Full disclosure

[AtW]

So we would read more of your unique anecdotes if you went home ?

More like horror stories...

[expat]

Yo mates,

applying tomorrow for British Nationality - to prove myself will get drunk tonight on cheap lager while watching Premiertulip game, then buy a kebab or something.

Do not fall into the fallacy that when you take on British nationality you have to be English.

[AtW]

Do not fall into the fallacy that when you take on British nationality you have to be English.

Aye matey, my parrot says being Scotttish is okay too.

[sunnysan]

What a joke.

I got my passport and citizenship about 2 years ago.

It was a joke. My application was initially rejected becuase I hadnt provided proof that I could speak English.

Other than the fact that I have tertiary education at an English speaking instritution, was educated in and English speaking school and had been working in a professional capacity in the UK for 6 years, I narrowly escaped having to undertake an English proficiency exam.

My application was eventually accepted and a date was set for my citizenship ceremony. When I arrived I was the only white person(Other than another Saffer ;-)). The master of ceremonies was issuing instructions and addressing each candidate personally. He started to address a young woman who clearly has NO idea what he was saying. He then proceeded to instruct another employee there to INTERPRET for him!!!!

We where then made to swear an oath of allegiance to the queen, which we had to recite PHONETICALLY , after which we where presented with certificates of citizenship.

To sum up, if I could not speak English I could get English nationality.

Unbelievable

[AtW]

You have to pass "Life in the UK" test now, which counts as test of English too - I was pretty sure English knowledge was not a requirement to prove until last year, or maybe 2 years ago - yes, I think they introduced it very recently.

To be fair it is a reasonable requirement - UK passport is worth 100 times its weight in gold.

[Ardesco]

To be fair it is a reasonable requirement - UK passport is worth 100 times its weight in gold.

Really!!

Were can I flog mine, i'm happy to go for an irish one or something similar

[Lucy]

What happens in your "Life in the UK test" Alexi ?
Do you have to tell them what you do here ?

[AtW]

Some simple questions asked there - if one reads relevant book and memorises it then it is trivial to pass it, certainly it can't compare with the Cambridge Proficiency test, which I think would be a pretty reasonable requirement to new citizens.

[Ardesco]

Was one of the questions:

"Do you like the French?"

and if not, why not ????