Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

triademobile · Post by **triademobile** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:44 am

Language criteria met: UK Degree & KEL
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1.5 yr ILR
Method of application: Manchester NCS
Date of Application: 13/02/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 18/02/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/02/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 05/04/2014 (Dated 28/03/2014)

Date of Ceremony: TBC (Will be private) I will book it for after Easter as I will be outside the UK next week.

Thank you very much for this forum and the people that administer it as it provides people with an estimate processing time.

Zeeshan123 · Post by **Zeeshan123** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:09 am

Zeeshan123 wrote:Eligibility criteria : 2 years spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application:Ncs hammersmith
Date of application: 13/01/14
Date of receipt by ukba: 14/01/14
Date of acknowledgement: 28/01/14,recieved on
31/01/14
Date of debit of fee: 28/01/14
Date of approval: 05/04/14 dated (27/03/14)
Date of ceremony: waiting

majamcr · Post by **majamcr** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:16 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence, non-EEA spouse of EEA/naturalised British citizen
Language criteria met: Life in the UK and CPE
Method of application: self/postal
Date of application: 07/01/2014
Payment method: credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/01/2014 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of acknowledgment: 28/01/2014 (dated 25/01/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/01/2014
Date approval and documents received: 05/04/2014 (dated 03/04/2014)
Date of ceremony: to be organised

I received a special delivery with my documents and approval letter this morning!!! Still waiting for the ceremony invitation letter.

I guess it took slightly longer than average in my case because I applied without NCS and without an EEA PR card (EEA4 application). But it worked out and I believe it was faster in the end than first applying for a PR card and then for BC.

I requested my passport back for travel more than 3 weeks ago and was getting slightly nervous as the HO was not gettting back to me. I contacted the HO using the tel. number and email address people posted on this forum (many thanks to everyone!).
On Tuesday I called 0300 123 2253 (got through after 20min) and was told my case is with the case worker and they would put a note that I need my passport back for travel.
On Thursday I received a reply email from ‪FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk‬ (after 4 working days) saying that a decision has been made recently and a letter posted on April 3.

It seems that the HO has improved their customer service recently. I certainly found the latest correspondence with them much more informative than before.

I wish the best of luck to everyone still waiting for their approval letters!!!

Also posted in the January 2014 thread:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... l#p1016405

masjam · Post by **masjam** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:56 pm

Hi,
Finally I received Brown Envelope this morning

Good Luck to everyone
Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 18/12/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:22/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 05/04/2014 (dated 26/03/2014)
Date of Ceremony: Not Yet

Zainy · Post by **Zainy** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:26 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residence + 22 months ILR
Method of application: NCS Manchester,13/02/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 19/02/2014 (£874 was disappear yesterday from my account)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/02/14 ( dated 18/02/14)
Date of receipt of approval: 05/04/14 dated (27/03/14)
Date of Ceremony:waiting for Monday

I Am very happy today as immigration problem has been solved forever now and thanks everyone and good luck

londonboulevard · Post by **londonboulevard** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:19 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR
Nationality: Montenegro
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 31/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 02/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 09/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: none
Date of ceremony : none

Jesus, after waiting for 5 months and 6 days, still nothing

Blessingallmy · Post by **Blessingallmy** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:17 am

Application Timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 5yr+ 1yr ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of approval:soon
Date of Ceremony: soon

Lord I need you always, thank you lord xx

Adventurer101 · Post by **Adventurer101** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:22 am

Hi everybody, here is my update with my naturalisation application:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 years(Ancestry) + 2 years ILR
Method of application: NCS Southampton
Date of application: 13 March 2014 (Sorry, my previous submission had April, it is March)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 March 2014
Date of debit of fees: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 29th March 2014
Date of Ceremony: 13th May 2014

I was really expecting a sort of 6 week wait time, but it is all concluded within 3 weeks of sending the application in. Now we just have 5 weeks to wait before we can attend the ceremony, which is a bummer as I was hoping to get this all concluded by the end April, but hey, all done and dusted, finally!

adeelmpk · Post by **adeelmpk** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:09 am

adeelmpk wrote:Eligibility criteria : 5 Yr (HSMP+T1) + 1yr ILR
Method of application : NCS Bracknell
Date of application : 23 Jan 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 24 Jan 2014
Date of debit of fees : 1st Feb 2014 [Available balance dropped on 01 Feb 2014 @ 8:30 am]
Date of acknowledgement : 6th Feb 2014
Date of approval : 26 March [Received on 5 April 2014]
Date of Ceremony : WAITING

Thank you all - this forum indeed needs to keep the good work up !

maher.786 · Post by **maher.786** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:30 am

Hey i have sent my application last month on 6th of march and balance dropped on 10th March,
My question is i have job and self employment i have finished my self employment last year and paid all my due taxes earlier this year but i didnt send my self assesment statment with application i only mentioned about my job can anyone please advice me is it ok if i send it now or just leave it,
Much Appriciated

Zainy · Post by **Zainy** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:22 pm

maher.786 wrote:Hey i have sent my application last month on 6th of march and balance dropped on 10th March,
My question is i have job and self employment i have finished my self employment last year and paid all my due taxes earlier this year but i didnt send my self assesment statment with application i only mentioned about my job can anyone please advice me is it ok if i send it now or just leave it,
Much Appriciated

You do not worry at all.One of my friend did not even paid his 2012/13 taxes at all which is about £4500 and he have loads of ccj's (I'm talking about more than 100 thousand pounds)but he still got approval recently.

Dr MS · Post by **Dr MS** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:41 pm

Adventurer101 wrote:Hi everybody, here is my update with my naturalisation application:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 years(Ancestry) + 2 years ILR
Method of application: NCS Southampton
Date of application: 13 March 2014 (Sorry, my previous submission had April, it is March)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 March 2014
Date of debit of fees: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 29th March 2014
Date of Ceremony: 13th May 2014

I was really expecting a sort of 6 week wait time, but it is all concluded within 3 weeks of sending the application in. Now we just have 5 weeks to wait before we can attend the ceremony, which is a bummer as I was hoping to get this all concluded by the end April, but hey, all done and dusted, finally!

Congratulations Adventurer101!

Can I ask you about the date of your approval letter? Was it 29th March or before?

rickyrafe777 · Post by **rickyrafe777** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:38 pm

Adventurer101 wrote:Hi everybody, here is my update with my naturalisation application:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 years(Ancestry) + 2 years ILR
Method of application: NCS Southampton
Date of application: 13 March 2014 (Sorry, my previous submission had April, it is March)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 March 2014
Date of debit of fees: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17th March 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 29th March 2014
Date of Ceremony: 13th May 2014

I was really expecting a sort of 6 week wait time, but it is all concluded within 3 weeks of sending the application in. Now we just have 5 weeks to wait before we can attend the ceremony, which is a bummer as I was hoping to get this all concluded by the end April, but hey, all done and dusted, finally!

book private ceremony... and 5 weeks wait will be over!!
congrts

rushabhjvora · Post by **rushabhjvora** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:42 am

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3 + 2 Years on Tier 1 (HSMP)
Method of application: self
Date of application: 24th Feb 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26 Feb 2014 (approx.)
Date of debit of fees: First week of March
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -
Date of receipt of approval: 4th April 2014
Date of Ceremony: TBD

Thanks a lot for all your help, this forum has been very useful. I got a call from Home Office as my wife previous name and surname were typed incorrectly. He called to make sure and then said there are no further questions. My wife did not ask how long its going to take but I guess, he made the decision same day and send us a letter confirming the success of our application.

Do I have to wait for invitation letter or I can book ceremony date?

Simha · Post by **Simha** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:13 am

My partners application details as shown below.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 4 Years on Tier 2 dependant + 1 yr ILR + Life in UK and PBS points print out for language (KOLL)
Method of application: NCS Nottingham
Date of application: 24th Mar 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26 Feb 2014 (approx.)
Date of debit of fees: 2nd April 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 2nd April 2014 (received on 5th April 2014)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting...
Date of Ceremony: Waiting...

rishahid · Post by **rishahid** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:09 am

Good news. Finally wait is over. Got my approval last week:

Here's my time line for naturalisation application..
Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 yrs Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR
Application type: Joint with Mrs
Date of application: 01/11/2013
Aplied through: NCS Newbury
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/11/2013 (Tracked through reference number provided by NCS Newbury)
Date of debit of fees: 10/01/2014
Date of acknowledgement letter: 10/01/2014
Date of approval: 26/03/2014
Date of Ceremony: 09/04/2014

Wife's application wasn't successful as she did not complete full 5 years since her first entry in the UK. Need to reapply for her. UKBA has kindly offered to refund me her part of a fee.

Good Luck al.

===============

rishahid wrote:Guys,
Moved a little in a queue now.

Here's my time line for naturalisation application..
Eligibility criteria: 2 yrs HSMP + 3 yrs Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR
Application type: Joint with Mrs
Date of application: 01/11/2013
Aplied through: NCS Newbury
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/11/2013 (Tracked through reference number provided by NCS Newbury)
Date of debit of fees: 10/01/2014
Date of acknowledgement letter: 10/01/2014
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

little relief in pain !

rishahid wrote:Hello everyone,

I am also still in a queue.

Here's my time line for naturalisation application..
Date of application: 01/11/2013
Aplied through: NCS Newbury
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/11/2013 (Tracked through reference number provided by NCS Newbury)
Date of debit of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgement letter: Awaiting
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

oh...what a pain !

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rishahid · Post by **rishahid** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:44 pm

Blessingallmy wrote:Application Timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 5yr+ 1yr ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of approval:soon
Date of Ceremony: soon

Lord I need you always, thank you lord xx

Hi Blessingallmy,
have you received all your original docs back from HO? what was the process? did you send them pre-paid envelope?

thanks mate

lambu1 · Post by **lambu1** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:53 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 year long residence (student,segs,student,WP) + 1 year ILR (My ILR took 7 months as I applied via post)
Language criteria : LIUK + UK Masters & Degree
Method of application: NCS Westminster
Date application sent: 21/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/03/14 (dated)
Date of debit of fees: 01/04/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of documents:WAITING
Date of ceremony: WAITING

ILtoWait · Post by **ILtoWait** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:05 pm

Slightly belated update but finally the waiting is over.

Eligibility: 5 years (HSMP +tier 1) + 1 year ILR
Nationality: New Zealand
Method of application: NCS Hammersmith
Date of application: 31/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 04/02/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 11/02/2014
Approval dated: 21/03/2014
Approval received: 28/03/2014
Date of ceremony:09/04/2014

Its been a rollercoaster of highs and (unbelievable) lows but this board has been a stable resource throughout the ordeal. Best of luck to all still waiting!

farrukhnizam · Post by **farrukhnizam** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:18 pm

Hi All, finally i got my home office invitation letter.
thanks to all ............

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs HSMP + 1 Yr ILR
Council : Hatfield Council on 08-01-2014
* Method of application: NCS
* Received application at Home office: 09-01-2014 - thedx.co.uk
* Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014 (Sunday)
* Date of acknowledgement of fees: 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
* Date of approval: 07-04-14 (dated: 6th of March 2014)
* Date of Ceremony: 12th of May 2014

Blessingallmy · Post by **Blessingallmy** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:31 pm

rishahid wrote:
Blessingallmy wrote:Application Timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 5yr+ 1yr ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5/03/2014
Date of receipt of approval:soon
Date of Ceremony: soon

Lord I need you always, thank you lord xx

Hi Blessingallmy,
have you received all your original docs back from HO? what was the process? did you send them pre-paid envelope?
Hi Rishahid
Not yet maybe soon,no I didn't send them pre paid envelope.

thanks mate

London2basra · Post by **London2basra** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:36 am

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs protection route + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Solicitor (Postal)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 28/02/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 04/03/2014 (dated 28/02/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

karenlisast · Post by **karenlisast** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:20 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR + marriage
Nationality: USA
Method of application: NCS Islington
Date of application: 01/04/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : Waiting
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony : Waiting

juliemjohn · Post by **juliemjohn** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:37 am

[JOHN"]Interested members can post their naturalisation application processing timelines here for the benefit of others.

Please include the following details when posting in this topic:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (council name) or Postal: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-03-2014
Date of debit of fees: 26-03-2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29-03-2014
Date of receipt of approval: AWAITING
Date of Ceremony: AWAITING

Other Updates: If you wish to provide interim updates (e.g. - when you called UKBA for status, and what information you were given), please edit your original post to include the following:
Interim Updates
Date: Description

Do not make more than one post in the topic. If writing initial post before the process is complete), please edit the original post to update - do not create a new post for every update. This will help members looking for approx. timeslines to figure out end-to-end processing time of a given application(s) at one place itself.
Remember the page number of this topic that you are making your post in .. or .. use the search function to find your post in this topic.

Please refrain from chattering in this topic. To keep it high-value, please just read it and only post when you have an update to provide (timelines only).
Queries, pleasantries, off-topic posts, duplicate posts, multiple posts relating to the same application, request for updates, posts enquiring about current timelines, etc. are not be posted, will be deleted without notice, and members posting irrelevant posts in this topic that require moderators to waste their time in cleaning up the topic may have their access restricted.

We thank you for your understanding and co-operation.[/quote]

Zainy · Post by **Zainy** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:10 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residence + 22 months ILR
Method of application: NCS Manchester,13/02/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 19/02/2014 (£874 was disappear yesterday from my account)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/02/14 ( dated 18/02/14)
Date of receipt of approval: 05/04/14 dated (27/03/14)
Date of Ceremony:16 April

I Am very happy today as immigration problem has been solved forever now and thanks everyone and good luck[/quote]

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