April 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[ryan2020]

Its been about 165 days for me... No updates yet :(

why you guys don't involve your MP. It may expedite your case.

I was also candidate for April 2014 but by grace of ALLAH I got it in 5 weeks.

Now I'm waiting for the passport only ....

[skilled_migrant]

Its been about 165 days for me... No updates yet :(

why you guys don't involve your MP. It may expedite your case.

I was also candidate for April 2014 but by grace of ALLAH I got it in 5 weeks.

Now I'm waiting for the passport only ....

You can not involove MP before their standard processing time which is currently 6 months.

You was lucky that you got your approval in April. Ask who applied on last dates of April and May (unfortunately I am one of them). This whole delay is caused by passport backlog. Citizenship approvals directly impact passport applications so they slowed processing these applications deliberately and staff was moved to passports department. There are a lot of news on BBC and daily-mail about the mess.

[addy82]

As difficult as it is to wait - just remember that they advise 6 months - there is no point pushing until you're at least around 5 months in (150-160 days). The waiting is just painful.
Just remember, British citizenship is seen as a privilege, not a right - don't push too hard on the home office - you'll inadvertently put a spot light on yourself that may make them take longer...
Hopefully we all get the result we want soon!

[sjj101]

Eligibility criteria: 2 Years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met : LIUK + IELTS for HSMP (the lady at NCS first said my IELTS certificate is not valid since it's not on her list and that she'll confirm with her colleagues and let me know if it's a problem, never heard back so assumed it was fine)
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15/04/2014
Payment method: Credit card (Bank blocked my transaction since it was "suspect", so I had to phone up and make another payment once I realised what had happened)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 29/04/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/05/2014
Date approval received: 18/08/2014 dated the 12th.
Date of ceremony: WAITING

So finally after a stressful wait I received my approval letter today! I was just about to give the HO a call when the post man arrived with brown envelope - huge relief!

I gave Wandsworth council a call to book ceremony, but they don't have certificate yet. The lady said they are now only doing one ceremony a month instead of weekly as before since there's such a backlog with certificates from the HO.

Hope we close April off soon and thanks for the support!

Cheers

[Lordblessme]

Eligibility criteria: 2 Years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met : LIUK + IELTS for HSMP (the lady at NCS first said my IELTS certificate is not valid since it's not on her list and that she'll confirm with her colleagues and let me know if it's a problem, never heard back so assumed it was fine)
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15/04/2014
Payment method: Credit card (Bank blocked my transaction since it was "suspect", so I had to phone up and make another payment once I realised what had happened)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 29/04/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/05/2014
Date approval received: 18/08/2014 dated the 12th.
Date of ceremony: WAITING

So finally after a stressful wait I received my approval letter today! I was just about to give the HO a call when the post man arrived with brown envelope - huge relief!

I gave Wandsworth council a call to book ceremony, but they don't have certificate yet. The lady said they are now only doing one ceremony a month instead of weekly as before since there's such a backlog with certificates from the HO.

Hope we close April off soon and thanks for the support!

Cheers

Congrats mate!!!

[Waitingfor]

Eligibility criteria: 2 Year Spouse and 1year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): LiUk + Expired IELTS test results
Current nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: By RM Next day delivery
Council name if NCS used: NA
Date of application: 29th April 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30th April 2014
Date of acknowledgment: 10th May 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21 May 2014
Date approval received: 19th Aug 2014, dated 15th Aug 2014
Date of ceremony: TBC

ps: payment declined initially. New payment form sent 12th May
Finally received approval. Best of luck to all others who are still waiting.

[vivdubes]

Anyone still waiting who applied in April and has not heard since.

[sangram]

Eligibility : HSMP/Tier 1
Current Nationality :Pakistan
Date of Application: 02/04/2014
Date of Acknowledgment : 22/04/2014
Date of Approval :Waiting

[Marie1981]

Yes I applied the 2nd of April and have heard nothing..... Just a waiting game!

[Eea citizen]

Applied on end of March and still waiting .

[libbi11]

hi all,

126 days and still waiting.. painful when june appl being approved already. is anyone still waiting??

[juansmith007]

hi all,

126 days and still waiting.. painful when june appl being approved already. is anyone still waiting??

still waiting too, it has been 5 months now.

Applied beginning of April, received a call around 1st or 2nd of June from the caseworker (a question related to the application), I obviously asked the caseworker how long the application would take and the response was: "you should receive a response within two weeks" but I waited and waited and it never came... I guess it must be related to the whole passport mess because it was around that time... it is quite frustrating to see people who applied much later receiving approvals, I think my application is just sitting in some 'forgotten applications' pile.

[juansmith007]

Does anyone know whether the (in)famous 6m period starts with the date the HO receives the application or if it starts from the date on the acknowledgement letter?

[vivdubes]

From the date of acknowledgement letter..

[libbi11]

hi all,

126 days and still waiting.. painful when june appl being approved already. is anyone still waiting??

still waiting too, it has been 5 months now.

Applied beginning of April, received a call around 1st or 2nd of June from the caseworker (a question related to the application), I obviously asked the caseworker how long the application would take and the response was: "you should receive a response within two weeks" but I waited and waited and it never came... I guess it must be related to the whole passport mess because it was around that time... it is quite frustrating to see people who applied much later receiving approvals, I think my application is just sitting in some 'forgotten applications' pile.[/quot

I don't understand how does it work? what are they doing for so long. most of the cases are straight forward. and why is it not first in first out? do they have any system whatsoever??
I think mine is in 'forgotten pile' as well

[imtiyazm]

Hi Libbi11, We are all in same boat, its been 5 months for me as well, applied 09th April.
I called them yesterday and the usual response, wait for 6 months and he said your application is well within that timeline.

when I asked him what can I do after 6 months his response was, we can then give you reason why its been delayed for so long

[libbi11]

Hi Imtiyazm,

I know, now choice..waiting game..so annoying

[ARIFUR81]

Hi Libbi11, We are all in same boat, its been 5 months for me as well, applied 09th April.
I called them yesterday and the usual response, wait for 6 months and he said your application is well within that timeline.

when I asked him what can I do after 6 months his response was, we can then give you reason why its been delayed for so long

Hi Imtiyaz,
Same here applied on April acknowledgement letter was received on 7/04/2014 after that waited until july before made a call to HO they replied your application in progress everyhing looks ok you will be notified if there is any issue since that its been waiting game, i have never waited for my post man but now his like a celebrity looking out for him everday morning, even when i m at work calling my wife to see anything arrived but as usual nothing. I pray that we all recive a good news soon, please keep us updated if you hear anything

[Psalm]

I have been silently following this thread since i made my application in April until today i got my approval letter.

I thought i should share my timeline to encourage others waiting to get their approval.

Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 25th April 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28th April 2014
Date of acknowledgment: 14th May 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12 May 2014
Date approval received: 05/09/2014
Date of ceremony: TBC

I know its really to keep waiting for the approval letter after several months and especially when people who applied after you are getting approval letters. I wish all guys waiting the best and hopefully, you will get yours soon.

[imtiyazm]

Update update and finally after 148 days
The white envelope(aka the brown) finally arrived, it did include the registration certificate as this was for my son. My timelines below

Category-section 1(3) , MN1
Date applied-09/04/14
Date of fees debit-22/04/14
Date of letter acknowledgement -22/04/14
Date approval received -05/09/14
Date in registration-03/09/14
Ceremony-NA

[MonkeyBusiness]

Hi all,

Can we have a list of those who are still waiting for a decision ? so at least we know how many are still waiting

[NoRest]

Hi all,

Can we have a list of those who are still waiting for a decision ? so at least we know how many are still waiting

I'm still waiting impatiently
Applied 30th April

[sangram]

Applied 2nd of April
No reply at all after the acknowledgment

[ARIFUR81]

Hi all,

Can we have a list of those who are still waiting for a decision ? so at least we know how many are still waiting

Hi
I m waiting, applied un April received acknowledgment letter 7th April and now waiting

[Lordblessme]

Still waiting - application received at UKBA 14th April