General discussion after BC and Passport application

ilrbuddy1 · Post by **ilrbuddy1** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:49 pm

How about sending Special Delivery Self Addressed Envelope Later after submitting Application via NCS

Do you think it is good idea?

jms_uk · Post by **jms_uk** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:20 pm

ilrbuddy1 wrote:How about sending Special Delivery Self Addressed Envelope Later after submitting Application via NCS

Do you think it is good idea?

What for? To get your decision letter? Or acknowledgment one?

When I applied for my ILR via post, I submitted SD SAE, which only got returned to me in the same 2nd class letter as the rest of the documents...

ilrbuddy1 · Post by **ilrbuddy1** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:01 pm

jms_uk wrote:
ilrbuddy1 wrote:How about sending Special Delivery Self Addressed Envelope Later after submitting Application via NCS

Do you think it is good idea?
What for? To get your decision letter? Or acknowledgment one?

When I applied for my ILR via post, I submitted SD SAE, which only got returned to me in the same 2nd class letter as the rest of the documents...

SD for Approval letter for Citizenship

jms_uk · Post by **jms_uk** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:33 pm

ilrbuddy1 wrote: SD for Approval letter for Citizenship

Good luck in getting someone to actually action that.

zara2012 · Post by **zara2012** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:29 pm

Hiya everyone I am new to the forum in terms of posting. I have been reading timelines and chat threads since March so I been on the journey with you since then.

My family and I had applied for naturalisation on 04/04/2012, there were 4 applicaions in total 2 AN and 2MN1.
Now I am on the waiting journey with you guys and I hope that all the people should recieve their approval befor the end of third month of applying.

Good luck to us all

zara2012 · Post by **zara2012** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:15 am

It has been exactly two months today since our applications were received.
Lets hope the wait is no longer than three months for us all whos applications are still under three months. For those who has already been waiting over three months, hpe they get their approval as soon as the bank holiday finished!!!!!

kasif · Post by **kasif** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:47 am

It been 2 week now but still I didn't receive the invitation letter from Home Office.

Can any body please tell me how long they will take to send the invitation letter.

I have contacted my local council but they not received anything either.

It's very frustrating that Home Office provide/send only half information.

Approval received: 24.05.2012

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:13 pm

ilrbuddy1 wrote:How about sending Special Delivery Self Addressed Envelope Later after submitting Application via NCS

Do you think it is good idea?

Could be worth the while as could save you some days of waiting? I hope they could action it though...if I were you, i'd go for it!

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:15 pm

kasif wrote:It been 2 week now but still I didn't receive the invitation letter from Home Office.

Can any body please tell me how long they will take to send the invitation letter.

I have contacted my local council but they not received anything either.

It's very frustrating that Home Office provide/send only half information.

Approval received: 24.05.2012

Call HO on 0845 010 5200 and request for another invitation letter...they sometimes forget based on the letter I have received...

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:34 pm

kurgy wrote:Hi I am very new to this board so apologies if I am repeating things. My husband applied in Jan for BC we got out acknowledgement letter 10th March. he applied through 5years work visa and 1 year IL (I presume this is tier 2).
We didn't realise you could use a checking service until after we sent everything off. Hence having no passports for him ATM.

I notice some of the March people are getting their responses of approval through. is tier 2 usually longer than other tiers?

What seems to be the usual time ATM? From what I can see it ranges but usually 3 months ish.......

Unfortunately, the official minimum time to call is 6 months. There's been varied approval times with some as early as 2 weeks and some more than a year...If I were you, i'd call and tell them I haven't seen the acknowledgement letter yet. Hopefully, if they were sleeping or slacking on the application, that should wake them up...the phone numbers to call are somewhere on this forum...good luck...

Kam348 · Post by **Kam348** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:31 pm

kasif wrote:It been 2 week now but still I didn't receive the invitation letter from Home Office.

Can any body please tell me how long they will take to send the invitation letter.

I have contacted my local council but they not received anything either.

It's very frustrating that Home Office provide/send only half information.

Approval received: 24.05.2012

Hi Kasif

do you mind to share which council you are expecting letter from ... means the one you selected in your application to attend the ceremony. Thanks. Kam

kasif · Post by **kasif** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:16 pm

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:10 pm

kasif wrote:London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Greedy borough mate... they love to do private ceremonies as I hear... but you're entitled to request a fresh copy of letter direct from HO after two(2) weeks...

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:21 am

kasif wrote:London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Go quickly to the Borough...the certificates are sitting there...the next group ceremony has been set for 10th July, 2012 as I was told...so if you're desperate you may need to arrange a private ceremony...

Also, my invitation letter by the council was sitting there...I had to pick it up by hand...

Go now if you can as they're closing at 4.30pm today!

dancerJWKS · Post by **dancerJWKS** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:02 pm

Hi all

I am new here and would like to hear your advice on my case.

I have submitted my british citizenship application via the Nationality Checking Services on 8th March 2012. The lady at the NCS said my case should be quite straight forward.

My landlord has just rung me saying that he is selling his flat and I need to move out in 2 months. I have got the acknowledgement letter and saying that the fee has been received. I tried calling the Home Office to ask for my advice but the automatic services asked me to email them instead. I have written to them but I have not heard anything yet. I am a bit frustrated. What should I do?

dancerJWKS

ana ali · Post by **ana ali** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:47 am

hello,
mr. kasif
my brother is also waiting for council invitation letter for last one month? have you got your letter?

batakooji · Post by **batakooji** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:37 pm

hi

does anybody know how long it takes in average to hear decision after you submit your DAT1 for applicant from Northern Ireland

thanks

lumera · Post by **lumera** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:49 pm

ana ali wrote:hello,
mr. kasif
my brother is also waiting for council invitation letter for last one month? have you got your letter?

#

One month is a long time to get invited by the council. Tell your brother to pay them a visit at the council office where citizenship issues are handled. He will find out the letter may just be hanging in there and he can receive same by hand...Act fast and good luck...i had to pic mine by hand at my council office...
Good luck!

zara2012 · Post by **zara2012** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:17 pm

I saw the postman walking up our street with brown envelope in his han and said to myself that could be it but infact we didn't have any mail at all today

batakooji · Post by **batakooji** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:59 pm

hi

does anybody know how long it takes in average to hear decision

Masryman · Post by **Masryman** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:40 am

dancerJWKS wrote:Hi all

I am new here and would like to hear your advice on my case.

I have submitted my british citizenship application via the Nationality Checking Services on 8th March 2012. The lady at the NCS said my case should be quite straight forward.

My landlord has just rung me saying that he is selling his flat and I need to move out in 2 months. I have got the acknowledgement letter and saying that the fee has been received. I tried calling the Home Office to ask for my advice but the automatic services asked me to email them instead. I have written to them but I have not heard anything yet. I am a bit frustrated. What should I do?

Dont panic i m sure that u ll get yours b4 u move out but just in case set up mail redirection once u no where u moving to
dancerJWKS

kurgy · Post by **kurgy** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:40 pm

is the 6 months to contact home office from the date you sent it or when you received the acknowledgement letter?

Also regretfully we sent postal rather than NCS (didn't even know about this until after) are these applications notoriously slower?

girlpower19818 · Post by **girlpower19818** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:59 pm

kurgy wrote:is the 6 months to contact home office from the date you sent it or when you received the acknowledgement letter?

Also regretfully we sent postal rather than NCS (didn't even know about this until after) are these applications notoriously slower?

Hi there. My understanding is that it is 6 months from when they (home office) receive your application letter.

Check the time-line thread to see the differences between postal and NCS application, but from my understanding a lot of people who applied via postal seem to get their approval letters same time as the return of their documents (which a lot of the time is faster than NCS applications). Having said that, it all seem to depend on your luck to be honest as, at times two very similar applications would have totally different time-lines. Good luck with your application.

zara2012 · Post by **zara2012** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:04 pm

My hubby and I had conversation yesterday to call HO office and to ask for update somehow but we know that our applications are under 6 months and they don't provide update on that.
Anyway he did ring this afternoon and after 10 minutes wait the call was answered by a lovely polite lady. she asked for reference number, name, date of birth and home address. She typed up all the given information into the system and then asked what is the query? Hubby said'' our credit card was initially declined and we had letter from HO to pay fee which I did over the phone but ever since we have not received any acknowledgement ''. The lady checked on the system and informed that it shows on the system that applications are complete and you should hear from us within the next 2-3 weeks time, if you don't then contact us again.
What do you think guys......??

vk1979 · Post by **vk1979** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:34 pm

[quote="zara2012"]My hubby and I had conversation yesterday to call HO office and to ask for update somehow but we know that our applications are under 6 months and they don't provide update on that.
Anyway he did ring this afternoon and after 10 minutes wait the call was answered by a lovely polite lady. she asked for reference number, name, date of birth and home address. She typed up all the given information into the system and then asked what is the query? Hubby said'' our credit card was initially declined and we had letter from HO to pay fee which I did over the phone but ever since we have not received any acknowledgement ''. The lady checked on the system and informed that it shows on the system that applications are complete and you should hear from us within the next 2-3 weeks time, if you don't then contact us again.
What do you think guys......??[/quote]
Hi Zara- that's good news

I am sure you will get your letter soon.

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