TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

lovelion2011 · Post by **lovelion2011** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:59 am

Hi nax_72,
Thanks for reply.

I did check my credit card details just now, it is still the same.....any way will give it some more time.....just bit anxious. Called HO as well, automated message there is a delay in sending acknowledgement.

Cheers.

nax_72 wrote:
lovelion2011 wrote: Well, I tried my best to send my application before the fee rise, it reached Home office on 04/04/2011, but still fees is not withdrawn from my credit card. Usually it is withdrawn within 7 daysâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦. I am wondering has any one experienced the same delay in fees withdrawal.
My wife's application was sent by post on 29/03/2011 and reached HO on 30/03/2011. Credit card was debited on 06/04/2011. First the available money to spend on the credit card will get reduced by the amount taken by the HO before you directly see the amount taken away from the credit card. On 06/04/2011, we noticed the available amount to be spent got reduced by Â£780. On 08/04/2011 only it was directly mentioned that Â£780 was paid to the HO, dated 06/04/2011. So check the available amount in your credit card to be spent.

Anivip · Post by **Anivip** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:48 am

lovelion2011 wrote:Hi All, I am new to this forum.

Criteria :: HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type :: Next Day Delivery Royal Mail
Date of submission :: 02/04/2011 (Saturday)
Date application received by UKBA ::04/04/2011 (According to Royal Mail)
Date of debit of credit card :: still waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement ::
Date of receipt of approval :: Pending
Date of ceremony :: Pending

Well, I tried my best to send my application before the fee rise, it reached Home office on 04/04/2011, but still fees is not withdrawn from my credit card. Usually it is withdrawn within 7 daysâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦. I am wondering has any one experienced the same delay in fees withdrawal.

Cheers

Hi,

I applied on 01/04 via NCS and the application reached on 04/04. My account has not been debited until this moment. Guess our applications will be processed during the same period- do keep posting updates.

Anivip · Post by **Anivip** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:50 am

london2009uk wrote:Hi Anivip,

I was also in same dilemma as you about CCJ and Bad Credit although i have subscribed for experian which clearly said no CCJ or bad credit in my history.

I was tempted to check Trustonline by paying (Â£16) which i did and got confirmation that they have "no record"

Its my suggestion dont waste your money with trustonline as long your experian credit shows clear then it should be fine. I assume you dont have any doggy past.

Good luck with your naturalization application and i can understand your anxiety becoz i went through the same process in march 2011.

Thank you London2009UK for your reply.
I do not have a dodgy past and everything looks okay on Experian so guess I should just sit tight and wait for the outcome.
Thanks once again

lionking007 · Post by **lionking007** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:31 pm

nax_72 wrote:In the acknowledgement letter, in the UK Border Agency address (top corner), it has been mentioned as 'North West Region' in the second line. I hope this may be different for those applying from different areas. I don't know whether this may have any effect on how long it takes to process the application depending on the amount of application from different areas.

I live in West Midlands, the Ack letter that I received mentions North West as well

kot_olga · Post by **kot_olga** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:37 pm

Date of submission : 29/03/2011 Type : postal
Date application received by UKBA : 30/03/2011 via Warrington delivery office
Date of debit of credit card : 07/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 13/04/2011 dated 07/04/2011
Date of receipt of approval : ....
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council : ...
Date of ceremony : ....
Date of application for passport : ....
Date of interview letter : ....
Date of interview : ....
Date of receipt of documents : ....
Date of receipt of passport : ....

kamalin10 · Post by **kamalin10** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:19 pm

lovelion2011 wrote:Hi All, I am new to this forum.

Criteria :: HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type :: Next Day Delivery Royal Mail
Date of submission :: 02/04/2011 (Saturday)
Date application received by UKBA ::04/04/2011 (According to Royal Mail)
Date of debit of credit card :: still waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement ::
Date of receipt of approval :: Pending
Date of ceremony :: Pending

Well, I tried my best to send my application before the fee rise, it reached Home office on 04/04/2011, but still fees is not withdrawn from my credit card. Usually it is withdrawn within 7 daysâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦. I am wondering has any one experienced the same delay in fees withdrawal.

Cheers

Iâ€™ve also applied on the 1st of April and not sure when it has reached HO. Card is still not debited.
Change of fees shouldnâ€™t affect you as they will charge as per the â€œcheckâ€

Kiran234 · Post by **Kiran234** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:00 pm

CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Type - NCS Slough
Date of submission - 19/03/2011
Date reached HO â€“ 21/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card - 22/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 25/03/2011 dated 22/03/2011
Date of receipt of approval -
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 â€“

Still waiting for approval...

VSAndroid · Post by **VSAndroid** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:51 pm

You are couple of days behind me in terms of sending the application and the date the card got debited and the receipt of acknowledgement. We should hear from HO at the same time then... keep us posted!

kot_olga wrote:Date of submission : 29/03/2011 Type : postal
Date application received by UKBA : 30/03/2011 via Warrington delivery office
Date of debit of credit card : 07/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 13/04/2011 dated 07/04/2011
Date of receipt of approval : ....
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council : ...
Date of ceremony : ....
Date of application for passport : ....
Date of interview letter : ....
Date of interview : ....
Date of receipt of documents : ....
Date of receipt of passport : ....

sherlypk · Post by **sherlypk** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:12 pm

Criteria :: HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type :: NCS Broomley
Date of submission :: 24/02/2011
Date application received by UKBA ::28/02/2011
Date of debit of credit card :: 04/02/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: 11/02/2011
Date of receipt of approval :: Pending
Date of ceremony :: Pending

ferrarilondon · Post by **ferrarilondon** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:38 pm

sherlypk , you have been waiting for long time now

have you tried calling them, looks like every day new people are joining the waiting club.

allta · Post by **allta** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:46 pm

ferrarilondon wrote:sherlypk , you have been waiting for long time now have you tried calling them, looks like every day new people are joining the waiting club.

Yep, and no one leaving to join the decision club......what more can we all do but wait for 6months! Maybe by September, they would have processed all the applications that went in March..........well, maybe not

TechNation · Post by **TechNation** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:54 pm

Criteria : HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type : NCS
Date of submission : 30/03/2011
Date application received by UKBA : 31/03/2011 (As per Royal mail tracking)
Date of debit of credit card : Not yet deducted
Date of receipt of acknowledgment :
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :

obelix · Post by **obelix** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:03 pm

Criteria :: WP 5 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type :: NCS Knowsley
Date of submission :: 30/03/2011
Date application received by UKBA ::don't know
Date of debit of credit card :: 12/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: Pending
Date of receipt of approval :: Pending
Date of ceremony :: Pending

sherlypk · Post by **sherlypk** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:13 pm

I called them couple of time and recieved the standard reply ""Waiting to allocate""

ferrarilondon wrote:sherlypk , you have been waiting for long time now have you tried calling them, looks like every day new people are joining the waiting club.

ferrarilondon · Post by **ferrarilondon** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:15 pm

C'mon Allta September

dont scare me my family is anxiously waiting for my naturalisation so that i can take them to disney land in this summer holidays, it sucks when your whole family is British and you are the only one who has to buy all the euro tickets, booking confirmations etc and even than still no guarantee of schengen visa lol. Anyways lets hope for the best .

IF any one hears from HO do not delay to post your experince , you might boast people morals

gidoc · Post by **gidoc** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:14 pm

Last week, on 6/04, NCS told me that 'HO' had let them know that in March the number of applications had doubled as compared to the number in February.Perhaps everyone was trying to beat the fee increase. Hence I was advised to expect 'doubling of processing times' as well.
Previously average processing time varied from 4 to 8 wks, hence it will increase to 8-16 wks.
Best wishes

kot_olga · Post by **kot_olga** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:17 pm

Guys,i leaved in Uk for 12 years now, married to Brittish sitizen for 10 years and just now i finnaly got chance to apply. I dont have any other sitizenship so i could not leave the country all this time. All these years we could only enjoy holdays in uk. I am unusually patient this time, just hope nothing goes wrong. Good luck to everyone!!!!

fabiopg · Post by **fabiopg** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:04 am

Criteria : HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type : NCS Bromley
Date of submission : 30/03/2011
Date application received by UKBA : no clue
Date of debit of credit card : Not yet deducted
Date of receipt of acknowledgment :
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :

kamalin10 · Post by **kamalin10** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:53 am

kot_olga wrote: I dont have any other sitizenship

how is that possible?

srini_ma · Post by **srini_ma** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:14 am

NCS or Postal : NCS (Bracknell)
Date of submission or posting : 28/03/11
CRITERIA - 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR)
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 07/04/11
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 13/04/11
Date of receipt of approval
Date of Ceremony
Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt

It looks like HomeOffice is sending the ack immly by 2nd class post once they detect the fees. Only it takes couple days to reach us b'cos of 2nd class post.

ferrarilondon · Post by **ferrarilondon** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:04 am

Another call to UK BA after 1 week today and same answer, waiting for allocation

4 weeks today since application posted..

Gull mate if you are out there, let us know any update

kamalin10 · Post by **kamalin10** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:20 am

Maybe I should call as well to ask to take my money at least?

ferrarilondon · Post by **ferrarilondon** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:35 am

KAMALIN10

If its already been more than a week since they received your application and have not taken the money out, that clearly shows that there must be mountains of applications before yours, give them another week and than call.

The lady told me today that they have currently doubled the normal processing time. I am not going to call them for at least 2 weeks now.

kamalin10 · Post by **kamalin10** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:42 am

I was only kidding

although it is true that Iâ€™d like to see money leaving my account and whatever happens after that â€“ not a problem

lovelion2011 · Post by **lovelion2011** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:01 pm

Finally fee has been taken from credit card. But they have only withdrawn Â£1010 instead of Â£1510. For me and wife Â£1010 and for my daughter Â£500... together Â£1510.

Hmmmmm...............

.................... lets wait for the acknowledgement letter to come through then i will contact them.

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