citizenship registration appointment, applied for the IC and Passport, how/when do you take the Oaths? At the same appointment or yet another appointment to make? On the day of the registration appointment you will be required to take the oath in front of the Commissioner of Oaths. Simple enough procedure @ the ICA building. You can apply for the passport immediately please bring along the mandatory photo in the prescribed format. A temporary slip which serves as your IC will be provided immediately which you are required to take good care of for obvious reasons. Pink IC will only be provided to you at the Citizenship ceremony to be held in the GRC where you are from. They will be sending you a letter informing you the dates. Once you drop the passport application form your passport should be ready within 7 working days. Mine actually took 4 if not 5. You will receive an email notifying you that your passport is ready for collection.
5) He understands that you receive the new IC at a citizenship ceremony in his GRC...how long is the wait after the oaths, and how often are these held?
6) when does he get his passport? 7 working days upon application on the day of citizenship registration. If you need it to be faster you will have to go to lvl 2 & justify to the officer as to why you require it to be issued on an urgent basis.
Basically trying to establish a time-frame for items 1-6.
TL;DR once he renounces his UK citizenship, how long will it take to get his SG passport so he can travel again?
Thanks in advance
OK so I have to say this advice turned out to be entirely inaccurate.PNGMK wrote:He can't renounce his UKC between applying and waiting to an appointment... that time (particularly between applying and in approval) is highly variable as well. Once he has an appointment to take the oath of Singapore Citizenship he can apply for a passport straight away... and that will take only days. If he hands in his UK passport - renounces UKC the day before going in to take the oath he should only be tied up a week.
Well trying to get to the right department in the Home Office is impossible. I've been referred to the Visa & Immigration section, the Passport office, back to the Singapore Consulate, some Singapore Nationality Centre hotline (based in the UK but operating on SGT!) and the Nationality Enquiries hotline. None of the have a clue if you *don't* want to be a UK citizen!wondering2 wrote:In the same boat. Also need to give up UK citizenship. They ask for proof of UK citizenship by sending in passport or if you don't have one your birth cert. I have urgent travel in December, so wondering if should send of birth cert instead of passport and then surrender passport later OR if better to wait til Jan and send off passport?
Tried to contact authorities in UK but no luck. Just directed me back to the UK website.
Any ideas?
Nah, xenophobia came pre-installed.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Does that mean you are now going to get all xenophobic on us here.
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