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Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

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

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roxanneryan8484
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by roxanneryan8484 » Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:59 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 6 PR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1(GESE Grade 5) + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU/EEA
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10-Feb-2020
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 11-Feb-2020
Date of debit of fees: 10-Feb-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16-Feb-2020 Sopra Steria Manchester premium service £220 - no free appts
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 the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING
Colour of the passport:WAITING

Rimas15
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Rimas15 » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:06 pm

Application: 1 AN + 1 MN
Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 + ILR, Child ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 29-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 28-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04-Feb-2020 UKVCAS
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 the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by BellaDass » Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:13 pm

Eligibility criteria: 21 years (ILR + 16 Years)
Language Criteria: University of London (External) + Bar Qualifications + Life in the UK Test
Nationality : Malaysian
Method of application: Online/UKVCAS Sopra Steria
Date of application: 21/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of Acknowledgment: 21/01/2020, online generated after online submission
Date of the debit of fees: 21/01/2020, online generated after online submission
Date of Biometric letter issued:21/01/2020, online generated after online appointment with Sopra Steria
Date of a Biometric letter received: 21/01/2020, online generated after online appointment with Sopra Steria
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/02/2020 at Canterbury, Kent. No earlier appointment. Paid £75.00
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony : Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

vsivaraman1980
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by vsivaraman1980 » Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:11 pm

Applications: 2 AN + 1 MN
Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 + ILR, Child ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 19-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 19-Jan-2020
Date Bio metrics enrolled: 14-Feb-2020 UKVCAS (free appointment at Glasgow core center)
SMS from UKVCAS stating application submitted : 14-Feb-2019 (SMS service requested)
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 the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

Alisher715
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Alisher715 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:15 am

Eligibility criteria: ILR +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK DEGREE + LiUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 17/02/2020
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 17/02/2020
Date of debit of fees: 17/02/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: PENDING
Date of receipt of approval: PENDING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: PENDING
Date of Ceremony: PENDING

one2one2
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by one2one2 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:53 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 year Long Residency +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Masters Degree + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU/Pakistan
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/10/2019
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 16/10/2019
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/11/2019
Date on Approval letter: 30/01/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 11/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 14/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: 12/04/2020

luqi2020
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South Africa

Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by luqi2020 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:16 pm

Application: ILR
Eligibility criteria: DLR 6 YEARS +1.5 ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11-JUNE-2019
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 11-JUN-2019
Date of debit of fees: 11-JUN-2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17-JUN-2019 UKVCAS CROYDON
Approval letter: 10/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 19/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING
Date of passport application: WAITING
Date of the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

NOTE: I was send questionnaire on the 04 of feb which i replied back 09th feb 2020 ( regarding good character)

jona46
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by jona46 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:34 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10 year Long Residency +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Masters Degree + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19/01/2020
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 20/01/2020
Date of debit of fees: 19/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/01/2020
Date on Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

Sinjin
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India

Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Sinjin » Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:04 pm

Sinjin wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:02 pm
Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 8yr ILR
Method of application: Online + UKVACS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/12/2019
Date of debit of fees: 31/12/2019
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/12/2019
Date of Biometric enrolment: 17/01/2020
Date Chased: 03/02/2020
Date of Email approval: Email not received
Date on Approval Letter: 10/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 18/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: To be organised

Tao
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Tao » Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:34 pm

Eligibility criteria: 6 years descretionary + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1(GESE Grade 5) + LiUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 6 February 2020
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 7 February
Date of debit of fees: 6 February 2020
Date of biometric letter received/issued: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: UKVCAS
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

SG_23
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by SG_23 » Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:02 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Married to British Citizen
Nationality: USA
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 03/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 03/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Edinburgh)
Date on Approval letter: 04/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 15/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not yet received - Contacted council via email.
Date of Ceremony: 24/03/2020

Well, that concludes 6 years of visa anxiety...
I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone (particularly the moderators), who spend so much time helping others here. Your help has been invaluable.
Best wishes to all of you for the future.

donny123
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by donny123 » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:18 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR Long Residence+ 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 07/01/2020
Payment method: Online Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 08/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Sheffield)
Date on Approval letter: 07/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 17/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not received - Contacted to the council.
Date of Ceremony: 25/02/2020 Private

It took exactly 1 month To get approved, thanks everyone here specially moderators.

Armz
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Armz » Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:04 pm

Armz wrote:
Fri Feb 07, 2020 5:37 pm
Armz wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:38 pm
Eligibility criteria:BC Spouse 5yrs. + 1year ILR
Nationality: NON EU
Language criteria: LIUK & trinity college
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 01/01/2020
Date of debit of fees: 01/01/2020
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/2020
Date Biometric appointment: 08/01/2020(croydon free appointment but paid£65
Date Biometric enrolment: 08/01/2020
Date on approval letter: 11/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Date applied passport: -waiting
Date passport received: waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Post2 » Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:32 am

Post2 wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:01 pm
Eligibility criteria: 3 Years British Spouse (ILR) (Came to the UK with Fiance visa - had two, 2.5 spouse visa, got my ILR August 2019, for no reason I waited for like 6 months before applying for citizenship!)
Language/LIUK Criteria: MSc UK degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU/EEA
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card - paid on 08-Jan-2020
Date of acknowledgment: 09-Jan-2020 (I received an email with my case ID)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11-Jan-2020 (Glasgow - Paid £50)

06/02/2020 - Sent an email to HO asking if my case has been allocated to a caseworker - they replied next day saying 'my application will be allocated to a caseworker next week' - Then on the same day I got an email from HO with their work email asking me to send my husband's passport via email ( we only submitted his birth certificate)

Date on Approval letter: 10-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20-Feb-2020 (WHY DONT THEY JUST PAY an extra 9p to send the letter via 1st class!!!
Date on ceremony letter: AW Im planning to phone the council today
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: AW
Date of Ceremony: AW

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by Nitch » Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:29 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 1 Year ILR
Nationality: USA/Israel
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 13/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 13/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Enfield)
Contacted by home office for more details: 06/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: 11/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Seems to be the letter as approval now
Date of Ceremony: 23/04/2020 - Group Ceremony

Thanks to everyone here, but especially CR001 for the invaluable support over the past years!

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by DoctorJay » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:19 pm

Eligibility criteria: Refuges +ILR in 2015 , Waited 10 years for good character requirement
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 23/12/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 23/12/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2020 (Sopra Steria )
Date on Approval letter: 13/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony email: 20/02/2020 contacted council for booking
Date of Ceremony: 04/03/2020

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by boomie » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:26 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 - 5 years 5months + 1 year 1 week ILR
Language Criteria: Entry IELTS (2012) + Life in UK Test (2019)
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS

Date of application: 27/11/2019
Payment method: Credit Card - they accept credit card so, why not. I always thought it had to be debit card like the Tier 2 visa, but I paid by CC since ILR
Date of acknowledgement: 28/11/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06/12/2019 - £75 service

Date on Approval letter: 10/01/2020 - considering it was Christmas and New Year's
Date of receipt of approval: 20/01/2020 - includes 2 weekends

Date of booking of ceremony: 21/01/2020
Date of Ceremony: 06/02/2020 - Group (I declined the earliest 30/01/2020 option)

There is a separate passport only timeline thread, please post passport timeline there.

Apart from the system always acknowledges the next day, the timing looks ok.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by conaniuk » Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:46 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters degree certificate + LIUK Test
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 04-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 04-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09-Jan-2020. Croydon 75 pound appointment
Date on Approval letter: 08-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20-Feb-2020
Date of Ceremony: 01-Apr-2020 Free ceremony (A London Borough). Paid 144 for Private ceromony for 25-Feb-2020 as need to travel abroad Mid-April.

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by BirbalTG » Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:17 am

Eligibility criteria: EEA PR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK BEng degree + LiUK
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 12/01/2020
Date of email acknowledgment: 13/01/2020
Date biometrics enrolled: 17/01/2020 (Croydon appointment - £110 payment including documents checked)
Email request for alternative proof of residency for the last 2 years: 10/02/2020
Alternative documents sent over email: 10/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: 12/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 22/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Pending

shah4404
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by shah4404 » Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:03 pm

Application on long residence 10 years plus 1 year ILR
Nationality Pakistani
Method of application online 05/01/2020
Fee paid debit card 05/01/2020
Biometric enrolled 05/02/2020 at Manchester library
As no free appointment waited 1 month
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Date of approval on letter 12/02/202 means only 10 days
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Ceremony have to be arrange waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by mpandey » Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:30 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 01/12/2019
Fee paid debit card: 01/12/2019
Bio-metric enrolled: 09/012/2019 at London Croydon (Express service)
Date of approval on letter: 30/12/2019 means only 14 working days
Approved letter received: 06/01/2020
Naturalization Ceremony: 20/01/2020 (Premium appointment)

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by World Citizen » Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:06 pm

Eligibility criteria: PR plus one year
Language criteria met: TRINITY COLLEGE + LIFE IN THE UK
Nationality: EU
Method of application: ONLINE
Date of application: 29 DECEMBER 2019
Payment method: CredIt card
Payment taken: 29 DECEMBER 2019
Date of acknowledgement: 30 DECEMBER 2019
Appointment and Biometrics (Croydon) date: 24 JANUARY 2020
Date of approval: 6 FEBRUARY 2020
Approval letter received on: 15 FEBRUARY 2020
Ceremony letter received on: 21 FEBRUARY 2020
Date of ceremony: 26 MARCH 2020

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by gaurav.inf » Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:39 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR (5 years on Tier 2 Visa) + 1 Year
Language : UK Masters degree certificate + LIUK Test
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 19-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 19-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17-Feb-2020 ( (Sopra Steria -Croydon )
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by ddrfan » Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:23 pm

Eligibility criteria: ILR (5 years spouse visa) + BC Spouse
Language : B1 + LIUK Test
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online (using solicitor)
Date of application: 16-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: Not received
Date of debit of fees: 17-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22-Jan-2020 ( (Sopra Steria - Edinburgh - Paid £69.99)
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

shah4404
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Re: Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Post by shah4404 » Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:35 pm

shah4404 wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:03 pm
Application on long residence 10 years plus 1 year ILR
Nationality Pakistani
Method of application online 05/01/2020
Fee paid debit card 05/01/2020
Biometric enrolled 05/02/2020 at Manchester library
As no free appointment waited 1 month
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Date of approval on letter 12/02/202 means only 10 days
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Ceremony have to be arrange waiting
today at 25/02/2020 ceremony letter received
Date on latter issued 21/02/2020
Ceremony date 8/03/2020 with in 10 days of approval
I am given option for even earlier then this can pay 60 pounds but it’s really a week so will attend group ceremony good luck guys 😀

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