January 2014 - Naturalization Application Timeline

sidhujazz wrote:Just called the HO, the lady put me on hold for 4 minutes.

Came back and said, "I have just spoken to the relevant department and you will hear from us in 7 working days"

She didn't say approved or not...

Did you have to insist? Or she on her own spoke to another department?

My words were "its been 3 months since application I have heard nothing from the HO, I don't even know what is happening with my application, please can you update me whether its been allocated to the case worker as I have some travel plans coming up"

sidhujazz wrote:My words were "its been 3 months since application I have heard nothing from the HO, I don't even know what is happening with my application, please can you update me whether its been allocated to the case worker as I have some travel plans coming up"

Thanks. I tried, I wasn't this lucky, was given the usual answer "Not complete".

It can't be too long now collipu.

Hopefully by next we all have approval for jan 2014. I feel so sorry for the people who are still waiting from nov and dec.

which number are you guys calling to speak to HO about the application?

sidhujazz wrote:Just called the HO, the lady put me on hold for 4 minutes.

Came back and said, "I have just spoken to the relevant department and you will hear from us in 7 working days"

She didn't say approved or not...

Tats a good news n hopfully up to nextcweek u will get ur approvel.

08706067766

JPB wrote:You appear to be right. I have closely analysed the january 2014 applications on this forum and all applications are dealt with in one months after acknoweldgement for example if an applicant applied on 14th january 2014 and the money was removed on 26th january 2014 and an acknowledgement sent on 28th January 2014. they consider 1 months or less from their acknoweldgement date. check and see.
good they are faster now.

not for all ! I had money taken and ackn letter on the end ofJan and still no sigh from HO

It really is difficult.

They are dealing with thousands of applicants a day.

I just think they could have some sort of tracking thing for the applicant.

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years HSMP & Tier1 + 8 Months ILR (Chapter 18, 7.5 (g) discretion used due to ILR application delayed 7+ months)
Language criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 from Trinity
Method of application: Post RM Special (Joint application 2 AN + 1 MN1)
Date of application: 14/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/2014 (RM Tracking)
Method of payment: Cheque
Date of debit of fees: 03/02/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29/01/2014 (dated 28/01/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: 11/03/2014 (dated 07/03/2014)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting...

Newme123 wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs in UK on Spouse Visa(Partner), 2 Yrs ILR
Language criteria met : UK Masters Degree + LIfe in the UK
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 07/01/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/01/2014 (RM Tracking)
Date of aknowlegment: TBA
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/01/2014 (Balance dropped)
Date approval received: 11/3/2014
Date of ceremony: TBA

Thanks everyone for your posts and all the best to those waiting....

Another 10 Approvals have been posted since "trigger" posted the stats in 05th March(page 16). I guess Out of 105 applications in Jan 37 have been approved until now.

My husband received his approval letter today
For citizenship
Eligibility: Spouse of British Citizen
Applied: 20th January
Fees taken: 30th January
Approval and documents received: 12th March (dated 10th March)
Thank God it has arrived! Good luck on all of you that are still waiting... Reading through these posts have really got me through the wait and thanks to Bateleykhan for all of his help when we first started the journey applying for the spouse visa

Contrary to what some people may think, this data is not 3 weeks old. Yes, the updates are cumulative and contain historic approval links for the entire month. That way, I figured it would be easier for someone picking up the thread midway to obtain a clearer picture for January 2014. I have tried to keep figures and dates as recent as possible, but this is just a weekly effort on my part. If the updates slide by a few days, please understand that I am taking time out to post progress here.

January 2014 Applications Update

• Applicants: 111
  Fee Debits: 107 (~ 96%) (pending: nselarka*, s4sam, MY, KyleDM)
  Approvals: 39 (~ 35%) (congratulations on newest approvals for For_fam, mohat, Newme123, muf, jayowo, soniaa84, freemen_17, slav, tchy, khurrambutt, abdik1980, Casapot
  * Please add your timeline using this format
  
  Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Date (FD2ALD): ~ 20 weekdays**
  Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Receipt (FD2ALR): ~ 25 weekdays**
  ** This metric is entirely down to individual circumstances, such as complexity of application and 2nd class post receipt time, to name but two.

Here are the 111 applicants so far, please let me know of any errors or omissions (hyperlinks to past approvals):

• w/c 30 December (excluding December 2013 applicants) - 8 applicants
  kiranchinnu
  NOG
  SameerBhagawatUk
  Bruno30
  Peachoct6
  Captain_underpants
  For_fam
  mohat

• w/c 6 January - 29 applicants
  STV
  magedezzeldin
  uknotts
  phoki
  baji15
  sylm_2000
  s4sam
  safa_bb
  midbar
  keepsim
  icon3001
  happylad
  t0mmy
  27pence
  Newme123
  majamcr
  silverdiablo7
  muf
  shiva321
  Josomount
  amthekkel
  farrukhnizam
  rw1perth
  hub007
  Bash1oo
  mandykan
  spui
  sgaba
  nselarka - Please add your timeline using this format

• w/c 13 January - 36 applicants
  DayDream
  trigger
  jayowo
  DevB
  cblue12
  chis1
  splashing
  MY
  soniaa84
  sidhujazz
  freemen_17
  guavaguy
  vv129
  teenboy
  Zeeshan123
  slav
  tundefaboye
  Bibak
  tanere
  Jegdis5
  M2008
  murmur
  tchy
  chir
  eskalebur
  kiwiana76
  shoppsydudu
  rickyrafe777
  varre_v
  winchesterguy
  h-khan
  hot_rock_tx
  aquarius
  daniel212
  rupali123
  Churros7

• w/c 20 January - 24 applicants
  alex_shvjac
  ei
  khurrambutt
  ITGraduate
  gdyoung
  kir60
  Camillinhadantas
  Casapot
  ambitions_high
  OmerMohammed
  abbey84
  20shamat
  darkangel14
  fragnance19
  abdik1980
  statician
  t-cham
  speaker40
  phospholipid
  hina zaheer
  isomb
  Jo1
  adeelmpk
  latansingh

• w/c 27 January - 14 applicants
  Somudro
  dabbler80
  KyleDM
  nbweb
  bachy
  amitc
  cofe
  sabster
  Koolmail
  milan69
  jmehmud
  tab0287
  bouqet777
  guiness

General progress so far for January 2014:

To all January 2014 applicants - please try and keep your timelines updated and accurate as it benefits the topic and others when you do so. Relevant update posts (like this one) in my signature to make them easy to track.

As always, thanks to amthekkel, p2kin, jotter, TTOE and tier_2_applicant for their data and formats.

Called HO. They told me "I can't tell you if it has been assigned to case work". Ah well

I called them today as well - "the application is with the team".

Then I asked her if it's been allocated to a caseworker yet. She said she is not able to answer that as the information she has access to is quite limited...

Thank you trigger, great work.

Hi Milan69! it seems we dont have any chance before April. what you say?

Hi Mehmud, it is almost 40% of January applicants that have their approvals. With 2nd class post taking several days to be delivered come next Thursday one of us might be smiling

Hi All, thank you for everyone for posting their updates on this website, it has been very helpful for me personally.
This is my little contribution :

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + tier1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, NARIC, or B1 test): ILTES
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCS Westminiter
Date of application: 07 Jan 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27 Jan 2014
Date approval received: 12 Mar 2013 ( dated 04 Mar 2013)
Date of ceremony: TBA

good luck for all those who are still waiting.

Does anyone know what to do next ?

Many thanks

zahira wrote:Hi All, thank you for everyone for posting their updates on this website, it has been very helpful for me personally.
This is my little contribution :

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + tier1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, NARIC, or B1 test): ILTES
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCS Westminiter
Date of application: 07 Jan 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27 Jan 2014
Date approval received: 12 Mar 2013 ( dated 04 Mar 2013)
Date of ceremony: TBA

good luck for all those who are still waiting.

Does anyone know what to do next ?

Many thanks

.....what to do next?...relax ...and congrats to you

zahira wrote:Hi All, thank you for everyone for posting their updates on this website, it has been very helpful for me personally.
This is my little contribution :

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + tier1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, NARIC, or B1 test): ILTES
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCS Westminiter
Date of application: 07 Jan 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27 Jan 2014
Date approval received: 12 Mar 2013 ( dated 04 Mar 2013)
Date of ceremony: TBA

good luck for all those who are still waiting.

Does anyone know what to do next ?

Many thanks

Woow so quick ... congratulations ... its time to enjoy your life now ...

Finally good news folks.

Applied on the 13th Jan.

Approval received: 13th march, letter dated 6th March.

Thank you all for your support, i am not just abandon this forum, i be around to help out wherever i can with whatever i know from my experience.

sidhujazz wrote:Finally good news folks.

Applied on the 13th Jan.

Approval received: 13th march, letter dated 6th March.

Thank you all for your support, i am not just abandon this forum, i be around to help out wherever i can with whatever i know from my experience.

Congratss!!

thank you Collipu.