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November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

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

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Cori1980
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by Cori1980 » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:42 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 ILR
Language criteria met: Degree + Life in The UK Test
Nationality: Swiss
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 05 Nov 15
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 Nov 15
Date money gone off account: 12 Nov 15
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 04 Dec 15
Biometrics done: 05 Dec 15
Date of approval :
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

patelmehulp1234
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by patelmehulp1234 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:56 am

Approved
Elibility criteria: main + Spose, 5+1 year
Language criteria met: +UK degree + Trinity college GESE B1
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 25 / 11 / 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26 / 11 / 2015
Date of acknowledgement : 17/12/2015- Email, only to main
Date money gone off account:18/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 16/01/2016 and 18/01/2016. First letter never received
Biometrics done:20/01/2016 and 23/01/2016
Date of approval :24/02/2016 (Dated 23/02/2016, arrived in the special delivery envelope together with the documents, supplied at the time of application)
Date of ceremony :letter says wait for council to sent one
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received:

AcrossBorders
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by AcrossBorders » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:22 am

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC - 2yr route
Language criteria met: Trinity College B1
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 10/11/15
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/11/15
Date of acknowledgement : 03/12/15
Date money gone off account: 07/12/15
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 09/12/15
Biometrics done: 11/12/15
Date of approval : 22/02/16
Date of ceremony : WAITING
Date applied for passports : WAITING
Date passports received : WAITING

fbutt50
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by fbutt50 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:29 pm

Eligibility criteria: LR + 1year ILR
Language criteria met: Already met in ILR
Nationality: ---------
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 04//11/2015
Payment method: debit card:
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 30/11/2015
Date money gone off account: 30/11/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 30/11/2015
Biometrics done: 04/12/2015
Date of approval :
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :
:(
*The gravity*

Rubidium00
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by Rubidium00 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:51 pm

CEREMONY BOOKING UPDATE
Eligibility criteria: 15 years ILR
Language criteria met: British Council B1 IELTS Test + Life in the UK
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 24.11.2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26.11.2015 (App was submitted after daily mail cut-off)
Date of acknowledgement: 18.12.2015
Date money gone off account: 17.12.2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:18.12.2015
Biometrics done: 23.12.2015
Date of approval: 17.02.2016
Date of ceremony: 02.03.2016
Date applied for passports: Not applied
Date passports received: Not applied

Good luck to those who are still waiting for approvals!

Zoey_C
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by Zoey_C » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:24 am

Zoey_C wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 +1 year ILR
Language criteria met: PBC + Degree for equivalent English
Nationality: prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS Hillingdon
Date of application: 20.11.2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24.11.2015
Date of acknowledgement : None
Date money gone off account: 16.12.2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 17.12.2015 (Letter dated 15.12.2015)
Biometrics done:19.12.2015
Date of approval : Received 25.02.2016 (Dated 22.02.2016)
Date of ceremony : Awaiting
Date applied for passports : Awaiting
Date passports received : Awaiting

Mudera
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by Mudera » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:40 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Degree researched in English
Nationality: Nepali
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 04/11/2015
Payment method: D.Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 26/11/2015
Date money gone off account: 26/11/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:26/11/2015, Received 28/11/2015
Biometrics done: 28/11/2015
Date of approval :
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

saanju9
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by saanju9 » Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:54 pm

Update
Hi I am posting on behave of my Mrs

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC (2yrs Dependent of Tier 1 + 4 mths Dependent of ILR + 2 yrs ILR)
Language criteria met: TRINITY College London - B1 level - Grade 5 Cerficate
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Leeds)
Date of application: 10th Nov 2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th Nov
Date of acknowledgement : 8th Dec (Dated)
Date money gone off account: 9th Dec
Date of letter requesting biometrics:8th Dec (Dated) came together with ackno letter .. same envelope
Biometrics done: 15th Dec
Date of approval : 25th FEB (received 26th)
Date of ceremony : Yet to Book
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

raomvj
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by raomvj » Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:33 pm

[quote="raomvj"]Eligibility criteria: (5 years Tier 1) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Degree taught in English for myself and trinity college gese grade 5 for my wife
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 11/11/2015
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not checked
Date of acknowledgement : Not received
Date money gone off account: 07/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 10/12/15
Biometrics done: 12/12/15
Date of approval : 15/2/16
Date of ceremony : 5/4/16 (booked)
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :[/quote]

visa_query
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by visa_query » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:55 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1, 5 Years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Trinity College London
Method of application: NCS (weybridge)
Date of application: 24-Nov
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement : 17 Dec
Date money gone off account: 10 Dec (around this date)
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 21 Dec
Biometrics done: 22 Dec
Date of approval : 16 Feb
Ceremony has been assigned to Wokingham Register office [It is not my local register. Not sure, why homeoffice has chosen this]
Received letter from Register office on 17-Feb for Group Ceremony. Date given was 22nd April
Date of ceremony : 19 Feb (Private)
Date applied for passports : 20 Feb
Date passports received : 07 Mar

Thanks very much for forum contributors for your time and knowledge

irisace
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by irisace » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:41 am

irisace wrote: Eligibility criteria: 10 Years Long Residence
Language criteria met: UK Degree
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS - Post
Date of application: 23/11/2015
Payment method: 15/12/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement :
Date money gone off account: 15/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 20/12/2015
Biometrics done: 21/12/2015
Date of approval : AWAITING
Date of ceremony : AWAITING
Date applied for passports : AWAITING
Date passports received

s_saini
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by s_saini » Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:44 pm

s_saini wrote:
s_saini wrote:
s_saini wrote:Eligibility criteria: (5years) + 1year ILR
Language criteria met: Degree in English
Nationality: prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS hillingdon
Date of application: 17/11/2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 14/12/2015 dated 10/12/2015
Date money gone off account: 16/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:14/12/2015 dated 10/12/2015
Biometrics done:16/12/2015
Date of approval : 09/03/2016 (Dated 26/02/2016)
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

sega_sai
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by sega_sai » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:14 pm

sega_sai wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs T2 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met: Trinity college GESE 5
Nationality: Russia
Method of application: NCS (Cambridge)
Date of application: 26 Nov 2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27 Nov 2015
Date of acknowledgement : 18 Dec 2015
Date money gone off account: 18 Dec 2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 24 Dec 2015
Biometrics done: 8 Jan 2016
Date of approval : 25 Feb 2016 (letter received on 9 Mar)
Date of ceremony : Awaiting
Date applied for passports : Awaiting
Date passports received : Awaiting

david1955
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by david1955 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:57 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK degree and Liuk Met after oct 2013
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS (Hatfield)
Date of application: 09/11/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/2015 (Dx Tracking)
Date of acknowledgement : 05/12/2015 ( dated 03/12/2015)
Date money gone off account: 03/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 05/12/2015 ( dated 03/12/2015)
Biometrics done: 05/12/2015
Date of approval : dated 11 feb 2016 ( received 18 feb 2016)
Date of ceremony : 07 March 2016
Date applied for passports : 09/03/2016 (Online)
Date passports received :

lynxukauq
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by lynxukauq » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:14 pm

Approval Update, Wish you all the best and hope you all get it soon.
lynxukauq wrote:I am posting this timeline for my spouse

Eligibility criteria: (3 years Spouse of BC) + 2 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK Naric SOC Letter, Degree, Letter from UNI and Life in the UK test
Method of application: NCS Croydon
Date of application: 11/11/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement :
Date money gone off account: 07/12/2015 (Balance has been reduced)
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Date of approval : 09/03/2016 (Letter Dated 25/02/2016)
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

s_saini
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by s_saini » Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:22 pm

s_saini wrote:
s_saini wrote:
s_saini wrote:Eligibility criteria: (5years) + 1year ILR
Language criteria met: Degree in English
Nationality: prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS hillingdon
Date of application: 17/11/2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 14/12/2015 dated 10/12/2015
Date money gone off account: 16/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:14/12/2015 dated 10/12/2015
Biometrics done:16/12/2015
Date of approval : 09/03/2016 (Dated 26/02/2016)
Date of ceremony :Booked for 16/04/2016
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

GraceTheGraceful
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by GraceTheGraceful » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:14 pm

Approved

Application for 1 Adult & 1 Child

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years (Work Permit) + 2 Years ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS + UK Masters Degree
Nationality: Malawi
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 09/11/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : Dated 02/12/2015 (Received 20/12/2015 in same envelope with Biometrics letter )
Date money gone off account:02/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: Dated 16/12/2015 (Received 20/12/2015 (Sunday :shock: ))
Biometrics done:21/12/2015
Date original documents returned: 06/02/2016 (in next day delivery envelope I enclosed with my application for returning of my original supporting documents) with letter dated 04/02/2016 requesting me to re-sign and re-date the last page of my application form saying that I did not met the requirement of 5 years from date of application with 4 days which I TOTALLY do not understand as I have been living in UK for the past 8 years
Date re-signed page sent to UKBA: 06/02/2016 ...Received by UKBA on 08/02/2016

Date of approval :03/03/2016 (Received on 05/03/2016 with supporting documents in next day delivery envelope)
Date of ceremony : 30/03/2016
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :[/quote]

rc121
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by rc121 » Fri Mar 11, 2016 5:05 pm

Eligibility criteria: 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Degree in English
Nationality:
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 2/11/15
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 3/11/15
Date of acknowledgement : 24/11/15
Date money gone off account: 26/11/15
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 26/11/15
Biometrics done: 1/12/15
Date of approval : AWAITING
Date of ceremony : AWAITING
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

sega_sai
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by sega_sai » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:04 pm

sega_sai wrote:
sega_sai wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs T2 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met: Trinity college GESE 5
Nationality: Russia
Method of application: NCS (Cambridge)
Date of application: 26 Nov 2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27 Nov 2015
Date of acknowledgement : 18 Dec 2015
Date money gone off account: 18 Dec 2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 24 Dec 2015
Biometrics done: 8 Jan 2016
Date of approval : 25 Feb 2016 (letter received on 9 Mar)
Date of ceremony : 23 Mar 2016
Date applied for passports : Awaiting
Date passports received : Awaiting

lalitmittal
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by lalitmittal » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:50 am

lalitmittal wrote:There are two applications (myself + Wife) with same details.
Eligibility criteria: (5years) + 1 year ILE
Language criteria met: PBC and Life in the UK test
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 11/11/2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 08/12/2015
Date money gone off account: 04/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 12/12/2015
Biometrics done:19/12/2015
Date of approval : 12/03/2016 (Received on 16/03/2016)
Date of ceremony : AWAITING for letter from Council
Date applied for passports :AWAITING
Date passports received :AWAITING

hbkimran
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by hbkimran » Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:37 pm

hbkimran wrote:
hbkimran wrote:
hbkimran wrote:Applied for 2 Adults & 1 Child

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Tier 1) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS
Nationality: PAKISTANI
Method of application: POST
Date of application: 09/11/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 01/12/2015 (04/12/2915)
Date money gone off account: 01/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:05/12/2015
Biometrics done:
Date of approval : 14/03/2016 (17/03/2016)
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

Poepoe13
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by Poepoe13 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:17 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: English Speakng Country
Nationality: USA
Method of application: NCS (Cambridge)
Date of application: 02/11/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2015 (Dx Tracking)
Date of acknowledgement :28/11/15
Date money gone off account: 27/11/15
Date of letter requesting biometrics:28/11/15
Biometrics done:30/11/15
Date of approval : Aprroved 12/3/16, letter recieved 17/3/16
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

fbutt50
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by fbutt50 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:19 pm

Approval Update! :D :D :D
Yabadabadoooooo...
Eligibility criteria: LR + 1year ILR
Language criteria met: Already met in ILR
Nationality: ---------
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 04//11/2015
Payment method: debit card:
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/11/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 30/11/2015
Date money gone off account: 30/11/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 30/11/2015
Biometrics done: 04/12/2015
Date of approval : 12/03/2016 (Letter received 17/03/2016)
Date of ceremony : To be booked
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

After waiting about 4.5 months got my famous brown envelope today. I can't believe it has finally arrived by the Grace of AlMighty Allah.
May I take this opportunity to thank entire team of immigration board who made our immigrants life and matters so easy to reach to this final point.
Thanks to All. I Love you guys :D
*The gravity*

tan84
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Update (made error on DATES on my previous post/timeline. So

Post by tan84 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:04 am

By the grace of Almighty ALLAH (SWT), the wait for approval is over. I am forever grateful to this forum which gave me important info on application and idea of timeline. Fingers crossed if you are still waiting, my prayers will be with you.

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 2 years ILR
Language criteria met: UK Degree
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 17/11/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/11/2015 (Royal mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement :10/12/2015
Date money gone off account:10/12/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:10/12/2015
Biometrics done:15/12/2015
Date of approval :14/03/2016 (Received on 22/03/2016)
Date of ceremony : Will call tomorrow
Date applied for passports :pending
Date passports received :pending

mamtaraj
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Re: November 2015 Naturalization Application TIMELINE ONLY

Post by mamtaraj » Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:11 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 work permit
Language criteria met: IELTS
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS plymouth
Date of application: 18/11/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: none, checked online tracking.
Date of acknowledgement : none
Date money gone off account: 1st time payment declined as new debit card was issued, new debit card number sent and payment taken on 4 jan 2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 17/1/2016
Biometrics done: 18/1/2016
Date of approval : awaiting :roll:
Date of ceremony : not yet
Date applied for passports : not yet
Date passports received : not yet

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