April 2015 Naturalization application Timeline ONLY

shalma19 wrote:

shalma19 wrote:

shalma19 wrote:Eligibility criteria: 3yrs married to a BC
Language criteria met: life in the uk, english B1
Current nationality: Sri Lankan
method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used:ilford
Date of application: 31/03/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/04/2015 Royal Mail Tracking
Date of debit or clearance of fees:23/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment:TBC
Date approval received:TBC
Date of ceremony:TBC

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lucy_2011 wrote:Eligibility criteria: 3 yrs Spouse of British Citizen
Language criteria met : points based calculator
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Warwick
Date of application: 24/4/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/4/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date of acknowledgment:
Date of Biometrics:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

vijayballa wrote:Hi Lakshmi87,

regarding the biometrics letter, have you ever given biometrics with your previous immigration applications? just wanted to know if biometrics is mandatory for every applicant or just applications who have never given it before?

please let us know.

ukswus wrote:Lakshmi87, did you get a specific enrollment day in that letter? Or were you told "please do it withing the next 7 days", or something like that?

Lakshmi87 wrote:

vijayballa wrote:Hi Lakshmi87,

regarding the biometrics letter, have you ever given biometrics with your previous immigration applications? just wanted to know if biometrics is mandatory for every applicant or just applications who have never given it before?

please let us know.

Hello,

Yes , i have given my biometrics details while applying for ILR . In the current letter they clearly told that "Even if you have previously had your biometrics taken for a previous application, you sill need to do it again for this application".

hope this clarifies your doubt .

ukswus wrote:I wonder why they still require referees to confirm identities, since the whole point of introducing biometrics is to guarantee that someone applies in their own identity....

cs95tdg wrote:

ukswus wrote:I wonder why they still require referees to confirm identities, since the whole point of introducing biometrics is to guarantee that sormeone applies in their own identity....

A referee is also expected to declare that to the best of their knowledge the details given in the form are correct and that they are willing to give full details of their knowledge of the applicant. Whereas biometrics are purely used as a means of identity verification.

Though I do see what you mean that having to paste a photo for the referee to verify does appear to be redundant now.

ukswus wrote:I disagree that referees are expected to confirm the information in the application (after all, how are they supposed to know if someones police record is clean, or that their listed dates of absences are correct? I myself would not sign such an application, especially given that it threatens with quite severe criminal penalties.) In the form itself they are directed to take a look on a single page only, ie containing the name of the applicant and their date of birth, stuff like that.

They are not even asked if they believe if the applicant is of good charachter or not- they are just asked to confirm their odentity. In the notorious John Vine's report, it was even mentioned that Home Office might reconsider their approach in relation to referees, given the introduction of biometrics...

Lakshmi87 wrote:

ukswus wrote:Lakshmi87, did you get a specific enrollment day in that letter? Or were you told "please do it withing the next 7 days", or something like that?

Hello,

Yes , i received specific letter for biometrics . They told me to do it within 15 days .

FireballXL5 wrote:Could you clarify whether that is 15 days to actually get the biometrics done or 15 days to get an appointment? And is there a long waiting list to get an appointment?

mm10 wrote:

mm10 wrote:Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : uk degree
Current nationality: indian
Method of application: NCS -Cambridge
Date of application: 02/04/2015
Payment method : debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:07/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 01/05/2015
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:
Does any one have the information, if someone has given the biometric enrolment on his previous extension does he still need to enrol the biometrics with naturalisation ?