October 2012 - Naturalisation application timeline

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ; 5 years (work permit and tier 1) + 1 year ILR
Method of application: applied on 1st october
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19th october ( 19/10/2012 )
Date of debit of fees: 30th October ( 30/10/2012 )
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03 November ( 03/11/2012 )
Date of receipt of approval:05/01/2013 issued on 19th december ..
Date of Ceremony:08/01/2013
Date of passport application : 09/01/2013

Hi there, How are you guys doing?? everyone from the october club got approval?? Bigsam/golderdig any good news bro?

dr_raihan29 wrote:Hi there, How are you guys doing?? everyone from the october club got approval?? Bigsam/golderdig any good news bro?

Hello Dr Raihan, I'm excellent thanks. I am still waiting anxiously. There are a few of us waiting from the October club

Hey, still waiting. As you might know my application is taking just that touch longer, due to the PSNI clearance. I did contact Belfast HQ and they said my clearance was sent to UKBA 12th Dec. I figure with xmas, holidays etc, things slowed down (depending on case worker taking time off) and will start moving again soon, and hopefully not long now.

Cheers, and congrats to all that have theirs already

ps I have patience, lots of patience...when I applied for my passport renewal a few years ago(I am South African), I went in person to the SA embassy in Dublin, and from the date I submitted my renewal, to the day I received my passport in my hand was 10 months...I kid you not!!!

wow!!! the irish are not far behind in the sense of crappy customer service! 10 months is awefully long! hope you guys get it soon. cheers

Oh it wasnt the Irish that was the problem...the SA embassy is staffed by local irish, could not be more helpful. It took 15 minutes to process my application, including finger prints - no fancy technology like the biometric permit the UK has. This is the old ink pad, 10 spaces for 10 fingers, real old school. Did find out that when my passport application was sent to Pretoria in SA, the printing etc took 6 months to complete, with another 4 months to courier it back to Dublin for me to collect. This is the sort of things I have been dealing with all my life. So you can understand how I developed a lot of patience...

Eligibility : HSMP + ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Bracknell)
Date of Application: 10/10/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 16/10/12
Date of Approval received: 16/01/13 dated 08/01/13
Date of Ceremony : 23/01/13

ho9 wrote:Eligibility : HSMP + ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Bracknell)
Date of Application: 10/10/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 16/10/12
Date of Approval received: 16/01/13 dated 08/01/13
Date of Ceremony : 23/01/13

Congratulation and enjoy .....

next two week gone a still nothing arrives ;-(

you are not alone... I am still waiting too!!

Hi there,

Could you please provide me with a list of documents you submitted with application.

Thanks in advance for help

sorry this messege was duplicate

Hi Guys anyone still waiting for those who applied in October ? Please let us know your timelines , here is mine

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
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

ANYONE STILL WAITING THIS LONG, OR APPLIED IN A SIMILAR CATEGORY ???? Please update thnaks

me waiting too I don't know why;-(

Still waiting....uppdate in main timeline thread

So after a long day at work I get home, and what is waiting for me? A pretty little brown envelope with my approval....

WOOHOO!!! I am ecstatic....hang in there for those who are yet to be approved.

goldridgeg wrote:So after a long day at work I get home, and what is waiting for me? A pretty little brown envelope with my approval....

WOOHOO!!! I am ecstatic....hang in there for those who are yet to be approved.

Congratulations goldridgeg... good to see the October timeline topic up on the list again

niravm wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs UK WP / 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Cambridge
Date of application with NCS: 8 October 2012
Date of debit of fees: 15 Oct 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Received on 19th and dated 14th Oct. (are the working on Sunday ??)
Date of receipt of approval: 21 Nov 2012 dated 14 Nov 2012
Date of Ceremony: 15 Jan 2012

Congratulations, could you please tell me if the approval and invitation for ceremony came on the same date, or on different dates. Many thanks!

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC, 3 years residency in NI, ILR 1.5 years
Method of application: Postal, 18th Oct 2012
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19th Oct 2012
Date of debit of fees: 27th Oct 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 1st Nov 2012, dated 27th Oct 2012
Date of request for PSNI clearance request: 21st Nov 2012, sent 22nd Nov2012
Return of Documents: 21st Nov 2012
Date of clearance sent by PSNI to UKBA: 12th Dec 2012
Date of receipt of approval: 26th Jan 2013
Date of Ceremony: 5th Feb 2013

Rang to book my ceremony yesterday, received conformation in the post today. Having it 11h00 at Hillsborough Castle here in NI.

Good luck to those still waiting - oh and a big thanks to all here. It is great to have a sense "community" (dont know if that is the right word?), to read about others and know exactly what they are going through with the emotions, good and bad

congrats man! you will enjoy hillisborough...........a place with a lot of character and history.

Bigsam any good news yet dude?

No news for me buddy... The wait is killing me. February is round the corner and still nothing

Please can anyone confirm if Hillsborough castle does the Citizenship ceremony and what do i put in AN form..it asks me for the council where you'd like to have your ceremony held... do i just mention hillsborough..anyone's got phone number for them please

I put my local council on the form (I am in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone). I think ceremonies are only done at Hillsborough

The forms are standard for all applicants, with us here are "special" Hence, the reason their is also not anything about PSNI clearance on the form

The ceremony is arranged by the Stormont Executive

Congratulations to SIMIUK... This is just to give an update to others like me still waiting from October...

SIMIUK wrote:Type of Application: Spouse/ILR/3 years residence
Date Applied: Leeds NCS, 2/10/12
Date of Acknowledgment/Debit of fees: 9/10/12
Date of Approval: 17 january 2013
Date approval letter received: 25 january 2013
Date of Ceremony:

probably the best letter ever received after 3.5 months waiting...the longer the wait the sweeter the feeling when the A5 envelope arrives... best of luck those still waiting from october....does seem like the spouse apps take longer...

Another one from the October club below

chicona, manhuwa and emmigrator123 looks like we are the last men/women standing from the club!! emmigrator123 just updated the main timeline, I am still waiting too. Any news from you guys chicona & manhuwa?

fajr wrote:After a relatively long wait, I can now post my details:

Eligibility criteria: 10 years Long residency + 1 year on ILR
Method of application: NCS (Eastbourne)
Date of application: 23 Oct 2012
Received by UKBA: 25 Oct 2012
Date of debit of fees: 29 Oct 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 05 Nov 2012 (dated 29 Oct 2012)
Date of receipt of approval: 31 Jan 2012 (dated 21 Jan 2013)
Date of Ceremony : Yet to be fixed

Don't know any reason why the application was delayed, very simple, straight forward application with good reference. So those who are still waiting since Aug/Oct, guys its not your application rather its how HO operates, wishing you all the best...

from my side, relieved and happy to find that piece of paper after 11 and half years (Alhamdulillah), catch you up at passport application processing timeline forum.