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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Sand6 » Mon Dec 30, 2019 6:36 pm

Sand6 wrote:
Sat Jun 15, 2019 9:33 am
Sand6 wrote:
Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:38 pm
Eligibility criteria:ILR 1 year
Language Criteria: Trinnity college B1
Nationality: Non-Eu
Method of application: post
Date of application: 17/05/2019
Recieved by VKVI: 20/05/2019
Date of acknowledgement email: 06/06/19
Date on acknowledgement letter:06/06/19
Date acknowledgment letter recieved: 10/06/19
Date of debit of fees: 05/06/19
Date of Bio-metric letter issued: 06/06/19
Date of Bio-metric letter received: 10/06/19
Date Bio-metrics enrolled:15/06/19
Date on Approval letter: 20/12/19
Date of receipt of approval: 30/12/19
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by akas83 » Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:21 pm

Eligibility criteria:ILR
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 26/10/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 28/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19/11/2019
Date on Approval letter: 16/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 14/12/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 31/12/2019
BRP returned: 31/12/2019
Date of Ceremony: 02/01/2019 (Private 120 GBP)
Date of Passport Applications:
Date Documents Sent:
Approval date:
Date Passport received:

Best of luck Everyone........

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by akas83 » Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:20 pm

akas83 wrote:
Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:21 pm
Eligibility criteria:ILR
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 26/10/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 28/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19/11/2019
Date on Approval letter: 16/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 14/12/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 31/12/2019
BRP returned: 31/12/2019
Date of Ceremony: 02/01/2019 (Private 120 GBP)
Date of Passport Applications: 02/01/2019
Date of Photo verification online: 02/01/2019
Date Documents Sent: 02/01/2019
Date of documents received:
Approval date:
Date when Passport was received:

Best of luck Everyone........

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Mashh4u » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:20 am

Mashh4u wrote:
Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:52 pm
Mashh4u wrote:
Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:42 pm
Eligibility criteria:ILR
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 26/10/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 28/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/10/2019
Date on Approval letter: 05/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 14/12/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: No letter
Date of Ceremony: 19/12/2019
Date of Passport Applications: 20/12/2019
Date Documents Sent:21/12/2019
Date Passport received:03/01/2020

Will ring on Monday for ceremony Booking...
It’s my suggestion for those who are waiting for long times, send email to nationality team and they will get straight forward decision
I emailed on 3 Dec and date on approval is 5 Dec...
Best of luck Everyone........

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by beckyjohn1530 » Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:16 pm

Eligibility criteria:ILR, Spouse of British Citizen
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 22/10/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 23/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/11/2019
Date on Approval letter: 03/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 18/12/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: No letter
Date of Ceremony: 08/01/2020
Date of Passport Applications: 08/01/2020 [ Will apply on 8th]
Date Documents Sent: TBC
Date Passport received: TBC

I would like to thank this board as i was able to find many answers and suggestions here.
Best of Luck :D :)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Casa » Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:26 pm

@Satishsharma348 Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD only. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.
(Casa, not CR001)
Please don't send me PMs asking for immigration advice on posts that are on the open forum. If I haven't responded there, it's because I don't have the answer. I'm a moderator, not a legal professional.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Satishsharma348 » Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:35 pm

Eligibility criteria: PR
Language criteria met: TRINITY COLLEGE +LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality: NON EU
Method of application: ONLINE
Date of application:19 NOVEMBER 2019
Payment method: Criedt card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 19 NOVEMBER 2019
Date of acknowledgement: 19 NOVEMBER 2019
Date money gone off account: 19 NOVEMBER 2019
Biometrics done: 21 November 2019 (UKVAS)
Date of approval: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting
Date applied for passports: waiting
Date passports received:waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Marcobertoliniuk » Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:47 pm

Marcobertoliniuk wrote:
Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:56 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1
Language Criteria: B1.1 TRINITY COLLEGE + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: Italian
Method of application: Private Lawyer
Date of application: 23 October 2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 8 November 2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11 November 2019
Date on Approval letter: 5 December
Date of receipt of approval: unknown
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 9 December 2019
Date of Ceremony: 24 December 2019
Date of Passport Applications: Waiting for Blue Passport to be officially released
Date Documents Sent: Waiting
Date Passport received: Waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Marcobertoliniuk » Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:50 pm

Marcobertoliniuk wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:47 pm
Marcobertoliniuk wrote:
Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:56 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1
Language Criteria: B1.1 TRINITY COLLEGE + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: Italian
Method of application: Private Lawyer
Date of application: 23 October 2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 8 November 2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11 November 2019
Date on Approval letter: 5 December
Date of receipt of approval: unknown
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 9 December 2019
Date of Ceremony: 24 December 2019 (private)
Date of Passport Applications: Waiting for Blue Passport to be officially released
Date Documents Sent: Waiting
Date Passport received: Waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Butterfly86 » Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:51 pm

Butterfly86 wrote:
Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:05 pm
Eligibility criteria: 11 Years + 1
Language Criteria: B1.1 TRINITY COLLEGE + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: Italian
Method of application: Private Lawyer
Date of application: 25 October 2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 8 November 2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15 November 2019
Date on Approval letter: 9/12/19
Date of receipt of approval: unknown
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 18/12/19
Date of Ceremony: 24/12/19 (private Ceremony)
Date of Passport Applications: Waiting
Date Documents Sent: Waiting
Date Passport received: Waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Casa » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:00 pm

@Sous49
Casa wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:26 pm
Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD only. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.
(Casa, not CR001)
Please don't send me PMs asking for immigration advice on posts that are on the open forum. If I haven't responded there, it's because I don't have the answer. I'm a moderator, not a legal professional.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by winnter_summer » Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:50 am

Eligibility criteria:ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 19/12/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 20/12/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2020
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Applications:
Date Documents Sent:
Date Passport received:

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by horiabogdan » Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:44 pm

Eligibility criteria: Settled Status
Nationality: Romanian
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 19/12/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 19/20/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/12/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Applications:
Date Documents Sent:
Date Passport received:

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by BoyTed » Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:37 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 08/12/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 10/12/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/12/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Applications:
Date Documents Sent:
Date Passport received:

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by esi86 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 6:21 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 16/04/2019
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16/04/2019
Date of debit of fees:16/04/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued:16/04/2019
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/04/2019
Date on Approval letter: 27/04/2019
Date of receipt of approval:06/01/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony: 10/02/2020
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by kamb1ng » Mon Jan 06, 2020 6:31 pm

3 applications together: Naturalisation for me and my wife + registration for my teenage daughter

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 21/9/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 23/9/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/9/2019
Date on Approval letter: 19/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 6/1/2020 (this is a 2+ weeks very stressful gap)

FYI I sent multiple emails to FMT:
7/12 - replied on 11/12 -
"Applications are dealt with in application receipt date order. Therefore as the application was received on 21 September 2019, It will take a while longer for them to be considered. Once your application is decided, you will be contacted by your caseworker."

16/12 - replied on 18/12 - You will be contacted by post within 21 working days

26/12 - replied on 30/12 - (my application had been approved by then):
"Applications are dealt with in application receipt date order. Therefore as the application was received on 21 September 2019, It will take a while longer for them to be considered. Once your application is decided, you will be contacted by your caseworker."

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Dibango » Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:09 pm

Dibango wrote:
Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:12 pm
Eligibility criteria: 10 years residency + 1 PR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK degress + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU/EEA
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 13-Nov-2019
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 13-Nov-2019
Date of debit of fees:13-Nov-2019
Date of biometric letter received/issued: 13-Nov-2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02-Dec-2019
Date on Approval letter: 20-Dec-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 06-Jan-2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending - I am yet to figure out which reference number to use. Need to call the council
Date of Ceremony: Pending

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by newirishman » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:12 pm

Eligibility criteria: 6 years stay
Nationality: Irish
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 27/9/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 28/9/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/10/2019 - earliest free slot available in Glasgow
Date on Approval letter: 23/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 6/1/2020

I got a letter from caseworker on 27th November that has been replied on same day. Emailed various email addresses since then to get update and confirm the validity of response but never been replied back from HO. Anyways, it doesn't matter anymore as got my approval now...Many thanks for you all -- especially moderators for the support and advice...Regards

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by habib1973 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:20 am

habib1973 wrote:
Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:17 pm
ligibility criteria: ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 02/08/2019 (online)
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 05/08/2019
Date of debit of fees: 02/08/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/08/2019 (UKVCAS - Birmingham)
Date on Approval letter:24/12/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 06/01/2020
Date of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Date of Passport Application: NA
Date of debit of fees: NA
Date Passport to be received:NA
Sent couple of emails after 4 months wait and got approval after 4 weeks.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by abhishek.gite446 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:11 pm

Eligibility criteria: Student Visa + Tier 2 General +ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality: India
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 22/11/2019 (online)
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 22/11/2019
Date of debit of fees: 22/11/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/11/2019 (UKVCAS - Croydon)
Date on Approval letter:18/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 07/01/2020
Date of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Date of Passport Application: NA
Date of debit of fees: NA
Date Passport to be received:NA

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by ME333 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:16 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 01/10/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 02/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/10/2019
Date on Approval letter: 16/12/2019
Date of receipt of approval: Not quite sure as I was away, but after 18 Dec.
Date of ceremony: 14 / 01 / 2020

Adding my timeline with a note that a friend who had a truly identical application to me (same country of origin, same time in UK), who submitted 1 day before me had her approval letter a full month before I heard anything. Was pulling my hair out with stress about why my application was taking longer.

I also emailed the HO email that others refer to and found it totally useless - their reply was that since my app had been received on 19 Sep (incorrect, it was Oct) it would take a while longer to be decided. I received this email on 07 Jan - 3 weeks after it had already been approved!

So basically, the timeline info on this thread is informative but also try not to stress out too much if you see others getting approval “faster” Try not to read anything into it - there is no rhyme or reason to HO timelines! Good luck :)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by yadsa123 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:43 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: ILR+ Life in the UK (from ILR)
Nationality : Non EU/EEA
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 03-Nov-2019
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 04-Nov-2019
Date of debit of fees:03-Nov-2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13-Nov-2019 (free appointment, just continue refreshing)
EMail Approval letter: NOT received by e-mail
Date on Approval letter: 19-Dec-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 06-Jan-2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending - calling council for the second day but they still have no info on me.
Date of Ceremony: Pending

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by rangers » Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:47 pm

rangers wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:00 pm
Eligibility criteria : 10 years LR 1 year ILR
Language Criteria : Life in the UK Test & Msc Degree
Method of application : Online + UKVCAS
Date of application : 29 Oct 2019
Date Biometrics enrolled :2 Nov 2019 @ Croydon
Date on Approval letter :Waiting
Date of receipt of approval:Waiting
Hi i have received the approval letter

Eligibility criteria : 10 years LR 1 year ILR
Language Criteria : Life in the UK Test & Msc Degree
Method of application : Online + UKVCAS
Date of application : 29 Oct 2019
Date Biometrics enrolled :2 Dec 2019 @ Croydon (By mistake i put 2nd nov on previous one)
Date on Approval letter :17 dec 2019
Date of receipt of approval: 4 Jan 2020
Date of Ceremony:13 Feb 2020

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by SidiBou » Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:55 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 Certificate + Life in the UK (from ILR)
Nationality : Non EU/EEA
Method of application: Online (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 07-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 08-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees:07-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09-Jan-2020, Croydon

Date on Approval letter: PENDING
Date of receipt of approval: PENDING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: PENDING
Date of Ceremony: PENDING

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Smkuk » Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:56 am

Eligibility criteria: 3 years residency
Language/LIUK Criteria: UKNARIC Letter + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU/EEA
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 28-OCt-2019
Payment method: Cheque via Solicitor
Date of acknowledgement: 07-Nov-2019
Date of biometric letter received/issued: 07-Nov-2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20-Nov-2019
Date on Approval letter: 11-Dec-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 16-Dec-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 16-Dec-2019
Date of Ceremony: Jan 2020 booked

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