TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[denzel247]

Called HO today and I was informed that my application is waiting to be allocated to a case worker.

[denzel247]

I have been waiting for 5 weeks what is the avarage prossesing time for citizenship these days?.....

Criteria: 7 years IRL
Type: POST 14/05/2011
Date recevied by HO: 16/05/2011
Date of payment on: 25/05/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 25/05/2011
Communications:Called HO 17/06/2011 Informed application waiting to be allocated to case worker.
Date of Approval letter:
Approval letter received:
Status:

[1664]

You could be next Denzel247

[Nazia88]

I have been waiting for 5 weeks what is the avarage prossesing time for citizenship these days?.....

Criteria: 7 years IRL
Type: POST 14/05/2011
Date recevied by HO: 16/05/2011
Date of payment on: 25/05/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 25/05/2011
Communications:Called HO 17/06/2011 Informed application waiting to be allocated to case worker.
Date of Approval letter:
Approval letter received:
Status:

waoo thats quick and goodluck for approval

[lasam]

Congratulation to all who got their approval and good luck to the rest of us

my timeline so far..

Criteria:marriage
Type: post 05/05/2011
Date recevied by HO: 06/05/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 11/05/2011
Date of Approval letter: waiting
i called HO and was told that my application is not in the system yet
its more than 6 weeks now

[newhsmp]

My timelines:

Criteria: 4 yr HSMP ( JR) + 1 Yr ILR
Type: NCS (Lewisham) 25/03/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 06/04/2011
Date of Approval letter: dated 9/06/2011

My sincere thanks to this Forum and all its members for all your support.

[pkalluri]

My timeline so far...

Criteria : 4 yrs HSMP (JR) + 1 Year ILR
Type : NCS Manchester
Date of submission : 04/05/2011
Date application received by UKBA :: 05/05/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 09/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 12/05/2011 dated 10/05/11
First Call to HO: 16/06/2001
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :
Date of application for passport :
Date of interview letter :
Date of receipt of documents :

Called HO and was told that my application has been scanned into the system on 15/06 and is moving up the Q system to be allocated to caseworker.

[denzel247]

My timelines:

Criteria: 4 yr HSMP ( JR) + 1 Yr ILR
Type: NCS (Lewisham) 25/03/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 06/04/2011
Date of Approval letter: dated 9/06/2011

My sincere thanks to this Forum and all its members for all your support.

Congratulation on your approval.

[Sam_London]

Here is my timeline:

Type : NCS
Date of submission : 03/05/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 12/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16/05/2011 dated 12/05/2011
First Call to HO: 17/06/2011
Date of receipt of approval : TBA
Date of ceremony : TBA
Date of application for passport : TBA
Date of interview letter : TBA
Date of receipt of documents : TBA

17.06.2011: Called HO and was advised that the application has passed the initial checks and waiting to be allocated to a case worker. Waiting period is three months, however, its likely to be done earlier than that.

Seems the HO have picked up the pace. From the looks of things, they've received an overwhelming amount of applications at end of March. I think we will see a much faster approval time in the next week or two. Sit back, relax and enjoy the wait

[denzel247]

Here is my timeline:

Type : NCS
Date of submission : 03/05/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 12/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16/05/2011 dated 12/05/2011
First Call to HO: 17/06/2011
Date of receipt of approval : TBA
Date of ceremony : TBA
Date of application for passport : TBA
Date of interview letter : TBA
Date of receipt of documents : TBA

17.06.2011: Called HO and was advised that the application has passed the initial checks and waiting to be allocated to a case worker. Waiting period is three months, however, its likely to be done earlier than that.

Seems the HO have picked up the pace. From the looks of things, they've received an overwhelming amount of applications at end of March. I think we will see a much faster approval time in the next week or two. Sit back, relax and enjoy the wait

Wait wait wait thats all we can do now nothing more

[radi8]

Got our approvals today

Criteria - EEA /2 adults + 2 kids (6years- residence)

NCS or Postal: Postal
Date of submission or posting: 20/04/ 2011
Date of UKBA received: 21/04/ 2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 04/05/2011 [/b
]Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 07/05/2011
Date of decision: 15/06/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 17/06/2011 (special delivery )
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of passport application: TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

Thanks for your support/ sharing and good luck to those waiting.

[rnr79]

Walnutfish,

This is quick. Looks like that no of applications after fee increase has dropped considerably. Please do share your experience and time line.

My timeline so far...

Criteria : 4 yrs HSMP (JR) + 1 Year ILR
Type : NCS (Newham) - (Family application - myself and wife)
Date of submission : 03/05/2011
Date application received by UKBA :: 04/05/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 09/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 13/05/2011 dated 10/05/11
First Call to HO: 17/06/2001 (decision was made on 16/06/2011)
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :
Date of application for passport :
Date of interview letter :
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of interview :
Date of receipt of passport :

Thats super fast mate, hope the amount of applications has been less after the March surge and hopefully the application made in May will start getting results in next 2-3 weeks (I am one of those )

[denzel247]

Got our approvals today

Criteria - EEA /2 adults + 2 kids (6years- residence)

NCS or Postal: Postal
Date of submission or posting: 20/04/ 2011
Date of UKBA received: 21/04/ 2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 04/05/2011 [/b
]Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 07/05/2011
Date of decision: 15/06/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 17/06/2011 (special delivery )
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of passport application: TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

Thanks for your support/ sharing and good luck to those waiting.

Congratulation on your approvals. That was quick about 8 weeks.

[newhsmp]

My timelines:

Criteria: 4 yr HSMP ( JR) + 1 Yr ILR
Type: NCS (Lewisham) 25/03/2011
Date of letter of acknowledgement: 06/04/2011
Date of Approval letter: dated 9/06/2011

My sincere thanks to this Forum and all its members for all your support.

Congratulation on your approval.

Many thanks Denzel247. Hope you get your approval very soon !

[TahirMahmood]

Criteria : 2 year WP+2 year HSMP + 1 Year ILR
Type : NCS (Ealing) - (Family application - myself and wife)
Date of submission : 15/04/2011
Date application received by UKBA :: 18/04/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 03/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 05/05/2011 dated 03/05/11
First Call to HO: Never
Date of receipt of approval : Waiting
Date of ceremony :
Date of application for passport :
Date of interview letter :
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of interview :
Date of receipt of passport


Hope will get the news next week...)

[osteophytes]

Date of application: 9th June 2011 (NCS)
No ack letter yet.

Worried about the planned industrial action by various public sector unions - immigration staff belong to these groups!

[gidoc]

This from a recent approval post:

Date of decision: 15/06/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 17/06/2011 (special delivery

It appears that postal applications get their documents by special delivery as they have their passorts being returned.

NCS applicants merely get a brown envelope by second class mail, which can take upto 10 days.

Has anyone approached the Council for an invite before actually gettting an approval letter but with the knowledge from HO that a decision had been taken sometime ago? Councils are supposed to receive the citizenship cetf at the same time you get an approval letter

[1664]

osteophytes - I applied on the 10th june too..NCS Lewisham.
Has your payment left your a/c yet?
Mine hasn't.

[Slightly]

osteophytes - I applied on the 10th june too..NCS Lewisham.
Has your payment left your a/c yet?
Mine hasn't.

For some reason, payments seem to take long for some people. For my application it took over 5 weeks!
If you're sure HO have received your application, don't worry. Sit back and relax, shouldn't be too long.

[jake749]

Criteria : 2 year WP+2 year HSMP + 1 Year ILR
Type : NCS (Ealing) - (Family application - myself and wife)
Date of submission : 15/04/2011
Date application received by UKBA :: 18/04/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 03/05/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 05/05/2011 dated 03/05/11
First Call to HO: Never
Date of receipt of approval : Waiting
Date of ceremony :
Date of application for passport :
Date of interview letter :
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of interview :
Date of receipt of passport


Hope will get the news next week...)

We've got almost the same timelines as with Cranberry,,, I've received my Approval yesterday (approval date 13/06/11)... you'll have your decision very soon now. Good Luck!

[pbs6vas]

still waiting to be alloted to a cw. This looks like a lottery.
Euromillion

[oluwa112]

cngratulations to those hearing more good news.

I am almost thru with the final stage...

CRITERIA - 10yrs Long Residence (Student all through) + 1 yr ILR
Type - NCS Sutton
Date of submission - 10/03/2011
Date reached HO – 11/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card - 18/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 22/03/2011 dated 17/03/2011
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council - 07/05/2011 - dated 27/04/2011
Date of Ceremony - 2nd June 2011... They did have 16th May Available but I will be outta town that week so wont be able to attend
Date of appln. for passport - 02/06/2011
Method used - post office Check and Send
Date of Receipt of documents -06/06/2011 (i used the progress tracker on the IPS website)
Interview Invitation letter - The Letter instructed me to call and book my passport appointment.. Received 17/06/2011 - Dated 15/06/2011.
Interview Date - July 1st at the Crawley office. the London office was fully booked till further notice.
Date Documents Returned:
Date of interview -
Date passport received –

[Slightly]

Does the number of applicants (ie in a family application) affect greatly the time it takes for an approval to come through?

It looks like April applications are being looked at at an impressive speed, but don't want to get my hopes too high too soon!

[Slightly]

cngratulations to those hearing more good news.

I am almost thru with the final stage...

CRITERIA - 10yrs Long Residence (Student all through) + 1 yr ILR
Type - NCS Sutton
Date of submission - 10/03/2011
Date reached HO – 11/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card - 18/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 22/03/2011 dated 17/03/2011
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council - 07/05/2011 - dated 27/04/2011
Date of Ceremony - 2nd June 2011... They did have 16th May Available but I will be outta town that week so wont be able to attend
Date of appln. for passport - 02/06/2011
Method used - post office Check and Send
Date of Receipt of documents -06/06/2011 (i used the progress tracker on the IPS website)
Interview Invitation letter - The Letter instructed me to call and book my passport appointment.. Received 17/06/2011 - Dated 15/06/2011.
Interview Date - July 1st at the Crawley office. the London office was fully booked till further notice.
Date Documents Returned:
Date of interview -
Date passport received –

Congratulations!
There is now a sticky on passport timelines, if you wouldn't mind sharing your IPS experience there that would be fabulous.

[Erun]

Does the number of applicants (ie in a family application) affect greatly the time it takes for an approval to come through?

It looks like April applications are being looked at at an impressive speed, but don't want to get my hopes too high too soon!

It is hard not to...as you think, hmmm, I could be one of those unlucky ones that's stuck waiting longer. :/ As nice as it is to see even a May applicant get approved, it really strikes me as unfair to still have some March and April applicants waiting. There really is no rhyme or reason to the way they do things it seems.