January 2014 - Naturalization Application Timeline

chis1 · Post by **chis1** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:29 am

Hi - I have been reading this forum for a few weeks and thought I would add my timeline.

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 5yr
Language criteria met: Life in the UK test and ESOL B1 English exam
Method of application: NCS-Bromley
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: 10/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/01/2014
Date fees taken: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of ceremony: WAITINIG

I've called the 0870 number a couple of times and each time received a similar response along the lines of my application still being processed and not having been assigned to a caseworker yet. It is a bit frustrating seeing people who have applied after me already in receipt of their approvals, but I guess there is nothing to do but just wait!

Best of luck to everyone. Hopefully some more approvals start rolling in!

20shamat · Post by **20shamat** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:11 am

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : LiUK+IELTS+PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Redbridge
Date of application: 20-01-14
Payment method :Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22-01-14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28-01-14
Date of acknowledgment: 31/01/2014 (Dated)
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

Somudro · Post by **Somudro** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:04 am

any news from ppl who applied after 20 Jan 2014?

27pence · Post by **27pence** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:46 am

I applied on the 6th January.

None of us no the exact system in which they order applications, some say first come first serve, I reckon it is more likely that months are split maybe weekly and spread to a specific caseworker, and it may then be organised by Surname alphabetically. My surname begins with W, so I might be waiting sometime. People stop worrying though, somebody who applied in January 2013 (over a year ago) just got approval. LOL

anotherbrickinthewall · Post by **anotherbrickinthewall** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:04 pm

I think the clock starts ticking only after the fees are debited - that's when the application enters the caseworker queue. If your payment gets rejected the application is not in the caseworker queue until they get their grubby mitts on your dosh. The date of application is immaterial.

27pence · Post by **27pence** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:48 pm

Well my money was debited on the 25th of January, and there are people with approvals who had money taken after this date, there must be some system. I am a spouse of native BC, and everything is to the book. I do not really understand what they are doing!!!

Jegdis5 · Post by **Jegdis5** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:54 pm

I am still waiting , applied on 14th Jan 2014..

Somudro · Post by **Somudro** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:32 pm

The system of HO seems became very slow.

nselarka · Post by **nselarka** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:33 pm

I have applied on 8/1/14 and still waiting for approval. anybody who applied on fist week of January still waiting for approval?

majamcr · Post by **majamcr** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:35 pm

I also applied on the 8th, fees debited on the 25th, no news.

trigger · Post by **trigger** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:07 pm

January 2014 Applications Update

Applicants: 105
Fee Debits: 101 (~ 96%) (pending: nselarka*, s4sam, MY, KyleDM)
Approvals: 27 (~ 26%) (congratulations on newest approvals for STV, icon3001, shiva321, Josomount, amthekkel, hub007, mandykan, DayDream, cblue12, teenboy, M2008, shoppsydudu, varre_v)
* Please add your timeline using this format

Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Date (FD2ALD): ~ 18 weekdays**
Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Receipt (FD2ALR): ~ 23 weekdays**
** This metric is entirely down to individual circumstances, such as complexity of application and 2nd class post receipt time, to name but two.

Here are the 105 applicants so far, please let me know of any errors or omissions (hyperlinks to past approvals):

w/c 30 December (excluding December 2013 applicants) - 7 applicants
kiranchinnu
NOG
SameerBhagawatUk
Bruno30
Peachoct6
Captain_underpants
For_fam

w/c 6 January - 28 applicants
STV
magedezzeldin
uknotts
phoki
baji15
sylm_2000
s4sam
safa_bb
keepsim
icon3001
happylad
t0mmy
27pence
Newme123
majamcr
silverdiablo7
muf
shiva321
Josomount
amthekkel
farrukhnizam
rw1perth
hub007
Bash1oo
mandykan
spui
sgaba
nselarka - Please add your timeline using this format

w/c 13 January - 33 applicants
DayDream
trigger
jayowo
DevB
cblue12
chis1
splashing
MY
soniaa84
sidhujazz
freemen_17
guavaguy
vv129
teenboy
Zeeshan123
slav
tundefaboye
tanere
Jegdis5
M2008
murmur
chir
eskalebur
kiwiana76
shoppsydudu
rickyrafe777
varre_v
winchesterguy
h-khan
hot_rock_tx
aquarius
daniel212
rupali123

w/c 20 January - 23 applicants
alex_shvjac
ei
khurrambutt
ITGraduate
gdyoung
kir60
Camillinhadantas
ambitions_high
OmerMohammed
abbey84
20shamat
darkangel14
fragnance19
abdik1980
statician
t-cham
speaker40
phospholipid
hina zaheer
isomb
Jo1
adeelmpk
latansingh

w/c 27 January - 14 applicants
Somudro
dabbler80
KyleDM
nbweb
bachy
amitc
cofe
sabster
Koolmail
milan69
jmehmud
tab0287
bouqet777
guiness

General progress so far for January 2014:

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To all January 2014 applicants - please try and keep your timelines updated and accurate as it benefits the topic and others when you do so. Relevant update posts (like this one) in my signature to make them easy to track.

As always, thanks to amthekkel, p2kin, jotter, TTOE and tier_2_applicant for their data and formats.

mirna · Post by **mirna** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:29 pm

nselarka wrote:I have applied on 8/1/14 and still waiting for approval. anybody who applied on fist week of January still waiting for approval?

midbar · Post by **midbar** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:43 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years PR + 1 year (EEA Perm. residency confirmation)
Language criteria met: TOEFL C1
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 03/01/2014
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/01/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 23/01/2014 (received 29/01/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/01/2014
Date approval received: Waiting...
Date of ceremony:

Called UKBA today - application is yet to be allocated to caseworker.

anotherbrickinthewall · Post by **anotherbrickinthewall** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:54 pm

Have they started accepting TOEFL or are you okay since you applied before the ban?

jmehmud · Post by **jmehmud** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:56 pm

Hi Milan69!
Its quite worrying situation because what if our applications are still not been allocated to case worker yet in that case forget march for any approval....looks HO is back on slow track or dont know may be they just delay deliberately. What you say?

milan69 · Post by **milan69** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:57 pm

Very quiet week so far..

midbar · Post by **midbar** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:20 pm

anotherbrickinthewall wrote:Have they started accepting TOEFL or are you okay since you applied before the ban?

My test was in July 2013 - ETS was suspended 10/02/2014. I didn't think it would affect my application as I submitted it before the ban...

UKc2be · Post by **UKc2be** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:13 pm

I took a B1 CEFR / ESOL ENTRY LEVEL 3 ENGLISH EXAM in mid 2013, and applied for citizenship 14 Jan this year. Was the exam I took also suspended?

milan69 · Post by **milan69** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:23 am

Hi jmehmud, when I rang HO last week I was told my application has been allocated to a case worker and is under consideration.

jmehmud · Post by **jmehmud** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:35 am

Hi Milan69! atleast it is a good sign otherwise it remains a dilemma that have they allocated our applications yet or not. but now it is a piece of mind for you.

milan69 · Post by **milan69** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:51 am

I rang them twice in the last 2 weeks and I got same reply.

27pence · Post by **27pence** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:03 am

Hi milan69,

I have read some of the comments in the October/November/December forums, and it would appear that the HO have a list of responses. FOr instance, one person rang up one week to be told that a caseworker was looking at it, then rang a couple of weeks later to be told that it had not been allocated to a caseworker.

Another post stated that they had rang up one day to be told the application had not been allocated yet, but the next day they received the approval through the post, with the approval dated a week before they had rang the HO.

Unfortunately it is very clear to me that the people who take phone calls from applicants do not actually have the database in front of them. So ringing up is not going to clear anything up. I think if you went through NCS then there is not much to worry about, because you will have your native passport, if there is an emergency to leave the country, you can do. Other than that, you will have to wait 6 months before you could do anything.

Don't forget that although the UKBA is pretty much deciding your life, you are just a statistic to them, and you will have ILR, so you can not be chucked out the country. It is a waiting game.

WHen the time comes, I have also read tht the Post Office check and send service is not worth it, the post office will keep loads of passports applications and then send them in bulk, so it could take three weeks from application to Belfast receiving the application.

sidhujazz · Post by **sidhujazz** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:08 pm

Unread postby shak80 » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:03 pm

Finally got the brown envelope

Method of application: NCS Leeds
Date of application: 30/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/10 /2013
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of debit of fees: 11/01/2014
Date of approval: letter dated 2/3/14 received date 6/3/14
Date of Ceremony: 8/3/14

Special thanks to Immigration board and everyone who support each other

My letter stating 2 march which is Sunday , so they are working hard to sort out the applications. you letter will be with you very soon

I called them in Monday 3/3/14 and 5/3/14 both time they said in process. But the letter was already printed for dispatch

So no point to call them it's just painfull

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Just another post which shows, it's just not worth calling the HO as do not have any idea about your application.

soniaa84 · Post by **soniaa84** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:55 pm

soniaa84 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Partner of BC (3 yrs)
Language criteria:life in the uk test n B1 language test
Method of application:Royal mail (special delivery)
Date of application:13/1/14
Date of receipt :14/1/14 (tracking through royal mail service)
Payment method:DC
Date of fee :balance drop (28/1/14) bt still not shown on my statment
date of acknowledgment:TBC
date of approval:TBC
Date of ceremony:TBC
Updates

Balance drop on 28th and shown on statment on 29.today 30/1/14 get acknowledgement letter dated 28/1/14

Updates.finally I got my brown envlope too as I have applied for my son too so I get one latter stated tat both applications r acepted.
I want to ask one think tat on my latter it is written tat u should not contact local athority for ceremony invitation bt u will get ur self an invitation latter n if u didnt get then u contact on the given mail adress.so I wana ask that is it normal.

Congragulations to sidujaz coz he was v frustated n thanks to everyone on this forum n best of luck to everyone who are waiting

rickyrafe777 · Post by **rickyrafe777** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:09 pm

soniaa84 wrote:
soniaa84 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Partner of BC (3 yrs)
Language criteria:life in the uk test n B1 language test
Method of application:Royal mail (special delivery)
Date of application:13/1/14
Date of receipt :14/1/14 (tracking through royal mail service)
Payment method:DC
Date of fee :balance drop (28/1/14) bt still not shown on my statment
date of acknowledgment:TBC
date of approval:TBC
Date of ceremony:TBC
Updates

Balance drop on 28th and shown on statment on 29.today 30/1/14 get acknowledgement letter dated 28/1/14
Updates.finally I got my brown envlope too as I have applied for my son too so I get one latter stated tat both applications r acepted.
I want to ask one think tat on my latter it is written tat u should not contact local athority for ceremony invitation bt u will get ur self an invitation latter n if u didnt get then u contact on the given mail adress.so I wana ask that is it normal.

Congragulations to sidujaz coz he was v frustated n thanks to everyone on this forum n best of luck to everyone who are waiting

congrts... what is the date on your approval letter??

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