Hi guys,

I applied by post and received my approval yesterday. Do I need to wait for an invitation letter from my council or can I ring them anyway to book for the ceremony?

Thanks!

Guys, don't worry! If you haven't lied for your ILR and have completed your form AN properly, you will get your citizenship. We got our approval yesterday after applying on 18th April. A friend also got their approval yesterday and they applied 3 weeks before us! Stop letting speculations get to you...

Hellllo everyone! I haven't posted my timeline in the timeline thread yet, but just wanted to let you all know that I've finally received my approval today. We applied (family application) on the basis of WP on 18th April and the approval was dated 21st July. We applied by post. Do I now need to wai...

Some people say Naturalisation is a previliage and not a right, but When i pay almost £1000 as a fee i would expecet decent customer service and some structured method for dealing with an application. The UKBA say that. And yes, completely agreed. I'm afraid I'm going to be a whinging member from ...

ramesheuk wrote:Hi,

Please could any one let me know if my proffesional referee can be a non British citizen (he is on Tier 1) and a company director?

Thanks,

One of your referees needs to be British. The other can be a professional of any nationality. It says so quite clearly in the Form AN guidance notes.

SO bored of waiting! I applied on 18th April and it is so frustrating to see May and June applicants getting approvals - sorry, I'm just a LITTLE jealous!

I also know 2 different people that applied in March who are still waiting. Annoying times!

Ah wow, I've only been away a few days but so much has changed in the forum! I had to call the HO to update some information and discovered that my application is yet to be allocated to a caseworker. Applied on 18th April, the call was made on 29th June. Frustrating times. Re the issue around chatty...

sidra4015 wrote:HI
NAZI88 OR ANY OTHER,PLEASE TELL ME IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE POSTAL ADDRESS AFTER APPLYING CITIZEN SHIP,AND WHAT THE PROCEDURE FOR THAT THANK IN DVANCE

Call the home office up and give them the new address. Simple.

Maximum they may ask you to withdrawn you application and forfeit the fee. thats not sound advice why he should forfeit the fee and withdrawn the appication....now you making confused let him call first of seek advice from HO then his lawyer ok. regards. Agreed with Nazia. To the poster concerned, ...

Updated Time line Date of Passport Application.........08/06/2011 Method used ...................... Next day delivery (Post NO check and send) Date Documents received by secured post : 20/06/2011 Date Received Interview Letter by Second class post: Pending (got the interview Ref number over the ph...

can you arrange a citizenship ceremony at another council other than your own local council? i booked one but the date given is august 2011, so i am thinking of re arranging with another council. do they penalise you or it's not a problem? thanks for the replies in advance. best wishes to everyone ...

Apologies if this is inappropriately placed. I was wondering if there was any way we could collate timelines for passport applications into one place. There are occasional updates in the naturalisation thread for passports, but very hard to find and rare. Has anyone got a British passport in recent...

cngratulations to those hearing more good news. I am almost thru with the final stage... :D :D :D CRITERIA - 10yrs Long Residence (Student all through) + 1 yr ILR Type - NCS Sutton Date of submission - 10/03/2011 Date reached HO – 11/03/2011 Date of debit of credit card - 18/03/2011 Date of recei...

Does the number of applicants (ie in a family application) affect greatly the time it takes for an approval to come through?

It looks like April applications are being looked at at an impressive speed, but don't want to get my hopes too high too soon!

John wrote:Now that there is some substance to the posts in this topic, and not just a request to make this a sticky, I have indeed made it a sticky.

Ah right, fair enough. Thanks for stickying.

Hopefully this means we'll amass a reasonable amount of information on timelines.

t4tahir wrote:how we can request admin to make this post sticky ?

Haven't a clue. We've requested in this thread and I've PMed 2 moderators but haven't had a reply yet *shrugs*.

Question for everyone: does it matter if you use check & send or just post your application yourself?

osteophytes - I applied on the 10th june too..NCS Lewisham. Has your payment left your a/c yet? Mine hasn't. For some reason, payments seem to take long for some people. For my application it took over 5 weeks! If you're sure HO have received your application, don't worry. Sit back and relax, shoul...

Wow April applications seem to be moving. I applied on 18th April, so fingers crossed! Congratulations to everyone with approvals, good luck to those waiting. I have a little request. Those that have applied for passports, can you please post your passport timelines here: www.immigrationboards.com/v...

A slight update. Criteria :: WP, HSMP, Tier 1 + 1 year ILR Type :: NCS Epping Date of submission...................21/03/2011 Date application received by UKBA....22/03/2011 Date of debit of credit card.........25/03/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement...30/03/2011 (dated 25/03/2011) Date of re...

allta wrote:It will be nice if Admin can make this thread a sticky....I'm having to go to another forum forum for this

Have you sent off your passport application yet, allta?

I disagree. The instructions clearly say that for a child, one of the referees should be a professional (of any nationality) who should firstly know them, and secondly have been their teacher/doctor/health visitor/social worker/minister of religion etc. Link http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/british...

got my approval letter on 11/06/11, dated 01/06/11. update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports. My experience NCS or Postal: posted on 28/03/11 Received by them: 29/03/11 (royal mail tracking) CRITERIA: 5 yr stay (4 ...

acknolwedgement received on 16th March! still waiting for the approval. can anyone suggest what i should do? Thanks I suggest you wait. Seriously, what is with the crazy impatience with everyone? UKBA say the application can take up to 6 months, so if you know they've received your application, jus...

It really is a retrospective change, isn't it, if people who are entering now will be affected eventhough nothing's been decided yet? Very harsh

I am just want say thanks to all member who gave me advice and plus confidence and now i have decided that i would not contact with HO and i will wait because i have seen many example of others members and i realy want to say thanks honestly i am happy now i will just wait for my aproval now and ho...