UK Ancestry Visa - wait time

cordobaman
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Joined: 27 Apr 2008
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Location: Edinburgh Scotland; formerly North Bay ON

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:14 pm

 

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tallie,

The long form birth certificates for your grandparent, your parent and you must be an original or notaried copy of an original; a regular photocopy won't do. Don't owrry about the marriage certs unless you're married yourself.

I hate to break it to you, but you must send your passport to the UK Embassy in order to have your visa put in it. You must also do your application and pay online, and book your biometrics as soon as you're done. Be advised you may have to wait a few weeks depending on which one you go to.

There was talk earlier this year about abolishing the Ancestry visa, however they recently decided not to.

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Tallie
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Joined: 22 Nov 2007
Posts: 4
Location: Canada/United Kingdom

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:01 pm

 

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Oh dear. where do you obtain the long form birth certificates? I contacted the UK registry last year and the photo copies of the registry book entries was the only thing they sent me, and I paid good money for it. Also, my birth certificate and my mother's birth certificates don't show parents names on them. Is there another certificate that I should get, that shows the parents names?

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cordobaman
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Joined: 27 Apr 2008
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Location: Edinburgh Scotland; formerly North Bay ON

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:18 pm

 

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tallie,

If the copy you got from the UK Registry is beige in colour and has some kind of a stamp/seal embossed on it, that's a certified copy of an original.

It would look something like this:

http://www.pfc.org.uk/graphic/bcert/type1.gif

However, you'll have to get copies of your own long form and your qualifying parent from your province of birth- if it's Ontario, the registrar's office in Thunder Bay is where you request them from. These will show everything as far as parents names go and everything else.

Hope this helps a little!

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Canucky Woman
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Joined: 19 Jul 2008
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Location: Halfweg Netherlands

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:13 pm

 

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Just to add.

I'm presently living in Holland. I applied for my Ancestry Visa a couple of weeks ago online, then realized that (doh) I had my grandparents birth certificates, and my long-form birth certificate, but my dad's was back home(in Thunder Bay, coincidentally).

So I thought I'd reapply for his (just like I applied for my grandparents'), but it's not so simple, in Ontario at least. Only HE can apparently, unless:



(I tried to post the link, but I don't have enough posts yet! )

I ended up paying about $60 to have my dad ship his birth certificate to me in order to have it on time for my appointment in early September!

Just a little thing to keep in mind.Good luck with your application!
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Tallie
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Joined: 22 Nov 2007
Posts: 4
Location: Canada/United Kingdom

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:29 am

 

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I did contact the UK Registry office and what they sent me was NOT what your specimen shows. This is a setback, as now I must reapply for their certificates again. Is there a link for where to apply?

Thanks so much for this information. Better to know now and have time to fix it than to think I had everything and find out I didn't.

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cordobaman
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Joined: 27 Apr 2008
Posts: 91
Location: Edinburgh Scotland; formerly North Bay ON

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:36 am

 

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tallie,

For UK certificates

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

For Ontario certificates

https://www.orgforms.gov.on.ca/eForms/start.do

Be prepared with as much information as possible- names, place and date of birth.

The UK turnaround time was about 2 weeks (sending to Canada). Canada was about a week, but they have a rush service for extra cost.

Hope this helps!

Peter

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Tallie
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Joined: 22 Nov 2007
Posts: 4
Location: Canada/United Kingdom

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:18 am

 

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Thank you very much, Peter, for the links. I will get busy on this straight away.

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supermom
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Joined: 16 Mar 2008
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Location: In Wales but from Saskatchewan

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:47 am

 

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I too am in the process of getting my documents ready to apply for the Ancestry Visa as both sets of my grandparents were born in England. I am originally from Saskatchewan but right now I am in Wales since May 15th this year visiting my soon to be fiance' doing some research on family history and how to obtain my grandparent's birth certificates. I made a couple of phone inquiries and was told to apply for the birth certificate through the Registration Office in the place that they were born.

I have gone to the World Bridge Site and sent them an email on what documents are required and they sent me a page of what is needed and it did say long form birth certificates of all parties concerned plus marriage certificates of both parents and grandparents.

I will be going back home with the boyfriend for 6 weeks and because I am from Saskatchewan I will be going to the Edmonton Office to do my biometrics and then have to send all papers and documents to Ottawa. What I am wondering if anyone could tell me how long after you apply online for the visa does it take to get an appointment - do you think that the 6 weeks I will be back home for will be enough time to get the appointment, send to Ottawa and get my passport back before coming back to Wales. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

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