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December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

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Green apple
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by Green apple » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:15 pm

My application reached the home office on the 23/12/2013 if I'm not wrong and the fee was requested when I checked with the bank today but its pending though ,my balance dropped today 22/01/14 let's pray for each others good luck for all .

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by rikken » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:10 am

How long does it normally take for the drop in balance to show up as a payment?

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by tundefaboye » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:01 am

Hi Rikken,

It depends on the bank, but generally 2-3 days. By the third day you should have it fully displayed on your account.

Goodluck.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by InUkOnHsmp » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:12 am

For me, I noticed the available balance drop on Monday morning and transaction appeared in my account on tuesday evening the 21st of January.

So has your balance dropped then rikken?

HTH
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:44 am

InUkOnHsmp wrote:For me, I noticed the available balance drop on Monday morning and transaction appeared in my account on tuesday evening the 21st of January.

So has your balance dropped then rikken?

HTH
I had similar experience, I noticed drop in my available balance on Monday and the transaction appeared in my recent transaction schedule on Tuesday shortly after 1600.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by lifofifo » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:19 am

Eligibility criteria: 3 years (Spouse of a BC)
Language criteria met: UK NARIC ELA + UK NARIC Statement of Comparability
Method of application: NCS Brent
Date of application: 30-12-2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31-12-2013
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23-01-2014
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by rikken » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:02 pm

InUkOnHsmp wrote: So has your balance dropped then rikken?
The balance dropped yesterday morning but shortly after that the debit card I used for the payment got stuck in a cash machine so I had to request it be replaced. So now I have no idea if it's actually going to clear. I called barclays but they are worse than useless.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by InUkOnHsmp » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:31 pm

So if you balance has dropped and card been charged, you should be fine, IMO Rikken.
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by sharjeelpk » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:34 pm

Eligibility Criteria: 2Y HSMP + 3 Year Tier 1+ 1 ILR
Language criteria met: MSC (Pakistan , Old IELTS)
Method of application: - POST
Date of application: 23 December 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24 December 2013
Payment method : Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Pending on CC statement (22/01/14)
Date of acknowledgment: 27/01/2014 (dated 22/01/2014)
Date approval received: Awaiting
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by ken218 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:41 pm

Got a text message this morning from the bank about a transaction of 1550 billed on my Credit card. I assume the bank authorised the transaction and just waiting for it to reflect on my statement. If the fee deduction goes smoothly, it will make the waiting period of fee deduction just under 4 weeks. Sounds good :)

Thanks to TTOE for pointing out, my application arrived HO on 31/12/2013
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:43 pm

InUkOnHsmp wrote:So if you balance has dropped and card been charged, you should be fine, IMO Rikken.

@ Rikken - hope for the best here wrt actual clearing of the payment. I suggest you go into a branch to find out why your plastic got swallowed up and get a confirmation of all your pending transactions.

All the best mate!

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:45 pm

ken218 wrote:Got a text message this morning from the bank about a transaction of 1550 billed on my Credit card. I assume the bank authorised the transaction and just waiting for it to reflect on my statement. If the fee deduction goes smoothly, it will make the waiting period of fee deduction just under 4 weeks. Sounds good :)

FYI Ken218's application got to the HO on 31/12/2013.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by ken218 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:58 pm

I also noticed some of the January applications already got the fees deducted. This makes the fee deduction waiting period as short as 3 weeks!! (well, still quite long compare to the applications prior to October 2013...)

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:01 pm

ken218 wrote:I also noticed some of the January applications already got the fees deducted. This makes the fee deduction waiting period as short as 3 weeks!! (well, still quite long compare to the applications prior to October 2013...)
I agree, we are all now waiting for a very swift best as per approvals.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:05 am

Acknowledgement letter dated 20/01/2014 came through for me today 24/01/2014.........my timeline tracker has been updated accordingly.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by rikken » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:21 pm

December stats:

Week of 2 December: 17 (15 with fees taken)
Week of 9 December: 15 (14 with fees taken)
Week of 16 December: 13 (11 with fees taken)
Week of 23 December: 6 (4 with fees taken)
Week of 30 December (not January): 2 (2 with fees taken)

Looks like just about everyone who applied in December has had the fees taken, I assume the ones not yet flagged as acknowledged just haven't got around to updating their post yet.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:51 pm

rikken wrote:December stats:

Week of 2 December: 17 (15 with fees taken)
Week of 9 December: 15 (14 with fees taken)
Week of 16 December: 13 (11 with fees taken)
Week of 23 December: 6 (4 with fees taken)
Week of 30 December (not January): 2 (2 with fees taken)

Looks like just about everyone who applied in December has had the fees taken, I assume the ones not yet flagged as acknowledged just haven't got around to updating their post yet.

Many thanks for this Rikken - Always very much appreciated!

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by rasinrdj » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:57 pm

rasinrdj wrote:Eligibility criteria: HSMP (2yrs) + Tier 1 (3 yrs) + ILR (1 yr)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Merton
Date of application: 23/12/2013
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/12/2013 (RMSD tracking)
Date of aknowlegment:
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/01/2014
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:
Fees debited today.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by InUkOnHsmp » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:18 pm

Got acknowledgment today, updated timelines:

Joint application
Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 years Tier1 + ILR (12 months)
Language criteria met: Me - Expires ILETS certificate used at the time of EC, Fresh IELTS certificate for wife
Referees used - Manager at work, and colleague at work
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 16th December 2013
Payment method - Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 December 2013
Date of aknowlegment: 24 January 2014 (dated 20 January 2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21 January 2014 (Balance dropped on 20 January 2014, transaction appeared on the 21st)
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony:TBA
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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by jay00uk » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:29 am

Eligibility criteria: 3 year Spouse of a BC
Language criteria met :UK degree,
Current nationality: Turkish
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Exeter City
Date of application: 12.12.13
Payment method CC/DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13.12.13
Date of acknowledgement:24.01.14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 20.01.14( just saw this morning my acc balance dropped by £874)
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by Green apple » Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:50 pm

Some December apps were approved this time last year

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by malafat » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:00 am

Green apple wrote:Some December apps were approved this time last year

Do you have any idea what percentages of the October and November applications were missing by then?

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:10 am

malafat wrote:
Green apple wrote:Some December apps were approved this time last year

Do you have any idea what percentages of the October and November applications were missing by then?

In support of malafat's point, Green apple, I suggest we should be comparing apple to apple and orange to orange..........there wasn't any rule change in October 2012 and I didn't hear about any massive backlog as well.

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by TTOE » Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:52 pm

On a positive note, I have a feeling we are going to start seeing approvals for December 2013 before the end of this week........

Believe!!! :D

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Re: December 2013 - Naturalization timeline

Post by InUkOnHsmp » Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:59 pm

Great optimism TTOE, I like you man! :)

Any particular reason for this optimism, with almost all November approvals still to come through?
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