April 2015 Naturalization application Timeline ONLY

ukswus wrote:This is encouraging

However, I think I have seen at least a dozen claims that a friend of somebody, or a client of some immigration lawyer, obtained a citizenship applying after 6 April, but I am yet to see a single confirmation with an actual timeline on this forum.

I will believe it when I see at least one plausible confirmation from a long-standing member.

What you have to remember is (at least) about 85% of those who have made the application do not visit this site and post their timelines. I shared what my work colleague (VP in my company) told me this morning as I walked in. I do not believe anyone in their right frame of mind would want to make people jealous on here, so take what you like from whats posted and leave what you dont

One of those who applied with his wife and 2 daughters is from New Zealand and had applied by post end of second week April he just told me. He has not got the ceremony invitation letter yet. The other ones in a meeting atmo, so will post back when I find out!

rakeysh.patel wrote:

ukswus wrote:This is encouraging
However, I think I have seen at least a dozen claims that a friend of somebody, or a client of some immigration lawyer, obtained a citizenship applying after 6 April, but I am yet to see a single confirmation with an actual timeline on this forum.
I will believe it when I see at least one plausible confirmation from a long-standing member.

What you have to remember is (at least) about 85% of those who have made the application do not visit this site and post their timelines. I shared what my work colleague (VP in my company) told me this morning as I walked in. I do not believe anyone in their right frame of mind would want to make people jealous on here, so take what you like from whats posted and leave what you dont One of those who applied with his wife and 2 daughters is from New Zealand and had applied by post end of second week April he just told me. He has not got the ceremony invitation letter yet. The other ones in a meeting atmo, so will post back when I find out!

well said rakeysh. There has been mad maniac going on here... calm down people
I really liked the way you set your signature comments and described fees taken as "Robbed" heheheh

By the way i also work in Basildon essex...

usman81 wrote:

Yussi wrote:Hello All, I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved! Good luck to you all.
Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting

Congrats Yussi. But not everyone is going to believe you here, LOL. Post biometric applications have reflected so much on people's life, LOL again

Ha ha I know, but i just want to share it, so the post biometric applicants know that it is moving forward

rakeysh.patel wrote:

ukswus wrote:This is encouraging

However, I think I have seen at least a dozen claims that a friend of somebody, or a client of some immigration lawyer, obtained a citizenship applying after 6 April, but I am yet to see a single confirmation with an actual timeline on this forum.

I will believe it when I see at least one plausible confirmation from a long-standing member.

What you have to remember is (at least) about 85% of those who have made the application do not visit this site and post their timelines. I shared what my work colleague (VP in my company) told me this morning as I walked in. I do not believe anyone in their right frame of mind would want to make people jealous on here, so take what you like from whats posted and leave what you dont

One of those who applied with his wife and 2 daughters is from New Zealand and had applied by post end of second week April he just told me. He has not got the ceremony invitation letter yet. The other ones in a meeting atmo, so will post back when I find out!

To be fair to uksws there have been quite a few false alarms. I really don't think this is one of them though.

This isn't because people are posting f ake timelines to make anyone jealous. It's often because people don't remember when they applied or they have a friend of a friend who "thinks" it was in mid-April sometime and through Chinese whispers the story finds its way onto this forum. And remember before April people were getting approvals in 3 weeks. Now it's taking 5 months - you can understand why we feel a bit short changed and stressed. So a bit of understanding on both sides please.

But I think we can say with some confidence now that the drought is over. My prediction (first approvals in August, bulk in September) is still bang on.

Just call me Fireball 'crystal ball' XL5!

Yussi wrote:Hello All,

I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved!
Good luck to you all.


Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting



Posts: 61
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:49 pm

Many Congrats Yussi,

Can you please let us know, as you applied on 2nd and your application received on 8th, did you paid the pre 6th april fee or the increased one ?

again, congrats

Congrats Yussi. But not everyone is going to believe you here, LOL. Post biometric applications have reflected so much on people's life, LOL again

This got me laughing out loud.. Sounds like we are seeing post biometrics
#TentativelyFadesBackIntoWaiting

L

usman81 wrote:

Yussi wrote:Hello All, I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved! Good luck to you all.
Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting

Congrats Yussi. But not everyone is going to believe you here, LOL. Post biometric applications have reflected so much on people's life, LOL again

This looks plausible enough to me, I finally believe somebody got their approval!

Hopefully this means there will be a large number of approvals soon to compensate for a backlog which has accumulated over the last several months.

mianrm wrote:

Yussi wrote:Hello All,

I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved!
Good luck to you all.


Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting



Posts: 61
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:49 pm

Many Congrats Yussi,

Can you please let us know, as you applied on 2nd and your application received on 8th, did you paid the pre 6th april fee or the increased one ?

again, congrats

Hi, I've paid the new fees. I had an appointment with NCS on the 2nd, but few days before my appointment was due, i've received an email from NCS to let me know about the new fee and new form. So, even though I've applied on the 2nd, NCS didn't send my document until the 7th. I got the acknowledgement letter dated 30th April, along with the biometric letter, I did the biometric on the 11th of May. and this morning I received the approval letter. dated 14th August.

Good luck to you

Got the brown envelope today with the approval

You all will be happy to know that things are moving ahead, with slow pace however. I've been following this forum for sometime, so to answer some questions that people might have... I applied on 2nd April via NCS but due to the long weekend my application was received by HO on 7th April. Yes I paid the new fee and I was supposed to register my biometrics which I did ofcourse.

Here's my timeline;

Date of application: 02/04/2015
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Email: 27/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Biometric Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Submission of Biometrics: 01/05/2015
Date on approval letter: 13/08/2015
Date approval letter received: 18/08/2015
Date of ceremony: yet to be booked

Another piece of information for everyone, you get 3 months to attend your ceremony but only 21 days from the date of the letter to book that ceremony. So if you're planning on travelling then this will be a useful thing to bear in mind.

A big thank you to all the awesome people on this forum who have been helping each other out who are in the same boat, and I wish all of you get the good news very soon.

Thanks

oace wrote:Got the brown envelope today with the approval

You all will be happy to know that things are moving ahead, with slow pace however. I've been following this forum for sometime, so to answer some questions that people might have... I applied on 2nd April via NCS but due to the long weekend my application was received by HO on 7th April. Yes I paid the new fee and I was supposed to register my biometrics which I did ofcourse.

Here's my timeline;

Date of application: 02/04/2015
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Email: 27/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Biometric Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Submission of Biometrics: 01/05/2015
Date on approval letter: 13/08/2015
Date approval letter received: 18/08/2015
Date of ceremony: yet to be booked

Another piece of information for everyone, you get 3 months to attend your ceremony but only 21 days from the date of the letter to book that ceremony. So if you're planning on travelling then this will be a useful thing to bear in mind.

A big thank you to all the awesome people on this forum who have been helping each other out who are in the same boat, and I wish all of you get the good news very soon.

Thanks

Thanks this is really helpful.

When you say 21 days - is that calendar days (3 weeks) or working days (a month)?

Congratulations Yussi and oace finally we see some post biometrics approval

Thanks Ziuta

FireballXL5 wrote: When you say 21 days - is that calendar days (3 weeks) or working days (a month)?

FireballXL5, the letter just says 'within 21 days of the date of this letter' so I assume calendar days

Thanks

ik_aam_insaan wrote:Still waiting

My timeline is same as yours so keeping my fingers crossed!

3 days left for this week no news for after 6th April application approved? ?????

3 days left for this week no news for after 6th April application approved? ?????

Check out all the messages posted today. You'll find an answer

L

mianrm wrote:

Yussi wrote:Hello All,

I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved!
Good luck to you all.


Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting



Posts: 61
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:49 pm

Many Congrats Yussi,

Can you please let us know, as you applied on 2nd and your application received on 8th, did you paid the pre 6th april fee or the increased one ?

again, congrats

If this is true then it is a good news.

Looks like Yussi is a new member but under his post he claims to be an old member with 61 posts. How is that possible?

rakeysh.patel wrote:
One of those who applied with his wife and 2 daughters is from New Zealand and had applied by post end of second week April he just told me. He has not got the ceremony invitation letter yet. The other ones in a meeting atmo, so will post back when I find out!

Dear Rakeysh,

Appreciate your updates.

Could you please update us on ur colleagues timeline?

Thanks

oace wrote:Got the brown envelope today with the approval

You all will be happy to know that things are moving ahead, with slow pace however. I've been following this forum for sometime, so to answer some questions that people might have... I applied on 2nd April via NCS but due to the long weekend my application was received by HO on 7th April. Yes I paid the new fee and I was supposed to register my biometrics which I did ofcourse.

Here's my timeline;

Date of application: 02/04/2015
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Email: 27/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Biometric Letter received: 01/05/2015
Date of Submission of Biometrics: 01/05/2015
Date on approval letter: 13/08/2015
Date approval letter received: 18/08/2015
Date of ceremony: yet to be booked

Another piece of information for everyone, you get 3 months to attend your ceremony but only 21 days from the date of the letter to book that ceremony. So if you're planning on travelling then this will be a useful thing to bear in mind.

A big thank you to all the awesome people on this forum who have been helping each other out who are in the same boat, and I wish all of you get the good news very soon.

Thanks

Congratulations...! Thanks for the update.

Yussi wrote:Hello All,

I have received my approval today! The waiting game is over. so relieved!
Good luck to you all.


Date of application: 2/04/2015
NCS Aberdeen
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/ 04 / 15 (tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/ 04 / 15
Date of acknowledgment: letter dated: 30/04/15
Biometric sent: 11/05/15
Approval : letter dated 14/08/15
Ceremony : waiting



Posts: 61
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:49 pm

Nice to see some good news on here...this is encouraging..congratulations..!

Hi Guys

just a quick update,spoke to naturalization team today chasing about file status they advised it all depends on the history of a person that how long will it take but they cannot do progress check untill/unless 6 months past.

he also advised that actual 6 months time period start from the date of acknowledgement letter not from date of application submitted or received by home office.

my time line is as under:
applied on 1st april:
acknowledgement and fee deducted: around 24th april

Thanks

talha khalid wrote:Hi Guys
just a quick update,spoke to naturalization team today chasing about file status they advised it all depends on the history of a person that how long will it take but they cannot do progress check untill/unless 6 months past. he also advised that actual 6 months time period start from the date of acknowledgement letter not from date of application submitted or received by home office.Thanks

Thanks for sharing though nothing new, that's pretty much a standard HO reply.

talha khalid wrote:Hi Guys
just a quick update,spoke to naturalization team today chasing about file status they advised it all depends on the history of a person that how long will it take but they cannot do progress check untill/unless 6 months past. he also advised that actual 6 months time period start from the date of acknowledgement letter not from date of application submitted or received by home office.Thanks

They say this... and when you call back after 6 months ... they will say "sorry but unfortunately you have to wait"

Standard Home Office answers

Hi Guys

just had brown envelope through my letter box.

Thanks God

Time line as under:

applied 01st april ncs wolverhampton
approval received today dated:11 august

Thanks

Where are the post biomet.... approvals?

Does anyone know how our biometric data is going to be used?.