I have not commented as much really on this thread as I would have liked to. I have been reading and I am thinking about and praying for people, but things have been somewhat frantic in my life recently. I thought the time has come to update people here with what has been going on in my life.
Some of you may remember that I sat the test that you need to apply for British Citizenship in April. Then things got kind of busy. I went on vacation, did my jury duty and then had to wait until I could get an appointment for the Nationality Checking Service. Essentially there are two common ways of applying: directly by mail, which means that you have to send your original documents or through the Nationality Checking Service, where they make copies of everything and hand you your original documents back. As the service standard for processing applications it up to 6 months, going the direct route would not have worked for me, especially as we have a vacation booked in November. Unfortunately I had to wait about 6 weeks for an appointment with the Nationality Checking Service.
Well, last week Tuesday, I finally had my appointment to submit my application, which was received by the Home Office the next day. They debited the fees from my account on Saturday and yesterday I go a letter confirming that they have received the application and the fee. Now the waiting game begins. Best case scenario is a wait of about 2 months and on average it seems to take about 4 months. Please keep you fingers crossed for me.
Corinna