February 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[techie_09]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Yr (HSMP + Tier 1) + 1 Yr ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Expired IELTS Test + LIUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Croydon
Council name if NCS used: Croydon
Date of application: 07 Feb 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 Feb 2014 (Tracked Confirmation)
Date of aknowlegment: 12 Feb 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12 Feb 2014
Date approval received: Spouse + Child received on 27 March (letter dated 23 March). Mine arrived on 28 March (letter dated 23 March)
Date of ceremony: 30 April 2014

Note: I have successfully met the English language requirement using my expired IELTS certificate which I used during my initial HSMP application 6 years ago.

Good luck for others who are waiting for approval letter. You will also get your letters soon.

[britishAlex]

Eligibility Criteria: EU 5yrs + 1year PR (though I have not provided the PR card)
Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application: 11/02/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 12/02/2014
Date of Debit of Fees: 18/02/2014 / acknowledgement letter issued 17/02/2014
Date of Approval: not known, approval letter from HO not received yet
Letter from County Council with ceremony invitation: 28/03/2014
Date of Ceremony: 1st May 2014

[dadageer]

Hello guys, it seems like my wait for that all important brown envelope is finally over and I have received approval letter from Home office this afternoon

My timeline is below..looking at it seems like it took 32 working days for them to make a decision on my application.

Eligibility criteria: 1yr HSMP+ 4 yrs Tier-1 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :IELTS 8.0
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 29.01.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Direct Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Dated 07.02.2014 (Received 11.02.2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 06.02.2014
Date approval received: 29.03.2014 (Letter dated 20.03.2014)
Date of ceremony: will do on Monday and update

As someone rightly pointed out this letter is from Home office and it just says that application is approved and just contact council for ceremony. As I applied through NCS I don't think I will receive any letter from council. However, those who applied directly may have to wait for two letters..

Well well..soon be posting my updates in passport thread ...thanks to all of you for your help and keeping this forum so informative and helpful..I am sure all you guys who are waiting will soon receive your approval..

[man4uni]

Eligibility Criteria : 5 Years on (HSMP + Tier1) + 1 Year ILR
Method of Application : Barking and Degenham NCS
Date of Application : 06 - Feb - 2014
Date of Debit of Fees : 12 - Feb - 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement : 17 - Feb - 2014
Date of Receipt of Approval : 28 - Feb - 2014 ( Letter Date : 22 - Feb - 2014)
Date of Ceremony : TBC


All the best to those in the waiting..

Firstly congrats for your approval. I believe you meant 28th March and letter dated from 22nd March or is it Feb ?

[man4uni]

Hi All,

Once again just to keep the timelines up to date, I have copied the screenshot below,

People who are still waiting need not worry, as we can see the number of approvals has jumped from 5 to 18, which is indeed a positive sign.


I have added the timeline for the following members too,
Roomi, Intk, eea_noneu, britishAlex, seyi, ijaz.ahmed, harry7476 and kronkonite

[harry7476]

Thanks man4uni. gr8 stuff.

[antouk]

Hi man4uni,

gud work, btw. my date of debt of fees was 6/Mar(that was because of a bounced cheque, for which i gave an alternate payment).

cheers

[man4uni]

Thanks man4uni. gr8 stuff.

Anytime mate! Glad you liked it.

Hi man4uni,
gud work, btw. my date of debt of fees was 6/Mar(that was because of a bounced cheque, for which i gave an alternate payment).
cheers

Thanks man! Oops... I've corrected it on the file, however you will see the changes in my next Sunday update i.e. 6th April 2014, since it doesn't allow me to edit the current update.

[lapkapups]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 + spouse of BC
Language criteria met: UK Masters Degree
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Camden
Date of application: 24/02/2014 (Monday)
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/02/2014 (Wednesday)
Date of acknowledgment: 05/03/2014 (Wednesday)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28/02/2014 (Friday)
Date approval received: 26/03/2014 (letter dated 25/03/2014) - This is the Council letter and not the HO letter. Awaiting HO Brown Enevelop. Received HO letter Brown Envelop on 27/03/2014
Date of ceremony: 14/04/2014

Just to clarify - I have now received 2 letters - one from the council and the other from the HO.

Wow, that was quick! End of Feb application and already the approval in the post!

I've been reading here, it looks like if you apply through NCS you get only one letter, if through RM, then 2. Does it mean then that the application date is the date you submit the documents to NCS (i.e. the date of appointment) or still the application date is the date HO actually receives it? I mean, from which date they will count the 5 years back.

[sunilbit]

Eligibility criteria: 2 Yrs WP + 3 Yrs Tier 1 + 2 Yrs ILR (Me + Wife + 1 kid MN1)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Indian degree + PBS printout
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Redbridge
Date of application: 10/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/02/2014
Date of aknowlegment: 19/02/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17/02/2014
Date approval received: 29/03/2014
Date of ceremony: 04/04/2014 (Private)

[babe_khyber]

[color=#000080][/color]
Congratulation to whom who were granted approvals. And best wishes for the rest who are waiting.
babe khyber

[dadageer]

As council registrar office is 5 min drive from my home I thought to go and see them in person regarding ceremony dates instead of calling them. When I showed the lady my Home office invitation she asked if I have received any letter from council and I said no I have not. She then checked in her records and confirmed that they indeed have received my certificate from Home office and they were about to dispatch me the letter for invitation. This means my assumptions earlier was wrong that people who apply though NCS only get one letter. Regardless how you applied you will need to have a council invitation and a Home office invitation.

Anyways, she said now that you are here we will not dispatch any letter and confirmed that the next available date for Public ceremony is 24th April. That was like more than three weeks away and I have to make some travel arrangements as well in May so I asked her if she can look for a private ceremony date which she confirmed is next week Wednesday. I asked if that one is the earliest they have got and she started looking at their database again and to my amazement confirmed that there is actually one slot left for a Public ceremony tomorrow ...She asked if I am ok with that and obviously I gave a resounding yes. So yes I am having my ceremony on April's fool day i.e. 01-04-2014

I think me going to the council and seeing them in person helped

My timeline

Eligibility criteria: 1yr HSMP+ 4 yrs Tier-1 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :IELTS 8.0
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 29.01.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Direct Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Dated 07.02.2014 (Received 11.02.2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 06.02.2014
Date approval received: 29.03.2014 (Letter dated 20.03.2014)
Date of ceremony: 01.04.2014

[rs.ind]

Eligibility Criteria: 5 years residence
Nationality: India
Language Criteria: Life in the UK Test,Degree taught in English certificate, PBS copy
Method of Application: Nationality Checking Service (NCS)
Council name if NCS: ilford
Date of application: 07/02/14
Payment method CC/DC: CC
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 11/02/14
Date Acknowledgement: 15/02/14
Date Debit Fees: 13/02/14
Date Approval Received: 31/03/14 (Dated 28/03/14)

Dear all,

Please find updated time line ,approval received on 31/03/14. Impressed quicker than expected , this forum has been very helpful,it made my life easy, appreciate all the guys who has been put efforts to maintain this forum. Thanks

Good luck for those who are waiting for Approvals

Thanks





Thanks

[salman4uall]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Yr (HSMP + Tier 1) + 1 Yr ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK DEGREE LIUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: Royal Mail Special Delivery
Date of application: 11 Feb 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12 Feb 2014 (Tracked Confirmation)
Date of aknowlegment: 17 Feb 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15 Feb 2014
Date approval received: 1 apr 2014 ( rcv letter from HO for successful application with passport,BRP and Degree )
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

Best of Luck to every1, and thanks to all them who posted here to get an idea how long is waiting cycle

[azharahmed2]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Yr (HSMP + Tier 1) + 1 Yr ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK DEGREE LIUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: Royal Mail Special Delivery
Date of application: 11 Feb 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12 Feb 2014 (Tracked Confirmation)
Date of aknowlegment: 17 Feb 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15 Feb 2014
Date approval received: 1 apr 2014 ( rcv letter from HO for successful application with passport,BRP and Degree )
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

Best of Luck to every1, and thanks to all them who posted here to get an idea how long is waiting cycle

Congrag Brother

[snipaaw]

first of i must say " i've been paying attetion to this room since feb 17th 2014 and i must say great job to the ones created this room and to everyone who has been updating their process of application, thank u so much" it ease our minds, giving us hopes.


Method of application: Royal Mail Special Delivery
Date of application: 13 Feb 2014
Payment method : Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 Feb 2014 (Tracked Confirmation)
Date of aknowlegment: 20 Feb 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 20 Feb 2014
Date approval received: 1 apr 2014 (Dated 29th march 2014, special delivery! as i've posted a return special delivery back to me)
ceremoney date: awaiting

Thank you to everyone for everything, and from the bottom of my heart i hope everyone you u receive the good news that you all are expecting

[timatid]

Eligibility criteria: 2yrs WP + 3yrs Tier-1 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met : UK NARIC certificate
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Camden, London
Date of application: 08.02.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Dated 14.02.2014 (Received 18.02.2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14.02.2014
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[violentviolet]

Eligibility Criteria : 9 years exercising of treatment rights, plus married to UK citizen
Language Criteria: IELTS
Method of Application : York NCS
Date of Application : 14 - Feb - 2014
Date of Debit of Fees : 21 - Feb - 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement : not received yet (chased acknowledgement by phone 22/03 and been told my file is awaiting allocation to a caseworker whatever that means)
Date of Receipt of Approval : not received yet
Date of Ceremony : not received yet

[humanvoid]

Hi folks,

My turn is now to share:

Eligibility criteria: HSMP->Tier1->ILR (classic route), Joint application (me, wife and child)
Language criteria met : FCE + IELTS
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCS
Date of application: 10.02.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Direct Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Dated 14.02.2014 (received the following week, 17 or 18th)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14.02.2014
Date approval received: 29.03.2014 (Letter dated 25.03.2014)
Date of ceremony: 01.04.2014

Looks like they were pretty quick with our applications and none of my referees has ever been contacted.

Yesterday called up a local register office and they had places for today so we have attended ceremony and been handed over our certificates. The story does not end here as we still need to re-submit my wife's certificate due to surname misspelling but those are technicalities.

I would like to thank EVERYONE on this forum, which is a great source of information and help from community/for community, keep it up!

Next stop: passport stage, meet you there and good luck to everybody!

[jah79]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs residence + 2 yrs ILR
Language criteria met: NARIC
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wandsworth
Date of application: 18/02/2014
Payment method: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/02/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 28/02/2014 (letter dated 24/02/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/02/2014 (transaction was made their end 24/02/2014)
Date of approval: 31/03/2014 (email confirmation from NCS after asking for update on application)
Date of ceremony: PENDING

I contacted my local NCS via email this morning asking for an update and they replied saying congratulations your application was approved on 31.03.2014 and the Home Office letter of confirmation should be arriving in the next week!

[charlenedavid]

UK Citizenship application, spouse of British Citizen 2 years ILR+1 YEAR total 3 years however I had to spend time outside of the UK as my Dad was sick total time out within the 3 years 303 days.

Application sent via Solicitor on the 17th Feb 2014, Home Office received 20th Feb 2014 payment taken via Debit Card 21st Feb 2014 Solicitor received confirmation of Citizenship granted from the Home Office 1st April 2014, only took them just over 5 weeks.

[licosis]

Hi everybody
Finally I got the approval. Updated timeline is below.
I called HO on 25th March, they said it's still in process but the letter is dated 23rd March.

Good luck to everyone who are still waiting for the brown letter.

Eligibility criteria: ECAA 4yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Canterbury
Date of application: 06/02/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/02/2014
Date of acknowledgment:17/02/2014 (dated 12/02/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/02/14
Date approval received: 02/04/2014 (dated 23/03/2014)
Date of ceremony: TBA

[Anand_2012]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP+Tier1+ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): NARIC
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cardiff
Date of application: 29/1/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/02/2014
Date of acknowledgment: Received on 12/02/14, dated 07/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/02/14
Date approval received: 27/03/14 dated 17/03/2014(I hate Royal mail for this delay )
Date of ceremony: 02/04/14

Good Luck to those who are waiting for their approval, hope you get your approvals soon.

[ssingh6]

i called HO today and I was told no caseworker has been assigned.

I applied on 19/feb/2014...(

[ssingh6]

Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP+3 TIER 1+1 YEAR ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK MASTER DEGREE +LIFE IN UK
Current nationality: INDIAN
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCS NEWBURY
Date of application: 19/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CREDIT CARD
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/02/2014 ROYAL MAIL TRACKING
Date of aknowlegment: 08/03/2014(dated 27/02/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/02/2014
Date approval received: WAITING([called HO on 03/04/2014,still no caseworker assigned)
Date of ceremony:WAITING

[/quote]