- FAQ
- Login
- Register
- Call Workpermit.com for a paid service +44 (0)344-991-9222
ESC
Welcome to immigrationboards.com!
Moderators: Casa, push, JAJ, ca.funke, Amber, zimba, vinny, Obie, EUsmileWEallsmile, batleykhan, meself2, geriatrix, John, ChetanOjha, archigabe
Agree with lemess. I applied at London Regional Passport Office and they kept passport and naturalisation certificate. Both was delvrd today (applied on Friday) but since I was not at home it will be redelivered tomorrow at work address.lemess wrote:Not quite true - I applied in person and they specifically asked for and kept my old passport and sent it back with the naturalisation certificate.yorkking wrote:if u apply in person they give u back the foreign passport immediately and retain only the naturalisation certificate which comes back by post later.
yk
Where did this figure of 5 days come from ? There is no such requirement.rogerroger wrote:i have going to leave the UK on friday(in 3 days). my concern was that if previously the payment had been taken out the next day, and the 5 days to remain the uk started from then
whereas in my case the home office were doing some check before they went ahead with the payment and the 5 day in the UK clock started from then, then i would be out of the UK then.
i have checked with my bank and it is a timeline question that is why i posted to the forum
coolMe
Junior Member
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 1
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:32 am Post subject: Naturalisation : Applied on 14/10 at NCS recd ACKN on 10/11!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Everyone,
I have been following this forum for a long time.
Looking at NCS service feedback, I also went through the same route but the experience I had was totally different.
I applied on 14/10/2005 at Northamption NCS on the basis of 4 years of WP + 1 yr ILR.
I didn't receive an acknowledgement from Home Office for 4 weeks. I contacted NCS, Homeoffice, Royal Mail and they all said it had reached home office on 17/10/2005.
I kept wondering why I haven't received any confirmation/acknowledgement from Home Office.
Today, I received a acknowledgement letter from Home office saying that they have recd all the documents and they would process it accordingly. But the acknowledgement letter is dated 10/11/2005 !!!!
So, will my application be considered as received before 1st Nov as it reached them on 17th Oct OR considered as received on 10th Nov when they acknowledged it.
I would like to know, if anyone had a similar problem ?
BTW, Northamption NCS had started operation a week before I applied !!!!
Ta
CoolME
I applied for my wife at NCS brent on 15 Nov. still no acknowledgement or money debitted. Things moved much faster when I submitted my application a month ago. I know the aplication reached liverpool on the 16th so there may be some sort of holdup there as they seemed to be pretty rapid in acknowledging applications in the past.flyez wrote:Are there anyone submitted their naturalisation application after 01-Nov-2005? If possible, is it ok share your timeline?
I sumbitted mine on 15-Nov at Wandsworth NCS and still no reply/no payment taken so far. I wonder if the new life-in-the-UK test cause the possible dealyed factor beyond for HO caseworkers.
Two points :flyez wrote:So, its bit weird for the obvious delay (although I know its just a CHECKING service) for the application sent after 01-Nov via NCS.
The only change before/after 01-Nov for the requirement of naturalisation application is the "life in the UK test". I think HO yet find an efficient way to verify if applicant has passed it thus cause cases hold-up at some points.
I suggest that the IND website figure is more accurate. It is now showing 4.04 months. a month ago it was on 4.11 months. Those detailed figures are clearly calculated ....maybe the IND staff need to be told and then they would not keep saying "six months".If you ring them up now, the it tells you the average waiting time is 6 months.