Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

ausmarton · Post by **ausmarton** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:21 pm

Eligibility criteria: Settled status under EUSS in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 (Trinity College) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/11/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 07/11/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/11/21(paid) - originally booked for 13/11/21 but rescheduled due to a delay in receiving the B1 certificate
Date on Approval letter/Email: ...waiting...
Date of receipt of approval: ...waiting...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: ...waiting...
Citizenship ceremony date: ...waiting...

Jamesk21 · Post by **Jamesk21** » Thu Nov 25, 2021 8:39 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR - Married to British Spouse.
Language criteria: IELTS 2010 -Used in previous entry and ILR applications.
Nationality: Ugandan
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement:10/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/10/2021 (Free appointment at Cardiff Bay - UKVAS Service point)
Date of approval letter: Not received.
Date of Telephone call for ceremony : 25/11/2021
Date of ceremony: 29/11/2021 (Monmouthshire Register Office in Usk)

YOLO123 · Post by **YOLO123** » Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:34 pm

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Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:01 pm

YOLO123 wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:54 pm
UPDATE: Yesterday (08/11) I recieved an email from the Home Office Atlas inviting me to book my citizenship ceremony

EDIT 1: I recieved the approval email from Home Office Atlas on the 8th of November, however 8 days later, I come to find out via the HO phone line that the ceremony invitation letter was supposed to arrive with the approval email and now it can take between 4-8 weeks to get the ceremony letter...

EDIT 2: My journey to become a UK citizen is almost over. This morning, I recieve the email from my council acknowledging the receipt of my naturalisation certificate, and booked me in for the ceremony in 2 weeks time!!!

YOLO123 wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 02, 2021 5:37 pm
Eligibility criteria: 21 years + Settled Status
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU (Italy)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date Biometrics appointment: 28/06/2021
Date on Approval letter: 08/11/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: 08/12/2021

I would like to thank everyone on this thread who answered my questions and helped me climb this mountain to finally achieve my goal!

bond.boy203 · Post by **bond.boy203** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:23 am

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in the UK.
Nationality: APAC
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19-08-2021
Payment method: Online Payment
Date of acknowledgement: 19-08-2021 (email)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04-09-2021
Date on Approval letter: 16-11-2021
Date of receipt of approval: E-mail from HO on 16-11-2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 16-11-2021 (email from HO)
Date of Ceremony: 22-11-2021

Yash123 · Post by **Yash123** » Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:05 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 General + ILR 1 year (Main+2 dependents)
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate (NARIC) + LIUK Test
Nationality : non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 01/10/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 01/10/2021
Date of debit of fees: 01/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/10/2021 (Earliest free appointment available)
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval email with ceremony invitation: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

afrikano · Post by **afrikano** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:51 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years Long Residency + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/09/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 28/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/09/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: Waiting

Good luck to everyone, it's been a long journey for sure !

natic · Post by **natic** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:06 am

natic wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:48 pm
Eligibility criteria: EU Settlement + Spouse of a British citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 Life Skills + Life in UK test
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10/10/2021
Payment method: debit card online
Date of debit of fees: 10/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/10/2021
Ceremony Invitation letter: 29/11/2021
Ceremony Booked: 29/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: 02/12/2021 - Virtual

Nickotout · Post by **Nickotout** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:59 am

Nickotout wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:10 pm
Eligibility criteria: Settled status since 2019
Language/LIUK Criteria: U.K. Masters Degree + LIUK
Nationality: Non - EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/08/2021
Documents Submitted: on 01/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/09/2021
Date on Approval letter: 29/11/2021 (Email from Home office Atlas)
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 29/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: hamlets02/12/2021 (Earliest private ceremony date at Tower hamlets)

Montana2323 · Post by **Montana2323** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:06 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree + Life in UK.
Nationality : None EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26 Sep 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 26 Sep 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 26 Sep 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05 Oct 2021
Date on Approval letter: 29 Nov 2021 (email)
Date of receipt of approval: As above
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: As above
Date of Ceremony: 7 December 2021 (virtual)

AAJav · Post by **AAJav** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:39 pm

Eligibility criteria: 8 years + Settled Status since 2019
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS + Life in the UK test
Nationality: European
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/07/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 04/07/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 04/07/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/07/2021
Date on Approval letter: 29/11/2021 (Email from Home Office Atlas)
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Good luck everyone!

TomasN · Post by **TomasN** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:18 pm

TomasN wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:21 pm
Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status, 11 year residency altogether
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree, Academic Transcript
Nationality: Czech
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 18/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/07/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 01/07/2021
Date on Approval letter: NA - just an email.
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (email from Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Finally nearly there!

soulfreeee · Post by **soulfreeee** » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:27 pm

Myself
Eligibility criteria: UK Resident since 2010. Spouse Visa, then ILR in 2013. Spouse of British Citizen. I haven't travelled out of the UK since Feb 2018.
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU (India)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/10/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/11/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: N/a
Date of receipt of approval: N/a
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/a
Citizenship ceremony date: N.a

I expect an email from the UK Home office because I made an error with my B1 Cert. It's dated Feb 2019 so I'm 7 months over the 2 year cut off. My fault for not checking, the process will obviously longer but it's done now.

Zedoak · Post by **Zedoak** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:38 am

Mother's Application
Eligibility Criteria: Resident since 2015, ILR, Spouse of British Citizen
Language: B1 + LITUK
Nationality: Non EU
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application: 16/10/2021
Date Biometrics Enrolled: 28/10/2021
Date on Approval Letter: N/a
Date of receipt of approval: N/a
Citizenship Ceremony Date: N/a

LZ_90 · Post by **LZ_90** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:19 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language / LIUK: U.K. undergrad and master’s degrees
Nationality: Non EU (Singapore)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/09/2021
Application method: online
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/09/2021
Date of Acknowledgment: 30/09/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: N/a
Date of receipt of approval: N/a
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/a
Citizenship ceremony date: N.a

GUMSUM420 · Post by **GUMSUM420** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:22 pm

ILR + British Spouse
Application Submitted 31st July 2021
Biometric: 1st August

None received yet
I wonder what is the pattern, some applicants from May and some from as recent as September are getting response,

afrikano · Post by **afrikano** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:37 pm

afrikano wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:51 am
Eligibility criteria: 10 Years Long Residency + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/09/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 28/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/09/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: 02/12/2021 (Private)

Good luck to everyone, it's been a long journey for sure !

illseeyoutomorrow · Post by **illseeyoutomorrow** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:15 pm

Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status 1y, 15 year residency altogether
Language/LITUK Criteria: B1 IELTS (British Council) + C2 LanguageCert + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Polish (EU)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/06/2021
Payment method: (Online, debit card)
Date of debit of fees: 06/06/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 06/06/2021 - email “payment confirmation - what to do next”
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/06/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 29/11/2021 (approval and ceremony invitation all in one email "Application Update" from Home Office Atlas)
Citizenship ceremony date: available dates: 8, 14 and 15 Dec 21

Other Updates - sharing as the whole process took longer than I initially expected:

Total days from application submission to approval - 176
Total days from starting the process to approval - 285

LITUK test registration: 17/02/2021
Personal information from UK Visas & Immigration request: 17/02/2021
LanguageCert EN test registration: 18/02/2021
ACRO PNC request: 18/02/2021
Response to UK Visas & Immigration request: 03/03/2021
Response from ACRO PNC: 22/03/2021
LITUK test and results: 02/04/2021
IELTS test registration (due to LanguageCert rescheduling): 02/04/2021
IELTS test: 18/04/2021
IELTS test results: 29/04/2021
LanguageCert test: 26/05/2021
Passport photos: 31/05/2021
UKVCAS registration: 06/06/2021
LanguageCert test results: 14/06/2021
UKVCAS doc check online verification: 28/06/2021

Most of the delay coming from the low availability of Language/LITUK test dates.

Total cost: 2025 GBP (plus approx 150 for the ceremony)

Big thanks to the forum community and good luck to everyone!

Setmilr987 · Post by **Setmilr987** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:53 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + British Citizen Spouse
+ Language and LIUK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07 JULY 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 08 JULY 2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: Waiting

Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting

Nearly, 5-Months

TomasN · Post by **TomasN** » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:10 pm

TomasN wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:18 pm

TomasN wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:21 pm
Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status, 11 year residency altogether
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree, Academic Transcript
Nationality: Czech
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18/06/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 18/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/07/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 01/07/2021
Date on Approval letter: NA - just an email.
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (email from Atlas)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: NA - just an email.
Date of Ceremony: 10/12/2021
Finally nearly there!

Good luck everyone! It seems that many of us overthink the process, but as long as you meet all the criteria I'm sure you will get your citizenship.

lequynhmai · Post by **lequynhmai** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:10 am

I have been checking this thread everyday and finally I can now post my own timeline for your information.

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residence + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: University in the UK + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU ( Vietnam )
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 27/6/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 27/6/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/07/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 29/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 30/11/2021 (via email)
Citizenship ceremony date: 05/01/2022 - Public Ceremony (I need to travel in Dec so decided to push the ceremony to after my holiday)

It’s been a long journey everyone, 12 years in the Uk for me. This forum has been of great help, best of luck to those still waiting! You will get it! Now I’m moving onto the Passport application thread …

bhatti007 · Post by **bhatti007** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:54 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 year refugee + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK degree
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/07/2021 - at Premium Service Point1
Date on Approval letter: Not received
Date of receipt of approval: Not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 29/11/2021
Date of Ceremony: 03 Dec 2021 private virtual (Tower Hamlets)

Thanks for this group and its people who shared their timeline which gave me positive vibe, it was really long journey and finally its coming to an end. see you guys soon in passport timeline

SSTS · Post by **SSTS** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:35 pm

Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 Trinity, Life in the UK Test
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 24/09/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Payment slip)
Date of debit of fees: 14/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: N/A
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

ray007 · Post by **ray007** » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:35 pm

ray007 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:46 am
Eligibility criteria : 6 years (DLR) + ILR 4 years
Language / LIUK Criteria: Trinity B1 & LIUK Test.
Nationality : African
Method of Application: Online
Date of Application : 12/10/2021
Payment method: Debit card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 12/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement : 12/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/10/21
Date of Approval letter: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval : 29/11/2021 (Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 29/11/2021
Date of ceremony: 11/12/2021

kairee · Post by **kairee** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 6:06 am

Eligibility criteria: ILR granted in 2021, spouse of
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18/03/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/04/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: waiting

Moderator edit : please do not ask questions in the timeline only topics.

icebat · Post by **icebat** » Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:55 am

icebat wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 08, 2021 1:05 pm
Eligibility criteria: EU ILR + 1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK + ESOL SELT B1 + US Citizen
Nationality : Italian, American
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 16 May 2021
Payment method: Credit card online
Date of debit of fees and acknowledgement : 16 May 2021
Date of biometrics and enrollment: 11 Jun 2021 (Croydon)
Date on Approval letter: never received, but my children registration date was 16 September 2021
Date of receipt of approval: never received
Date of ceremony letter: 08 November 2021
Date of ceremony: 26 November 2021

Final update on this thread, I guess

Good luck to all still waiting!

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