October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[renu]

Hi, i have noticed a drop in my bank balance since Friday but till now the fee has not been deducted from my account. Anyone else experiencing the same and no acknowledgment letter yet....

[forbc123]

Finally , i can see a balance drop by £876 today morning. I made my application through NCS on 7th Oct , reached HO on 8th morning , money taken on 23 Oct

Eligibility: 5 years tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 23/10/2013
Letter from Home Office : 28/10/2013 (dated 23/10/2013).

Has anybody had any approvals for October applications , i have heard straight forward applications get approved quite quickly.

Well, I guess a number of factors influence mainly the cases falling into September 2013 timelines that are awaiting to be allocated to 'case workers' or 'In Processing', also, I see that applications where payments were taken on 4th-October (Friday) had their approvals done by 22-October (which is last week) implying applications where payments were taken in week beginning 7-October(Monday) will be now in processing and already processed by end of this week. All these pointers imply that for applicants whose payments were taken in week beginning 21-October should have their approvals on or after 11th November, so we are sliding into 2nd week of November potentially.

[forbc123]

Hi, i have noticed a drop in my bank balance since Friday but till now the fee has not been deducted from my account. Anyone else experiencing the same and no acknowledgment letter yet....

Nothing to worry - payments can be taken in a 3-5 day window from the date transaction is done. If you see balance is dropped that means your bank has approved it and your bank is waiting for merchant (UKBA's finance dept I guess) to collect the money with in that window.

So chill your acknowledgement letter must be on its way!

[thrope]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC, applying under 6(1), discretion requested for excess absenses
Method of application: NCS Lanark
Date of application: 15 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 October 2013 (tracked)
Date of debit of fees:
Date of acknowledgement:

[rajasekhar_you]

Finally , i can see a balance drop by £876 today morning. I made my application through NCS on 7th Oct , reached HO on 8th morning , money taken on 23 Oct

Eligibility: 5 years tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 23/10/2013
Letter from Home Office : 28/10/2013 (dated 23/10/2013).

Has anybody had any approvals for October applications , i have heard straight forward applications get approved quite quickly.

Well, I guess a number of factors influence mainly the cases falling into September 2013 timelines that are awaiting to be allocated to 'case workers' or 'In Processing', also, I see that applications where payments were taken on 4th-October (Friday) had their approvals done by 22-October (which is last week) implying applications where payments were taken in week beginning 7-October(Monday) will be now in processing and already processed by end of this week. All these pointers imply that for applicants whose payments were taken in week beginning 21-October should have their approvals on or after 11th November, so we are sliding into 2nd week of November potentially.

has anybody heard Home office contacting the referees or contacting the applicant for any further queries? the reason I ask is , I am on vacation for the next 3 weeks , wont have access to post as well . i did put a note on the application saying I will be out of station and wish to be contacted on email, but I wonder if they really care the notes.

[forbc123]

Finally , i can see a balance drop by £876 today morning. I made my application through NCS on 7th Oct , reached HO on 8th morning , money taken on 23 Oct

Eligibility: 5 years tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 23/10/2013
Letter from Home Office : 28/10/2013 (dated 23/10/2013).

Has anybody had any approvals for October applications , i have heard straight forward applications get approved quite quickly.

Well, I guess a number of factors influence mainly the cases falling into September 2013 timelines that are awaiting to be allocated to 'case workers' or 'In Processing', also, I see that applications where payments were taken on 4th-October (Friday) had their approvals done by 22-October (which is last week) implying applications where payments were taken in week beginning 7-October(Monday) will be now in processing and already processed by end of this week. All these pointers imply that for applicants whose payments were taken in week beginning 21-October should have their approvals on or after 11th November, so we are sliding into 2nd week of November potentially.

has anybody heard Home office contacting the referees or contacting the applicant for any further queries? the reason I ask is , I am on vacation for the next 3 weeks , wont have access to post as well . i did put a note on the application saying I will be out of station and wish to be contacted on email, but I wonder if they really care the notes.

Not my referees though. I read somewhere in the documents I that they do random checks, on a case to case basis I guess

[thrope]

forbc123, rajasekhar_you

Please can we keep this thread for people to just post the dates of their applications and not fill it up with other discussion.

Please start a new thread to discuss this issue of whether or not referees will be contacted (or search, I think there are several on this issue already). This will help keep this thread clean as a reference (otherwise people checking for application dates have to wade through pages of this disucsssion), and will also make it easier for anyone with the same question to find (ie someone comes later with the same question about referees - if it has its own topic it will be easier to find).

Please, we are all waiting to hear our applications - lets keep this space just for updates on applications in the standard format so we can track when to expect the money taken.

For all other discussions and questions, please make a new topic.

[Heisgood]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC (5.5 years exercising EEA treaty rights - no PR card), 110 absences in the last 12 months
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 9 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 October 2013 (tracked)
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:



2.5 weeks since I applied and still no acknowledgement letter and fees still not taken. I am getting a bit worried that I mixed something up. I used the old form.

Keep calm and carry on. I applied via NCS on the 10th Oct still no fees taken. HO is dealing with an influx of applications due to recent changes so I am not worried......sooner or later it will happen.

[forbc123]

Finally , i can see a balance drop by £876 today morning. I made my application through NCS on 7th Oct , reached HO on 8th morning , money taken on 23 Oct

Eligibility: 5 years tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 23/10/2013
Letter from Home Office : 28/10/2013 (dated 23/10/2013).

Has anybody had any approvals for October applications , i have heard straight forward applications get approved quite quickly.

Well, I guess a number of factors influence mainly the cases falling into September 2013 timelines that are awaiting to be allocated to 'case workers' or 'In Processing', also, I see that applications where payments were taken on 4th-October (Friday) had their approvals done by 22-October (which is last week) implying applications where payments were taken in week beginning 7-October(Monday) will be now in processing and already processed by end of this week. All these pointers imply that for applicants whose payments were taken in week beginning 21-October should have their approvals on or after 11th November, so we are sliding into 2nd week of November potentially.

has anybody heard Home office contacting the referees or contacting the applicant for any further queries? the reason I ask is , I am on vacation for the next 3 weeks , wont have access to post as well . i did put a note on the application saying I will be out of station and wish to be contacted on email, but I wonder if they really care the notes.

Firstly if you mentioned in your application about your out of station you should be okay. Secondly, they will give enough time (3 weeks)for you to respond just in case.

There was an applicant whose application was on 9th and got call from HO last Friday (please check the post on 25th)

[renu]

Hi, i have noticed a drop in my bank balance since Friday but till now the fee has not been deducted from my account. Anyone else experiencing the same and no acknowledgment letter yet....

Nothing to worry - payments can be taken in a 3-5 day window from the date transaction is done. If you see balance is dropped that means your bank has approved it and your bank is waiting for merchant (UKBA's finance dept I guess) to collect the money with in that window.

So chill your acknowledgement letter must be on its way!

Thanks, will update once I will receive my acknowledgement letter.....

[forbc123]

forbc123, rajasekhar_you

Please can we keep this thread for people to just post the dates of their applications and not fill it up with other discussion.

Please start a new thread to discuss this issue of whether or not referees will be contacted (or search, I think there are several on this issue already). This will help keep this thread clean as a reference (otherwise people checking for application dates have to wade through pages of this disucsssion), and will also make it easier for anyone with the same question to find (ie someone comes later with the same question about referees - if it has its own topic it will be easier to find).

Please, we are all waiting to hear our applications - lets keep this space just for updates on applications in the standard format so we can track when to expect the money taken.

For all other discussions and questions, please make a new topic.

Sure Thorpe why not, yes lets keep it clean and tidy, i don't mind deleting stuff I just posted if you are okay...

[Amber]

Eligibility criteria: 3 year HSMP + 2 Year Tier1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Redbridge
Date of application: 18/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[Amber]

asadkhan71 and akhan25 there is no need to be upset, I was only directing you to asadkhan71's thread which is addressing the same question here, rather than in a timeline as it's more appropriate. Don't take what Ayyubi72 says personally, he's on thin ice for a reason.

[lad2777]

3 weeks and they didnt even take money off my account, it looks like I will get it in March

[akhan25]

asadkhan71 and akhan25 there is no need to be upset, I was only directing you to asadkhan71's thread which is addressing the same question here, rather than in a timeline as it's more appropriate. Don't take what Ayyubi72 says personally, he's on thin ice for a reason.

Its ok Amber my friend has same issue as asadkhan71 and I suggested him to wait so I was only trying get information out from him to see if I might was wrong in giving that advice to my friend. Anyway he has applied so we will see what he gets approval or refusal.thanks for ur help Amber.

[forbc123]

Anyone else applied in June ? and are still waiting for decision?

yes I'm still waiting too hope it will be soon for us. My friend just applied just this October and after 2 weeks she received the letter of confirmation for her citizenship

@shavgreig - any idea what date your friend applied and method of application? the reason I'm asking is I applied in first week, 5th of October, all I have got is acknowledgement letter

. @ Forbc123, she apllied 1st of October got the acknowledgement 9th October, she received approval letter 18th and she booked her oath taking on 11th November she applied through post. And I applied through NCS.

[insideoutsider]

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[asadkhan71]

asadkhan71 and akhan25 there is no need to be upset, I was only directing you to asadkhan71's thread which is addressing the same question here, rather than in a timeline as it's more appropriate. Don't take what Ayyubi72 says personally, he's on thin ice for a reason.

Its ok Amber my friend has same issue as asadkhan71 and I suggested him to wait so I was only trying get information out from him to see if I might was wrong in giving that advice to my friend. Anyway he has applied so we will see what he gets approval or refusal.thanks for ur help Amber.

Read here I have pasted the clauses.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... ht=#885514

[Tuvoc]

Keep calm and carry on. I applied via NCS on the 10th Oct still no fees taken. HO is dealing with an influx of applications due to recent changes so I am not worried......sooner or later it will happen.

We applied on 8th at NCS, still no fee. As you say, they are swamped with applications.

[renu]

Hi all, my fee is deducted today by nationality direct Liverpool.awaiting acknowledgment letter now

[imran22]

I can't see anyone's card being charged since 24th getting bit worried now. I don't even know if mine got delivered or not as my NCS didn't provide me any reference numbers.

[Amber]

Then ring the NCS and ask them for the tacking number.

[Tuvoc]

I can't see anyone's card being charged since 24th getting bit worried now. I don't even know if mine got delivered or not as my NCS didn't provide me any reference numbers.

My NCS office used DX Secure delivery. I didn't bother to get a reference number, although I could do. The chances that it did not arrive are slim to none. The delay is ridiculous - 3 weeks have passed already, and it will probably be 4 weeks by the time they take payment. So that means it is sitting there for 4 weeks before they even start it. I see some September applications where 4 weeks is all it took from start to finish...

[desertlord]

I don't know what part of " this is for TIMELINE ONLY" people are not getting. Please can we focus on timeline and post any queries on the other sticky post called general discussion?
Thanks all for understanding!

[imran22]

I don't know what part of " this is for TIMELINE ONLY" people are not getting. Please can we focus on timeline and post any queries on the other sticky post called general discussion?
Thanks all for understanding!

Well my comment is about timeline. I never asked any questions. I am commenting on that payment window has slipped from couple of weeks to few weeks. I am sorry if that caused any offence but I don’t think it’s appropriate to create a separate post just for comments.