Applying for our daughters citizenship via form MN1

 This post is about applying for my daughters citizenship via form MN1 

OUR TIMELINE:
We submitted the online application on the 16th of April, 2021. 
We got a biometrics date for the 27th of April. 
We received a letter in the post that out daughter is a British Citizen on the 30th of July, 2021

We ( my wife and I ) got our ILR as mentioned here:
https://omarsguidelines.blogspot.com/2021/03/all-about-ilr-and-getting-uk.html

We could then directly apply for our daughters citizenship. 

We filled out the online form MN1 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1

The form is pretty straight forward however you need to provide a reference.
Have a look at page 19 of the form here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1

You will need the following for the online form:
1. How does the applicant know the applicant 
2. Referee's date of birth 
3. Referee's daytime telephone number 
4. Referee's email address 
5. Is the referee a British Citizen 
6. Current British citizen passport number 
You need 2 referees. 

We asked our daughters' nursery manager to help. I explained our situation to her and gave her a print out of the form MN1 and highlighted the sections which needed to be filled. 
She then requested our daughters primary carer and another staff member to provide their details and fill the form.
We then transcribed that information from the form to the online application. 

Once we had submitted the online application, we had to pay 1031.20 GBP. 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fees-for-citizenship-applications/fees-for-citizenship-applications-and-the-right-of-abode-from-6-april-2018

We had to upload documents onto the UKVCAS portal - just the essential documents like:
1. Her birth certificate 
2. Her current passport 
3. Our BRPs which mentioned we had ILR. 

We then booked our appointment. Unfortunately we had to pay 71.50 GBP for the nearest center ( which was a 20 min drive from our house and hence very convenient) and I did not wait for new slots to come and booked the appointment as I was worried we would loose this appointment. 

We then attended the biometrics - it was pretty straightforward and took less than 30 min.
Her picture was taken, the originals of the documents we had uploaded onto the UKVCAS portal were checked and we were all done. 

I did not hear anything - not even an email after attending biometrics till we received a letter in the post which stated she was now a British Citizen 

REFEREES:
If you are struggling with referees, have a look at the document here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/british-nationals-nationality-policy-guidance

Page 25 of 35 mentions this:

Acceptable professional persons’ means: 
• accountant 
• airline pilot 
• articled clerk of a limited company 
• assurance agent of recognised company 
• bank or building society official 
• barrister 
• British Computer Society (BCS) - professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003) 
• broker • chairman or director of limited company 
• chemist 
• chiropodist 
• christian science practitioner 
• commissioner for oaths 
• councillor: local or county 
• civil servant (permanent) 
• dentist 
• designated premises supervisors
• director or Manager of a VAT registered charity 
• director, manager or personnel officer of a VAT registered company 
• driving instructor (approved) 
• engineer (with professional qualifications) 
• fire service official
• funeral director 
• insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company 
• journalist 
• justice of the Peace 
• legal secretary (members and fellows of the Institute of legal secretaries) 
• local government officer 
• manager or Personnel officer (of limited company) 
• member of Parliament 
• member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces 
• Merchant Navy officer 
• minister of a recognised religion 
• nurse (RN, SEN or holder of a BA in nursing) 
• officer of the armed services (active or retired) 
• optician
paralegal (certified or qualified paralegals, and associate members of the Institute of Paralegals) 
• person with honours (such as OBE, MBE and so on) • personal licensee holders • photographer (professional) 
• police officer
• Post Office official 
• president or secretary of a recognised organisation 
• Salvation Army officer 
• social worker 
• solicitor 
• surveyor 
• teacher, lecturer 
• trade union officer 
• travel agency (qualified) 
• valuers and auctioneers (fellow and associate members of the incorporated society) 
• warrant officers and chief petty officers

As you can see, a variety of people can become referees. For IMGs working in the NHS, 
nurses can do it as well. And if you are on good terms with your nursing colleagues, they will be more than happy to become referees. 

WHAT TO DO NEXT 
APPLY FOR BIRITSH PASSPORT: 
Once you have received the citizenship letter, you have to apply for a British passport. 
https://www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport

Unfortunately, you will need a referee again:
As mentioned in the list below:
https://www.gov.uk/confirm-identity-online-for-passport-application you can ask a nursing colleague to become a referee. 


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