Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC (ILR via 5 yrs Tier 1)
Method of application: NCS London (Camden)
Date of NCS appointment: 06/03/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 10/03/2014 (via Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees : 12/03/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of ceremony: awaiting

Eligibility criteria: 2yr HSMP + 3yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS Brent (London)
Date of NCS appointment: 10/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/03/14
Date of debit of fees: 14/03/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

Soebmk wrote:

andy111 wrote:My Timeline Updated:

Eligibility Criteria: 3yrs Spouse of BC

Method of Application: NCS Brent
Date of Application : 09/11/2013

Date of Receipt by UKBA : 12/11/2013 (Tracking)

Date of Debit of Fees : 11/01/2014

Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 15/01/2014

Date of Receipt of Approval: 17-03-2014

Date of Ceremony: 26-03-2014

Good luck to all who are waiting

Hi and how much do they charge for private ceremony? Did they send your application by the DX ??

Yes application was sent by DX.
They do cermony every week so i didn't ask about the private cermony.

Eligibility criteria:3 years residence as the spouse of BC
Language criteria met:Life in the uk +B1 English exam
Method of application:NCS Camden
Date of application:29.01.2014
Payment method:Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:30.01.2014
Date of aknowlegment:06.02.14 receipt letter(12.02.2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees:06.02.14
Date approval received:19.03.14 (Date:15.03.14)
Date of ceremony:TBC

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE... )

Hi,
My application decision was made on the 6th March and the letters were dispatched on the 11th March but i have not received yet.

I dont think they are using 2nd class postage, look like 3rd of 4th class postage service.

Thanks
FN

Hi everyone, just got my approval letter today and want to share my experience:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years businessperson + 8 months ILR (Annex B, Ch 18, Para 7.5G discretion)
Citizenship: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Westminster
Date applicant sent: 16/01/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/01/14
Date of debit of fees: 04/02/14
Date of acknowledgement letter: 29/01/14
Date of approval: 07/03/14 (the letter was received by me on 19/03/14)
Date of Ceremony: 20/03/14 Private ceremony

Finally this wait is over. I must say it has been a pleasure to be on this forum and to learn from all you amazing people. HO use 2nd class post and it took my approval letter 12 days to arrive! So stay patient, and in the end it will all be good! In actuality, it took one month and one week from the point of acknowledgement letter issue to the date of the decision letter issue.

All the best to everyone!

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Date applicant sent: 05/02/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/02/14
Date of debit of fees: 13/02/14
Date of acknowledgement letter: 17/02/14
Date of approval: 12/03/14 (the letter was received on 19/03/14)
Date of Ceremony: Tbc

Thanks All on the forum for all the help and guidance.

Sent an email today to get an update on my case and got standard response:

Thank you for your email.


I have checked our records and can confirm that no decision has yet been made on your application.

We aim to process 95% of applications within 6 months however there are a small percentage of applications that take longer than this to be resolved.
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Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 yrs TIER 1 + 1 yr ILR
Citizenship: Indian
Method of application: NCS Cambridge
Date applicant sent: 13/01/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/01/14
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/14
Date of acknowledgement letter: 01/02/14
Date of approval: 10/03/14 (the letter was received by me on 19/03/14)
Date of Ceremony: 02/04/2014 (Group Ceremony)

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs+ 1 yr ILR (Spouse of BC)
Method of application: NCS Hillingdon (20th Jan 2014)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21st Jan 2014
Date of debit of fees: 31st Jan 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 6th Feb 2014 dated 31st Jan 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 19th March 2014 dated 11th March 2014
Date of Ceremony: TBD

[quote="rw1perth"]Eligibility criteria: ILR + spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (Dudley)
Date of application: 07/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees: 26/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 19/03/2014
Date of Ceremony: 27/03/2014

Any November applicant still waiting ??

Hi Mate
I'm a 19th Nov Applicant and still waiting
Keep it up my friend

rishahid wrote:Any November applicant still waiting ??

Eligibility criteria: 2yr HSMP + 3yr Tier1 + 21 months ILR;
Language criteria met: British Master's Degree
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridge
Date of application: 21/01/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of acknowledgment: 31/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 31/01/2014
Date approval received: 19/03/2014 dated 12/03/2014
Date of ceremony: waiting

This forum has been very useful. Good Luck to all of you!!!

hello I'm so excited that I decided to share the good news in this forum.I received my application and it's finally approved.
Eligibility criteria.Long residence applicant.plus 1 year holding indefinite leave to remain
Method of application.Self post royal mail tracked.And pre paid self envelope .
Date applicant sent 22/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA 23/01/2014
Date of debit of fees.I don't know.Just checked my bank statement in the following weeks
Date of acknowledgement letter 01/02/2014 (saturday) very strange I did not know they would work on saturdays
Date of approval 14/03/2014 received only 19/03/2014 by post
Date of invitation letter by UKBA dated 15/03/2014
Date of ceremony to be booked
I'm really excited. I was expecting 3 months wait on average.But it only took 7 weeks nearly 2 months.
I'm really impressed with their service and efficiency.Thanks God.Now I have to book a date for the ceremony.Well I hope that everyone have their approval sooner.And thanks for this forum.All the best.Gio

[quote="Yulichka"]Hello all,

I though I add my timeline too, this forum has been very helpful last year when I applied for ILR

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Date of application: 12/12/2013
Method of application: NCS (Wandsworth)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/12/2013
Date of debit of fees: 20/01/2004
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 19/03 (dated 11/03)
Date of Ceremony: 25/03 (private) - group one was available for 26/03

Just an update, finally received an approval

Eligibility criteria: 2yr HSMP + 3yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS Brent (London)
Date of NCS appointment: 10/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/03/14
Date of debit of fees: 14/03/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 19/03/14 (dated 14/03/14)
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

Eligibility criteria : 10 Yrs (Long Residence) + 1yr ILR
Method of application : NCS Barking
Date of application : 28 February 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 3 March 2014
Date of debit of fees : 5 March 2014
Date of acknowledgement : 6 March 2014 Received 10 March 2014
Date of approval : WAITING
Date of Ceremony : WAITING

Hey ppl;

Has any one called HO after they received there brown envlp/ approvals..? This is to check if there system update is totally not updated?
Like i have seen many ppl contacting them, and getting response such as incomplete, no decision made yet etc..
And then getting there envlps...
This will boost applicants hope...
Should they contact them and waste time and money.... get stressed n stuff
or relax and wait!!
they system is soo not right... i have seen many getting approvals from end week of jabn-2014
where mine was made on 2nd week of jan. a simple straight forward case!

Thanks

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr T1G + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Enfield) 11/03/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Other Updates:

Interim Updates
13/03/2014: Called NCS council to get tracking reference of royal mail because the letter which council gave me says that I can get one but upon my call, they said that its get treated as internal mail and there is no tracking as yet and I can get reference number if I call back after not hearing from home office in 4 weeks

spui wrote:Eligibility criteria : 5yrs(HSMP + Tier1) + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 08-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014
Date of approval: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

We had use printouts of the PBS documents to prove that our degrees meet the requirements for the language section of the new KOLL requirements. The person at the NCS had warned us that it is possible that the homeoffice may not accept the documents provided but they wouldn't reject the application immediately and instead send us a letter instead requesting for it.

We then received a letter on the 27th of Feb dated 24th of Feb stating that our application didn't contain sufficient documentation for the KOLL requirements. They requested us for a letter from UK NARIC for both me and my spouse confirming that the degrees we obtained were recognised as meeting UK standards. I suspect that this may have happened because we may have forgotten to attach the printouts of the PBS calculations at the NCS because of the confusion about the new KOLL requirements.

I then contacted NARIC and obtained degrees of comparability using the 48 hour turnaround service for both me and my wife which cost us approximately GBP 200 each. I had a letter from my university confirming English to be the medium of instruction and a printout of a scanned copy of a similar letter to my wife. The original letter from the university for my wife was still in the post when we had to send the documents back.
I then took a print out of the website at
https://www.gov.uk/english-language
as well as printouts of the PBS calculation for both me and my wife.
I explained the situation in a covering letter and mailed the documents listed above to the home office.

I have just received a letter today confirming that my application for naturalisation was successful. I am now awaiting the invitation from the local authority for the citizenship ceremony.

my latest timeline.

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs(HSMP + Tier1) + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 08-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (dated on 17-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

Eligibility criteria: 10 year long residence (student,psw,tier 1 general) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria : LIUK + B1
Method of application: NCS Aylesbury
Date application sent: 12/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/03/14
Date of debit of fees: 20/03/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of documents:WAITING
Date of ceremony: WAITING
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Eligibility criteria : 10 years long stay + 9 months ILR due to Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 07-02-2014
Date of debit of fees: 05-02-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (Dated 15-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: 08-04-2014

I wish all of you the best of luck. Please note that the discretion which exists in the Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981 seems reasonably safe .

Application in Nov and still waiting