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Post by CULLINAN » Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:23 pm

Any more approvals from “June” after dual submissions or otherwise? :oops:
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Post by Rambo_ILR » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:18 am

Nope, applied june 22nd still no result

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Post by yogii96 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:38 am

Me also no result, applied on 26th June. Done both IDV and Dual Submission

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Post by coolrockspart2 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:59 am

Applied on 18th June and submitted biometrics in person on 15th August not heard anything from Home office.
It's weird that people who applied in July have got their approvals but we are still waiting.

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:15 am

At least i am not waiting alone :lol:
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Post by Cristina88 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:22 pm

I have submitted my daughter's MN1 application yesterday (Thurs 8 Oct) and today (Fri 9 Oct) was able to book a Free biometric appointment for next Friday (Fri 16 Oct) at Croydon.
Can someone visited Croydon please suggest any easy car park ? also any guidance on which building (Apparently there are several blocks right?) to go ?

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:24 pm

Cristina88 wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:22 pm
I have submitted my daughter's MN1 application yesterday (Thurs 8 Oct) and today (Fri 9 Oct) was able to book a Free biometric appointment for next Friday (Fri 16 Oct) at Croydon.
Can someone visited Croydon please suggest any easy car park ? also any guidance on which building (Apparently there are several blocks right?) to go ?
Is it Croydon Lansdowne Road?

Follow: Cr9 2er on Waze.

If yes, you will get parking at Walpole Road. £2.60/hr. Max 2 hour stay. Right in front.

or you can park @Ruskin Square Car park. 2 min walk.
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Post by Cristina88 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:37 pm

CULLINAN wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:24 pm
Cristina88 wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:22 pm
I have submitted my daughter's MN1 application yesterday (Thurs 8 Oct) and today (Fri 9 Oct) was able to book a Free biometric appointment for next Friday (Fri 16 Oct) at Croydon.
Can someone visited Croydon please suggest any easy car park ? also any guidance on which building (Apparently there are several blocks right?) to go ?
Is it Croydon Lansdowne Road?

Follow: Cr9 2er on Waze.

If yes, you will get parking at Walpole Road. £2.60/hr. Max 2 hour stay. Right in front.

or you can park @Ruskin Square Car park. 2 min walk.
No its the other one - Bedford Point , 35 Dingwell road. Got lucky to get a free one in a week's time or may thats usual now!

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:40 pm

@Cristina88

I have not been there myself. But a google search, the nearest car park is still @Ruskin Square Car Park. 3 minutes walk. So that is safest with a child rather going in circles.

Both croydon centres (core and temporary core are close by anyways).
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Post by Choudhryalim » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:25 pm

So it’s officially Weekend now.
Another week goes by and Still a lot of people from May and June 2020 are still waiting.
It seems to me that this has been a very slow weeks in relation to Citizenship application decisions.
Let’s see what happens next week

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:27 pm

Choudhryalim wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:25 pm
So it’s officially Weekend now.
Another week goes by and Still a lot of people from May and June 2020 are still waiting.
It seems to me that this has been a very slow weeks in relation to Citizenship application decisions.
Let’s see what happens next week
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Post by otuel » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:16 pm

otuel wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:51 am
Ritchie12 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:41 pm
otuel wrote:
Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:58 pm
otuel wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:34 pm


Hi newszb,
I applied with my wife at the beginning of April, biometrics have been done at the beginning of July and the only e-mail we have received is the one with the information "Your application has been received and is being considered". Since then, not a single e-mail or letter has been received (we also check spam folder).

I see people here are getting their approvals and they applied in May, June, July, August, but we are still waiting.

It has been over five months now, should we give HO a ring to make sure everything is fine?

We are holders of "settled status" and as I read here, it could speed up your application, it did not work for us.

Anyway, good luck newszb, hopefully you will be approved soon.

otuel
If someone would like to know. Today has been six months since we applied for the citizenship without any outcome. I called the HO this morning (0300 123 2253). They took all the details and the problem has been escalated and we should receive an update within 10 working days.

otuel
Otuel, you and your family are in the same pile as my family. I applied and submitted all documents in March, did IDV in 5th Sept. Call HO and email nationality enquires on the 23rd Sept. I only got the generic reply and a bunch of excuses. I hope i get some updates in the coming days. Its not acceptable to keep us in the dark
Ritchie12, I will let you know once I am being updated.

Good luck!
Finally, we have been approved today by e-mail. The date of the approval is 22nd of July therefore I would expect an invitation letter by the end of October.

Thank you and good luck everyone.

otuel

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Post by Choudhryalim » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:20 pm

My Dual submission went well, was in and out in fifteen minutes exactly.
The next day after my Dual submission I received an E mail from caseworker regarding my application
The caseworker requested that I provide evidence that I have satisfied the CCJ which I declared on my application form, I recieved this e mail early morning at 10 am.
Iat 12 pm I sent a scanned copy of the letter which stated that I have paid my CCJ in full
This means that they are currently dealing with my case and hopefully I will hear back something soon IN SGA ALLAH
CULLIMAN what date in June did you submit your application

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:29 pm

Choudhryalim wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:20 pm
My Dual submission went well, was in and out in fifteen minutes exactly.
The next day after my Dual submission I received an E mail from caseworker regarding my application
The caseworker requested that I provide evidence that I have satisfied the CCJ which I declared on my application form, I recieved this e mail early morning at 10 am.
Iat 12 pm I sent a scanned copy of the letter which stated that I have paid my CCJ in full
This means that they are currently dealing with my case and hopefully I will hear back something soon IN SGA ALLAH
CULLIMAN what date in June did you submit your application
Great. I applied 22nd June. Hopefully you will hear soon now!! Good luck.
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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:32 pm

@outel
Finally, we have been approved today by e-mail. The date of the approval is 22nd of July therefore I would expect an invitation letter by the end of October.

Thank you and good luck everyone.

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Congrats!! This just shows that some of the decisions are just not pushed through till an enquiry is made!!
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Post by otuel » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:39 pm

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Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:32 pm
@outel
Finally, we have been approved today by e-mail. The date of the approval is 22nd of July therefore I would expect an invitation letter by the end of October.

Thank you and good luck everyone.

otuel
Congrats!! This just shows that some of the decisions are just not pushed through till an enquiry is made!!
Thank you CULLINAN. Yes, it seems to be right, but I have no clue why.

Hopefully you will be approved soon as well. Good luck and thank you again for your help.

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Post by CULLINAN » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:37 pm

@otuel
Yes, it seems to be right, but I have no clue why.
Thanks for the luck. I am not sure if the CW manually inputs the email address in the system to push through the decision or the email address is picked up automatically from the online form contact details.

If its the former case, I think maybe human error? Spelling mistakes? hyphen instead of underscore etc? or maybe a system technical error otherwise?

It does not seem to be any other reason that an approval is pushed through in October when it was approved in July!! System failure!!

Having said that, this has been reported previously also. Some applicants have shared the same as you did.
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Post by rozearo » Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:49 am

So my wife applied on 25 May and submitted her Biometric through the app on 27 August. So far , no news!

I thought about a dual submission but we didn't go for it. Last month I and my children became British citizen, so I wonder if we should book a biometric and submit these evidence!

Will it be considered as new evidence to make the application processed faster?

What do you think CULLINAN?

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Post by CULLINAN » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:13 am

rozearo wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:49 am
So my wife applied on 25 May and submitted her Biometric through the app on 27 August. So far , no news!

I thought about a dual submission but we didn't go for it. Last month I and my children became British citizen, so I wonder if we should book a biometric and submit these evidence!

Will it be considered as new evidence to make the application processed faster?

What do you think CULLINAN?
As per your history, if I am correct, you both qualified on your own routes to BC?
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Post by Ritchie12 » Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:34 am

otuel wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:16 pm
otuel wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:51 am
Ritchie12 wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:41 pm
otuel wrote:
Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:58 pm


If someone would like to know. Today has been six months since we applied for the citizenship without any outcome. I called the HO this morning (0300 123 2253). They took all the details and the problem has been escalated and we should receive an update within 10 working days.

otuel
Otuel, you and your family are in the same pile as my family. I applied and submitted all documents in March, did IDV in 5th Sept. Call HO and email nationality enquires on the 23rd Sept. I only got the generic reply and a bunch of excuses. I hope i get some updates in the coming days. Its not acceptable to keep us in the dark
Ritchie12, I will let you know once I am being updated.

Good luck!
Finally, we have been approved today by e-mail. The date of the approval is 22nd of July therefore I would expect an invitation letter by the end of October.

Thank you and good luck everyone.

otuel
Wooow... Congrats Otuel. Im glad for you. Hopefully ours will come in soon. How is the date of approval 22nd July? Does it mean HO have a stuck of decisions on BC applications and are struggling to send them out? That would seem very weird and strange, isn't it?

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Post by Ritchie12 » Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:37 am

CULLINAN wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:32 pm
@outel
Finally, we have been approved today by e-mail. The date of the approval is 22nd of July therefore I would expect an invitation letter by the end of October.

Thank you and good luck everyone.

otuel
Congrats!! This just shows that some of the decisions are just not pushed through till an enquiry is made!!
But they say, we should not contact them at all. If they need extra information, they (HO) will contact us. Is that true

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But they say, we should not contact them at all. If they need extra information, they (HO) will contact us. Is that true
If your 6 months are over, you can contact them to ask for an update. If you already have, I am afraid you will have to wait. Contact them again if you dont hear back soon in next 4-5 weeks.
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Post by rozearo » Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:42 pm

CULLINAN wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:13 am
rozearo wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:49 am
So my wife applied on 25 May and submitted her Biometric through the app on 27 August. So far , no news!

I thought about a dual submission but we didn't go for it. Last month I and my children became British citizen, so I wonder if we should book a biometric and submit these evidence!

Will it be considered as new evidence to make the application processed faster?

What do you think CULLINAN?
As per your history, if I am correct, you both qualified on your own routes to BC?
While I was searching my wife junk mail box, I found the approval email there dated 2 October 2020. Thanks God that I searched there and it was not automatically cleared!

Thanks for everybody and good luck. Please keep the hope :)

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Post by Luluokis29 » Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:06 am

Hi Everyone,
Hi Cullinan😊
Glad to be here.
I just got ILR 2/10/20
BRP arrived 8/10/20
Applied for Naturalisation 9/10/20 (Based on British spouse)
Documents uploaded and submitted 10/10/20
In person Biometrics booked for 5/11/20 (seem ridiculous as I recently did one on the 15/09/20 for ILR that wasn't even used)


Let the wait begin......🤞

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Post by CULLINAN » Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:48 am

Luluokis29 wrote:
Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:06 am
Hi Everyone,
Hi Cullinan😊
Glad to be here.
I just got ILR 2/10/20
BRP arrived 8/10/20
Applied for Naturalisation 9/10/20 (Based on British spouse)
Documents uploaded and submitted 10/10/20
In person Biometrics booked for 5/11/20 (seem ridiculous as I recently did one on the 15/09/20 for ILR that wasn't even used)


Let the wait begin......🤞
Welcome to the club!! Section 6(2) are usually faster.. hopefully you will hear soon!! Good luck. 😎

Were there no appointments before 5/11 or you went for a free appointment??
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