Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Zinny · Post by **Zinny** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:16 am

Eligibility criteria: 1 Year ILR + British Citizen Spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: MBA + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Nigerian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 12/09/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 12/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 12/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27/09/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Booked : Waiting

YasToh · Post by **YasToh** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 2:07 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + British Citizen Spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Used same one used in ILR + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 23/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 23/06/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 23/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 03/07/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: None Recived
Date of Ceremony: Booked 03/12/2021

It was a long Journy!! I did not recieve any email from Home Office.

Received letter and email on 18/11/2021 from local council with Invitation for Ceremony on 03/12/2021.

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bmnikhil · Post by **bmnikhil** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:18 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 years total (1+3 year Tier 4 student, 5 Years Tier 2, 1 year ILR)
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degrees (MSc+PhD) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Indian
Applicants: Me + wife + son (5yr old)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19 June 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 19 June 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28 June 2021, paid £71.50 each
Date on Approval letter/Email: NA
Date of receipt of approval: NA
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: NA
Date of receipt of ceremony email: 19 Nov 2021 (exactly 5 months to the date) inviting for ceremony on 8th Dec (Devon county council).

PS: contacted UKVI requesting a status update on 26 Oct 2021, recieved a response on 15 Nov 2021 (The applications have been decided and you will be contacted in due course)

Thank you members.

brownman10 · Post by **brownman10** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:18 pm

Eligibility criteria: 14 year rule to ILR (2011) + 10 years of legal stay ( good Character requirement)
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/07/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 15/07/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 15/07/2021 (only automated fees confirmation)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/08/2021(free)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 25/10/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of approval: 25/10/2021 (Email from Home office Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 25/10/2021 (Same email for approval)
Ceremony Booked: 25/10/2021
Ceremony date: 28/10/2021 (online)
Naturalisation Certificate received:29/10/2021

would like to thanks everyone on this portal for all the advice. God bless you

ringwiss · Post by **ringwiss** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:59 pm

Eligibility criteria: many, many years of living in the UK under freedom of movement + EU Settlement Scheme
Language/LIUK Criteria: PTE Home B1 + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/09/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 26/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 26/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/09/2021 (paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 15/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 15/11/2021 (Email from Home Office Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: None received
Date of Ceremony: 14/12/2021

DrAhmad · Post by **DrAhmad** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:04 am

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Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:54 pm

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Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:37 pm
Eligibility criteria: ILR through SET(LR) + 1 year.
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD and MSc Degrees + Life in the UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 23/06/2021
Payment method: Online
Date of debit of fees: 23/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/07/2021
Date of approval Letter Email: waiting
Date of approval Letter: Waiting
Ceremony Invitation letter:
Ceremony Booked:
Date of Ceremony:

Sent an email to the home office on 11/08/2021 which they replied to on 21/08/2021 as follows:

"Your application is currently progressing through the system as normal, applications are currently taking approx. 6 months to process, however, due to the current coronavirus pandemic this may take longer as UKVI is operating with reduced staffing levels as per current government guidelines.
We will contact you should we require any further information or once a decision has been made."
Update:

Sent another email to the home office on 18/10/2021 which they replied to on 02/11/2021 as follow:

Dear applicant,
Thank you for your email.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic applications may take longer to process due to staffing. Your application is in a queue and will be dealt with in due course.
A caseworker will contact you if they require any further information from you throughout the course of the application process. Please note; we will not contact you to provide regular updates and cannot provide a definitive application processing timescale.
Your application will now continue to progress until a decision is made.
If you require any further information throughout the application process, please refer to our website:
www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
If you require any further information regarding our new UKVCAS service, please refer to the linked webpage:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukvis-new-f ... ed-to-know
Yours sincerely,
Home Office

Update:

Received an email from my local council at 1535 hrs (19/11/2021) advising me to book a private ceremony as the group ceremonies weren't available due to covid-19 restriction. I will have to wait till Monday 22/11/2021 to speak to the local council about booking the private ceremony.

I haven't received any communication (approval or ceremony invitation letter) from the home office yet. I believe the ceremony invitation letter from the home office is required to attend the citizenship ceremony.

Although the email from the local council indicates that my naturalisation application has been approved it would have been better if I had received the formal approval email and the ceremony invitation letter from the home office.

Mando · Post by **Mando** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:53 am

Eligibility criteria: Settled Status + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 11/06/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 11/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06/07/2021(free)
Date on Approval letter/Email: waiting...
Date of receipt of approval: waiting...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting...

It's now almost 6 months without any communication from the HO or the local council.

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Qayssar1980 · Post by **Qayssar1980** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:52 pm

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Thu May 20, 2021 9:12 pm

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 3:39 pm
Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 (5 years) + ILR (1 year)
Nationality: Iraq
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 14/09/2020
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 15/09/2020
Date Documents submitted on UKVCAS 27/9/2020
Invitation to use UKVCAS IDV APP 27/09/2020
Photo and document submitted using IDV APP or Biometrics: 27/09/2020 (VIA APP)
Date on Approval letter: 22/10/2021
Date of receipt of approval:2/11/2021
RECEIVED Naturalisation certificate; 10/10/2021

ziolnierz · Post by **ziolnierz** » Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:28 pm

Eligibility criteria: Settled Status + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 language test (Pearson) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU (Polish)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 05/06/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 05/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/06/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: Email on 15/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: waiting...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Called local council one day after receiving email (as I was told to do in the email) and was told they don't have my info yet and to call again after few days. I did so and booked private ceremony on 10/12/2021 (140£) as next available group ceremony wouldn't be possible untill february.

I would probably had to wait for confirmation email/letter longer but I emailed Home Office at FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk on Friday and magically on Monday my confirmation email arrived.

Ldee · Post by **Ldee** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:37 am

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Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:57 pm

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Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:50 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1, Life in the UK pass, Uk Degree
Nationality : Zimbabwe
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/06/21
Payment method: Debit card online
Date of debit of fees: 05/06/21
Date of acknowledgement: 07/06/21
Date of biometrics: 02/07/21 (Croydon)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/07/21
Date on Approval letter: 29/10/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 06/11/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:09/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: TBA Private ceremony paid 09/11/2021 …Awaiting ceremony Date
Ceremony date confirmed: 10/11/21
Ceremony date: 17/11/21
Naturalisation Certificate received: 17/11/21

Good luck everyone waiting

fred22 · Post by **fred22** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:58 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10/10/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 10/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/10/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 21/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 21/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 21/11/2021 (via email)
I have not booked for the ceremony yet.

baffledinleicester · Post by **baffledinleicester** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:04 am

Myself, wife and 2 children under 18
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 2 + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 6/9/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 6/9/21
Date of acknowledgement: 6/9/21
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/9/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 21/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 21/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 21/11/2021 (via email)
Citizenship ceremony date: Not yet booked

waqas40581 · Post by **waqas40581** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:29 am

Eligibility criteria: ILR(LR) + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18/10/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/10/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 22/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 22/11/2021 (Email from Home office Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:

iahsan · Post by **iahsan** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:18 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR(LR) + British Spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: CEFR B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 24/09/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: N/A
Date of acknowledgement: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/10/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 22/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 22/11/2021 (Email from Home office Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:

fred22 · Post by **fred22** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:30 pm

fred22 wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:58 am
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10/10/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 10/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/10/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 22/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 22/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 22/11/2021 (via email)
I have managed to book the ceremony for the same day

Garth1989 · Post by **Garth1989** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:06 pm

Myself
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years EU Family member + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU ( South Africa)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/6/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 29/6/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27/07/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 22/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 22/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 21/11/2021 (via email)
Citizenship ceremony date: 10/01/2021 (need to travel in Dec so decided to push it back)

ps1234 · Post by **ps1234** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 1:11 pm

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Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:53 pm

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Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:37 am
Eligibility criteria: 5Yr Tier 2+ 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: US Degree+ Life in the UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/10/2021
Payment method: credit card online
Date of debit of fees: 04/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/10/2021
Ceremony Invitation letter: No letter - got email on 16/11/2021.
Ceremony Booked: 19/11/2921
Date of Ceremony: 20/11/2021 (Private Ceremony booked. Free group ceremony was available after 2 weeks)

mkhalid · Post by **mkhalid** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:32 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : PK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28 Sep 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 28 Sep 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 29 Sep 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 Oct 2021
Date on Approval letter: Still Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Still Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Still Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still Waiting

DrAhmad · Post by **DrAhmad** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:29 pm

DrAhmad wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:04 am

DrAhmad wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:54 pm

DrAhmad wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:37 pm
Eligibility criteria: ILR through SET(LR) + 1 year.
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD and MSc Degrees + Life in the UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 23/06/2021
Payment method: Online
Date of debit of fees: 23/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/07/2021
Date of approval Letter Email: 22/11/2021. An email was sent by the home office confirming approval and invitation to attend the ceremony
Ceremony Invitation letter: Received an email invitation from the local council on 19/11/2021 to book a private ceremony
Ceremony Booked: 22/11/2021 (Private Ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 22/11/2021

Sent an email to the home office on 11/08/2021 which they replied to on 21/08/2021 as follows:

"Your application is currently progressing through the system as normal, applications are currently taking approx. 6 months to process, however, due to the current coronavirus pandemic this may take longer as UKVI is operating with reduced staffing levels as per current government guidelines.
We will contact you should we require any further information or once a decision has been made."
Update:

Sent another email to the home office on 18/10/2021 which they replied to on 02/11/2021 as follow:

Dear applicant,
Thank you for your email.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic applications may take longer to process due to staffing. Your application is in a queue and will be dealt with in due course.
A caseworker will contact you if they require any further information from you throughout the course of the application process. Please note; we will not contact you to provide regular updates and cannot provide a definitive application processing timescale.
Your application will now continue to progress until a decision is made.
If you require any further information throughout the application process, please refer to our website:
www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
If you require any further information regarding our new UKVCAS service, please refer to the linked webpage:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukvis-new-f ... ed-to-know
Yours sincerely,
Home Office
Update:

Received an email from my local council at 1535 hrs (19/11/2021) advising me to book a private ceremony as the group ceremonies weren't available due to covid-19 restriction. I will have to wait till Monday 22/11/2021 to speak to the local council about booking the private ceremony.

I haven't received any communication (approval or ceremony invitation letter) from the home office yet. I believe the ceremony invitation letter from the home office is required to attend the citizenship ceremony.

Although the email from the local council indicates that my naturalisation application has been approved it would have been better if I had received the formal approval email and the ceremony invitation letter from the home office.

abdulsaid · Post by **abdulsaid** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:16 pm

Ilr 10 years plus
None EU
Application 10 June 21
Bio 1 July 2021
Approval email just now
Took ages

tapera · Post by **tapera** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:53 pm

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Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:05 pm
Application Timeline
Nationality: Non-EU (Africa)
Eligibility criteria: 12.5 year residency + ILR + 4 years
Language : UK Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of Application: 20/05/2021
Date of debit of fees: 20/05/2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:24/05/2021
Biometrics Appointment : 29/05/2001 (Leeds)
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

Still waiting ...now received the following email 4 days before the 6 month deadline:

We aim to process all applications within 6 months from the date submitted. However, in certain circumstances this target is not possible. Following our assessment of your case, unfortunately it appears your application will not be processed within the 6 month target.

This is because it is taking longer than usual to process applications because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This will not affect the decision. We expect to make a decision on your application as soon as possible, but we will write to you again if this is not going to be possible.

Satak81 · Post by **Satak81** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:44 am

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in the UK.
Nationality: INDIA
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 12-10-2021
Payment method: Online Payment
Date of acknowledgement: 12-10-2021 (email)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14-10-2021
Date on Approval letter: 17-11-2021
Date of receipt of approval: E-mail from HO on 22-11-2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20-11-2021 (Local Council); 22-11-2021 (email from HO)
Date of Ceremony: 06-01-2022. Trying to book a private ceremony date.

Took about just five weeks surprisingly! Thank you, everyone, for your helpful inputs throughout. Good luck to anyone who's waiting.

Voyager-2 · Post by **Voyager-2** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:48 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: No letter
Date of receipt of approval: 15 November 2021, by email @ 8.25am

Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 15 November 2021, by email
Date of Ceremony: 24 November 2021
Good luck everyone!

aliraza_23 · Post by **aliraza_23** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:58 am

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK + UK DEGREE
Nationality: PAKISTANI
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11 AUG 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 20 AUG 2021
Date of debit of fees: 11 AUG 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20 Aug 2021
The date on Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

Ugoo88 · Post by **Ugoo88** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:26 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK University degree + Life in UK test
Nationality : Nigerian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 16/11/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/11/2021(paid £125 @ Sheffield)
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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