April 2015 Naturalization application Timeline ONLY

Number of applicants : 1 Adult
Eligibility criteria: 6 years
Current nationality: Irish
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 15/04/15
Payment method : mastercard
Date of receipt by UKBA : 20/04/15
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/05/15
Date of acknowledgment: 13/05/15 received on 16/05/15
Date of Biometric invitation: 13/05/15 received on 16/05/15
Date of Biometrics: 20/05/15



Date approval received: 17/12/2015 (letter dated 04/12/2015)
Date of ceremony done : 02/01/2016

arKas wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Bangladeshi
Method of application: NCS Islington, London
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 01/04/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/04/2015
Date of debit of fees: 23/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: 05/01/2016 (dated 06/12/2015 ... was on holidays)
Date of Ceremony: 13/01/2016

Updated!

I actually went on holidays on the 16th... had not received the letter even then!

FINAL UPDATE ON THIS THREAD
Number of application : 1
Eligibility criteria: 5 years RC (EEA Spouse) + 1 year PR
Language criteria met : Knowledge of Life in UK, B1 test
Current nationality: Zimbabwe
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith
Date of application: 15/04/15
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA : 16/04/15
Date of debit or clearance of fees: : 11/05/15 Balance dropped
Date of acknowledgment : 13/05/15 dated 11/05/15
Date of Biometrics Letter : 15/05/15 dated 11/05/15
Date of Biometrics submission: 16/05/15
Date approval received: 19/01/16 (nine months and 4 days), dated 10/01/16
Date of Ceremony: Private Ceremony 21/01/16 at Weybridge

Much appreciation to all posters on this thread, while I quietly watched, read, commiserated and rejoiced with each one of you, you all kept me focused on the light at the end of a seemingly very long tunnel. Moving over shortly to the passport thread, I wish for all of you still waiting, a lot of patience and best of luck...xx

Number of applicants : 1 Adult
Eligibility criteria: UKM
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: Courier-DHL
Date of application: 24/04/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA : 27/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 09/06/2015
Date of acknowledgement: 24/06/2015
Date of Biometrics: 02/07/2015
Date approval received: 28/02/2016
Date of ceremony: 04/03/2016

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Method of Application: Courier to UKVI Liverpool
Date of Sending Application: 20 April 2015
Date of Application Delivery: 21 April 2105 (Signed for at Mail Room)
Date of Debit of Fees: 15 May 2015 (Credit Card)
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: dated 20 May 2015, delivered by "International Signed for" on 03 June 2015
Biometrics Request: Dated 20 May 2015 received 03 June 2015!!!!
Biometrics Submitted: 04 June 2015
Date of Receipt of Approval: 03 November 2015
Date of Ceremony: 30 March 2016

What a ballsup by HO. REPEATEDLY. Their inability, combined with ineptitude, slathered with lack of accountability, and then sprinkled with incompetence, led to a simple application taking nearly a whole year.

After the approval in November, they sent my file to some godforsaken part of the planet where I don't live. It took nearly 3 months to retrieve it. Then when it got back, they lost it again. Took over a month for the council to find/receive my certificate.

Answering communications and complaints is also right at the bottom of their list of priorities. With the exception of my case worker at HO, and the registrar himself at the council, the average time for a response was always in excess of 2 weeks.

But, all things being equal, I have my ceremony in 12 days time. And this mess comes to an end. I hope the passport goes quicker.

I see now they are trialling simultaneous applications for naturalisation and passport together. Which just makes sense as one automatically leads to the other, and duplicate processes are just a waste of resources. Maybe there is hope for HO yet, but I remain pessimistic after my experiences.

Good luck to all you folks still waiting from April last year. Fingers crossed. Holding thumbs.

April 2015 STILL BEING PROCESSED, but as of TODAY I got my letter saying my application has been accepted and I will get the ceremony invitation letter sometime in the future... Just three weeks past ONE year!

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Method of Application: REGISTERED MAIL USA TO UKVI Liverpool
Date of Sending Application: 5 April 2015
Date of Application Delivery: 8 April 2015 (received USPS return receipt)
Date of Debit of Fees: 20 AUGUST 2015 (Credit Card) - it took 4 months.
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: NEVER - got a letter in SEPT 2015 stating biometrics in USA unavailable; first time I had actual contact.
Biometrics request: NEVER
Passport and my birth certificate returned in October (?) 2015 with no information on status
Learned that there was an email address to send to about biometrics, did so, got a biometrics letter by email around 8 DECEMBER 2015, allowing me to go to Toronto to do them.
Biometrics Submitted: 15 December 2015
Request to return my passport BACK to UKVI 4 April 2016
Returned passport 14 April 2016
Date of Receipt of Approval: 25 April 2016; letter received (along with return on mother's birth certificate) 30 April 2016
Date of Ceremony: PENDING RECEIPT OF INVITATION LETTER

Finally after waiting for over 20 months, received approval latter.

Date of application 27/04/2015
Approval 25/01/2017