March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

UPDATE TO MY APPLICATION!!

Klogie wrote:

Klogie wrote:Eligibility criteria: EEA National, 10 yrs + married to UK National; UK Hons Degree,
Method of application: NCS South Lanarkshire
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: 16/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received Saturday 25/04/2015 dated Thursday 16/04/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 10/10/2015 - dated 01/10/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting - need to call the council on Monday to book!

Klogie wrote:UPDATE TO MY APPLICATION!!

Congrats, a fellow 31st of March

Klogie wrote:UPDATE TO MY APPLICATION!!

Klogie wrote:

Klogie wrote:Eligibility criteria: EEA National, 10 yrs + married to UK National; UK Hons Degree,
Method of application: NCS South Lanarkshire
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: 16/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received Saturday 25/04/2015 dated Thursday 16/04/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 10/10/2015 - dated 01/10/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting - need to call the council on Monday to book!

Congratulations mate!!

---UPDATE---

Date of Application : 06th March 2015
Approval letter from home office : not yet recieved
Ceremony date : 19th nov!!

Wohoo!! Revieved ceremoney letter from council today!! So hopefully approavl would be coming anytime soon!! Thank God wait is over! It took 7 months!!

Application received date: 27/3/15

I made an application for naturalisation in March 2015 as the spouse of a British citizen. I have lived in the UK since Nov 2011 and have not left the country since my arrival. I obtained ILR in February 2014. I have now received a letter from HO dated 6/10/15 requesting further documentation;

Passports (s) or Travel document (s) to cover the period from 18/3/12 to 20/7/12, in order to meet the residence requirements for naturalisation.

I am confused by this as I had already sent them my passport which was valid for travel for this period, and which shows i have not left the country since my arrival. I don't have any other passports. I have already emailed them to clarify their request.

What could be the issue? I did not send my Residence Permit Card with the application, could this be the problem? is it essential that is sent with the application?

Congratulations to all.. Hope all March applicants have received their letters from HO...

Congrats all who have received their approvals.

I think I am the only one left from March applicants waiting for approval.

wparacha wrote:Congrats all who have received their approvals.

I think I am the only one left from March applicants waiting for approval.

Still waiting applied on 31 March...

Teeni wrote:Application received date: 27/3/15

I made an application for naturalisation in March 2015 as the spouse of a British citizen. I have lived in the UK since Nov 2011 and have not left the country since my arrival. I obtained ILR in February 2014. I have now received a letter from HO dated 6/10/15 requesting further documentation;

Passports (s) or Travel document (s) to cover the period from 18/3/12 to 20/7/12, in order to meet the residence requirements for naturalisation.

I am confused by this as I had already sent them my passport which was valid for travel for this period, and which shows i have not left the country since my arrival. I don't have any other passports. I have already emailed them to clarify their request.

What could be the issue? I did not send my Residence Permit Card with the application, could this be the problem? is it essential that is sent with the application?

The ILR permit stays with you when you apply through NCS. Even after you have naturalised and got your passport. It just becomes irrelevant afterwards.

It might have been a mistake that they sent you the letter. If you have sent them your original passport which cover the last three years then just enquire if they have received it. If only copies were taken (NCS applicants only) then that means that they want to see the original passport; which they already must have got according to your statement. Better call them first thing in the morning to clarify this issue as you are past your six months.

Good Luck

Here is an update to my timeline...had my ceremony today and applied for my British passport as well!!!!

Abuzaid wrote:Here is an update to my timeline...had my ceremony today and applied for my British passport as well!!!!

Excellent congrats mate!

dipmm2000d wrote:

wparacha wrote:Congrats all who have received their approvals.

I think I am the only one left from March applicants waiting for approval.

Still waiting applied on 31 March...

Am Still Waiting like you From 26-03-2015

They said ... Remains Outstanding ??

mr-m wrote:

dipmm2000d wrote:

wparacha wrote:Congrats all who have received their approvals.

I think I am the only one left from March applicants waiting for approval.

Still waiting applied on 31 March...

Am Still Waiting like you From 26-03-2015

They said ... Remains Outstanding ??

I Didn't know Whats Mean

I applied on the 27th of March, my documents were acknowledged on the 7th of April. They wanted more, so I sent over a kilo of documentation which they received on the 1st of June. Since then...crickets.

I'm a German citizen, have lived continuously in the UK for 13 years, have paid National Insurance for 10 years while continually employed and self-employed and have been married to a British citizen for 6 years (happy anniversary to us in a week!).

Should I be worrying?

Artful Badger

ArtfulBadger wrote:I applied on the 27th of March, my documents were acknowledged on the 7th of April. They wanted more, so I sent over a kilo of documentation which they received on the 1st of June. Since then...crickets.

I'm a German citizen, have lived continuously in the UK for 13 years, have paid National Insurance for 10 years while continually employed and self-employed and have been married to a British citizen for 6 years (happy anniversary to us in a week!).

Should I be worrying?

Artful Badger

They're really slow, so I wouldn't be worried, especially since you sent more documents. You should call and ask if they have any more info however, as it's been more than 6 months from your application...

ArtfulBadger wrote:I applied on the 27th of March, my documents were acknowledged on the 7th of April. They wanted more, so I sent over a kilo of documentation which they received on the 1st of June. Since then...crickets.

I'm a German citizen, have lived continuously in the UK for 13 years, have paid National Insurance for 10 years while continually employed and self-employed and have been married to a British citizen for 6 years (happy anniversary to us in a week!).

Should I be worrying?

Artful Badger

I think the more documents you send the more time it would take to verify each and very single document,
its a lot of papers
just have to wait

Thanks for your comments, tyx and blackstreak. I just sent them what they asked for!

In the meantime I've written an email to the Home Office (for all that good that might do...) and to my MP (may do more good), and I'll see if I can get anyone on the phone tomorrow.

Thank you for the kind words!

Dear Members
Please advise
I applied for My Naturalisation on 13 march 2015 and money is deducted on 24 th march I received the letter in August asking for my Original previous passport which I sent it next day and they received it but after that I didn't heard anything from them so I called few times and they said you application is in process.
total time so far : 7 months 4 days
please advise.
Nikhil

Nikhil25 wrote:Dear Members
Please advise
I applied for My Naturalisation on 13 march 2015 and money is deducted on 24 th march I received the letter in August asking for my Original previous passport which I sent it next day and they received it but after that I didn't heard anything from them so I called few times and they said you application is in process.
total time so far : 7 months 4 days
please advise.
Nikhil

I applied a few days after you and I'm still waiting. After 2 months they requested more information about my work, which I sent. Then nothing since the 1st of June.

I called and was told that my application was neither approved or denied, but the person couldn't tell me any more.

Next step I'm taking is sending a registered letter to the person who requested the additional information.

Some applications are getting approved within 3 months. I have no idea how they operate, but good luck getting through.

A sort of update...

On Friday the 16th I called UKVI and was actually called back! Shock. However the gentleman who called was only able to tell me that my application was neither accepted or denied and that he was unable to attach a comment to the file for the hard-working person who has had it on their desk since the end of March. I asked if there was any additional information I could supply, but he told me no.

On Monday I sent a registered letter of inquiry to the name on the only piece of communication I've had from them, as well as an email. The letter was received today.

And I wrote to my MP as well. Today I received an email from his office that he has contacted UKVI to find out what's happening.

As I have lived continuously in the UK for 13 years, have paid over 10 years in National Insurance and have been married to a British citizen for 6 years, I find it hard to believe that they need this much time to decide without informing me about what their issue is.

Today I browsed through the March thread on this board and was utterly shocked to see that some people who applied in early March had received their positive decision within three weeks! I told this to the woman at UKVI I spoke with today and she assured me that that was impossible and that everyone's application takes 6 months. Incompetent and liars...

I'll post again when something happens so that if anyone else is getting the runaround they can benefit from my knowledge.

Just an UPDATE
Today I have received letter from HO ""that it will take them another 3 - 6 months".
I wrote to my MP last week.
I also called earlier today to HO helpline and I Have been told to wait for call back.
Any one else who received this letter can share their experience please.

wparacha wrote:Just an UPDATE
Today I have received letter from HO ""that it will take them another 3 - 6 months".
I wrote to my MP last week.
I also called earlier today to HO helpline and I Have been told to wait for call back.
Any one else who received this letter can share their experience please.

Well, your experience seems similar to mine and I, too, have been self-employed, as well as employed by others and have been a student.

My MP is contacting them, and I have called and sent them a registered letter.

This puts a whole different spin on why this has been taking so long.

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and I'd like to share my experience also

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + ILR (first entry in 2007, received ILR in 2010)
Language criteria met: B1 test
Current nationality: Thai
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Canterbury City Council
Date of application: 15/10/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/10/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 19/10/2015 (received 22/10/2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19/10/15
Date of debit for passport fee: 23/10/2015
BRP enrollment at Ashford post office: 24/10/2015 (will make it happen tomorrow! )
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Hi,
Date of application : 26/03/15
Applied through : NCS Kingston
Route : Permanent Residence EEA 5+ 4 years permanent residence
Acknowledgement : 16 April 2015
Fee drawn : 14 April 2015
* Letter receive from homeoffice : 26/09/15 requesting more evidence and documents
Documents send :7/10/15
Approval received : 15/10/15(received 18/10/15)
Invitation from homeoofice : 17/10/15( received 24/10/15)
Called Kingston council 3 days in row with just call back waiting from them regarding ceremony date.I am bit worry as they still haven't call me back.

* The officer have asked to prove as to how I have regularise my stay between 2001-2005( I came as asylum in 1999 and my case unsuccessful in 2001 ).I couldn't give document but indicated in the cover letter regarding temporary admission was granted from 2001 onwards after asylum refusal and regularly attending immigration reporting centre.I have obtain NI account summary to show how I have supported myself plus explain that document not available as it was more than 10 years ago and the immigration reporting centre that I went has been closed down.I have also included that I did not break any law as to my knowledge as Homeoofice did not ask me to leave this country but provided temporary admission.

Best of luck to everyone.
Thank you

congratulations to the newly approved applicants