December 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Zrj · Post by **Zrj** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:22 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 + ILR
Language Criteria: Exempt country
Nationality : American
Method of application: Postal (NCS - Camden)
Date of application: 14.12.2018
Date received: 18.12.2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement (email): 14.01.2019
Date of debit of fees: 04.01.2019
Date of acknowledgment and biometric letter: 16.01.2019 (dated 11.01.2019)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17.01.2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received

Imranstudy786 · Post by **Imranstudy786** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:06 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residecny ILR plus 2 years
Language Criteria:MSC Degree (UK)
Nationality :PAKISTANI
Method of application:Online (new service UKVCAS)
Date of application:08-12-2018
Payment method:Online
Date of acknowledgement:10-12-2018 (Via email)
Date of debit of fees:08-12-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/a
Date of biometric letter received: N/a
Date Biometrics enrolled:13-12-2018 ( at manchester UKVCAS)
Date on Approval letter:waiting
Date of receipt of approval:waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:waiting
Date of Ceremony:waiting
Date of Passport Application:waiting
Date of debit of fees:waiting
Date Passport to be received:waiting

AidenUK1 · Post by **AidenUK1** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:24 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (tier 2) plus 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: MSc Degree (UK)
Nationality :Non-EU
Method of application:Online (new service UKVCAS)
Date of application: 06-12-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 06-12-2018 (Via email)
Date of debit of fees: 06-12-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/a
Date of biometric letter received: N/a
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06-12-2018
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Date of Passport Application: waiting
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date Passport to be received: waiting

blackamericano · Post by **blackamericano** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:18 pm

blackamericano wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:18 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 01/12/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 03/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 03/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 18/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 25/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 25/01/2019 (same as approval letter)
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Good luck to you all! I think this is the first approval confirmation from the December thread.

desperado1306 · Post by **desperado1306** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:22 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:48 pm
Eligibility Criteria: 5 year work + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New service
Date of application: 2-Dec-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 3-Dec-2018
Date of debit of fees: 3-Dec-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 4-Dec-2018
Date on Approval letter: 22-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Yasf · Post by **Yasf** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:32 am

Yasf wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:51 am
Eligibility criteria: non eea
Language Criteria: b1
Nationality :Pakistan
Method of application: online + paper
Date of application:17/12/2018
Payment method: online 17/12/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 18/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 19/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17/12/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/12/2018
Date of document sent :18/12/2018
received: 19/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 24/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received

danj01 · Post by **danj01** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:20 am

danj01 wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:52 am
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year (PR)
Language Criteria: LITUK + MA Degree British University
Nationality : EU - Romanian
Method of application: Online + New method (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 12/12/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 13/12/2018 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 14/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/12/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 12/12/2018 (email after submission)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 12/12/2018 (Same day appointment - £100 - Birmingham)
Date on Approval letter: 18/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26/01/2019
Date of Ceremony: 04/02/2019 - £140 Private Ceremony
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

im83 · Post by **im83** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:40 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (Married to BC)
Language Criteria: LITUK + B1 ENGLISH TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: Online + POST
Date of application: 24/12/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 27/12/2018 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 24/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/12/2018 (Online)
Date of biometric letter received: 24/12/2018 (email after submission)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2019 (Post office)
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

desperado1306 · Post by **desperado1306** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:36 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:22 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:48 pm
Eligibility Criteria: 5 year work + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New service
Date of application: 2-Dec-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 3-Dec-2018
Date of debit of fees: 3-Dec-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 4-Dec-2018
Date on Approval letter: 22-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A. Called the Council.
Date of Ceremony: 30-Jan-2019
Date of Passport Application: 30-Jan-2019
Date of debit of fees: 30-Jan-2019
Date Passport to be received:

fjv90 · Post by **fjv90** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:41 pm

fjv90 wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:22 pm
Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residecny ILR plus 12 months
Language Criteria:MBA Degree (UK)
Nationality :non-eea
Method of application:Online (new service UKVCAS)
Date of application:28-12-2018
Payment method:Online
Date of acknowledgement:29-12-2018 (Via email)
Date of debit of fees:28-12-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/a
Date of biometric letter received: N/a
Date Biometrics enrolled:08-01-2019 ( at croydon UKVCAS)
Date on Approval letter:22-1-2019
Date of receipt of approval:31-1-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: will be booking tomorrow to book

FINALLY Got the approval, total time taken 2 weeks from the date of biometrics.

Good luck all

Enny93 · Post by **Enny93** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:32 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 year residency + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: BSc degree
Nationality : Nigerian
Method of application: Online + new method (UKCVAS
Date of application: 06-12-2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 07/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 06/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/12/2018. Croydon
Date on Approval letter: 22/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 31/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: N/A
Date Passport to be received: N/A

I am so thankful to receive my approval. The waiting was the most stressful part. Good luck to all those still waiting. Will ring the council today to book a ceremony

Will members please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions will be removed.
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Enny93 · Post by **Enny93** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:40 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 year residency + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: BSc degree
Nationality : Nigerian
Method of application: Online + new method (UKCVAS
Date of application: 06-12-2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 07/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 06/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/12/2018. Croydon
Date on Approval letter: 22/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 31/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: N/A
Date Passport to be received: N/A

I am so thankful to receive my approval. The waiting was the most stressful part. Good luck to all those still waiting. Will ring the council today to book a ceremony

jgreen6123 · Post by **jgreen6123** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:43 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year (PR)
Language Criteria: LITUK + Trinity B1
Nationality: EEA
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 04/12/2018
Payment method: Exempt
Date of acknowledgement: 05/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: Exempt
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 24/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 01/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 01/02/2019
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: N/A
Date of debit of fees: N/A
Date Passport to be received: N/A

Givenchy · Post by **Givenchy** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:18 am

Eligibility criteria: 10 year residency
Language Criteria: BSc
Nationality : Non EEA
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 12/12/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 08/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 08/01/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: 08/01/2019
Date of biometric letter received: 11/01/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/01/2019
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of Ceremony: N/A
Date of Passport Application: N/A
Date of debit of fees:N/A
Date Passport to be received:N/A

Givenchy · Post by **Givenchy** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:09 pm

Givenchy wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:18 am
Eligibility criteria: 10 year residency
Language Criteria: BSc
Nationality : Non EEA
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 12/12/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 08/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 08/01/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: 08/01/2019
Date of biometric letter received: 11/01/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/01/2019
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of Ceremony: N/A
Date of Passport Application: N/A
Date of debit of fees:N/A
Date Passport to be received:N/A

ONas16 · Post by **ONas16** » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:17 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1PR
Language Criteria: IELTS B1
Nationality : Algerian
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 17th Dec 2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 17th Dec 2018
Date of debit of fees: 17th Dec 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20th Dec 2018
Date on Approval letter: 25th Jan 2019
Date of receipt of approval: 02nd FEB 2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of Ceremony: April 2019
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

AnotherUUID · Post by **AnotherUUID** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 1:23 pm

Update:

AnotherUUID wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:00 pm
Route : EEA, 5y residence + 1y PR
Eligibility criteria : 10y residence + 4y PR
Language criteria : UK Degree
Nationality : EU
Method of Application : Online + "old" service
Date of application : 04/12/2018
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 05/12/2018 (via email)
Date fees debited : 05/12/2018
Biometrics letter issue date : 04/12/2018 (online)
Biometrics letter receipt date : 04/12/2018 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 04/12/2018
Date supporting documents sent : 10/12/2018
Date supporting documents received : 11/12/2018
Date on decision letter : 31/01/2019 (Approved)
Decision letter receipt date : 04/02/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : Waiting (approval letter advised to wait and not contact the local authority)
Date of ceremony :
Passport application date :
Date fees debited :
Passport receipt date :

A long immigration journey is almost coming to an end!! With the huge maze of information from official sources, this forum and its community has been the best resource I have come across ever since I applied for DCPR! Thank you very much to everyone who helped me out on this journey! I will keep updating the timeline with the few remaining things that are still left and I hope I too can give back to this amazing community!

citizenearth · Post by **citizenearth** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:17 am

citizenearth wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:20 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 years refugee + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: LITUK + UK Degree
Nationality : NON EU
Method of application: ONLINE (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 19.12.2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement (email with case ID): 19.12.2018
Date of debit of fees: 19.12.2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22.12.2018 (UKVCAS - Birmingham)
Date on Approval letter: 24.01.2019
Date of receipt of approval: 04.02.2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: phoned the council
Date of Ceremony: 18.02.2019

I received an email on 23rd Jan about missing travel history evidence and I replied with a scan of travel document pages on the same day. Received acknowledgment the next day. This might have delayed the process for couple of days thanks to UKVCAS lack of knowledge of the process and snow delayed post delivery for another few days (received Monday instead of Fri).

im83 · Post by **im83** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:57 pm

Re: December 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY
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Post by im83 » Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:40 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (Married to BC)
Language Criteria: LITUK + B1 ENGLISH TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: Online + POST
Date of application: 24/12/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 27/12/2018 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 24/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/12/2018 (Online)
Date of biometric letter received: 24/12/2018 (email after submission)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2019 (Post office)
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval: 05/02/19 (Ceremony letter will follow soon)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

im83 · Post by **im83** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:53 pm

Re: December 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (Married to BC)
Language Criteria: LITUK + B1 ENGLISH TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: Online + POST
Date of application: 24/12/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 27/12/2018 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 24/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/12/2018 (Online)
Date of biometric letter received: 24/12/2018 (email after submission)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2019 (Post office)
Date on Approval letter: 01/02/19
Date of receipt of approval: 05/02/19 (Ceremony letter will follow soon)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: na
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Finally received letter of approval saying ceremony letter will follow soon. I made my application soon after granted ILR (24/12/19). Also made a silly mistake while filling ONLINE form (without even received new BRP) and added old BRP's details. For which I attach a letter explaining mistake along with copy of new BRP. Luckily it was accepted . LITUK pass notification was retired by HO.

im83 · Post by **im83** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:36 pm

im83 wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:53 pm
Re: December 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (Married to BC)
Language Criteria: LITUK + B1 ENGLISH TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: Online + POST
Date of application: 24/12/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 27/12/2018 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 24/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/12/2018 (Online)
Date of biometric letter received: 24/12/2018 (email after submission)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2019 (Post office)
Date on Approval letter: 01/02/19
Date of receipt of approval: 05/02/19 (Ceremony letter will follow soon)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: na
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Finally received letter of approval saying ceremony letter will follow soon. I made my application soon after granted ILR (24/12/19). Also made a silly mistake while filling ONLINE form (without even received new BRP) and added old BRP's details. For which I attach a letter explaining mistake along with copy of new BRP. Luckily it was accepted . LITUK pass notification was retained by HO.

skyscraper101 · Post by **skyscraper101** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:04 pm

Off Topic

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILR
Language Criteria: IELTS B1
Nationality : Brazilian
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 01 Dec 2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 03 Dec 2018
Date of debit of fees: 01 Dec 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20th Dec 2018 UKVCAS Croydon
Date on Approval letter: 24th Jan 2019
Date of receipt of approval: 7th Feb 2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Not sure why it takes so long between date on approval letter to date of receipt of letter (14 days??

) but otherwise not a bad timeline from submitting docs/biometrics at UKVCAS on 20th Dec to 24th Jan approval. Good luck to everyone still waiting.

lobalwyn · Post by **lobalwyn** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:07 pm

Eligibility criteria: 11 years plus 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity college
Nationality :Indian
Method of application: UKVCAS
Date of application: 04/12/2018
Payment method: Online credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 04/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 04/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 01/02/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 07/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: need to book
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

good luck to all

desperado1306 · Post by **desperado1306** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:34 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:36 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:22 pm

desperado1306 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:48 pm
Eligibility Criteria: 5 year work + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New service
Date of application: 2-Dec-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 3-Dec-2018
Date of debit of fees: 3-Dec-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 4-Dec-2018
Date on Approval letter: 22-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26-Jan-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A. Called the Council.
Date of Ceremony: 30-Jan-2019
Date of Passport Application: 30-Jan-2019
Date of debit of fees: 30-Jan-2019
Date Passport received: 07-Feb-2019

Curtisj · Post by **Curtisj** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:50 am

Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC
Language Criteria: native English speaker
Nationality :Trinidad and Tobagonian
Method of application: postal
Date of application: 12/12/18
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: none
Date of debit of fees: 11/01/19
Date of Biometric letter issued: 10/ 01/19
Date of biometric letter received: 11/01/19
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/01/19
Date on Approval letter: 06/02/19
Date of receipt of approval: 08/02/19
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

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