Desertwombat

Hi All,

We are in the process of applying for citizenship. Having not been out of Australia for some time we didn't realize that my wife's passport had expired.

Has anyone successfully applied for citizenship with an expired UK passport? or does anyone know if it is possible to apply for citizenship with an expired UK passport? or if we need to apply for and obtain a new UK passport before we can apply for citizenship?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

BritInParis

DoHA will want to confirm your identity. That doesn't necessarily require a valid passport but I would suggest it would make life easier it did renew it.

carcajou

The process is taking a very long time right now, even with more staff and a halving of the backlog. The average processing time from when your application is received, to when you have your ceremony, is now about 2 years. I would suggest you try not to do anything that will unnecessarily cause delay or any extra work for DoHA, like applying with an expired passport, since with such a backlog that delay might end up being subject to a multiplier effect. Renew the passport and then apply.

You can go on ahead with yours. The system allows you to link your application to your wife's, so you can do the ceremony on the same day, if you want to do that.

rammygirl

Doesn’t take long to renew a UK passport from Australia. All on line then post the form and your old passport. You should have it back in three weeks. Also new applicants for citizenship are getting processed quicker now.

spence501

Hi there, I just saw this thread. We're a family of five and applied with all of our passports expired in August last year.

We had no problems at all, in fact my oldest daughter has already had her test and is waiting for her ceremony, my son got approval this week and my wife and I have our test date in March.

Hope that's of some help


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