Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Tk.Adedun · Post by **Tk.Adedun** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:15 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 years residence
Nationality: Nigerian/ but born in the United Kingdom
Method of application: Self Post
Date of application: 7/10/2014
Payment method: credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/10/2014 (DX Tracking Proof)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21/10/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 24/10/2014
Date approval received: ( dated on the 26/11/2014) (received on the 28/11/2014)
Date of ceremony: need to book private

All thanks to God Almighty

darkstar · Post by **darkstar** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:26 am

Eligibility criteria: 1 Year WP + 4 Year Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
Language Criteria: UK University Degree
Method of application: NCS (Hackney - London)
Date of Application: 10/11/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/11/14
Date of debit of fees: 27/11/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/12/14 (Dated 27/11/14)
Date of receipt of approval: wait...
Date of ceremony: wait ......

kkhine · Post by **kkhine** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:53 am

Eligibility criteria : 5 yr + 1 yr ILR

Application : adult 2 + 1 Child

Current Nationality: Myanmar

Method of application : N C S ( Bath and North Somerset Council )

Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Home Office : 11/07/14

Date of debit of fees : 14/07/14

Date of receipt approval : waiting

Date of ceremony : waiting

mamamia007 · Post by **mamamia007** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:00 pm

mamamia007 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 General +1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Trinity college B1, life in UK test
Method of application: NCS Kingston upon Thames
Date of application: 18.11.2014
Method of payment: credit card
Date of receipt By UKBA: 19.11.2014
Date of debit of fee: 29.11.2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :29.11.2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Soow1234 · Post by **Soow1234** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:13 pm

Eligibility criteria: 13 yrs Spouse of BC + 2 yr ILR. But Total staying in UK 3yrs only including 2yrs ILR
Language criteria met: B1 Trinity + Life in the UK
Method of Application: NCS EDINBURGH
Date of application: 21/07/14
Date of receipt by UKBA : 23/07/14
Payment method: CC
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 02/08/14
Date acknowledgement received: 07/08/14
Date approval received:03/12/14 DATE 27/11/14 SURE THEY USE MY RECORED DREIVELY ,
Date of ceremony: ??waiting

found out the date print in the letter is not necessary send on same date.

noajthan · Post by **noajthan** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:07 pm

noajthan wrote:Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr spouse of BC (including 2 yrs ILR)
Language criteria met: Life in the UK + ESOL (Speaking/Listening @ Level 1 - University of Cambridge)
Current nationality: Filipino
Method of application: NCS (Hampshire - Aldershot)
Date of application: 13/11/2014
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/11/2014 (as per Royal Mail Special Delivery 'Track & Trace' report)
Date of debit of fees: 3/12/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

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huqqapani · Post by **huqqapani** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:52 pm

Eligibility Criteria: 10 Long residence + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK University certificate
Method of Application: NCS (Carlton, Notts)
Date of Application: 3rd December 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: Waiting
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - Waiting
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

And so begins my waiting game....

darlingbasser · Post by **darlingbasser** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:34 pm

Eligibility Criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + B1
Method of Application: NCS Lambeth
Date of Application: 29 october 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: 30 October 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - 17 November 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 17 November 2014
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting

Date of Ceremony: Waiting

mavis123 · Post by **mavis123** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:24 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency+ 1yr ILR
Language criteria met : B1 Test + Life in the UK Test
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith & Fulham
Date of application: 29/7/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/8/14
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated 11/8/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/8/14
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony:TBC

hsmpaspirant2008 · Post by **hsmpaspirant2008** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:49 am

Eligibility Criteria: 5 yrs T1-General + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + expired IELTS used for my initial HSMP
Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application: 3rd December 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: Waiting
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - Waiting
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

And the start of the end of immigration journey begins ...

Mas18 · Post by **Mas18** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:30 pm

Mas18 wrote:Eligibilty criteria : 5 years Tier1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS, Leicester
No of applicants : 1 Adult
Date of application: 13th Nov 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 14th Nov 2014
Method of Payment : Credit Card
Date of Debit of fees : 27 Nov 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 27 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03 Nov 2014
Date on Aproval letter : awaiting
Date of receipt of aproval letter : awaiting
Date of Ceremony : awaiting

abhiyutesh · Post by **abhiyutesh** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:06 am

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Brent)
Date of application: 01 Nov 2014
Method of Payment: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Never received any letter or email but fee has been taken now.
Date of debit of fees: 19 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 5th Dec
Date of Ceremony: will call on Monday to arrange

Naijaninja1000 · Post by **Naijaninja1000** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:44 am

Eligibility criteria: spouse 2years + 1 yr ILR
Method of Application: NCS Cumbria
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of Application: 28th Oct. 2014
Date Application Received: 30th Oct
Payment Method: Bank Debit card
Date of debit card clearance: 14th Nov. 2014
Date of Acknowledgement:20th Nov 14, dated 14th Nov 14
Date of Approval: 21st Nov..received 26th Nov.

Date of Ceremony: To be updated...10th December 2014

I wish you all the best and favourable responses to your applications, God bless those guys at the Home Office.. I met really nice people at their Liverpool office when I went for my ILR. They were very professional and efficient

@Sammyboy.......how are you buddy, where have you been? keep us updated... when is your ceremony or have you had it???

rabigul · Post by **rabigul** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:57 am

Hi ALL,

I would like to share my experience and best of luck to you all whom decision is pending or will apply one day.
We submitted our application as couple and here are timelines;

Eligibility Criteria: 5 years Tier 1 G + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK Degree & B1 certificate for Mrs.
Method of Application: NCS (Ampthil, Bucks)
Date of Application: 29 Oct 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: 30 Oct 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Debit Card - 14 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 20 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Approval: 06 Dec 2014 ( Date printed 27 Nov 2014)
Date of Ceremony: 07 Jan 2015 (Letter received from MK Council along with approval letters)

The processing time seems promising, nearly took 8/9 working days to reach decision. I presume this depends on which NCS centre you submit application!

cheers

BuzzOLL · Post by **BuzzOLL** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 8:29 am

I usually don't participate in discussions, but as I did not find a lot of information on British spouse application, here is mine

Eligibility Criteria: 2 years spouse + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK Degree
Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application: 20 Oct 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: 06 Nov 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Debit Card - 06 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 06 Nov 2014 (via email)
Date of Receipt of Approval: 29 Nov 2014 ( Date printed 22 Nov 2014)
Date of Ceremony: 18 Dec 2014

DC1982 · Post by **DC1982** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:47 pm

Final update

No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : EU citizen, 5 years + 1 year Certificate of Permanent Residency
Language criteria : IELTS
Method of application: NCS Brent
Date of application: 05/11/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 27/11/14 (letter dated 21/11/14)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/11/14 (Saturday!)
Date approval received: 04/12/14 (letter dated 28/11/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/12/14

Jollyman · Post by **Jollyman** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:10 pm

Eligibility criteria: 2Years Married to British Spouse + 1.5Years ILR
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 08/11/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/14
Date of debit of fees: 26/11/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/11/14 (Dated 26/11/14)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/12/14 (Dated 3/12/14)
Date of Ceremony: To Be Booked

Would like to say thanks for everyone that has put their experience on this forum. Your experiences is something that looked at on a regular basis. Would also like to wish people waiting for their approval, ALL The Best!!!

KateMe · Post by **KateMe** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:17 pm

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 8yr + 1yr Resident Card
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13th October 2014
Date of debit of fees: 27th October 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25th October 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 17th November 2014
Date of Ceremony: 17th Decemcer 2014

Very quick service, just one month of waiting, I am extremely proud to be a British Citizen now! Many thanks and good luck to all applicants!

capsancho · Post by **capsancho** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:12 am

capsancho wrote:Thought I should share our case as it was extremely quick.

Eligibility criteria: Applied as couple (EEA National with EEA Permanent Residence + EEA Family Member with EEA Permanent Residence). Both 6yr + 1yr Permanent Residence
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/Oct/2014
Date of debit of fees: 10/Nov/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/Nov/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 21/Nov/2014
Date of Ceremony: 17/Dez/2014

Updated to add ceremony date. Because of our concil it will take us longer to be able to attend the ceremony than it took to get our application approved.

maheshkrc · Post by **maheshkrc** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:37 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 09/12/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/12/2014
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

jvincent · Post by **jvincent** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:57 pm

Eligibility criteria: 8yr EU + Commonwealth + Married to British Citizen 6 Yr
Method of application: NCS Cannock
Date of application: 04/06/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/06/2014
Date of debit of fees: 04/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

I have tried calling to follow up on the progress of my application, they stated it was still in progress and that I would need to post a letter to them requesting a progress letter. I am very annoyed at the length of time this is taking. I assumed my application would be a breeze, as I qualify on a number of different levels.

Mas18 · Post by **Mas18** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:24 pm

Mas18 wrote:
Mas18 wrote:Eligibilty criteria : 5 years Tier1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS, Leicester
No of applicants : 1 Adult
Date of application: 13th Nov 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 14th Nov 2014
Method of Payment : Credit Card
Date of Debit of fees : 27 Nov 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 27 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03 Nov 2014
Date on Approval letter : 09 Dec 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter : 12 Dec 2014
Date of Ceremony : awaiting

Andyfromoz · Post by **Andyfromoz** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:26 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS, Kensington
No of applicants: 1 adult
Date of application: 14th November 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17th November 2014
Method of payment: credit card
Date of debit of fees: 27th November 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 27th November 2014
Receipt of acknowledgement: 2nd December 2014
Date on approval letter: 9th December 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter: 12th December 2014
Date of ceremony: 19th December 2014

ibrahim10000 · Post by **ibrahim10000** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:31 pm

Eligibilty criteria : 5 years (Work Permit + Tier 2) + 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS - Southampton
No of applicants : 1 Adult
Date of application : 10 Nov 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : ??
Method of Payment : Credit Card
Date of Debit of fees : 25 Nov 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 25 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28 Nov 2014
Date on Approval letter : 11 Dec 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter : 13 Dec 2014
Date of Ceremony : awaiting

Note that they have actually asked for some additional documents on 03 Dec 2014. Hence I sent them these by special delivery on 08 Dec 2014 and they replied back with a decision couple of days later.

Good luck everyone!

immn · Post by **immn** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:32 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR + Spouse of a BC
Language criteria met: UK degree + LIUK
Current nationality: Commonwealth
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 26/11/14
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: ??
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 05/12/2014 (Balance Dropped)
Date approval received: ??
Date of ceremony: ??

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