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August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen. Naturalisation

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Muyo
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Muyo » Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:42 am

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs UK residence
Language Criteria: B1 English test
Nationality :Non EU
Method of application: NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 19.08.18
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 21.08.18
Date of debit of fees: 19.08.18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19.08.18 e-mail
Date of biometric letter received: 19.08.18 e-mail
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20.08.18
Date on Approval letter: 18.09.18
Date of receipt of approval: 24.09.18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 24.09.18 (the approval letter was the ceremony invitation letter too)
Date of Ceremony: 23.10.18
Date of Passport Application: 19.08.18
Date of debit of fees: Postal order payable to H.M Passport Office.
Date Passport to be received: To be communicated.


Process from application to receipt of approval letter took 35 days and 28 days from application to date on approval letter. 🙂

Good luck everyone, and thanks so much to everyone on this forum for the eye opening remarks.

MJA411
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by MJA411 » Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:30 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 Ent. 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: Trinity College London
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 30 August 2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 31 August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 30 August 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 30 August 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 30 August 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31 August 2018
Date on Approval letter: 20 September 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 24 September 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: TBA
Date of Passport Application: TBA
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

It was a pretty straight forward application, so glad it took only 21 calendar days from the date of submission. Supported documents were received on 3rd September 2018 by the Home Office. Thanks and good luck to everyone on this forum :D

imaner
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by imaner » Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:18 pm

Eligibility criteria:5 years leave to remain + 12 month ILR
Language Criteria: B1
Nationality: Iranian
Method of application: Online NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 6/08/18
Payment method: Online/Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 7/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 6/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 6/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 6/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 6/08/18
Date on Approval letter: 11/9/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 18/9/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 18/9/2018
Date of Ceremony: 25/9/2018 Private
Date of Passport Application: 6/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 31/8/2018
Date Passport to be received: TBA

Tokyokid
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Tokyokid » Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:39 am

Eligibility criteria:5 years (Tier 2 General) + 12 month ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree + LIUK
Nationality: Japanese
Method of application: NCS Islington
Date of application: 28/8/2018
Payment method: Payslip / Credit card
Date of debit of fees: 4/9/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 7/9/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 9/9/2018
Date on Approval letter: TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA
Date of Passport Application: TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date Passport to be received: TBA

imnowbritish
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by imnowbritish » Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:05 am

imnowbritish wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:14 am
imnowbritish wrote:
Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 pm
Eligibility criteria: 10+ years EU citizen
Language Criteria: UK Bachelor's degree
Nationality: EU citizen
Method of application: NCS Cambridge (not online and without passport application)
Date of application: 02/08/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement:
Email received on 14/08/2018
Letter received on 16/08/2018
Date on letter 13/08/2018
Date of debit of fees: 15/08/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 13/08/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 16/08/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/08/2018
Date on Approval Letter: Didn't receive
Date of receipt of Approval Letter: Didn't receive
Date on Ceremony Letter: 10/09/2018
Date of receipt of Ceremony Letter: 20/09/2018 :D
Date of Ceremony: 26/09/2018 - it was fantastic and emotional :D :D :D
Date of Passport Application: 27/09/2018
Date of debit of fees: paid at the post office (check and send service)
Date Passport to be received: waiting

Note: The letter I received was the Citizenship Invitation stating that my application was approved.

It took 39 days from date of application to approval. Plus 10 days to receive of ceremony letter. 49 waiting days total.

It took 25 days from date of biometrics enrollment to application approval. Plus 10 days to receive ceremony letter. 35 waiting days total.

Tier1G09
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Tier1G09 » Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:12 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language Criteria: UK University MBA
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 16-08-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 17-08-2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 16-08-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16-08-2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23-08-2018
Date of NDRS/JCAP appointment: 23-08-2018
Date on Approval letter: 20-09-2018
Date of receipt of approval: 28-09-2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 28-09-2018
Date of Ceremony: 3-10-2018
Date of Passport Application: 23-08-2018
Date of debit of fees: 13-09-2018
Date Passport to be received:




Note: Me and my wife applied for naturalization on same day, we both received our separate approval letter.

It took 35 days from date of application to approval. Plus 8 days to receive of letter. 43 waiting days total.

I would like to thank all the moderators and members of these forum for your never ending support!

blueflower
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by blueflower » Sat Sep 29, 2018 11:43 am

Eligibility criteria: EU citizen
Language Criteria: BSc from UCL
Nationality : Polish
Method of application: in person, evidence checking service
Date of application: 16 August
Payment method: cheque
Date of acknowledgement: 29 August
Date of debit of fees: 3 Sept
Date of Biometric letter issued: 28 August
Date of biometric letter received: 31 August or 1 Sept
Date of postage of the letter requesting correction to biometric letter: 3rd Sept
Date of email confirming to use original info and repeat biometric letter issued: 12 Sept
Repeat biometric letter received: 17 Sept
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17 Sept
Date on Approval letter: 23 Sept
Date of receipt of approval: 27 Sept
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 27 Sept (the approval letter was the ceremony invitation letter too)
Date of Ceremony: 28 Nov

Other relevant info:
- married to UK citizen, but had Residency card before and could have applied on 5 year period if not married
- both references I provided were from the "respected occupations" list (uni lecturer and a charity manager)
- sent in reference letters from current and previous employers

Time elapsed between application and approval: 38 days
Time elapsed between biometrics submission and approval: 7 days

Haven't applied for a passport and won't until it's needed or in 4 years time, whichever is sooner. If I'm having two passports, I want there to be as little overlap as possible :)

Yr206
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Yr206 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:33 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 years (Got ILR 01/08/2018) + Married to a BC
Language Criteria: University Degree from UK
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: online + NDRS
Date of application: 07/08/2018 and NDRS appointment on 08/08/2018
Payment method: Online payment
Date of acknowledgement: 07/08/2018 and tracking number from NDRS appointment. They received my documents on 09/08/2018
Date of debit of fees: 07/08/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 07/08/2018 (online)
Date of biometric letter received: 07/08/2018 (online)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 08/08/2018
Date on Approval letter: 23/09/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 27/09/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Approvao letter had council details. Booked by calling local council
Date of Ceremony: 08/10/2018 (Private)
Date of Passport Application: 08/08/2018
Date of debit of fees: 31/08/2018
Date Passport to be received: Approx. 20 working days from ceremony.

Total Days from application - 46 days :D

jennyeye
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by jennyeye » Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:41 pm

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc, ilr
Language Criteria: usa national
Nationality : usa
Method of application: online, ndrs, jcap
Date of application: 17/8/18
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 20/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 20/ 8/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17/8/17
Date of biometric letter received: 17/8/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/8/18
Documents submitted with council: 28/8/18
Date on Approval letter: 19/9/18
Date of receipt of approval: 1/10/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: still waiting
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 28/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 13/9/18
Date Passport to be received:

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Klarae » Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:35 pm

Eligibility criteria: British citizen spouse
Language Criteria: B1 trinity college
Nationality :Nigerian
Method of application: online (myself)
Date of application:28 August 2018
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 29 August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 30 August 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 28 August 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 28 August 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30 August 2018
Date on Approval letter: 27 September
Date of receipt of approval: 1 October 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: n/a
Date of debit of fees: n/a
Date Passport to be received:n/a

jennyeye
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by jennyeye » Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:43 pm

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc, ilr
Language Criteria: usa national
Nationality : usa
Method of application: online, ndrs, jcap
Date of application: 17/8/18
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 20/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 20/ 8/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17/8/17
Date of biometric letter received: 17/8/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/8/18
Documents submitted with council: 28/8/18
Date on Approval letter: 19/9/18
Date of receipt of approval: 1/10/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 2/10/2018 (dated 30/9/18)
Date of Ceremony: 18/11/18 -but rang council to see if there were any appointments sooner, waiting for a manager to phone me back
Date of Passport Application: 28/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 13/9/18
Date Passport to be received:

vaibhavg18mau
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by vaibhavg18mau » Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:44 am

vaibhavg18mau wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:11 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK asters Degree
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP (Windsor council)
Date of application: 21/08/18
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 22/08/18 (via email)
Date of debit of fees: 21/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 21/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 21/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/08/18
Date NDRS+JCAP appointment: 24/08/2018
Date Home office received documents: 25/08/2018
Date on Approval letter: No letter received (only ceremony invitation letter dated 21-Sep-2018.)
Date of receipt of approval: No letter (only ceremony invitation letter dated 21-Sep-2018)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 01-Oct-2018. (date on ceremony letter 21-Sep-2018)
Date of Ceremony: 04-Oct-2018 (Private Ceremony hence quick)
Date of Passport Application: 24/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 12/09/2018
Date Passport to be received: Pending
Note- Looking at the approval date on the letter it took only 28 calendar days for my approval. More updates will follow soon once I book ceremony. Good luck all.

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by vaibhavg18mau » Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:21 am

vaibhavg18mau wrote:
Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:44 am
vaibhavg18mau wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:11 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK asters Degree
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP (Windsor council)
Date of application: 21/08/18
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 22/08/18 (via email)
Date of debit of fees: 21/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 21/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 21/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/08/18
Date NDRS+JCAP appointment: 24/08/2018
Date Home office received documents: 25/08/2018
Date on Approval letter: No letter received (only ceremony invitation letter dated 21-Sep-2018.)
Date of receipt of approval: No letter (only ceremony invitation letter dated 21-Sep-2018)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 01-Oct-2018. (date on ceremony letter 21-Sep-2018)
Date of Ceremony: 15-Oct-2018 (Private Ceremony hence quick) changed my ceremony date to 15 Oct from 4th
Date of Passport Application: 24/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 12/09/2018
Date Passport to be received: Pending
Note- Looking at the approval date on the letter it took only 28 calendar days for my approval. More updates will follow soon once I book ceremony. Good luck all.

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Klarae » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:42 pm

Eligibility criteria: British citizen spouse
Language Criteria: B1 trinity college
Nationality :Nigerian
Method of application: online (myself)
Date of application:28 August 2018
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 29 August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 30 August 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 28 August 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 28 August 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30 August 2018
Date on Approval letter: 27 September
Date of receipt of approval: 1 October 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 3 October 2018
Date of Ceremony: 4 December 2018
Date of Passport Application: n/a
Date of debit of fees: n/a
Date Passport to be received:n/a

imnowbritish
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by imnowbritish » Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:59 am

imnowbritish wrote:
Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:05 am
imnowbritish wrote:
Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:14 am
imnowbritish wrote:
Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:46 pm
Eligibility criteria: 10+ years EU citizen
Language Criteria: UK Bachelor's degree
Nationality: EU citizen
Method of application: NCS Cambridge (not online and without passport application)
Date of application: 02/08/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement:
Email received on 14/08/2018
Letter received on 16/08/2018
Date on letter 13/08/2018
Date of debit of fees: 15/08/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 13/08/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 16/08/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/08/2018
Date on Approval Letter: Didn't receive
Date of receipt of Approval Letter: Didn't receive
Date on Ceremony Letter: 10/09/2018
Date of receipt of Ceremony Letter: 20/09/2018 :D
Date of Ceremony: 26/09/2018 - it was fantastic and emotional :D :D :D
Date of Passport Application: 27/09/2018
Date of debit of fees: paid at the post office (check and send service)
Date of Passport received: 05/10/2018 (no interview required)

Note: The letter I received was the Citizenship Invitation stating that my application was approved.

It took 39 days from date of application to approval. Plus 10 days to receive of ceremony letter. 49 waiting days total.

It took 25 days from date of biometrics enrollment to application approval. Plus 10 days to receive ceremony letter. 35 waiting days total.

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by a1d » Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:08 pm

a1d wrote:
Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:59 pm
a1d wrote:
Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:56 pm
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Language Criteria: IELTS
Nationality : Chilean
Method of application: Online NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 15/08/18
Payment method: Online/Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 15/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 15/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 15/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/08/18
Date on Approval letter: TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA
Date of Passport Application: 16/08/18
Date of debit of fees:TBA
Date Passport to be received: TBA
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Language Criteria: IELTS
Nationality : Chilean
Method of application: Online NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 15/08/18
Payment method: Online/Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 15/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 15/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 15/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/08/18
Date on Approval letter: 26/09/18
Date of receipt of approval: 05/10/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 05/10/18
Date of Ceremony: 27/11/18
Date of Passport Application: 16/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 05/09/18
Date Passport to be received: TBA


For all you number crunchers out there...
Number of days from submission of application to confirmation of approval: 41
Number of days to receive letter: 50
Number of days from submission to ceremony date: 103

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August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by deone23 » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:53 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language Criteria: None
Nationality : Nigerian
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 13-08-2018
Payment method: Online debit
Date of acknowledgement: 13-08-2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 13-08-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 13-08-2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13-08-2018
Date of NDRS/JCAP appointment: 14-08-2018
Date on Approval letter: 13-09-2018
Date of receipt of approval: 17-09-2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20-09-2018
Date of public Ceremony: 22-11-2018
Date of scheduled private ceremony: 05-10-2018
Date of Passport Application: 14-08-2018
Date of debit of fees: 07-09-2018
Date Passport to be received: tbc should be received within 20days

It took exactly a month from the application to the letter of approval.

Good luck and the best

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Chrissy07 » Sat Oct 06, 2018 12:08 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC ILR
Language Criteria: Trinity + Life in The UK
Nationality : Zambian
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 30/08/18
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgement: 31/08/18
Date of debit of fees: 30/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 30/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 30/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/09/18
Date on Approval letter: 27/09/18
Date of receipt of approval: 06/10/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 05/10/18
Date of Ceremony: 07/11/18
Date of Passport Application: 07/09/18
Date of debit of fees: 20/09/18
Date Passport to be received: TBC

jennyeye
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by jennyeye » Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:34 pm

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc, ilr
Language Criteria: usa national
Nationality : usa
Method of application: online, ndrs, jcap
Date of application: 17/8/18
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 20/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 20/ 8/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17/8/17
Date of biometric letter received: 17/8/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/8/18
Documents submitted with council: 28/8/18
Date on Approval letter: 19/9/18
Date of receipt of approval: 1/10/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 2/10/2018 (dated 30/9/18)
Date of Ceremony: 28/10/18, was originally 18/11/18 -but rang council to see if there were any appointments sooner.
Date of Passport Application: 28/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 13/9/18
Date Passport to be received:

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by bcappnil » Mon Oct 08, 2018 1:22 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 2 + 1 yr ILR
Language Criteria: UK Master Degree
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 31/7/18
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 1/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 1/ 8/18
Date of 1st Biometrics letter issued: 31/7/18 (printed from online)
Date of 1st Biometrics enrolled: 31/7/18
Date of 2nd Biometrics letter received: 5/9/18 (dated 31/8/18 saying I have not enrolled biometrics)
Date of 2nd Biometrics enrolled: 6/9/18
Date of 3rd Biometrics letter received: 10/9/18 (dated 5/9/18 saying the biometrics was not successful)
Date of 3rd Biometrics enrolled: 10/9/18
Documents submitted with council: 1/8/18, NDRS + JCAP
Date on Approval letter: 5/10/18 (received email from HO today confirmed of approval on 5/10/18)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: possibly 4/12/18
Date of Passport Application: 1/8/18
Date of debit of fees: 30/8/18
Date Passport to be received: pending

Muyo
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Muyo » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:14 am

Muyo wrote:
Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:42 am
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs UK residence
Language Criteria: B1 English test + life in UK test
Nationality :Non EU
Method of application: NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 19.08.18
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 21.08.18
Date of debit of fees: 19.08.18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19.08.18 e-mail
Date of biometric letter received: 19.08.18 e-mail
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20.08.18
Date on Approval letter: 18.09.18
Date of receipt of approval: 24.09.18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 24.09.18 (the approval letter was the ceremony invitation letter too)
Date of Ceremony: 23.10.18 but later changed to private 27.09.18
Date of Passport Application: 19.08.18
Date of debit of fees: Postal order payable to H.M Passport Office.
Date Passport to be received: received 08.10.18


Process from application to receipt of approval letter took 35 days and 28 days from application to date on approval letter. 🙂

Good luck everyone, and thanks so much to everyone on this forum for the eye opening remarks.

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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by rogerr » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:01 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: B1 trinity college
Nationality : non eu
Method of application: ncs london
Date of application: 02/08/2018
Payment method: VISA CARD
Date of acknowledgement:13/08/1018 e mail 15/08/2018
Date of debit of fees: 13/08/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 14/08/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 17/08/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/08/2018
HO ask for more doc : 18/09/2018
Date on Approval letter: 08/10/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 10/10/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

SuzyP
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Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by SuzyP » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:15 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen. 2 years Spouse visa + 5 year ILR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 30/08/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 07/09/2018
Date of debit of fees: 06/09/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 07/09/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 10/09/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/09/2018
Date on Approval letter: 05/10/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 11/10/2018 (invitation to ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: 24/10/2018
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Time from application to date on letter of approval – 36 days
Time from date of application to approval received – 42 days

Mrchaany
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Posts: 533
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Location: Reading

Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Mrchaany » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:30 pm

Eligibility criteria: long residency plus 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: MBA
Nationality : pakistan
Method of application: Online Leicestershire county council Documents return plus Joint passport
Date of application: 16th August 2018
Payment method: debit card online
Date of acknowledgement: 16th August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 16th August 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16th August 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 16th August 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16th August 2018
Appointment at council: 22nd August 2018
Date on Approval letter: 17th Sep 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 22nd Sep 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17th Sep 2018
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: 22nd August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 11th Sep 2018
Date Passport to be received: 11th Oct 2018 MashAllah

Alhamdulillah for approval
My last year absence was 98 days.

Mrchaany
Senior Member
Posts: 533
Joined: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:52 pm
Location: Reading

Re: August 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Mrchaany » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:31 pm

Eligibility criteria: long residency plus 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: MBA
Nationality : pakistan
Method of application: Online Leicestershire county council Documents return plus Joint passport
Date of application: 16th August 2018
Payment method: debit card online
Date of acknowledgement: 16th August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 16th August 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16th August 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 16th August 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16th August 2018
Appointment at council: 22nd August 2018
Date on Approval letter: 17th Sep 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 22nd Sep 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17th Sep 2018
Date of Ceremony: 3rd Oct 2018
Date of Passport Application: 22nd August 2018
Date of debit of fees: 11th Sep 2018
Date Passport to be received: 11th Oct 2018 MashAllah

Alhamdulillah for approval
My last year absence was 98 days.
Strong commitment, extreme faith and honesty will recognize your existence.

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