Check the status of your application online - New service

swintooh wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:53 pm

And a couple of conclusions out of these statistics:
- despite removal of last updated date from online checker - it looks like it is being updated at least once every working day
- they are processing applications and pushing updates to the online checker
- they are not in 100% sync as there were people who reported receiving decisions on paper, yet the checker still says "awaiting decision" - I suspect it may be delayed by a couple of days or just not 100% accurate

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:56 pm

Arshsam wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:48 pm

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:34 pm

Yes, since 31 May. I think that there are a few of us. I have had an email, but until I have an approval letter in my hand, not getting too excited.

what H.O reply in email ? any good news ?

"Granted" is what the email said; however, until I have an actual approval letter in my hands, I do not know what to believe. So I wait and I hope. (The first biometrics letter they sent me had the wrong birthdate, that added to the delay, so accordingly, I am very wary.)

Simple case: wife of BC, no employment to check, no credit issues, house paid for, no other debts, should have been a walk in the park. So discouraging.

Good luck to you!

amuzaini wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:31 am

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:56 pm

Arshsam wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:48 pm

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:34 pm

Yes, since 31 May. I think that there are a few of us. I have had an email, but until I have an approval letter in my hand, not getting too excited.

what H.O reply in email ? any good news ?

"Granted" is what the email said; however, until I have an actual approval letter in my hands, I do not know what to believe. So I wait and I hope. (The first biometrics letter they sent me had the wrong birthdate, that added to the delay, so accordingly, I am very wary.)

Simple case: wife of BC, no employment to check, no credit issues, house paid for, no other debts, should have been a walk in the park. So discouraging.

Good luck to you!

Just to understand - are you saying that they share the decision outcome via email as well as a paper letter?

tallahassee wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:02 am

Swintoosh - are you tracking these 500 applications manually, or do you have a little script that you created?

If you have a script, would you mind sharing it?

amuzaini wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:31 am

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:56 pm

Arshsam wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 6:48 pm

yankettegal wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:34 pm

Yes, since 31 May. I think that there are a few of us. I have had an email, but until I have an approval letter in my hand, not getting too excited.

what H.O reply in email ? any good news ?

"Granted" is what the email said; however, until I have an actual approval letter in my hands, I do not know what to believe. So I wait and I hope. (The first biometrics letter they sent me had the wrong birthdate, that added to the delay, so accordingly, I am very wary.)

Simple case: wife of BC, no employment to check, no credit issues, house paid for, no other debts, should have been a walk in the park. So discouraging.

Good luck to you!

Just to understand - are you saying that they share the decision outcome via email as well as a paper letter?

No...that was the reply to my query regarding status via email. Which took a week for them to answer. And now it has been 12 more days with no word. I used the NCS, don't understand what I have done wrong. Have no idea when the paper letter will arrive (if at all). Online status still Awaiting Decision as of this morning.

AdInfernos wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:07 am

tallahassee wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:02 am

Swintoosh - are you tracking these 500 applications manually, or do you have a little script that you created?

If you have a script, would you mind sharing it?

The problem I can foresee here, in addition to this being useless because those numbers are shared for different applications, is that the home office may detect this activity and either terminate the online service or add some sort of verification like as captcha to stop it.

swintooh wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:29 pm

How -To:
All I have is quick fingers and some spare time - I've literally typed in 500 reference numbers and recorded the results. Since "Not Recognised" and "Decided" status does not change at all, the tracking is only needed for "Awaiting Decision" and "Open". In my particular case it's now only 73 (out of 500) lookups - it doesn't take longer than 10 minutes.
I wouldn't worry about overloading the system with a script for mass lookups as this is an offline status storage and not a transactional database (the queries are not being passed to the actual source system - the response is way too quick). There could be an IDS/IPS system that may react to a large number of requests coming from a single system but 500 or 1000 is not really a large number especially when spread out over few minutes - purposful delays can be programmed such as 1 enquiry every 300ms. Knowing how the government operates and lenght of it's change management process, I seriously doubt a captcha will be implemented any time soon unless it was already on the roadmap 2 years ago .

Usefulness:
It is quite useful for me as it shows that cases around mine are being progressed. Only very few other cases than naturalisation and registration are being considered for such a long time. So if a status changes from Awaiting Decision to Decided nearly 6 months after the application was registered, a large proportion have to be the cases similar to mine and not the "1-day turnaround premium ILR" etc.
Now, all I'm getting out of it is comfort that similar cases around my number are being still "Awaiting Decision" and they are progressively getting the "Decided" status.
There is a big difference between precise measurements and just an indicator - I'm fine with the latter. When I look at the forum topics with timelines per month, it feels like nearly everyone in May, June and July got their cases decided, while mine is still outstanding (forgotten, stuck). However when I look at my statistics, I know that a good quarter of the people still awaits. Or even more if other types of cases are also included in the same refrence numbering scheme. That gives me certainly more peace of mind...

jayacpr wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:33 am

kirkerj wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:23 am

navinw wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:20 am

kirkerj wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:14 am

So you have been approved? Has it not been updated on line?

Hi jayacpr. When you send the email how many working days taken to respond I sent yesterday no reply yet


I would not suggest you to follow the online status as my status online is still showing Awaiting but i received the approval along with Ceremony invitation letter and also i have booked the ceremony for next week.
So plz don;t rely on the status online.

Thanks I won't! What's your view on emailing them a lot to chase? Did you do that? Someone on another page has recommended that as a course of action but I don't want to irritate them.

My online status still says awaiting decesion.
i have sent about 4 emails in which 3 were replied.

swintooh wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:46 pm

swintooh wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 11, 2017 1:11 am

swintooh wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:56 pm

I have now traced about 200 applications (ref 2xxxxxx700 to 2xxxxxxx900) in which 3 are mine - applied 9-Jun-2017, receipt confirmation sent to me on 19-Jun-2017.

Here is the statistics:
76/201 are "not recognised" - majority would be family members of main applicant, these don't get updated or tracked as they are "linked" to the main applicant

125 is the number of traceable applications that have been decided or still awaiting decision.
93/125 are already decided (74.4%)
32/125 are still awaiting decision (25.6%)

Update as of 10-Nov - 1 oustanding application has been processed in one working day.

94/125 are decided (75.2%)
31/125 are awaiting decison (24.8%)

Update as of 13-Nov - 2 outstanding applications have been processed in one working day
96/125 are decided (76.8%)
29/125 are awaiting decision (23.2%)

Now, I had nothing else to do today so I increased the amount of tracked applications to 500 to increase accuracy - applications made around 9-Jun-2017, acknowledged around 19-Jun-2017.

219/500 are not recognised
208/281 are decided (74.0%)
72/281 are awaiting decision (25.6%)
1/281 is open! (0.4%)

swintooh wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:34 pm

swintooh wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:46 pm

swintooh wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 11, 2017 1:11 am

swintooh wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:56 pm

I have now traced about 200 applications (ref 2xxxxxx700 to 2xxxxxxx900) in which 3 are mine - applied 9-Jun-2017, receipt confirmation sent to me on 19-Jun-2017.

Here is the statistics:
76/201 are "not recognised" - majority would be family members of main applicant, these don't get updated or tracked as they are "linked" to the main applicant

125 is the number of traceable applications that have been decided or still awaiting decision.
93/125 are already decided (74.4%)
32/125 are still awaiting decision (25.6%)

Update as of 10-Nov - 1 oustanding application has been processed in one working day.

94/125 are decided (75.2%)
31/125 are awaiting decison (24.8%)

Update as of 13-Nov - 2 outstanding applications have been processed in one working day
96/125 are decided (76.8%)
29/125 are awaiting decision (23.2%)

Now, I had nothing else to do today so I increased the amount of tracked applications to 500 to increase accuracy - applications made around 9-Jun-2017, acknowledged around 19-Jun-2017.

219/500 are not recognised
208/281 are decided (74.0%)
72/281 are awaiting decision (25.6%)
1/281 is open! (0.4%)

2 applications have changed status from "awaiting decision" to "decided" over 1 working day.

210/281 are decided (74.7%)
70/281 are awaiting decision (24.9%)
1/281 is open (0.4%)

Now, is anyone's case reference number between 22331500 and 22331999 with still status "awaiting decision" or that sole "open" case that would like me to continue tracking this batch?
My case is one of these 2 turned to decided since yesterday so I have no personal interest anymore, but I'm offering help to others until I get my letters, ceremony and eventually passports or a job (hopefully all of these actually ).

MAS99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:47 pm

How do you keep track of all these application. My application no is 224xxxxx, dated 0/07/2017

baccus99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:23 pm

The more I look at the timelines people post the more I am convinced there is no "one size fits all" as far as how long an application may take and that they are dealt with definitely by receipt date.
In my case, I applied on 29/08 via NCS, received the following day by HO, received application confirmation letter on 05/09 and also biometrics request in the same envelope. Done biometrics on 07/09 and nothing since then.
I have seen people decided already who have applied even 1 month after my application date. It looks like it depends on how busy your caseworker is, together with the response rate from international bodies such as your country of origin. That's all I can think of. A bit upsetting when you get an initial fast momentum and you assume they would carry on in the same manner. "Awaiting a decision" is pretty frustrating day in day out, particularly if the online check is completely unreliable...I know I'm not alone in this and somehow that is reassuring

kirkerj wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:30 pm

baccus99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:23 pm

The more I look at the timelines people post the more I am convinced there is no "one size fits all" as far as how long an application may take and that they are dealt with definitely by receipt date.
In my case, I applied on 29/08 via NCS, received the following day by HO, received application confirmation letter on 05/09 and also biometrics request in the same envelope. Done biometrics on 07/09 and nothing since then.
I have seen people decided already who have applied even 1 month after my application date. It looks like it depends on how busy your caseworker is, together with the response rate from international bodies such as your country of origin. That's all I can think of. A bit upsetting when you get an initial fast momentum and you assume they would carry on in the same manner. "Awaiting a decision" is pretty frustrating day in day out, particularly if the online check is completely unreliable...I know I'm not alone in this and somehow that is reassuring

I believe all the checks are done before they are passed to the caseworker for final decision. It is a very frustrating process. I applied 10 July and also initially very fast. My application is straight forward so I can't see what's holding this up. What information do they request from your country of origin anyway? I have been here 10 years and had all the criminal checks done for ILR! I have only been here since then anyway

I am EU and have been here and only here for the last 24 years. I have lived here longer than my native EU country. So, what you are saying is that checks happen beforehand and only then the caseworker judges and makes a decision. Just like yours my application should be really straightforward and having also considered that I received my DCPR in June 2017, you would think they have all the evidence they need from me already (at least for what concerns earnings/tax etc). Oh well I just need to be patient!

baccus99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:50 pm

kirkerj wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:30 pm

baccus99 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:23 pm

The more I look at the timelines people post the more I am convinced there is no "one size fits all" as far as how long an application may take and that they are dealt with definitely by receipt date.
In my case, I applied on 29/08 via NCS, received the following day by HO, received application confirmation letter on 05/09 and also biometrics request in the same envelope. Done biometrics on 07/09 and nothing since then.
I have seen people decided already who have applied even 1 month after my application date. It looks like it depends on how busy your caseworker is, together with the response rate from international bodies such as your country of origin. That's all I can think of. A bit upsetting when you get an initial fast momentum and you assume they would carry on in the same manner. "Awaiting a decision" is pretty frustrating day in day out, particularly if the online check is completely unreliable...I know I'm not alone in this and somehow that is reassuring

I believe all the checks are done before they are passed to the caseworker for final decision. It is a very frustrating process. I applied 10 July and also initially very fast. My application is straight forward so I can't see what's holding this up. What information do they request from your country of origin anyway? I have been here 10 years and had all the criminal checks done for ILR! I have only been here since then anyway

I am EU and have been here and only here for the last 24 years. I have lived here longer than my native EU country. So, what you are saying is that checks happen beforehand and only then the caseworker judges and makes a decision. Just like yours my application should be really straightforward and having also considered that I received my DCPR in June 2017, you would think they have all the evidence they need from me already (at least for what concerns earnings/tax etc). Oh well I just need to be patient!

Yes I also need to be patient, not my strength unfortunately!!

cristiano1988 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:44 pm

Swintooh so they decided
Your case ? Maybe end of this week my one as well

softy monster wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:06 pm

my application has just been decided, please see the below thread "July 2017"

british-citizenship/july-2017-naturalis ... l#p1561964

Congratulations I saw your timeline when we did our July timeline too. Sadly no luck for us, it must feel great?

softy monster wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:46 pm

Congratulations I saw your timeline when we did our July timeline too. Sadly no luck for us, it must feel great?

Thanks! It feels great when I get the result tbh as for now I have strange feeling about it! But you know what...it’s not the end of the world! Ive always tried to be calm and focused and also had no choice except to sit tight and watch! I can tell you it’s a painful process and also let you spend too much time reading and worrying about it, but I had to be strong! Now I have to face the truth!!
Thanks