Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[mrbaseball]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr EEA visa + 1yr IRL
Application date: 1 April
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 April
Date of debit of fees: 23 April
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24 April
Date of Biometric Request: Not heard anything
Date biometric Done: not yet
Date of receipt of approval: still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting

Ok it's been over 6 months and I've still not heard anything from them. Beginning to wonder if my biometric request go lost in the post. Tried to email the Home Office with the email provided, only to get a generic response saying they rebranded the email address and would forward everything on from 21st of March for the next 6 months, which has already passed.

Any suggestions? I had to get my MP involved previously when they took longer than 6 months to process my indefinite leave to remain. Sounds like I'm going to have to do the same again.

[only-one-king]

**UPDATE**
Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr residence + 2yr ILR;)
Language criteria met :OFQUAL registered English qualification + Life in UK test pass certificate
Current Nationality:Indian
Method of application:NCS (Northallerton) 20/July/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/July/2015 Royal mail special delivery online tracking
Date of debit of fees: 30/July/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/Aug/2015
Date of BioMetric Requested: 28/09/2015 (letter arrived 02/10/2015) - BioMetric Done: 05/010/2015
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[only-one-king]

*** UPDATE ***

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years work permit + 2 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK, + esol entry level 3
Current nationality: Indian
Number of Applicants: 2 (my wife +daughter 3 years (MN1))
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hambelton
Date of application: 18/05/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/june/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/05/2015 AS PER ROYAL MAIL TRACKING
Date of acknowledgement: NEVER RECEIVED
Date of BioMetric Requested: 02/10/2015 (letter arrived 07/10/2015) - BioMetric Done: 07/10/2015
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[masud0174]

Today I have received home office letter which said they are unable to process the application within six months. Now they aim to process the application by 29/12/2015. Any body have any experience, pls share.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr EEA visa + 1yr IRL
Application date: 1 April
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 April
Date of debit of fees: 23 April
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24 April
Date of Biometric Request: Not heard anything
Date biometric Done: not yet
Date of receipt of approval: still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting

Ok it's been over 6 months and I've still not heard anything from them. Beginning to wonder if my biometric request go lost in the post. Tried to email the Home Office with the email provided, only to get a generic response saying they rebranded the email address and would forward everything on from 21st of March for the next 6 months, which has already passed.

Any suggestions? I had to get my MP involved previously when they took longer than 6 months to process my indefinite leave to remain. Sounds like I'm going to have to do the same again.

[zaidamjad]

Eligibility Criteria: 5 yrs Tier 1 Gen+ 1yr PR
nationality: Pk
Method of Application: NCS Edinburgh
Application date: 28 Sep 15
Date of receipt by by UKBA: 29 Sep Royal Mail tracking
Method of Payment: Debit Card
Date of Debit of fees: not yet
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement: not yet
Date of Biometric Request: not yet
Date biometric Done: not yet
Date of Approval: yet
Date of Ceremony: not yet
GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!

[Rozzey]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs spouse + 3 years
Method of application: NCS Wansworth
Date of application: 22 April 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: unknown
Date of debit of fees: 22 may 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20 may 2015
Date of biometric letter: 20 may 2015 (received on 26 may 2015)
Date biometric done: 29 may 2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Other Updates:

[mrbaseball]

Decided I wasn't going to put up with the bullshit of UKBA like I did for my IRL. So already contacted my local MP and going to let them deal with. So frustrated with the process. Thought the idea of using a NCS was to make things easier for them.........

[quote="mrbaseball"]Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr EEA visa + 1yr IRL
Application date: 1 April
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 April
Date of debit of fees: 23 April
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24 April
Date of Biometric Request: Not heard anything
Date biometric Done: not yet
Date of receipt of approval: still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting

Ok it's been over 6 months and I've still not heard anything from them. Beginning to wonder if my biometric request go lost in the post. Tried to email the Home Office with the email provided, only to get a generic response saying they rebranded the email address and would forward everything on from 21st of March for the next 6 months, which has already passed.

Any suggestions? I had to get my MP involved previously when they took longer than 6 months to process my indefinite leave to remain. Sounds like I'm going to have to do the same again.[/quote]

[pavanprakash]

Hello just thought i would give a quick update about my son's application

Eligibility criteria: 2 years Tier 1 Dependant (didnt need ILR as i became an ILR)
Language criteria met : NA
Current nationality: INDIAN (born in UK)
Number of Applicants: 1
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Reading
Date of application: 14/09/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28/09/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/09/2015
Date of acknowledgement: 28/09/2015
Date of Biometrics Given: 04/10/2015
Date of approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[Cguven]

Eligibility criteria: 3 Years EEA 4 + 1 year ILR ( living in UK since 08)
Language criteria met : Life in the UK + Btec Language certificate
Current nationality: Turkish
Number of Applicants: 1
Method of application: Solicitor
Council name if NCS used: -
Date of application: 09/10/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt by UKBA: Waiting
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of Biometrics Given: Waiting
Date of approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

Hello guys

I have started the last journey of application
I wish to good luck and patience to all people who applied.

[fbutt09]

Hi guys,

We got the acceptance letter today dated for the 6th October. I will update the timeline shortly but just so you know we applied via NCS on 1st May. They certainly have taken their time to process.

Good luck to the rest of you still waiting. I'm sure it's just round the corner!!

Letter states that they will send out a confirmation for the ceremony in approx. two weeks time. I will also update the date as and when that happens.

See you in the passport thread!!

Regards,
F

[fbutt09]

As per earlier post. Acceptance letter received today.

eligibility criteria: spouse married to BC. Arrive in UK since Feb 2012
language criteria met: life in the UK + Trinity B1 test
nationality: Pakistani
method of application: Hamilton NCS
date of application: 01.05.2015
payment method:debit card
date of receipt by UKBA: 28.05.2015
date of acknowledgment letter: 28.05.2015
date of debit or clearance of fees: 28.05.2015
date of biometric letter received: 30.05.2015
biometric enrolled at the post office: 01.06.2015

date of approval: 06.10.2015
date of ceremony: ASAP

God bless - Lago lag. Kaseto kaset.

[biru1926]

hi people, m new to this site,very useful site you get lots of info here,can some one please help me ?

i got my ILR IN april 2015 planning to apply for Naturalisation, my wife is British Citizen Born in uk but she dont have her passport,but she's got her Birth Certificate,CAN I STILL APPLY FOR NATURALISATION ?
Thank you so much,
kind Regards

[otaatepe]

Hi everyone.

I somehow cannot access to the sheet where all timeline is listed.
is there something wrong with it?

[aspirantmigrant]

Hi everyone.

I somehow cannot access to the sheet where all timeline is listed.
is there something wrong with it?

Don't think so, it still works for me:

[zaidamjad]

Eligibility Criteria: 5 yrs Tier 1 Gen+ 1yr PR
nationality: Pk
Method of Application: NCS Edinburgh
Application date: 28 Sep 15
Date of receipt by by UKBA: 29 Sep Royal Mail tracking
Method of Payment: Debit Card
Date of Debit of fees: 09/10/2015
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement: not yet
Date of Biometric Request: not yet
Date biometric Done: not yet
Date of Approval: yet
Date of Ceremony: not yet
GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!

[Thesmalik]

hi people, m new to this site,very useful site you get lots of info here,can some one please help me ?

i got my ILR IN april 2015 planning to apply for Naturalisation, my wife is British Citizen Born in uk but she dont have her passport,but she's got her Birth Certificate,CAN I STILL APPLY FOR NATURALISATION ?
Thank you so much,
kind Regards

pls check if she is British citizen in the documents because i applied for my nationality after my ILR but got refused saying that my partner is not British national so i have to wait for one year after my ILR. as per my knowledge you have to make sure your partner is British citizen in papers if not wait for one year after your ILR.

[praveendsouza85]

Method of application: NCS Hatfield

Nationality: Indian
Date applied: 08/05/2015
Date of debit of fees: 01/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/06/2015 (DATED 30/05/2015)
Date of Biometric letter Received : 03/06/2015 (DATED 30/05/2015)
Biometric enrolled at the post office: 03/06/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 09/10/2015 (DATED 29/09/2015)
Date of Ceremony: 19/10/2015

[rajsuccess]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 5 yrs + 1yr ILR; Indian
Method of application: NCS (Croydon council) dated 12 Oct 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not available (NA)
Date of debit of fees: NA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: NA
Date of receipt of approval: NA
Date of Ceremony: NA

Interim Updates
Date: Description - NA

[Hammers84]

I've finally received the confirmation today. Time Line is as follows:

Application on: 24th April
via: NCS Wolverhampton
Received by HO: 27th April
Biometrics : 3rd June
Confirmation letter received on 12.10.15 dated 05.10.15

Re ceremony, I still need to book it but can I book it at a closer office than the one stated on the letter?

regards and good luck,

Ali

[gautam.more]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr Tier 1 (General) + 1 YR ILR
Method of application: NCS Bedford
Date of application by UKBA: 22/09/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of documents: NA
Date of receipt of registration certificate:

[saleem19k]

Hi Guys, I got my ILR and going to apply Naturalisation in coming months. I want to ask some question to clear confusion : spent exactly 90 days out the country (condition is not more than 90 days) will affect my application or not and how long it will take to get approval (time line).

Thanks In advance

Saleem

[rajee120]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr Tier 2 (General) + 1.5 YR ILR
Method of application: NCS Kent County council
Date of application by UKBA: 02/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: -
Date of debit of fees: -
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -
Date of receipt of approval: -
Date of receipt of documents: -
Date of receipt of registration certificate: -

[djkay12]

Eligibility criteria: 5years + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met: B1 + LITUK Test
Current nationality: Zim
NCS used: 24/09/2015
Date of application: 44/06/2015
Payment method Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:25.09.2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees:08.10.2015
Date of acknowledgment & Bio Letter: 12.10.2015
Biometrics Submitted: NOT DONE YET
Date approval received: AWAITING
Date of ceremony: AWAITING

[NORTS]

HI everyone,
received my approval letter today (1st class stamp!!), here is my time line:
application sent:02/04/2015
received by HO: 07/04/2015
Acknowledgement letter and request to pay extra 100 pounds (as my application received after April fees change): 23/04/2015
Biometrics: ?07/05/2015
Approval letter: dated 12/10/2015
it is worth mentioning that i had speed ticket and 3 points on my licence exactly one year before i applied on April which i did not declare as my understanding when i filled the application was Parking tickets and speed tickets are not convictions unless you have several, obviously lots of people here thinks that you should declare points on licence, i have to admit that i had very worried about it at times!
i wish the best for all and hope for those waiting to receive their approvals very soon
BW

[namastelondon]

Eligibility criteria: 5years + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met: B1 + LITUK Test
NCS used: Brent
Date of application: 02/08/2014
Payment method Debit Card
Date approval received: 01 Oct 2015
Date of ceremony: 15 Oct 2015

It took me around 14 months. It was refused initially and I requested for reconsideration but was finally approved. I took help of my MP many time and he has been chasing since June/July 2015 but still it took a long time.