tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post4054206874070993438..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: to the tune of My Country 'Tis of Thee...Helen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-40300424031751388602010-05-14T08:41:13.035+01:002010-05-14T08:41:13.035+01:00Good HEAVENS. I had no idea. Looks like I got in...Good HEAVENS. I had no idea. Looks like I got in at the right time. <br /><br />Actually, now I think of it, Britain seems to be charging high fees for all sorts of necessary paperwork these days.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-74939931193260037052010-05-14T06:47:57.464+01:002010-05-14T06:47:57.464+01:00UK naturalization procedures have changed a lot in...UK naturalization procedures have changed a lot in the last decade: for example, there is definitely now an exam to prepare for. (See materials on <a href="http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/applying/applicationtypes/naturalisation/kol/" rel="nofollow">the Knowledge of Life and Language in the UK</a> test.) And the normal fee for submitting an application now is £735, not counting what you might pay anyone else...John Lavagninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06024647121121493938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-10404684893777506952010-05-13T18:28:40.617+01:002010-05-13T18:28:40.617+01:00I was a British citizen by birth and a USian by na...I was a British citizen by birth and a USian by naturalization. I definitely found it expensive and logistically overwhelming. I was living in New Haven and with no driver's license, but I had to go to Hartford twice for appointments at specific times (including once to be fingerprinted, which it staggered me to learn couldn't just be done locally) and with no sensible public transportation to get there. Ditto actual ceremony in Bridgeport, also very inconvenient and time-consuming to get to without a car... I felt on my mettle to get all questions right on the test, which was curiously stressful!Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com