April 2015 Naturalization application Timeline ONLY

[usman81]

All April applicants, don't forget this forum is merely 1% of total applications posted to ho every month. So expect August to be the month of returns.

[Seena]

Dear All,

I got my approval today,
applied on 31st March,
approval date is: 10th July.
Based on spouse of BC

Good Luck All...

[Ziuta]

Dear All,

I got my approval today,
applied on 31st March,
approval date is: 10th July.
Based on spouse of BC

Good Luck All...

Congratulations!!!

[landcruiser94]

Guys,
In as much as we may all feel different levels of frustration regarding our application, making speculation is not helping anyone. A good guide will be to keep checking the March thread to see how that is moving along. As someone said, some late March applicants just received approvals. Sit tight and wait is all we can do.

Cheers.

[shalma19]

Dear All,

I got my approval today,
applied on 31st March,
approval date is: 10th July.
Based on spouse of BC

Good Luck All...

Hi seena congratulations
I applied on the 31st march based on bc spouse, may I know when was your fee deducted please?

[ChOudhry1]

Dear All,

I got my approval today,
applied on 31st March,
approval date is: 10th July.
Based on spouse of BC

Good Luck All...

Congratulations, please let us know what dates your application was delivered and fee deducted. I applied on 1st April through NCS and was delivered on 2nd April. Thanks a lot

[n2legos]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Carlisle)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2 April 2015
Date of debit of fees: 21 April 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25 April 2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Note: This is for two application forms; Spouse also applied at same time, same NCS appointment. So far, they are treating us together with one letter of acknowledgement to include both of us.

[Seena]

Here is my application dates:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of Application: 31st March 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 1st April 2015
Date of debit of fees: 17th April 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27 April 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 10th July 2015
Date of approval received by Royal Mail (No registered post): 16th July
Date of Ceremony: waiting for the ceremony invitation

[Cammrc]

Here is my application dates:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of Application: 31st March 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 1st April 2015
Date of debit of fees: 17th April 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27 April 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 10th July 2015
Date of approval received by Royal Mail (No registered post): 16th July
Date of Ceremony: waiting for the ceremony invitation

Congratulations!

[becomingbritish]

Congratulations Seena!

[ozmichelle]

Hello

I have been looking at this forum for a few weeks now and decided to post my stats. Fingers crossed we start getting our approval letters within the next month of so

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years (ancestry) + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Haringey
Date of Application: 9th April 2015 (but luckily NCS lady realised I wasn't in the country 5 years ago on that date as was on holiday in Australia, so application was actually sent off on 27th April 2015)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28th April 2015
Date of debit of fees: 4th June 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 3rd June 2015 (received the week of the 15th June, was away on holiday so not sure of exact date)
Date of Biometrics letter: 17th June 2015 (received the week of the 15th June, was away on holiday so not sure of exact date)
Date of Biometrics: 22nd June 2015 (done at Post Office)
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting

[tier2_cts]

Hi All,

I have submitted my application last Friday.
I have submitted my passport as a proof of identity, but I had used my BRP card which was issued in 2013, before getting my ILR, for Life in UK test.
I have not written any cover letter for the same.
Is this fine?

[ukswus]

Hi All,

I have submitted my application last Friday.
I have submitted my passport as a proof of identity, but I had used my BRP card which was issued in 2013, before getting my ILR, for Life in UK test.
I have not written any cover letter for the same.
Is this fine?

It's pretty obvious that most people obtained ILR brps only after they had passed LIUK test, and therefore had to return their old brps to the UKVI. So I don't see why you have to explain this any further.

[Android79]

Hi All,

I have submitted my application last Friday.
I have submitted my passport as a proof of identity, but I had used my BRP card which was issued in 2013, before getting my ILR, for Life in UK test.
I have not written any cover letter for the same.
Is this fine?

Hi All,

I have submitted my application last Friday.
I have submitted my passport as a proof of identity, but I had used my BRP card which was issued in 2013, before getting my ILR, for Life in UK test.
I have not written any cover letter for the same.
Is this fine?

Sorry buddy, i don't want to be rude but... why are you asking the same thing in all the treats?
Also, this is for April only, March is for March timeline.

If you submited the last friday then is july right?
So ask in the july treat and wait for reply pls.

Thanks

[shahjee11]

Has anyone received an approval from the April lot?

Noticing folks on March thread reporting their approvals who applied later that month, getting anxious

Applied on 01/04/15 (2 applicants)

And the wait goes on :

[ChOudhry1]

Has anyone received an approval from the April lot?

Noticing folks on March thread reporting their approvals who applied later that month, getting anxious

Applied on 01/04/15 (2 applicants)

And the wait goes on :

Applied on 1st April . Still being fooled

[FireballXL5]

My theory for why the process has massively slowed down for us terribly lucky April applicants (and those who follow us).

1.) After the massive scandal over citizenship last year, the Home Office scrambled to tighten up their procedures. Details of this were posted on this thread http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 78271.html

Particularly the following bit:

applicants' original paper files from previous applications will now be recalled to be reviewed manually during citizenship consideration, in recognition that CID -- the caseworking database -- contains incomplete and often inaccurate information about contents of those files. This can spell major delays IMHO

2.) Massive March backlog. FOIA requests have revealed that there were a massive amount of applications in March.

3.) Reassigning staff to passports. This happened last year because of the scandal over long waiting times for passports which always peak at this time of year. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened this year too. As this affects "real" British people as opposed to us horrible scrounging foreigners, passports will get priority (until of course my OH gets naturalisation and has to apply for one - then it will take 11 months).

4.) Biometrics. I don't think this is a major factor (especially for those who applied in the first week of April who didn't do it). But it all adds up.

5.) And last but not least...My OH applied this month. The Home Office have a vendetta against us (our one-day "premium service" ILR application ended up taking 7 months for no good reason) so they obviously had to take ages over the April applications to get at us.

[funkylen007]

Hi All,

I have submitted my application last Friday.
I have submitted my passport as a proof of identity, but I had used my BRP card which was issued in 2013, before getting my ILR, for Life in UK test.
I have not written any cover letter for the same.
Is this fine?

Hi, if we use BRP as ID proof for Life in UK test, UKBA knows that they would issue a new BRP card after ILR and they would have taken back your Tier1/Tier2 BRP card. And without ILR you cant apply for Citizenship . So, relax, should be fine. And yes, please post your queries in July 2015 Naturalization application Timeline ONLY.

[bobby_das]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of british citizen + 5month ILR (2 Applications wife +daughter)
Language criteria met: Degree taught in english+life in the uk
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 1st April 2015
Payment method: C card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2nd April 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17th april 2015
Date of acknowledgement: 22nd april 2015
Date of receipt by Biometric info: N/A
Date of Submission of Biometric info: N/A
Date approval received: 22/07/2015
Date of ceremony: waiting for invitation.
nationality :indian

finally wait is over.
hope all the April applicants are going to receive thier's soon from now on

[elmuser]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of british citizen + 5month ILR (2 Applications wife +daughter)
Language criteria met: Degree taught in english+life in the uk
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 1st April 2015
Payment method: C card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2nd April 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17th april 2015
Date of acknowledgement: 22nd april 2015
Date of receipt by Biometric info: N/A
Date of Submission of Biometric info: N/A
Date approval received: 22/07/2015
Date of ceremony: waiting for invitation.
nationality :indian


finally wait is over.
hope all the April applicants are going to receive thier's soon from now on

Congratulations

[spikey]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of british citizen + 5month ILR (2 Applications wife +daughter)
Language criteria met: Degree taught in english+life in the uk
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 1st April 2015
Payment method: C card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2nd April 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17th april 2015
Date of acknowledgement: 22nd april 2015
Date of receipt by Biometric info: N/A
Date of Submission of Biometric info: N/A
Date approval received: 22/07/2015
Date of ceremony: waiting for invitation.
nationality :indian

finally wait is over.
hope all the April applicants are going to receive thier's soon from now on

Wow. That's brilliant.

[vallae14]

Bear in mind the approval for the April applicant is before the biometrics was introduced. Take that with a pinch of salt as majority of April applicants are under the new BRP rule. Until someone with the BRP applicant has received approval just sit tight and chill.

[usman81]

Bear in mind the approval for the April applicant is before the biometrics was introduced. Take that with a pinch of salt as majority of April applicants are under the new BRP rule. Until someone with the BRP applicant has received approval just sit tight and chill.

Why are you so pessimistic? It would have always started with April 1st applicant. No major changes but just a finger print they added from 6th april... Chill

[vignezh]

Bear in mind the approval for the April applicant is before the biometrics was introduced. Take that with a pinch of salt as majority of April applicants are under the new BRP rule. Until someone with the BRP applicant has received approval just sit tight and chill.

Why are you so pessimistic? It would have always started with April 1st applicant. No major changes but just a finger print they added from 6th april... Chill

Totally agreed. IMHO, biometrics should rather speed up the process as it confirms the identity of the applicant, most likely all of April applicants would have submitted their Biometrics by now, so there shouldn't be any extra delay for us compare to pre-biometrics April applicants.

[sanky_001]

Bear in mind the approval for the April applicant is before the biometrics was introduced. Take that with a pinch of salt as majority of April applicants are under the new BRP rule. Until someone with the BRP applicant has received approval just sit tight and chill.

Why are you so pessimistic? It would have always started with April 1st applicant. No major changes but just a finger print they added from 6th april... Chill

Absolutely! Just bcoz BRP is introduced it does not make a difference in the scrutiny n checks all the applications are going through.

So happy to see the 1st approval for April.

Letz look forward for more.

Congratulations bobby_das..Cheers !