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A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen. Naturalisation

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by peteragm » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:39 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residency + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 / LIUK Pass
Nationality: Egyptian
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 20/01/2021
Receipt of your application: 20/01/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 20/01/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 12/02/2021
Date of approval: 07/07/2021 (by email)
Date of approval Letter: Not received
Date of ceremony letter: 10/07/2021
Date of ceremony: 20/07/2021 (booked private ceremony in Ealing council)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by amjadleeds » Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:40 pm

Eligibility criteria: 20 years as 1year Tier 1 General, 1 Year post study work, 9 Year student, 9 year FLR FP + after ILR immediately applied
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life In The UK +Degree
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 15/032021
Receipt of your application: 17/03/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 15/03/2021
Documents submitted to UKVI: 17/03/2021
Biometric submitted: 17/03/2021
Document Confirmation email: 16/03/2021
Date of Approval email: 07/07/2021
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by iceman809 » Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:03 am

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence Card + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/02/2021
Payment method: Debit online 07/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04/03/2021
Date on Approval letter:Not received
Date of receipt of approval:Not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 09/07/2021 ............Date of receipt of letter:17/07/21
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Indeed many cases have not received the approval letter recently but have received the invitation letter directly.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by PoliticsDoc » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:19 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen + PR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD + Life in the UK
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10 Feb 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 10 Feb 2021
Date of debit of fees: 10 Feb 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09 Mar 2021 at UKVCAS Nottingham
Date on Approval letter: Never received one
Date of receipt of approval: Never received one
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17 Jul 2021, letter dated 08 Jul 2021
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I felt the need to register and provide my timeline just to reassure the applicants from February. Based on my experience, we all receive just the ceremony letter very close to the six-month deadline. Best of luck to all of you, you have kept me going!

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Lbernard » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:29 pm

TIMELINE

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 years on ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD + Life in the UK
Nationality : EU + Swiss (dual)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18 Feb 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 19 Feb 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 18 Feb 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 Mar 2021 at UKVCAS Cambridge (Library)
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by islandfox » Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:51 pm

islandfox wrote:
Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:28 pm
Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 8 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 March 2021 (London, Sopra Steria Mark Lane paid appointment)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: never received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting...

when I applied they said estimated time of approval could around 2.5 months. It feels now there may be a backlog of EU settlement applications
The magic of this forum, almost as soon as I posted the above, I got the letter :)

Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 8 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 March 2021 (London, Sopra Steria Mark Lane paid appointment)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: never received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 5 July 2021 (only received physical letter by post, no emails)
Date of Ceremony: 14 July 2021 (virtual)
Applied for passport: 15 July 2021 & waiting

Best of luck to everyone!

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by MKSR84 » Sun Jul 18, 2021 6:50 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05th July 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 05th July 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 05th July 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 July 2021 at UKVCAS - Manchester.
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by leonex4t5 » Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:41 pm

Eligibility criteria: 6 years DLR, and minimum of 1 year ILR.
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 6th July 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 6th July 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 6th July 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 July 2021 at UKVCAS - Manchester.
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by CR001 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:42 am


Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please don't post questions in this thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by etienneg » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:44 am

Eligibility criteria: 9 years EU PR (old blue booklet)
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/04/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: never received one
Date of debit of fees: 04/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/04/2021 - Croydon
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: 19/07/2021 - email (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/07/2021 - (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Harveykhamb16 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:16 am

Eligibility: Long Residence 14 Years ,10Years ILR...(INDIAN)
language:LIUK,B1 Trinity College.
Date of app: 26/03/2021
Biometrics: 22/4/2021 Croydon
Approval Letter : 19/7/2021..Email from Homeoffice Atlas.( Approval and book Ceremony -All in 1)
Ceremony Date: 04th August,2021.

Thanks to all in this Thread and the Moderator,Specially Vinny.Thanks Vinny,Home did considered my app in the end .You were right about my application concerns on 26th March.

See you all in Passport app after 4th August.Good Luck all.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by exestive » Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:26 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: BSc degree + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 8/3/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 9/3/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 3/4/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 3/4/2021
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 notavowel » Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:05 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: CEFR level B1 in Speaking and Listening + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 5/2/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 5/2/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 25/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 25/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
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 CR001 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:55 pm

@Tahakhan - Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please don't post questions in this thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Voyager-2 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:35 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Australian Passport + Life in the UK
Nationality : Australian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19 Jul 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 19 Jul 2021
Date of debit of fees: 19 Jul 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05 Aug 2021
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Hkg1222 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:20 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK Master Degree + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/1/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 26/1/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 23/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 23/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
Date on Approval letter: Still waiting...
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Still waiting...
Date of Ceremony: (Pending)

Hitting the 6 month mark now and getting frustrated when starting to see more Feb/March cases were approved...

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by notavowel » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:49 am

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: CEFR level B1 in Speaking and Listening + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 5/2/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 5/2/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 25/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 25/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
Date on Approval letter: 7/7/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 20/7/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20/7/2021 (the approval letter was also my ceremony letter :?)
Date of Ceremony: 3/8/2021

(Received the approval/ceremony letter the day after I signed up and posted the earlier version of this update -- I think UKVI/HO are spying on me :lol:)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by SagarBavishi » Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:25 am

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK NARIC + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/05/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 29/05/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 18/06/2021 (Paid-Croydon)
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 18/06/2021
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 Kirmani_32 » Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:14 pm

Kirmani_32 wrote:
Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:24 pm
Kirmani_32 wrote:
Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:24 pm
Kirmani_32 wrote:
Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:56 am
Eligibility criteria: 9.5 years in the UK + ILR 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Bachelor Degree + NARIC
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: November 16th 2020
Date of acknowledgement: November 16th 2020
Date of debit of fees: November 16th 2020
Documents Uploaded & Submitted to UKVI (via UKVCAS): December 16th 2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: December 16th 2020
Date of receipt of approval: March 19th 2021 (email)
Date on Approval letter: March 19th 2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: April 26th 2021
Date on ceremony letter: April 26th 2021
Date of Ceremony: July 20th 2021
Finally done our ceremony and got citizenship :)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by mehran1 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:38 am

Eligibility criteria: Long residence ILR + 6 years
Language Criteria: UK Masters Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 08/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

It has been 163 days and still pending.

Moderator Edit : Please do not post not TIMELINE ONLY posts or questions.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Slimshady » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:21 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Permanent Residence
Language Criteria: B1 test + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 15/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/02/2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

this whole process is taking so long just under a moth to complete 6 months waiting.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Echolalia » Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:29 pm

Echolalia wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:53 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (EU settled status) + British spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 exam (Trinity College)
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 1 March 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27 March 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: 21 July 2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Adecrown » Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:46 pm

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC; 10yr + ILR
Language Criteria: Master UK and Life in the UK.
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 March 2021
Date of debit of fees: 22 March 2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22 March 2021
Date of Biometric: 19 April 2021 (Stratford Library)
Date of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony: Pending

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by etienneg » Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:26 am

etienneg wrote:
Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:44 am
Eligibility criteria: 9 years EU PR (old blue booklet)
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/04/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: never received one
Date of debit of fees: 04/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/04/2021 - Croydon
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: 19/07/2021 - email (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/07/2021 - (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 22/07/2021, Barnet (originally 09/09 but called about booking a private ceremony and got offered a free group one for this afternoon)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by M987 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:27 pm

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: spouse visa 2 yr+ 7 yr ilr
Language Criteria: B1 and Life in the UK.
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 Feb 2021
Date of debit of fees: 18 Feb 2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18 Feb 2021
Date of Biometric: 18 march 2021 birmingham
Date of approval: Not received
Date of receipt of approval: Not received
Date of Ceremony: got invitation letter only on 22 July 2021 ( will try to book private ceremony to get it sooner)
Date of receipt of ceremony: 05 October 2021

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