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March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by members » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:52 pm

wife applied on 03 March 2015, and still waiting...
contacted MP who managed to get a 'standard' reply from Home Office (your application is being processed and it is not possible to decide your case within six months blah blah blah...)

Home Office also sent me a letter on 16 September. This letter too seems generic as there was a line like this: "...there are some outstanding policy issues that need to be resolved which could affect the outcome of your application". There was no explanation, whatsoever, about the policy or delay.

Sent them few emails, but no reply. MP says he will contact Home Office when he thinks it is necessary to do so! It's been 8 months and we are waiting...

Any senior/experienced member: what can we do now?

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by The.Watcher » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:10 pm

members wrote:wife applied on 03 March 2015, and still waiting...
contacted MP who managed to get a 'standard' reply from Home Office (your application is being processed and it is not possible to decide your case within six months blah blah blah...)

Home Office also sent me a letter on 16 September. This letter too seems generic as there was a line like this: "...there are some outstanding policy issues that need to be resolved which could affect the outcome of your application". There was no explanation, whatsoever, about the policy or delay.

Sent them few emails, but no reply. MP says he will contact Home Office when he thinks it is necessary to do so! It's been 8 months and we are waiting...

Any senior/experienced member: what can we do now?
Not a lot can be done in additon to what you have already done as citizenship is a priveledge instead of a right.

Therefore it's a waiting game where there is no appeal in the event of a denial and only a reconsideration. I always look at the likes of Al-Fayed to try and understand what the HO thinking can sometimes be.

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by adiraian » Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:03 pm

adiraian wrote:Just an update

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : UK Master degree + LIUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 19/03/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: - 5th April 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/04/2015
Date approval received:25th September 2015
Date of ceremony:11/11/15 ( this is the earliest date :( )
Just an update:-

Ceremony done on 11th Nov and passport applied on 12th NOV :)

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by abc525 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:19 am

Hi,

Are there any March applicants still waiting ???

Please update....

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by RANA-ALI » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:21 pm

Applied 9th march
Still waiting
Contacted HO couple of time , same answer still under process
Contacted mp and answer was same,
Very disappointed dont know what else i can do ? Becoming british citizen is like a dream now which fading away
Now start checking worse possible output :( cant believe i hve bought this stress

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by padhme » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:23 am

I can't believe how long they're making us wait without even having the courtesy to contact us in any meaningful way. I'm starting to lose all hope of hearing from them at all... :|

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by adiraian » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:17 pm

RANA-ALI wrote:Applied 9th march
Still waiting
Contacted HO couple of time , same answer still under process
Contacted mp and answer was same,
Very disappointed dont know what else i can do ? Becoming british citizen is like a dream now which fading away
Now start checking worse possible output :( cant believe i hve bought this stress
Hi

Don't worry just make dua..Insha Allah will be alright.

BR

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by Nikhil25 » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:57 pm

Hi
Applied on 13 march 2015 also did Sent email to Home office and etter but not heard anything back wrote to Mp Aswell but same standard reply.
Please advise.

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UPDATE! March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by ArtfulBadger » Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:24 pm

Application successful a week short of 8 months!

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: German citizen, continually resident in UK for 13 years, 10 years National Insurance payments, married to BC 6 years
Method of application: Postal, registered, signature required
Date of receipt by UKBA: First documents sent 30/3/2015 Many, many more documents (at their demand) 1/6/2015
Date of debit of fees: personal cheque, deposited first week of April
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: First set 07/04/2015, no receipt received for second set of docs (but have signed delivery receipt from post).
Date of receipt of approval: Letter dated 18 November, received 20 November
Date of receipt of documents: 20 November
Date of ceremony: Pending
Passport applied for: Pending
Passport received: Pending
Date of receipt of registration certificate: Pending

I don't know if it was the contact from my MP, the registered letters, the emails, someone took over my case (different name on the letter from the previous letter), or must a matter of time, but my paperwork arrived today with a positive result. My heart was pounding and my hands were shaking as I opened the envelope. It could have gone either way.

My suspicion was that I was hung up on the medical insurance issue, so having found the name of my former German insurance provider (I'd forgotten it) on Monday I had called them to see if they could somehow verify that when I arrived in the UK in 2002 I had the equivalent of an EHIC card (they didn't exist as such then). They are sending me a letter, but now...not needed!

If you are still waiting I have no advice for you, I thought mine was an easy case and it obviously wasn't. Or the original case worker was just lazy. Or something.

Thank you everyone who provided advice and support, I really appreciated it.

Good luck to everyone.

Diana

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by hsshagor » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:27 pm

I have received a letter from home office , and they have requested my previous passport. Is this normal ??
Applied on 28.03.2015

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by HelloitsmeAbby » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:43 pm

hsshagor wrote:I have received a letter from home office , and they have requested my previous passport. Is this normal ??
Applied on 28.03.2015

Yes. They probably just need to clarify something.

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by hsshagor » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:45 pm

averagejodie wrote:
hsshagor wrote:I have received a letter from home office , and they have requested my previous passport. Is this normal ??
Applied on 28.03.2015

Yes. They probably just need to clarify something.
Thanks for your quick reply. They also mentioned to check my details whether that is correct or not. Hopefully I will get some response very soon.

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by HelloitsmeAbby » Sun Nov 22, 2015 2:05 pm

Send it to them using tracked mail.... sounds like you should get a response , hopefully, in the next week or two!

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by afnadim » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:22 am

HelloitsmeAbby wrote:Send it to them using tracked mail.... sounds like you should get a response , hopefully, in the next week or two!
they ask me for my passports as well. Sent them last week. Applied on 30.03.15

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by ladywolf » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:19 pm

[quote="ladywolf"]Eligibility criteria: 8 Years + ILR Eu citizen
Language criteria met: UK Degree + Life in the UK
Current nationality: Romanian
Method of application: agency
Council name if NCS used:
Date of application: 25 March 2015
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th March
Date of acknowledgment: 17th April
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 30th March
Date approval received: 23/11/2015
Date of ceremony:waiting

I got it finally, just waiting for my oath whoop. Almost 8 months :mrgreen:

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by members » Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:02 am

Any March applicant still waiting? Applied on 02 March; it's been nine months and still waiting. Done everything possible (mp, email, calls etc.) only to avail nothing. I keep sending them email (further inquiry email address), which they sometime reply and sometime don't. To make things even more distressing, HO recently replied to my email with the blanket/generic information that it would take another 3/6 months for the application to be decided.

That should have been the first thing from HO when my application went past six months in September.

Unfortunately they didn't send any correspondence until the mp got involved, and when the mp got involved, all they said was this: "some application will take longer.... blah blah blah... there are some outstanding policy issues... blah blah blah..." There was no mention of a time frame.

Why 3/6 months email now? Where should I go now?

Any senior member, please help!

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by Nikhil25 » Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:23 pm

Hi I applied on 13 march 2015 and they asked me to send my Previous passport which I send it In August but after that No reply for anything.

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by RANA-ALI » Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:08 pm

Approval update
RANA-ALI wrote:my timeline is as follow
No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 10 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : UK Master's Degree
Method of application: By NCS
Date of application: 09/03/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/03/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/03/2015
Date of acknowledgment: Received 13/03/2015 e-mail
Date approval received: 3/12/15
Date of ceremony: waiting
Alhumdulillah received my approval letter dated 27nov
I would like to thank every individual for thier contribution and best wishes for the one waiting
Regards
Ali

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by afnadim » Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:51 am

finally received my approval yesterday
applied on 30.03.2015 approval dated 29.11.2015

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by gmaruf » Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:15 am

At last I have received my British Citizenship Approval letter after 8 months and 5 days. Applied on 30th of March 2015 using NCS service. on 29th of September Home Office notified me by a letter that they need 3 more months to consider my application and will be decided by 29th of December 2015. But fortunately received it today, 5th of December 2015 Saturday though the letter was dated 29th November.

my timeline is as follow
No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 10 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : UK Hons & Master's Degree
Method of application: By NCS (Islington)
Date of application: 30/03/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/03/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment: Received 17/04/2015 e-mail
Date approval received: 05/12/2015
Date of ceremony: Will Call on Monday 07/12/2015

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by jackflash » Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:56 pm

RANA-ALI wrote:Approval update
RANA-ALI wrote:my timeline is as follow
No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 10 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : UK Master's Degree
Method of application: By NCS
Date of application: 09/03/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/03/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13/03/2015
Date of acknowledgment: Received 13/03/2015 e-mail
Date approval received: 3/12/15
Date of ceremony: waiting
Alhumdulillah received my approval letter dated 27nov
I would like to thank every individual for thier contribution and best wishes for the one waiting
Regards
Ali
Wow Congrats mate! Long wait but well worth it!

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by jackflash » Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:58 pm

afnadim wrote:finally received my approval yesterday
applied on 30.03.2015 approval dated 29.11.2015
Congrats Mate!!

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by jackflash » Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:00 pm

gmaruf wrote:At last I have received my British Citizenship Approval letter after 8 months and 5 days. Applied on 30th of March 2015 using NCS service. on 29th of September Home Office notified me by a letter that they need 3 more months to consider my application and will be decided by 29th of December 2015. But fortunately received it today, 5th of December 2015 Saturday though the letter was dated 29th November.

my timeline is as follow
No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 10 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : UK Hons & Master's Degree
Method of application: By NCS (Islington)
Date of application: 30/03/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/03/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment: Received 17/04/2015 e-mail
Date approval received: 05/12/2015
Date of ceremony: Will Call on Monday 07/12/2015
Congratulations mate!!

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by tulip11 » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:11 am

congratulations to the recently approved ones.
are there any members who are still waiting ?

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Re: March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

Post by members » Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:49 pm

Applied on 03 March, and still waiting...

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