TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Type . NCS Staffordshire
Date of submission 30/12/2010
Date reached HO 31/12/2010
CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Date of debit of credit card 07/01/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement- 14/01/11( Dated. 07/01/11)
Date of receipt of approval - Decision made . told on phone 31/01, waiting for letter to arrive
Date of receipt of invitation lette from UKBA; 07/02/2011(dated 28/01/11)
Date of Ceremony - 09/02/2011 (private)
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received[/b]

bawa1234 wrote:UKBA said they have made decison on 3rd of Feb but today she said even though decison has been made but we havent send any letter to you yet............any suggestions why is that??????????

Think they just take time to send out letters, they made a decision on my application on 28/01 but posted my letter on 3/02.

Hi,

My application status :

NCS or Postal: NCS ( Redbridge)
Criteria: 4 yrs HSMP + 1 yr ILR (self)
Date of submission: 16th Dec 2010
Date reached HO: 17th Dec 2010
Date of Debit Card deduction: 31 Dec 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 04 Jan 2011
Date of receipt of approval letter: 06 Feb 2011
Date of ceremony: Pending

Still no approval letter from UKBA.

But called council this morning , they said they have my certificate. Asked to arrange a private ceremony and then been told that I can't have the ceremony without an approval letter from UKBA.

I insisted and requested to speak to manager. Long story short at the end she said , she will make an exception and will let me have a ceremony without a letter.

So At the end a very happy end and thanks everyone on this forum who has been really helpful.

A very special thanks to lanr3e for suggesting me to speak to council directly.

Guys...how long it takes for the approval to come after recieving the Acknowledgment letter roughly?, I received mine 3 weeks ago and have not heard from them since then, i am thinking to call the local council whether the you have got my certificate.

Karwan,
Just have a look at the timeline from everyone here, posted on this topic.

I think i am the longest here, it is been since NOV and they didnot even assign the application to a case worker yet, only to team
Really dont know or understand how they work
nationality base, luck, .....
at least i know they dont work effeciently or treat people equaly

How can you find out if your application has been assigned to a caseworker or not?

Has anyone who applied in Feb notice their card debited?

CptCrunch wrote:Has anyone who applied in Feb notice their card debited?

Scrap that, they just took payment...

daudali,
Can you please tell me which NCS did you apply from? In case, if I call them, and they insist on providing them with the reference number, then what should I say? Please help me.

Many thanks,

daudali wrote:Still no approval letter from UKBA.

But called council this morning , they said they have my certificate. Asked to arrange a private ceremony and then been told that I can't have the ceremony without an approval letter from UKBA.

I insisted and requested to speak to manager. Long story short at the end she said , she will make an exception and will let me have a ceremony without a letter.

So At the end a very happy end and thanks everyone on this forum who has been really helpful.

A very special thanks to lanr3e for suggesting me to speak to council directly.

UKBA has advised me that decision has been made on 3rd feb need to wait for next 10 working days this means i have to wait till 17 feb........
my council said they receive delivery on every tuesday and they havent got any record of me...........hate to wait..........any onle else apply in early january ..............any other opinion highly appreciated.....
tension tension and tension

Arey baawa, you are lucky to get some progress on your application if not nothing!.
Don't worry everything would be alright...i guess the council will get the doc first so they will call you first!. Same happend to me! All the best.

Can anyone answer my question please?
How do you find out if your application has been assigned to a caseworker?

CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type . NCS - Camden (Included X2 A4 Special delivery envelopes)
Date of submission 02/02/2011
Date reached HO- 03/02/11 (Got tracking number from NCS)
Date of debit of credit card - 09/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement-
Date of receipt of approval -
letter to arrive
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received

Mackenzy wrote:Can anyone answer my question please?
How do you find out if your application has been assigned to a caseworker?

Call the home office quoting your ref number

CptCrunch wrote:CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type . NCS - Camden (Included X2 A4 Special delivery envelopes)
Date of submission 02/02/2011
Date reached HO- 03/02/11 (Got tracking number from NCS)
Date of debit of credit card - 09/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement-
Date of receipt of approval -
letter to arrive
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received

Are the 2 special delivery envelopes for 'acknowledgement' and 'confirmation' letters?

CRITERIA: 5 Years WP + 1 Year ILR
Type: NCS
Month of Submission: May 2010
Refusal Letter Received: July 2010
Requested to Reconsider appln: July 2010
Request Letter to Return Ceremony Fee: Sep 2010
Approval Letter Received: Nov 2010
Date of Ceremony: 26 Jan 2011 (Private)
Date of Passport Application: 29 jan 2011 (Check and send)
Date of Receipt of documents: 03 Feb 2011
Date of Interview: 05 Feb 2011
Date Passport Received: Waiting

nax_72 wrote:

CptCrunch wrote:CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type . NCS - Camden (Included X2 A4 Special delivery envelopes)
Date of submission 02/02/2011
Date reached HO- 03/02/11 (Got tracking number from NCS)
Date of debit of credit card - 09/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement-
Date of receipt of approval -
letter to arrive
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received

Are the 2 special delivery envelopes for 'acknowledgement' and 'confirmation' letters?

Yes. I took a chance, but I have read that they simply send them back to you 2nd class, unused. Maybe I'll get lucky and HO will use them, if not, I'll simply use them when I apply for the passport - approval pending off course!

To : Senthil78

"Month of Submission: May 2010
Refusal Letter Received: July 2010
Requested to Reconsider appln: July 2010 "


If you do not mind could you please share with us the reason for refusal, it does not need to be very specific but just the subject would help all the appilcants. Thanks.

CptCrunch wrote:

nax_72 wrote:

CptCrunch wrote:CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type . NCS - Camden (Included X2 A4 Special delivery envelopes)
Date of submission 02/02/2011
Date reached HO- 03/02/11 (Got tracking number from NCS)
Date of debit of credit card - 09/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement-
Date of receipt of approval -
letter to arrive
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received

Are the 2 special delivery envelopes for 'acknowledgement' and 'confirmation' letters?

Yes. I took a chance, but I have read that they simply send them back to you 2nd class, unused. Maybe I'll get lucky and HO will use them, if not, I'll simply use them when I apply for the passport - approval pending off course!

No, they do use enclosed prepaid envelopes for returning your docs (decision letter is in the same pack).
Ack letter is a single sheet (very cheap one - you can almost see through it) sent in standard DL envelope by 2nd class - there is no point in using secure delivery for it.

bawa1234,
Did you receive any response, any approval?
Thanks

bawa1234 wrote:UKBA has advised me that decision has been made on 3rd feb need to wait for next 10 working days this means i have to wait till 17 feb........
my council said they receive delivery on every tuesday and they havent got any record of me...........hate to wait..........any onle else apply in early january ..............any other opinion highly appreciated.....
tension tension and tension

Criteria :: Civil Partner of a British Citizen
Type :: NCS Camden
Date of grant of ILR :: 02/02/2011 at Croydon PEO
Date of submission :: 04/02/2011 through Camden NCS
Date application received by UKBA :: 07/02/2011 via Warrington delivery office
Date of debit of credit card :: 13/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: 16/02/2011 dated 13/02/2011
Date of receipt of approval ::
Date of ceremony ::
Date of application for passport ::
Method used ::
Date of receipt ::

I will add dates as updates happen. :-)

ukpl wrote:

CptCrunch wrote:

nax_72 wrote:

CptCrunch wrote:CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type . NCS - Camden (Included X2 A4 Special delivery envelopes)
Date of submission 02/02/2011
Date reached HO- 03/02/11 (Got tracking number from NCS)
Date of debit of credit card - 09/02/2011

Are the 2 special delivery envelopes for 'acknowledgement' and 'confirmation' letters?

Yes. I took a chance, but I have read that they simply send them back to you 2nd class, unused. Maybe I'll get lucky and HO will use them, if not, I'll simply use them when I apply for the passport - approval pending off course!

No, they do use enclosed prepaid envelopes for returning your docs (decision letter is in the same pack).
Ack letter is a single sheet (very cheap one - you can almost see through it) sent in standard DL envelope by 2nd class - there is no point in using secure delivery for it.

Thanks for the interesting/reassuring information. Since I applied through NCS I didn't send any valuable docs. I added the envelopes in the hope it would speed up the process a little. As I understand it HO sends all application related correspondence 2nd class, so you sometimes receive letters outdated by nearly a week. Will let you all know how it works out.

Cisadi wrote:To : Senthil78

"Month of Submission: May 2010
Refusal Letter Received: July 2010
Requested to Reconsider appln: July 2010 "


If you do not mind could you please share with us the reason for refusal, it does not need to be very specific but just the subject would help all the appilcants. Thanks.

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