Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Dee-83]

Hi All,

I've joined the boards to post up my experience to date,

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 22 Yrs - Right of Abode ( Father & Mother British Citizens )
Method of application: Sent Direct - Royal Mail Next Day Tracking
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01.10.2014
Date of debit of fees: 09.10.2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16.02.2015
Date of receipt of approval: - Still Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still Waiting

I received a letter from the HO on the 26th of March advising that I need to provide an acceptable English language qualification in order for my naturalisation application to proceed further. No mention of this on the AN form which I completed - sent off my life in the UK test results.

Subsequently, I undertook and completed the ESOL Entry 3 / B1 English 4th of April 2015 and sent this to them on the 13th of April.

To date I have not received any acknowledgement on the above or my application, would this be classed as normal given that I had to submitted additional documentation.

Thanks all

[stoofie]

Eligibility Criteria: Work permit + ILR
Method of Application: NCS Ealing
Application Submitted: 30 May 2015
Application Received: 3 June 2105 (Signed for)
Payment taken: 4 July 2105
Receipt of Acknowledgement:
Biometrics Request: 3 July 2015 (received 8 July 2015)
Biometrics Submitted: 9 July 2015
Receipt of Approval:
Ceremony:

[Maliksahb]

Eligibility criteria: 3 year British spouse + 1 month ILR
Language criteria met - Pakistani
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 25th March 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th March 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th April 2015 (dated 13th April 2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13th April 2015
Date approval:
Approval received:10th Jul 2015
Date of ceremony:12th Aug 2015

Got Letter today but No life in the UK test back in post. Any one have any idea why they are keeping it and not sending back. is it useless?

[bestshow]

Eligibility criteria: 3 year British spouse + 1 month ILR
Language criteria met - Pakistani
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 25th March 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th March 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th April 2015 (dated 13th April 2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13th April 2015
Date approval:
Approval received:10th Jul 2015
Date of ceremony:12th Aug 2015

Got Letter today but No life in the UK test back in post. Any one have any idea why they are keeping it and not sending back. is it useless?

their policy to keep it when you are granted the BC as you do not need it any more.

[meb4ne1]

Finally!!

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK degree
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 05-Feb-2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKVI: 06-Feb-2015
Date of acknowledgement: 16-Feb-2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18-Feb-2015
Passport Sent back on: 17-Jun-2015 (Dated 12-Jun2015)
Date approval received: 10-Jul-2015 (Dated: 7-Jul-2015)
Date of ceremony: Waiting ..

[ChOudhry1]

Finally!!

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK degree
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 05-Feb-2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKVI: 06-Feb-2015
Date of acknowledgement: 16-Feb-2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18-Feb-2015
Passport Sent back on: 17-Jun-2015 (Dated 12-Jun2015)
Date approval received: 10-Jul-2015 (Dated: 7-Jul-2015)
Date of ceremony: Waiting ..

Congratulations mate. You must be very relaxed after all these years. Plz pray for us too.

[meb4ne1]

Congratulations mate. You must be very relaxed after all these years. Plz pray for us too.

I was relaxed already. As you can see from my timeline, it took me 5 months so I'd say just stop worrying and let HO do their job.

And yeah, 11 years ago I never thought I'd still be here. But feels good to finally call UK my home

[Runiali]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years residence 2 yrs spouse of BC and 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK, + esol
Current nationality: EGYPTIAN
Number of Applicants: 1
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: WESTMINSTER
Date of application: 20/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/06/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/01/2015
Date of acknowledgement: NA
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

It's strange they did not even take your fees for 6 months. As for biometrics, you are not required to submit it, because this started to apply only to applicants after April 2015.

Sorry it's my mistake in typing. The date for debit clearance is 27/01/2015

Almost a week after application. Apologise

[Runiali]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years residence 2 yrs spouse of BC and 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK, + esol
Current nationality: EGYPTIAN
Number of Applicants: 1
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: WESTMINSTER
Date of application: 20/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/01/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/01/2015
Date of acknowledgement: NA
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

Last Monday I tried my luck and called the home office and explain to them that it's almost 6 months and I had not even received any letter as acknowledgement letter or biometric letter or anything from home office . She said they will call me back in few days , and just today I get a call from them and the officer said my application is pending further inquiries and when asked he said he cannot give details and advices TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER 8-12 WEEKS AND IF I DONT HEAR BY THEN I CAN CALL BACK. When I said next week it will be 6 months he said he don't think I will hear from them in the next 2 weeks and its general qui dance that they reply within 6 months and I said if I speak to my MP, he said I can but it will be same information he just told me.


Please anyone can advice me on that, knowing that I came in 2005 and applied for asylum at airport then was detained for few months at yards wood and deported. After that in 2011(when my husband got his ILR) he applied for marriage visa to me and refused (HO disputed marriage is not geniune, I was pregnant at that time ) then granted in appeal, Came to UK on spouse visa in January 2012. Applied for indefinite same day service in February 2014 and was issued with biometric residence permit. Now I have two kids who are British (although the NCS Officer DID NOT it include their birth certificate in application). Never had any criminal record or penalty.

Please advice or sharing any similar experience will be very much appreciated.

Thank you

[meb4ne1]

Please anyone can advice me on that, knowing that I came in 2005 and applied for asylum at airport then was detained for few months at yards wood and deported. After that in 2011(when my husband got his ILR) he applied for marriage visa to me and refused (HO disputed marriage is not geniune, I was pregnant at that time ) then granted in appeal, Came to UK on spouse visa in January 2012. Applied for indefinite same day service in February 2014 and was issued with biometric residence permit. Now I have two kids who are British (although the NCS Officer DID NOT it include their birth certificate in application). Never had any criminal record or penalty.

Your case is what we can call complicated. You applied asylum at the airport (which means the officer rejected entry to the UK), were detained and deported. You also had your spouse visa rejected and were granted on appeal which means there was some exceptional circumstances for the visa.

HO need time to go back and check if everything is in order because as mentioned hundreds of times on this forum, British Citizenship checks are not the same as ILR. So please be patient and hope for the best.

[Unified]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Highly Skilled Migrant / Teir 2 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Australian, Life in UK test.
Method of application: National Checking Service (Hammersmith)
Date of application: 29 June 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29 June (Checking Service)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 3 July 2015
Date of acknowledgment received: 9 July 2015 (dated 6 July 2015)
Biometrics request received: 9 July 2015 (dated 6 July 2015)
Biometrics submitted: 10 July 2015
Date approval: Waiting
Approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[cooldude786]

[quote="cooldude786"][quote="cooldude786"][quote="cooldude786"][quote="cooldude786"]Eligibility criteria: 3 Years Spouse to British national and ILR
Nationality : Pakistani
Language criteria: Life in the UK + B1 English
Date of application: 16/02/2015 NCS Goole
Date of receipt by HO: 19/02/2015
Date of clearance of the fees: 24/02/2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgment: 25/02/2015 by email and by letter 27/02/2015 dated 25/02/2015
Date of Approval: 01/07/2015
Date of ceremony: 11/08/2015

please all be patient, it will come, the brown envelope.

[Dcastle]

Application Timeline
Single Application - British Citizenship
Eligibility criteria: 3 yr Married with BC,ILR, lItuk + Degree in Englsh (CAE Level B2)
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of Application: 21st May 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th May 2015 (due to 25th May was a bank holiday)
Payment Method: CC
Date of debit of fee deducted: 23 June 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10 July dated 23 June
Date f Biometric invitation: Received on 10 July dated 8 July
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[Dcastle]

[quote="Dcastle"][quote="Dcastle"]Application Timeline
Single Application - British Citizenship
Eligibility criteria: 3 yr Married with BC,ILR, lItuk + Degree in Englsh (CAE Level B2)
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of Application: 21st May 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th May 2015 (due to 25th May was a bank holiday)
Payment Method: CC
Date of debit of fee deducted: 23 June 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10 July dated 23 June
Date f Biometric invitation: Received on 10 July dated 8 July
Biometrics done: 10 July sent from Post Office
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[Runiali]

Please anyone can advice me on that, knowing that I came in 2005 and applied for asylum at airport then was detained for few months at yards wood and deported. After that in 2011(when my husband got his ILR) he applied for marriage visa to me and refused (HO disputed marriage is not geniune, I was pregnant at that time ) then granted in appeal, Came to UK on spouse visa in January 2012. Applied for indefinite same day service in February 2014 and was issued with biometric residence permit. Now I have two kids who are British (although the NCS Officer DID NOT it include their birth certificate in application). Never had any criminal record or penalty.

Your case is what we can call complicated. You applied asylum at the airport (which means the officer rejected entry to the UK), were detained and deported. You also had your spouse visa rejected and were granted on appeal which means there was some exceptional circumstances for the visa.

HO need time to go back and check if everything is in order because as mentioned hundreds of times on this forum, British Citizenship checks are not the same as ILR. So please be patient and hope for the best.

Thank you so much for reply. Please do you think there is anything I can do speed up, or any supporting evidence I can send. What checks if everything in order like, I mean what things they will look at? I just can't stop blaming myself for not insisting on the NCS OFFICER to put the birth certificate of my two kids in the application as an extra evidence.

[anp]

General info about applications can be requested at http://www.whatdotheyknow.com

Home office will never disclose the specifics of the process of your application. If they do, it means that they are requesting additional clarifications. When they do, you will know. In the meantime, sit tight and try to keep your mind off it.

[Loughborough]

Eligibility criteria:

Tier 2: 5 years + 1 year ILR - myself + wife + 2 minor kids
Language criteria met: myself - UK degree + LIUK test; wife - Pakistan Degree, NARIC, Letter from Pakistan Uni + LIUK test (actually met this requirement at the time of ILR).
Method of application: NCS/Nottingham
Date of application: 30/Apr/2015
Date of receipt: 05/May/2015 - checked using Royal Mail Tracking
Payment method: CC
Date of fee deduction: 20 June 2015
Date of acknowledgement: 28 May (email) - 8 Jul (post) with information about money deduction.
Date of receipt of Biometrics letter: 8 Jul 2015 dated 3 Jul 2015
Date of Submission of Biometric details:8 Jul 2015
Date approval received: not applicable at the moment
Date of ceremony: not applicable at the moment

[wesley]

Eligibility criteria: 4 Years Spouse Visa + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Cambridge KET
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 13 June 2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16 June 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: ?
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

Very straightforward application.
It's been 4 weeks and I haven't heard a peep out of the UKBA.

[Ziuta]

Eligibility criteria: 4 Years Spouse Visa + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Cambridge KET
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 13 June 2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16 June 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: ?
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

Very straightforward application.
It's been 4 weeks and I haven't heard a peep out of the UKBA.

I would phone them up, if no luck maybe try NCS.

[aakuij]

Eligibility criteria: 5+1 years Tier 1 + ILR(Applied with new form and fee)
Language criteria met: IELTS + Life in The UK Test
Method of application: NCS Oxford
Date of application: 27/05/2015
Application Received : 28/05/2015 (tracked on thedx.co.uk)
Payment method: CCard
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/06/2015
Date of acknowledgment Email received: 10/06/2015 (dated 23/06/2015)
Date of Biometric Letter received: 11/07/2015 (08/07/2015)
Biometric Enrolment: 11/07/2015
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[aakuij]

Eligibility criteria: 4 Years Spouse Visa + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Cambridge KET
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 13 June 2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16 June 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: ?
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

Very straightforward application.
It's been 4 weeks and I haven't heard a peep out of the UKBA.

I have applied in May, got acknowledgement letter on 10 Jul 15, fee deducted on 23 June.... hope that gives you some patience still you may try to speak with NCS. Good luck!!

[aakuij]

Application Timeline
Single Application - British Citizenship
Eligibility criteria: 3 yr Married with BC,ILR, lItuk + Degree in Englsh (CAE Level B2)
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of Application: 21st May 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th May 2015 (due to 25th May was a bank holiday)
Payment Method: CC
Date of debit of fee deducted: 23 June 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10 July dated 23 June
Date f Biometric invitation: Received on 10 July dated 8 July
Biometrics done: 10 July sent from Post Office
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Seems we guys are in same boat... people those who have applied in May (I applied on 27th May) are getting acknowledgement letter and biometric invitation late... I got today 11th Jul 15.. I hope they will consider rest of the processing on priority for us!!

[Gerkema]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years EEA2 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: ESOL qualification at Entry 3
Method of application: NCS Tower Hamlets
Date of application: 27 May 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28 May 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 10 June 2015
Date of acknowledgement:10 June 2015
Date of receipt by Biometric info: 12 June 2015
Date of Submission of Biometric info: 20 June 2015
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

[Significant]

Hello, can someone guide me with tested method, how to inform UKBA for address change for the Naturalization application, the following link which was mentioned with acknowledgement letter seems not working. Thanks

https://contact-ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ ... geAddress/

[sohail777]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 09 July 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 July 2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: ?
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?