October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[zubair_hr]

Feliteodor
I am happy for you that at long last they have taken the £874 from your account. My wife sent her AN form and MN1 form for our child on October 21st and so far money has not been debited nor acknowledgement letter has been received so I guess we just have to wait but it sucks!

Any update on 21st October application? Has your money been taken out?

[deep31]

Posts: 17Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:30 pm    Post subject: Approval of Application  


Hello, 

Eligibility criteria: HSMP+TIER1+ILR 
Method of application: NCS EALING 
Date of application: 10.10.2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11.10.2013 
Date of acknowledgement : 04.11.2013 
Date of debit of fees: 31.10.2013 
Date of approval:11.11.2013 letter received on: 15.11.2013 
Date of Ceremony:TBC

________________

Deep

[KMothPur]

Eligibility criteria: ILR+1 year
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Is anybody applied on or near to 7th Oct got approval?

Called HO with NFEE number. Advised that decision has been taken and letter has been sent out and will get it in next week. Let us see.....

Good news!!!. I just got our approval letter from HO!!

Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2013
Date of approval: Letter received 15-11-2013 (Dated 07-10-2013)
Date of Ceremony:

[mevinsh]

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Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Hamilton - Scotland)
Date of Application with NCS: 18-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: Awaiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
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My application was sent last month, but neither have I received any acknowledgment from UKBA nor have they debited the fees. Should i email UKBA or is still ok considering the number of applications they have received (so i heard!)
Please can someone advise

[MwanaKay]

Feliteodor
I am happy for you that at long last they have taken the £874 from your account. My wife sent her AN form and MN1 form for our child on October 21st and so far money has not been debited nor acknowledgement letter has been received so I guess we just have to wait but it sucks!

Any update on 21st October application? Has your money been taken out?

zubair_hr

I applied 21/10/13 as well, I emailed HO today, see their reply below:

Dear XXXXX

Thank you for your email.

Due to high volumes of applications, there is a delay in processing applications, and taking payments.

You should receive an acknowledgment letter between 4-6 weeks after we received your application. During busy periods this may even take 7 weeks. If you have not received such a letter, please contact us for a duplicate acknowledgment letter.

[Amber]

Hello,


Eligibility criteria: HSMP+TIER1+ILR
Method of application: NCS EALING
Date of application: 10.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11.10.2013
Date of acknowledgement : 04.11.2013
Date of debit of fees: 31.10.2013
Date of approval:11.11.2013 letter received on: 15.11.2013
Date of Ceremony:TBC

[HSMPLOCHA]

[quote="mevinsh"]-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Hamilton - Scotland)
Date of Application with NCS: 18-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: Awaiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
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My application was sent last month, but neither have I received any acknowledgment from UKBA nor have they debited the fees. Should i email UKBA or is still ok considering the number of applications they have received (so i heard!)
Please can someone advise[/quote]

Your batch from the week you applied is probably next in queue.. have a look at the timelines... you havent completed 4 weeks. wait next week and see wht happens..

[micbhx03]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr married to BC
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Westminster)
Date of Application with NCS: 10-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: 30-Oct-2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5th-Nov-2013 (letter dated 30-oct2013)
Date of receipt of approval: Received 15th Nov 2013 (dated 11 Nov 2013)

please note I receive the letter (invitation)with council name on it. It my husband case he first received approval letter then invitation letter from council.
I also mention here that I had my marriage certificate laminated which I had little doubt whether HO will accept it or not. So I rang almost all councils in London including UKBA to clarify the matter and their responses were as below:

Home office: they replied by email that laminated marriage certificate is not acceptable.
NCS Harrow: were accepting without any doubt.
NCS Hammersmith: were accepting !
NCS Wandsworth: they replied that UK based is not acceptable but international one is acceptable . Lady I emailed were very much helpful.

All majority of other council didn't know and just replied that I should ask directly to HO as as NCS theta are just acting as an agent and don't have knowledge of this. I was surprised to see their responses as no one was bothered to give the correct answer which I thought all NCS should know.

anyway finally I approached to Westminster NCS and very helpful lady replied me in 1hour that she rang to HO and find out that they (NCS) need to do couple of checks while processing the application which was they ring to dedicated line for NCS and give the applicant details and then HO authenticate as in my case HO had our marriage certificate copy at the time of dependent visa!! Further as due to change of 28 Oct rules I was not getting any appointments with NCS , she made an extra effort and given me next day appointment (10-October-2013). I reached in time, she proceeds my application then she went to different room saying she is going to contact home office and will get authentication of laminated certificates. After 15 mins she came and explained that my application is processed. HO has validated the certificate . Also she written on cover letter that she spoken to ....... In home office on 10/10/2013 with his/her Id details.
So just to sum up laminated documents are acceptable as long as these are previously provided to Home office or those are international.

Special thanks to the lady @ Westminster NCS for helping me out and giving me an appointment out of the way!!

Good luck to all who still waiting for the application!! I am sure you will all receive the approval letters with in a month (appx) from the date of application!!

CB

[MwanaKay]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr married to BC
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Westminster)
Date of Application with NCS: 10-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: 30-Oct-2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5th-Nov-2013 (letter dated 30-oct2013)
Date of receipt of approval: Received 15th Nov 2013 (dated 11 Nov 2013)

please note I receive the letter (invitation)with council name on it. It my husband case he first received approval letter then invitation letter from council.
I also mention here that I had my marriage certificate laminated which I had little doubt whether HO will accept it or not. So I rang almost all councils in London including UKBA to clarify the matter and their responses were as below:

Home office: they replied by email that laminated marriage certificate is not acceptable.
NCS Harrow: were accepting without any doubt.
NCS Hammersmith: were accepting !
NCS Wandsworth: they replied that UK based is not acceptable but international one is acceptable . Lady I emailed were very much helpful.

All majority of other council didn't know and just replied that I should ask directly to HO as as NCS theta are just acting as an agent and don't have knowledge of this. I was surprised to see their responses as no one was bothered to give the correct answer which I thought all NCS should know.

anyway finally I approached to Westminster NCS and very helpful lady replied me in 1hour that she rang to HO and find out that they (NCS) need to do couple of checks while processing the application which was they ring to dedicated line for NCS and give the applicant details and then HO authenticate as in my case HO had our marriage certificate copy at the time of dependent visa!! Further as due to change of 28 Oct rules I was not getting any appointments with NCS , she made an extra effort and given me next day appointment (10-October-2013). I reached in time, she proceeds my application then she went to different room saying she is going to contact home office and will get authentication of laminated certificates. After 15 mins she came and explained that my application is processed. HO has validated the certificate . Also she written on cover letter that she spoken to ....... In home office on 10/10/2013 with his/her Id details.
So just to sum up laminated documents are acceptable as long as these are previously provided to Home office or those are international.

Special thanks to the lady @ Westminster NCS for helping me out and giving me an appointment out of the way!!

Good luck to all who still waiting for the application!! I am sure you will all receive the approval letters with in a month (appx) from the date of application!!

CB

micbhx03

Many thanks for sharing this info, enjoy the next step

[KMothPur]

Eligibility criteria: ILR+1 year
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Is anybody applied on or near to 7th Oct got approval?

Called HO with NFEE number. Advised that decision has been taken and letter has been sent out and will get it in next week. Let us see.....

Good news!!!. I just got our approval letter from HO!!

Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2013
Date of approval: Letter received 15-11-2013 (Dated 07-10-2013)
Date of Ceremony:

Sorry Dated as 07-11-2013....

Good luck to the rest who are waiting for. Hope everyone will get soon......

[KMothPur]

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Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Hamilton - Scotland)
Date of Application with NCS: 18-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: Awaiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
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My application was sent last month, but neither have I received any acknowledgment from UKBA nor have they debited the fees. Should i email UKBA or is still ok considering the number of applications they have received (so i heard!)
Please can someone advise

mevinsh,

Based on current timeline trend, you will get the acknowledgement in next week. Did you check through Royal Mail Track? Probably you might have...

After the acknowledgement received, another two weeks (??), you may get it.....

[Heisgood]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr married to BC
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Westminster)
Date of Application with NCS: 10-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: 30-Oct-2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5th-Nov-2013 (letter dated 30-oct2013)
Date of receipt of approval: Received 15th Nov 2013 (dated 11 Nov 2013)

please note I receive the letter (invitation)with council name on it. It my husband case he first received approval letter then invitation letter from council.
I also mention here that I had my marriage certificate laminated which I had little doubt whether HO will accept it or not. So I rang almost all councils in London including UKBA to clarify the matter and their responses were as below:

Home office: they replied by email that laminated marriage certificate is not acceptable.
NCS Harrow: were accepting without any doubt.
NCS Hammersmith: were accepting !
NCS Wandsworth: they replied that UK based is not acceptable but international one is acceptable . Lady I emailed were very much helpful.

All majority of other council didn't know and just replied that I should ask directly to HO as as NCS theta are just acting as an agent and don't have knowledge of this. I was surprised to see their responses as no one was bothered to give the correct answer which I thought all NCS should know.

anyway finally I approached to Westminster NCS and very helpful lady replied me in 1hour that she rang to HO and find out that they (NCS) need to do couple of checks while processing the application which was they ring to dedicated line for NCS and give the applicant details and then HO authenticate as in my case HO had our marriage certificate copy at the time of dependent visa!! Further as due to change of 28 Oct rules I was not getting any appointments with NCS , she made an extra effort and given me next day appointment (10-October-2013). I reached in time, she proceeds my application then she went to different room saying she is going to contact home office and will get authentication of laminated certificates. After 15 mins she came and explained that my application is processed. HO has validated the certificate . Also she written on cover letter that she spoken to ....... In home office on 10/10/2013 with his/her Id details.
So just to sum up laminated documents are acceptable as long as these are previously provided to Home office or those are international.

Special thanks to the lady @ Westminster NCS for helping me out and giving me an appointment out of the way!!

Good luck to all who still waiting for the application!! I am sure you will all receive the approval letters with in a month (appx) from the date of application!!

CB

micbhx03

Many thanks for sharing this info, enjoy the next step

Congrats - It seems HO is turning around some October applications quicker than anticipated. 1mth SLA with the influx is really good.

[forbc123]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr married to BC
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Westminster)
Date of Application with NCS: 10-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11-Oct-2013
Date of debit of fees: 30-Oct-2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5th-Nov-2013 (letter dated 30-oct2013)
Date of receipt of approval: Received 15th Nov 2013 (dated 11 Nov 2013)

please note I receive the letter (invitation)with council name on it. It my husband case he first received approval letter then invitation letter from council.
I also mention here that I had my marriage certificate laminated which I had little doubt whether HO will accept it or not. So I rang almost all councils in London including UKBA to clarify the matter and their responses were as below:

Home office: they replied by email that laminated marriage certificate is not acceptable.
NCS Harrow: were accepting without any doubt.
NCS Hammersmith: were accepting !
NCS Wandsworth: they replied that UK based is not acceptable but international one is acceptable . Lady I emailed were very much helpful.

All majority of other council didn't know and just replied that I should ask directly to HO as as NCS theta are just acting as an agent and don't have knowledge of this. I was surprised to see their responses as no one was bothered to give the correct answer which I thought all NCS should know.

anyway finally I approached to Westminster NCS and very helpful lady replied me in 1hour that she rang to HO and find out that they (NCS) need to do couple of checks while processing the application which was they ring to dedicated line for NCS and give the applicant details and then HO authenticate as in my case HO had our marriage certificate copy at the time of dependent visa!! Further as due to change of 28 Oct rules I was not getting any appointments with NCS , she made an extra effort and given me next day appointment (10-October-2013). I reached in time, she proceeds my application then she went to different room saying she is going to contact home office and will get authentication of laminated certificates. After 15 mins she came and explained that my application is processed. HO has validated the certificate . Also she written on cover letter that she spoken to ....... In home office on 10/10/2013 with his/her Id details.
So just to sum up laminated documents are acceptable as long as these are previously provided to Home office or those are international.

Special thanks to the lady @ Westminster NCS for helping me out and giving me an appointment out of the way!!

Good luck to all who still waiting for the application!! I am sure you will all receive the approval letters with in a month (appx) from the date of application!!

CB

Congratulations - I got my approval on 3rd (it was Diwali)...I applied using NCS Westminster too...yes the staff in NCS Westminster scan through application for 1 hour atleast to make sure every thing is neat and tidy :)..my fee got debited on 23rd....

[Ayyubi72]

I think decision on applications are a mixed bag. Some decisions are strictly following date order after fees debit, and some are just totally random.

My friend's fees was debited on 21st October and decision has not come through yet. Some who had their fees debited 1st week of October are still waiting.

On the other hand, some who got their fees debited 5-6th november have already got their approvals.

[!!!kartik!!!]

AN joint application
Eligibility criteria: HSMP(JR) 3 years + Tier-1 2 years + ILR (1 year)
Method of application: Post (first class recorded)
Date of application: 10/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 31/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 05/11/2013
Date of approval: 12/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 15/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: 30/11/2013


They kept my expensive file binder (never mind)and original life in the uk certificate

All credit to this fantastic Forum . My heartly thanks to forum & admin . I have been silent visitor throughout my journey. Wish all others best for their application outcome. if anyone need any help pls pm me.

[ap007]

UPDATE: Friday, 15th NOV 2013

Application for: Self only
Eligibility criteria: 2 Years WP + 3 Years Tier 2 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Oxfordshire
Date of application: 16.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17.10.2013 (Tracked via DX Secure)
Date of acknowledgement : 15.11.2013 (Dated 12.11.2013)
Date of debit of fees: 12.11.2013
Date of approval: Not Yet
Date of Ceremony:Not Yet

[Amber]

Date of application: 9/10/13
Method: Postal
Arrived: 10/10/13
Date of acknowledgement: 5/11/2013
Fees deducted: 30/10/13
Date of Approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[imthiyaz]

AN+MN1 application
Eligibility criteria: WP 3 years + Tier-1 2 years + ILR (1 year)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 09/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 28/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 30/11/2013
Date of approval: 08/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 15/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[zubair_hr]

Feliteodor
I am happy for you that at long last they have taken the £874 from your account. My wife sent her AN form and MN1 form for our child on October 21st and so far money has not been debited nor acknowledgement letter has been received so I guess we just have to wait but it sucks!

Any update on 21st October application? Has your money been taken out?

zubair_hr

I applied 21/10/13 as well, I emailed HO today, see their reply below:

Dear XXXXX

Thank you for your email.

Due to high volumes of applications, there is a delay in processing applications, and taking payments.

You should receive an acknowledgment letter between 4-6 weeks after we received your application. During busy periods this may even take 7 weeks. If you have not received such a letter, please contact us for a duplicate acknowledgment letter.

Hi

Thanks for the update, please keep posted and good luck.

Zubair

[wf1030]

AN+MN1 application
Eligibility criteria: Legacy + 2 years ILR
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 11/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 06/11/2013
Date of receipt acknowledgement : 8/11/2013 (dated 04/11/2013)
Date of approval: 15/11/2013 (dated 13/11/2013)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[feliteodor]

Eligibility criteria: 5years treaty EEA(Romanian)+1year PR(without PR card)
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 16.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18.10.2013
Date of acknowledgement : 16.11.2013(dated 13.11.2013)
Date of debit of fees: 13.11.2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Today i got in the mail the brown envelope with the acknowledgement letter from UKBA, looks like they do follow up a routine, judging by what i saw here on forum, after 3-4 days they debit your fee, you should receive the envelope with the payment acknowledged.Too bad that after this, when it comes to processing the applications, it is luck to get it at random times, some get it within 1-2 weeks, others still wait for months and months...could be that the checks they do drags some peoples cases further?or just simple bad luck to have your case assigned to a caseworker a bit "slower" that others?anyway, there's little we can do to speed up the process, i personally realize we need a lot of patience, we will all get the brown envelope sooner or later...good luck to all of you guys out there waiting, just like me.

[Tuvoc]

Success, and quite quickly too !!


Eligibility criteria: Married 3 yrs to BC
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 08/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/13
Date of approval: 11/11/2013 (received 16/11/2013)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[Casey31]

[quote="Casey31"]Eligibility criteria: married to a bc + ilr 6 yrs
Method of application: self (reading)
Date of application: 3-10-2013
Date of receipt by ukba: 4-10-2013
Date of fees debited: 15-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement: 15-10-2013
Date of approval:received 15-11-2013 (dated 13-11-2013) special delivery
Date of ceremony: 4-12-2013

I am a very happy girl at the moment, thought it would take a lot longer.
Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. I have been a silent visitor since I applied, and this forum has been a huge help and comfort. Many thanks

[alis92005]

Method of application: NCS (Camden)
Date of application: 03/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 21/11/2013
Date of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Email HO on 12/11/2013 and got reply in couple of hours.
Thank you for your email.
I have checked our records and can confirm that no decision
has yet been made on your application.

[Casey31]

Method of application: NCS (Camden)
Date of application: 03/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 21/11/2013
Date of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Email HO on 12/11/2013 and got reply in couple of hours.
Thank you for your email.
I have checked our records and can confirm that no decision
has yet been made on your application.

I emailed them on the 14-11 and they said the same thing, but my approval letter was dated 13-11. I really don't think they check!