October 2012 - Naturalisation application timeline

BigSam wrote:

Alish60 wrote:no news yet?

Nope. The only thing I had through the post today is some useless junk mail. Considering this month is 28 days only, I will be firmly placed over the 4 months mark this time next week. However seeing the glass half full, I will only be 2 months away from the 6 months mark!!

On a positive note though, I am organising a pizza feast for the folks at work this week. So, whether I am a UK citizen or otherwise, I shall, be having Pizza Hut

..heyy bigsam ..same as you mate ..111 days since they had my aplication ...im having pizza evry night.lol ..as i work for domino's pizza ...our side orders are the best ..you should try them ..i hope to hear good news soon for big family party, my 5 kids are british ..my kids aplication took around 6 weeks last year ..

rayanbest75 wrote: ..heyy bigsam ..same as you mate ..111 days since they had my aplication ...im having pizza evry night.lol ..as i work for domino's pizza ...our side orders are the best ..you should try them ..i hope to hear good news soon for big family party, my 5 kids are british ..my kids aplication took around 6 weeks last year ..

Hey buddy... Yeah we ordered from Dominos last time actually. I remember we ordered garlic bread and that turned out to be a mini cheesy pizza which was really nice

I thought children's applications are processed differently. I have lowered my expectations now and I am not expecting to hear back from UKBA before the end of April. Still 2 months to go, so let's see what hapens.

Who knows, we might one day share a pizza together, it is a small world you know.

If I eat pizza every night, I will become ReallyReallyBigSam

@BigSam

Better keep lowering those expectations wa-anker 'cause it looks like you should well be expecting a long wait!

rod_p wrote:@BigSam

Better keep lowering those expectations wa-anker 'cause it looks like you should well be expecting a long wait!

Rob buddy. Why are upset? Have I disrespected or insulted you in any way?

Ok folks... I finally come to you with some news!! Today I attended my ceremony and picked up my certificate

Eligibility criteria: 10 Year long residence / 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application with NCS: 30 October 2012
Date received by UKBA: 31 October 2012 (from what I can remember)
Date of debit of fees: 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Can't remember but the letter was dated 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of approval: 28 February 2013 (dated 22 February)
Date of Ceremony: 07 March 2013

Thanks to all the well wishers!! rayanbest75, chicona, manhuwa and malik0073 I really hope you get your approval very soon! I know exactly what open ended waiting is like. Alish60 buddy, although I thought you were more likely to have your approval before me, I still think you will receive it by Sunday

Hey BigSam, congratulations mate. You must be glad that the wait is over.

rod_p wrote:@BigSam

Better keep lowering those expectations wa-anker 'cause it looks like you should well be expecting a long wait!

How come this person is not banned yet?

Hey thanks a lot emmigrator123 buddy. Good to see you around the forum. I am so happy the wait is finally over. I hope things are working out nicely for you after your approval

rod_p is a true hater man. This is actually a special shout out for him here:

rod_p buddy, I really hope you took up a hobby of some sort and stopped coming here. I only disagreed with you and you went bananas. I am a very tolerant person and your language does not bother me in the slightest, that, I can promise you. If you are still hating, I would recommend you take a chill pill, sit back and repeat after me:

People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me
People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me
People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me

Hope this makes you feel better. All this hatred is no good for your health, you don't want to block one of those all important arteries of your heart

hey ..congratulation bigsam ...magic news !!! ..im still waiting ..since my money gone on 7th of november 2012 ..lol

BigSam wrote:Hey thanks a lot emmigrator123 buddy. Good to see you around the forum. I am so happy the wait is finally over. I hope things are working out nicely for you after your approval

rod_p is a true hater man. This is actually a special shout out for him here:

rod_p buddy, I really hope you took up a hobby of some sort and stopped coming here. I only disagreed with you and you went bananas. I am a very tolerant person and your language does not bother me in the slightest, that, I can promise you. If you are still hating, I would recommend you take a chill pill, sit back and repeat after me:

People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me
People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me
People can (take a deep breath) and will disagree with me

Hope this makes you feel better. All this hatred is no good for your health, you don't want to block one of those all important arteries of your heart

BigSam wrote:Ok folks... I finally come to you with some news!! Today I attended my ceremony and picked up my certificate

Eligibility criteria: 10 Year long residence / 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application with NCS: 30 October 2012
Date received by UKBA: 31 October 2012 (from what I can remember)
Date of debit of fees: 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Can't remember but the letter was dated 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of approval: 28 February 2013 (dated 22 February)
Date of Ceremony: 07 March 2013

Thanks to all the well wishers!! rayanbest75, chicona, manhuwa and malik0073 I really hope you get your approval very soon! I know exactly what open ended waiting is like. Alish60 buddy, although I thought you were more likely to have your approval before me, I still think you will receive it by Sunday

Congratulations BigSam! Good to see your approval came through!

Thanks rayanbest75. I honestly know what you are going through. It makes it even more painful when one sees applications made in February are being and have been approved already. I hope your wait is over very soon!!

rod_p thanks lad. There is no reason why we can't be good online friends. We all come to this forum because we have something in common. We are all immigrants!! I wish you all the best with whatever you get up to

BigSam wrote: rod_p thanks lad. There is no reason why we can't be good online friends. We all come to this forum because we have something in common. We are all immigrants!! I wish you all the best with whatever you get up to

Just happy you followed my advice on lowering your expectations.

If you look at any suggestions I've made here, they are with the best intentions.

rod_p wrote: Just happy you followed my advice on lowering your expectations.

If you look at any suggestions I've made here, they are with the best intentions.

People come to this forum to seek/give advice and quite a few come here to find out how other applications are progressing and hopefully get a measure of their own chances. Calling someone a "wa-nker" and "third world piece of shit" for disagreeing with you in the most polite manner is completely uncalled for. Best intentions are not, I hope you understand that by dishing out personal abuse you are way out of line with the spirit of this forum.

emmigrator123 wrote:

rod_p wrote: Just happy you followed my advice on lowering your expectations.

If you look at any suggestions I've made here, they are with the best intentions.

People come to this forum to seek/give advice and quite a few come here to find out how other applications are progressing and hopefully get a measure of their own chances. Calling someone a "wa-nker" and "third world piece of shit" for disagreeing with you in the most polite manner is completely uncalled for. Best intentions are not, I hope you understand that by dishing out personal abuse you are way out of line with the spirit of this forum.

rod_p buddy… I hope you take emmigrator123's remarks with an open mind and that you started to calm down when people happen to disagree with you.

The language you used did not bother me personally. It is however considered unacceptable by the books of the majority, if not all visitors of this forum.

A French writer called Voltaire once upon time said “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. I am sure you noticed this is, and has always been my signature. This is something I am a true believer in.

I guess it is my turn to give you some advice now! Don’t let disagreements with individuals/entities get the better of you!! Remember, at the end of the day, it is your heart, your health and of course your arteries

BigSam so glad to know about your approval. Congratulations & Bless you.

Thanks a lot Adam my man!! It is really nice to hear from the good people I shared my immigration journey experience with through to completion

All the best and may God bless you too!!

Sam

BigSam wrote:Ok folks... I finally come to you with some news!! Today I attended my ceremony and picked up my certificate

Eligibility criteria: 10 Year long residence / 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application with NCS: 30 October 2012
Date received by UKBA: 31 October 2012 (from what I can remember)
Date of debit of fees: 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Can't remember but the letter was dated 05 November 2012
Date of receipt of approval: 28 February 2013 (dated 22 February)
Date of Ceremony: 07 March 2013

Thanks to all the well wishers!! rayanbest75, chicona, manhuwa and malik0073 I really hope you get your approval very soon! I know exactly what open ended waiting is like. Alish60 buddy, although I thought you were more likely to have your approval before me, I still think you will receive it by Sunday

Congratulations Sam.really happy for you.

Alish60 wrote: Congratulations Sam.really happy for you.

Thanks Alish60 buddy. My wait has been long but obviously others had waited/still waiting for longer than me. I am glad it is all over now!!

Passport applications take few weeks. I hope you and the others I shared my experience with get your approval before my passport arrives

and the wait goes on, 4 months 3 weeks and counting !!!

I am waiting too after 4 days is 5 months ;-(

Finally after 5 months of waiting

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: Family Application (Refugee), & husband & child ALL + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Trafford
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 October 2012 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit of fees: UKBA attempted 29 Oct (put last 3 digits) at back of card wrongly, hence declined. Rang to pay on the phone 07/11/2012.

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02 November 2012 dated 29 October 2012 (received another acknowledgement dated 13 Feb 2013) after sending emails checking progress at the end of January (emails were never replied.
Date of receipt of approval: 25 March 2013 dated 15 March 2013
Date of Ceremony: 25 April 2013

chicona wrote:Date of application: 19.10.2012
Received by UKBA: 22.10.2012 (Delivered from Royal Mail )
Date of debit of fees: 27.10.2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30.10.2012
Date of approval: 28.03.2013
Date of receipt of approval: 03.04.2013 (special delivery)
Date of Ceremony : next week maybe private

21.03.2013 home office ask additional documents for comfirmation residence because no passport or travel document from 2007 to 2010 I was sending some document bank statement, council tax record, job centre letter, tax credit letter....
so happy after 5 months 13 days approval home , thank you everybody for help!

Many congratulations chicona!!!

Although it was a painful wait, We all had our approval before the 6 months guideline at least.

You were the last active member here. May our October 2012 timeline thread rest in peace now

Enjoy your celebration and all the best

Received by UKBA: 12.10.2012 (NCS )
Date of debit of fees: 17.10.2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25.10.2012
Date of approval: 17.04.2013
Date of receipt of approval: 24.04.2013 (2nd class delivery)
Date of Ceremony : next week maybe private



Although it was a painful wait but ends well. SO all is well that ends well.

fuzulcf wrote:Received by UKBA: 12.10.2012 (NCS )
Date of debit of fees: 17.10.2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25.10.2012
Date of approval: 17.04.2013
Date of receipt of approval: 24.04.2013 (2nd class delivery)
Date of Ceremony : next week maybe private



Although it was a painful wait but ends well. SO all is well that ends well.

Congratulation
What you did in the end to get HO attention toward your application because it took more than 6m.