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July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

A section for posts relating to applications for Naturalisation or Registration as a British Citizen. Naturalisation

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karimoualnan
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by karimoualnan » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:11 pm

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by salimkk » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:25 am

HI GUYS FINALLY RECEIVED MY APPROVAL !!!!!!

I CALLED COUNCIL BUT THEY SAID THEY DONT HAVE MY NAME UPDATED ON SYSTEM YET WHAT SHOULD I DO GUYS ??

eligibility criteria: 5 years tier 1 gen + 1 years ILR
Language criteria met: UK DEGREE
Method of application: NCS newham
Date of application: 1/07/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 9/07/2014
Date approval received: **********2/10/2014***********
LETTER DATED :27TH SEPTEMBER
Date of ceremony: TBC

chrisonzen
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by chrisonzen » Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:01 pm

Congratulations "Salimkk"
Hopefuly we are next SOON :?

Abidolly
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Abidolly » Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:53 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Language criteria met: B1 test (Expired Pearson test of English) + Life in the uk
Method of application: NCS Bedford
Date of application: 29/07/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 9/08/2014
Date acknowledgment received : 14/08/2014 dated 9/08/2014
Date approval received: waiting :roll:
Date of ceremony: ?

It seems to be taken forever. I rang the HO call centre almost every other day in September and either gets in progress or under consideration so I have given up calling them now :(
Really hope the famous brown envelope arrives soon......

Amy_le
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Amy_le » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:44 pm

Eligibility Criteria: 10 years + 1 years ILR
Application mode: Post it myself
Application: 1 adult
Date of Submission: 4th July 2014
Date of debit of fees: 7th July 2014
Acknowledgement letter received :20th July 2014
Date of Received of Approval : 1st Oct 2014
Date of Invitation awaiting: N/A
Date of Ceremong awaiting: N/A

ahlia
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by ahlia » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:02 am

Eligibility criteria:
Language criteria met==5YRS RESIDENCE[ MARRIAGE TO EU (life in uk and B1 test):
Current nationality: NIGERIAN
Method of application: SOLICITOR
Council name if NCS used:
Date of application: 11 OF JULY 2014
Payment method CC/DC, SOLICITOR
Date of receipt by UKBA: UNKNOWN
Date of acknowledgment:22 OF JULY 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by neguk1984 » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:12 am

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language criteria met: life in uk and B1 test
Current Nationality: Brazilian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Islington Council
Date of application: 14/07/14
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:15/07/14
Date of acknowledgement: 28/07 (dated 24/07)
Dare of debit or clearance of fees: 24/07
Date of my approval:
Date of ceremony:

Alra2007
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Alra2007 » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:09 pm

Hello
Still waiting..

newbie.scott
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Good News guys

Post by newbie.scott » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:27 pm

Good News guys

I received approval today.

Took 3months 9days.
Date of application: 01/07/2014
Date approval posted:02/10/2014
Date approval received:09/10/2014

Good luck for all July applicants..

Cheers

chrisonzen
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Re: Good News guys

Post by chrisonzen » Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:41 pm

newbie.scott wrote:Good News guys

I received approval today.

Took 3months 9days.
Date of application: 01/07/2014
Date approval posted:02/10/2014
Date approval received:09/10/2014

Good luck for all July applicants..

Cheers
Glad to see another July-er approved.
It means it's OUR turn next :D

sangop02
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by sangop02 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:06 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language criteria met: life in uk and NARIC
Current Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Tower hamlets
Date of application: 07/07/14
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:15/07/14
Date of acknowledgement: 28/07 (dated 24/07)
Dare of debit or clearance of fees: 24/07
Date of my approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

I received a letter today saying that I need my original degree certificate to satisfy the language requirement. I was surprised at this as I had provided the following as per the guidance
- Life in the UK pass certificate
- NARIC certificate on English language assessment of my degree

Anyone else had a similar experience?

Anyone I have sent out my degree certificate today and keeping my fingers crossed. In one way, I am happy that my case is being considered.

excited
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by excited » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:20 am

sangop02 wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language criteria met: life in uk and NARIC
Current Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Tower hamlets
Date of application: 07/07/14
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:15/07/14
Date of acknowledgement: 28/07 (dated 24/07)
Dare of debit or clearance of fees: 24/07
Date of my approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

I received a letter today saying that I need my original degree certificate to satisfy the language requirement. I was surprised at this as I had provided the following as per the guidance
- Life in the UK pass certificate
- NARIC certificate on English language assessment of my degree

Anyone else had a similar experience?

Anyone I have sent out my degree certificate today and keeping my fingers crossed. In one way, I am happy that my case is being considered.
The lady at NCS said I would need mine too, so she let me go home to fetch it on the day. She said they require degree as well as NARIC ELA. Good luck.

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Santhu09 » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:06 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language criteria met: life in uk and PBS calculator results for Degree
Current Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Borough of Poole
Date of application: 15/07/14
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:22/07/14
Date of acknowledgement: 29/07 (dated 24/07)
Dare of debit or clearance of fees: 25/07
Date of my approval: 06/10 letter received 10/10
Date of ceremony: to be booked

go2khurram
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by go2khurram » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:13 pm

Good to see July applications are coming out of the box...
julyilr wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 General + 1 years ILR
Language criteria met: UK university degree
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 04/07/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Dated 15/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: received (Dated 15/07/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/07/2014
Date approval received: 10/10/2014 (Dated: 04/10/2014)
Date of ceremony: TBC
*please do not take this as professional advice**

nickbb
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by nickbb » Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:44 pm

MINE CAME THROUGH TODAY :mrgreen:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: exempt country
Current nationality: New Zealand
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used:Hackney
Date of application: 03 July 2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04 July 2014
Date of acknowledgment: 14 July 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11 July 2014
Date approval received: 10 October 2014 (dated 05 October 2014)
Date of ceremony: I rang the council and they said I would have to wait until the got a batch of 60 people to do the ceremony and they are coming through really slow...

Alra2007
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Alra2007 » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:18 pm

Hello
I rang them today and nothing than standard answer, six months, we need to be patient.
My congratulations to whom received their approval and good luck to us.

Sceck2001
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by Sceck2001 » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:55 am

[quote="Sceck2001"]Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency+ 1yr ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 Test + Life in the UK Test
Current nationality: Prefer not to say
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Oxford
Date of application: 7/7/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/7/14
Date of acknowledgment: 23/7/14 letter dated 16/7/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/7/14
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: 30/10/14

Hi guys I received letter from council today informing me I'd been successful and inviting me to ceremony as above. Letter from home office yet to arrive. All the best to everyone still waiting :)

nickbb
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by nickbb » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:25 pm

Updated: ceremony letter came in today..

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: exempt country
Current nationality: New Zealand
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used:Hackney
Date of application: 03 July 2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04 July 2014
Date of acknowledgment: 14 July 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11 July 2014
Date approval received: 10 October 2014 (dated 05 October 2014)
Date of ceremony: 07 November 2014

go2khurram
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by go2khurram » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:40 am

Final Update . By the grace of God I received approval letter on Saturday exactly after 4 months of my application. I had made my naturalisation application after 4 months earlier than my eligibility and asked for discretion. Best of Luck for the guys who are waiting.
go2khurram wrote:
go2khurram wrote:Application under discretion mentioned "Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g)"
ILR Date: 07 July 2013 (Applied after 8 months of ILR)
Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 (General) + ILR for 8 Months
Language criteria : Expired IELTS
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester City
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/07/2014/ (Debit)
Date approval received: 11/10/2014 Letter dated 02/10/2014
Date of ceremony: 22/10/2014


The NCS guy was not aware about the rule mentioned in Section 7.5 (g) so he asked me to wait and confirmed with he boss. Even boss was not aware about this but after showing them my correspondence with UKBA they agree to accept my application.
*please do not take this as professional advice**

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by bkarthikisc » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:49 am

bkarthikisc wrote:Eligibility criteria: 3 Yr + ILR 1 Yr (spouse of British Citizen)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Life in the UK + B1 test
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Leeds
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 25/07/2014 with letter dated 23/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/07/2014
Date approval received: 11/10/2014
Date of ceremony:13/11/2014

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by GM27 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:14 pm

Hello Everyone :D

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language criteria met: life in uk and PBS calculator results for Degree
Current Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hammersmith
Date of application: 04/07/14
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:10/07/14
Date of acknowledgement: 24/07 (dated 22/07)
Dare of debit or clearance of fees: 22/07
Date of my approval: 06/10 letter received 13/10
Date of ceremony: 22/10

Many Thanks to this Forum. :D :D

This forum has helped me through Tier1, ILR & now Naturalization :idea: :D :)

Hope you guys recieve approval soon.

Cheers
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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by 009516968 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:16 pm

mk10yr wrote:I am in a dilemma, i am yet to receive my acknowledgment letter, called home office three times in last 2 days.
1st Adviser = " it takes 3 to 4 weeks before acknowledgement is sent out, please wait"
2nd Adviser= " possibly payment is not cleared" informed him payment was cleared almost 2 weeks ago, reply: " ah it can take 2 to 3 weeks from date of payment before letter is sent out, please wait for it"
3rd Adviser = " your application is on the system, but we don't send out acknowledgment letter if application is made via NCS, its only for postal applications".

Different stories by every advisers. anyone in the same boat?


mk10yr wrote:
mk10yr wrote:http://1drv.ms/1tvXa7f
Onedrive eXCEL Spreadsheet for July applicants



http://1drv.ms/1tvXa7f
Onedrive for July applicants

Could you please update the spreadsheet to reflect the new approvals?
Cheers

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by techie78 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:16 pm

techie78 wrote:Timeline for my wife

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 10th July 2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th July
Date of acknowledgment: Awaiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 10th July 2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th July
Date of acknowledgment: 25th July 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: NA
Date approval received:14/10/2014 ( dated 06/10/2014)
Date of ceremony: 21/10/2014

Thanks for all the help.

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by pgaitonde » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:23 pm

Congratulations
techie78 wrote:
techie78 wrote:Timeline for my wife

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 10th July 2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th July
Date of acknowledgment: Awaiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 10th July 2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th July
Date of acknowledgment: 25th July 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: NA
Date approval received:14/10/2014 ( dated 06/10/2014)
Date of ceremony: 21/10/2014

Thanks for all the help.

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Re: July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

Post by pkris.k » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:46 pm

pkris.k wrote:
pkris.k wrote:
pkris.k wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency + ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Life in the UK + 30+10 Points in PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Buckinghamshire
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: To Be Updated -- Should be 12/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment:25/07/2014 with letter dated 22/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/07/2014
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony:To Be Updated

There was a small goof up during my documents verification :( . I was applying for registering my daughter (form MN1 -- birth in UK) as well along with my naturalisation. In the reference and identify section one of the referees wrote as 'Son of Work Colleague' instead of 'Daughter of Work colleague'. The NCS coordinator called someone to check what needs to be done and i was asked to write in the additional comments section that it has been mentioned incorrectly. Hope it wont be a problem..however fingers crossed!!!
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency + ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Life in the UK + 30+10 Points in PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Buckinghamshire
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 25/07/2014 with letter dated 22/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees:22/07/2014
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony:To Be Updated
All, Glad to inform you i got my approval today along with my daughters. Tried calling the council to book an appoinment..getting a voice mail saying due to staff sickness there is none to take your call. Please call back on Tuesday :shock:

Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Buckinghamshire
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 25/07/2014 with letter dated 22/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees:22/07/2014
Date approval received: 15-Oct-14 dated 09-Oct-14
Date of ceremony:To Be Updated

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