February 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

iDoctor wrote:Re: February 2014 - Naturalization Application Timeline
Unread postby dr_kzot » Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:57 pm <-forget the password of Dr_Kzot so i am using iDoctor

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + UK Spouse
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: XX
Date of application: 06/02/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/02/14
Date of aknowlegment: 18/02/14 Dated 14/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14/02/14 show less balance
Date approval received: 18/03/14
Date of ceremony: Tbc

congratulation Feb applicants. it seems that Feb approvals are rolling in!!!

hmm interesting..My application was with HO on 03/02 and I received acknowledgment on 11/02 but can see applicants applying after me have got approvals..just hope my approval is just round the corner..

Anyways, congrats to those Feb applicants who got approvals..

P.S: Just noticed quite a few Jan applicants in Jan thread are still waiting for approval so I am not alone..

My approval letter is dated Sunday, 16/03/2014

Looks like they are working very hard.

Thanks everyone for the support and what a wonderful forum

I have one question here, I have't received my Life in UK Test notification back from HO. Is this normal and do they keep this with them?

Congratulation to whom who were got it approvals especially for Feb one. lets hope for the rest who are still waiting.
Again I share my time line.
Application submitted through NCS on 21 Feb.2014.
receipt of home office on Monday 24th Feb 2014.
debt of fee on 26th Feb 2014.
acknowledgement received 1st March 2014 dated on 26 Feb 2014.
Then waiting for decision.
best wishes.
babe khyber

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Resident Card Plus BC Wife
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test
Current nationality: Nigeria
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: LBBD
Date of application: 25|Feb|2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26|Feb|2014
Date of aknowlegment: 28|Feb|2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28|Feb|2014
Date approval received: Soonest
Date of ceremony:Soonest

Eligibility criteria: UK Spouse
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test
Current nationality: Russian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester
Date of application: 06/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/02/2014
Date of aknowlegment: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/02/2014
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

I would have hoped that I would have received the acknowledement letter by now. Am I right in thinking this letter tells me my wifes reference number? Is this different than the letter telling me that payment has been taken?

Thanks

You are right, on letter of acknowledgment you get your reference number. As the fees have been taken a week ago you might receive the letter in a day or two.

I applied on 15 February and the payment was taken on 22nd February. I have not received anything until the moment, no receipt and no letter, a bit worried now but there isn't much I can do.

MHEF wrote:I applied on 15 February and the payment was taken on 22nd February. I have not received anything until the moment, no receipt and no letter, a bit worried now but there isn't much I can do.

hmm you should have received an ack letter by now as Home office did sent letters out quite quickly for late Jan and Feb applicants.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that you may not receive an ack letter at all (happened with so many people) and just get that brown envelope of approval

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 4 years ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Current nationality: xx
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: XX
Date of application: 04/02/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Did not check
Date of acknowledgment: 18/02/14 Dated 13/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14/02/14 show less balance
Date approval received: 19/03/14; Dated: 11/03/14
Date of ceremony: Tbc

Had points + court fine. So do not worry if 3 years have been lapsed..Good Luck to everyone..

dadageer wrote:

MHEF wrote:I applied on 15 February and the payment was taken on 22nd February. I have not received anything until the moment, no receipt and no letter, a bit worried now but there isn't much I can do.

hmm you should have received an ack letter by now as Home office did sent letters out quite quickly for late Jan and Feb applicants.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that you may not receive an ack letter at all (happened with so many people) and just get that brown envelope of approval

I emailed NCS Wandsworth earlier on today and they've been brilliant with their replies. They contacted HO and found out my reference number, and I got confirmation of the money debited from my account. I was also told that HO is trying to find a case worker for my case. I also emailed the home office to ask for a letter to be sent home. Hopefully I'll get a reply in the next few days.

Robdogg wrote:Eligibility criteria: UK Spouse
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test
Current nationality: Russian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester
Date of application: 06/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/02/2014
Date of aknowlegment: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/02/2014
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

I would have hoped that I would have received the acknowledement letter by now. Am I right in thinking this letter tells me my wifes reference number? Is this different than the letter telling me that payment has been taken?

Thanks

Well We got a letter from the home office today and it was the magic brown approval envelope! So I don't know what happened to the acknowledgement letter but it doesn't matter now. Here is the updated info

Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test
Current nationality: Russian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester
Date of application: 06/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/02/2014
Date of aknowlegment: never arrived
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/02/2014
Date approval received: 20/03/2014
Date of ceremony: 14/04/2014

Good luck to all those who are waiting!

MHEF wrote:

dadageer wrote:

MHEF wrote:I applied on 15 February and the payment was taken on 22nd February. I have not received anything until the moment, no receipt and no letter, a bit worried now but there isn't much I can do.

hmm you should have received an ack letter by now as Home office did sent letters out quite quickly for late Jan and Feb applicants.
Having said that, it's entirely possible that you may not receive an ack letter at all (happened with so many people) and just get that brown envelope of approval

I emailed NCS Wandsworth earlier on today and they've been brilliant with their replies. They contacted HO and found out my reference number, and I got confirmation of the money debited from my account. I was also told that HO is trying to find a case worker for my case. I also emailed the home office to ask for a letter to be sent home. Hopefully I'll get a reply in the next few days.

Agreed, NCS Wandsworth are great. Replied to my email asking if it has been assigned to a caseworker yet within 1 hour. Unfortunately it hasn't but I assume once a caseworker has it it could be a couple of days away from being approved correct? Or could it sit on a pile on their desks for a few more weeks?

Eligibility criteria: Work permit/Tier 1 (General) and dependents
Language criteria met: IELTS done for Tier 1 (General) and wife had to do B1 test from Trinity college
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Direct application (NCS not used)
Council name if NCS used: N/A
Date of application: 14 February 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15 February 2014
Date of acknowledgment: Received on 22 February 2014 dated 19 February 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19 February 2014
Date approval received: 22 March 2014 dated 20 March 2014
Date of ceremony: TBC

I found the forum very useful and wanted to share my application processing timeline with the audience and I wish best of luck for all who are waiting for approvals.

Adojay wrote:

Adojay wrote:Eligibility criteria: 2 years (HSMP) + 3 years (Tier-1 Visa)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): NARIC
Current nationality: Prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Council name if NCS used: Manchester City Council
Date of application: 03/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/02/2014
Date of aknowledgement: Received 15/02/2014 but surprisingly, letter dated 06/02/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08/02/2014
Date approval received: Received approval letters today, 22/03/2014 dated 19th March for wife and child, but none for me yet
Date of ceremony:

Does anyone know of anyone else who has received approval letters for members of family except himself/herself?

Adojay wrote:

Adojay wrote:

Adojay wrote:Eligibility criteria: 2 years (HSMP) + 3 years (Tier-1 Visa)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): NARIC
Current nationality: Prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Council name if NCS used: Manchester City Council
Date of application: 03/02/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/02/2014
Date of aknowledgement: Received 15/02/2014 but surprisingly, letter dated 06/02/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08/02/2014
Date approval received: Received approval letters today, 22/03/2014 dated 19th March for wife and child, but none for me yet
Date of ceremony:

Does anyone know of anyone else who has received approval letters for members of family except himself/herself?

Congrats to Wife and kid... are their approval letters in different envelops?

Hi All,

Hope you all are enjoying the weekend.

Once again I've done a bit of analysis. I have put the all the applications for Feb 2014 in a single screenshot for a quick glance with the most important fields, sorted as per the date of application.

Just to be optimistic, I have started with the approvals

[img]Feb_2014.PNG[/img]

Good Luck!

man4uni wrote:Hi All,

Hope you all are enjoying the weekend.

Once again I've done a bit of analysis. I have put the all the applications for Feb 2014 in a single screenshot for a quick glance with the most important fields, sorted as per the date of application.

Just to be optimistic, I have started with the approvals

[img]Feb_2014.PNG[/img]

Good Luck!

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karaj wrote:Hi Roomi, why do you think that obtaining ILR on the basis of 10 years will not qualify for straightforward application.. 3 years first digree, 4 years PhD, 3 years on work pemit.. annual tax contibution more then average london income for past 6 years.. again court fine does not effect merit of your application or make it complicated.. one speeding offence and you are questioning eligibility. ?. We are here to help each other not to judge merit of other applicants. ?. Or ARE WE... your comments will prevent other people posting their timeline. ?.I would have not if I knew that it will upset someone.

Dude, as I mentioned earlier in my notes above, I meant no offense to any one, but just to clarify you, I never meant 10 years application would not qualify for straight forward application, all I meant was, if I ask you to make enquirers or whatsoever you have to do for 10 years comparatively with 5 years, what you think which would take longer, even though both are good citizen and have almost same type of applicant except the time period and obviously we are here to help each other...therefore, removing my above comments...

Judging the progress in January forum, average approval wait time is between 45-60 days from day of application. Also it seems that last week January applications are still being processed therefore hold on for little while, it is nothing compared to years we have waited... importent thing is that at the end everyone see their brown envelop with approvals...

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Did I miss anything ? Just kidding!

I hope I haven't offended/upset anyone by uploading the excel sheet.

So much heartburn and jealousy on show here! Who are we to decide how HO should process our applications? If they start prioritising applications based on 'entitlement' some people appear to posess (real or percieved), it is only going to add unnecessary delay to the process. Let's just take it as it comes and not begrudge others who happen to get faster approvals. We are all in this together, no point pulling each other down.

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 4 years ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Current nationality: xx
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: XX
Date of application: 04/02/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Did not check
Date of acknowledgment: 18/02/14 Dated 13/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14/02/14 show less balance
Date approval received: 19/03/14; Dated: 11/03/14
Date of ceremony:21/03/14 - Arranged Private


Man4uni - You are doing great job. Such data from users in past months has helped me to set minimum and maximum expectations.. I believe that applicants from March are keeping eye on progress here as well.. my wife will be applying in couple of weeks so i will be around following for next coming months.. I know the pain for waiting since i waited around 4 years.. after i applied everyday felt like years and no brown envelope in mail box was heart breaking.. but my heart goes for those who have applied in November and still waiting and still holding.. I salute their strength ...

karaj wrote: Man4uni - You are doing great job.

Thank you karaj. Little appreciations are always motivating.

Thanks again