Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

deedot · Post by **deedot** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:09 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application: Online (applied 3 days after ILR was granted)
Language/LIUK Criteria: MSc (UK) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of Application: 18 Feb 2022
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 Feb 2022
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 18 Feb 2022
Date of receipt of Biometrics: 9 Mar 2022 (Free appointment - Lansdowne Road Cryodon)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Spongebob100 · Post by **Spongebob100** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:12 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 (5 years) +1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: US degree & LIUK certificates
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 2/2/2022
Date of debit of fees: 2/2/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/2/2022 (London Mark Lane, paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 14/3/2022 (early am)
Date of receipt of approval: same as approval email
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: approval email said to contact council
Citizenship ceremony date: TBD

Setmilr987 · Post by **Setmilr987** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:44 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5year leave to remain +1 ILR
Language+ LIUK certificates
Method of application: online
Date of application: 7 JULY 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 8 JULY, 2021

Date of receipt of approval: 14TH MARCH, 2022
Citizenship ceremony date: awaiting

Finally, after 8-Months and 7 Days

M4tt30 · Post by **M4tt30** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:49 pm

M4tt30 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:18 pm
Eligibility criteria: EUSS granted in Nov 2019
Language/LIUK Criteria: Ielts + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU - Italian
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 14/06/2021
Date of debit of fees: 14/06/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 30/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/06/2021(Paid)
Date of acknowledgement: 30/06/2021

Date on Approval letter/Email: 24/01/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 24/01/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Citizenship ceremony date: 22/02/2022

Gurpreet1987 · Post by **Gurpreet1987** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:10 pm

Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 14/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 15/02/2022
Date of acknowledgement: 15/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: 14/03/22
Can't believe 3 weeks

Gurpreet1987 · Post by **Gurpreet1987** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pm

Gurpreet1987 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:10 pm
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 14/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 15/02/2022
Date of acknowledgement: 15/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: 14/03/22
Date of receipt of approval: 14/03/22
Can't believe approved in 3 weeks

yhm75 · Post by **yhm75** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:42 pm

Eligibility criteria: BC spouse + 10 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 5 feb 2022
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of biometrics: 15 feb 2022
Date on Approval Letter: 14/03/2022 email from home office atlas
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

newcitizentobe · Post by **newcitizentobe** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:42 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR for 18 months (EU settled status)
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Bachelor’s degree + Life in the UK test (test completed and passed on 30.7.2021)
Nationality: EU (Finland)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Credit card online

- Date of application: 25.8.2021
- Date of debit of fees: 25.8.2021 (received a payment confirmation email from “UK Visas & Immigration” on 25.8.2021)
- Date of acknowledgement: None (never received an acknowledgement of my application)
- Date Biometrics enrolled: 17.9.2021 (std appointment at Reading Central Library service point)
- Date of approval of citizenship application letter/e-mail: Email from “Home Office Atlas” noting approval of my application and invitation to book the ceremony 14.2.2022 <- I felt like a very special valentine

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- Date of contacting the council for arranging the ceremony: 14.2.2022 My email of approval from the Home Office included a link to a council search engine which led to my local council’s website. There I looked for information on arranging citizenship ceremonies and was prompted to send my inquiry about available dates through a contact form.
- Date of receipt of approval from the council: 15.2.2022 The council emailed me to say that they’ve received my naturalisation certificate from the Home Office and my request for a ceremony via their website and will contact me for a ceremony date and time in due course. They noted that due to a large number of applicants, they cannot offer a ceremony date for me at the moment, but will be in touch again when they can.
- Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 1.3.2022 The council contacted me with an invite to a citizenship ceremony that would be arranged on 14.3.2022.
- Date of citizenship ceremony: 14.3.2022
- Date of receipt of naturalisation: 14.3.2022

The process took longer than I expected and I was quite nervous waiting for the outcome. I also found it very difficult to know what to expect at each state. I’ve added description above for each step to make the process clearer to any others who might find it similarly difficult to follow.

Total days from submission of application to approval (incl): 174 d (ie. 5 m 21 d)

Total days from submission of application to receipt of naturalisation (incl): 202 d (ie. 6 m 18 d)

Thanks so much for sharing your timelines on this forum as well as for the excellent moderators for the hours you put in

Reading everyone’s posts gave me a lot of reassurance during the process! Good luck to those of you waiting for your responses (try not to worry!) and see some of you in the passport timeline

!

ahmedash · Post by **ahmedash** » Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:21 pm

Eligibility criteria: BC spouse + ILR
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/07/21
Date of debit of fees: 13/07/21
Date of biometrics: 12/08/21
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of ceremony: N/A

Still waiting for decision, more than 8 months now

Gurpreet1987 · Post by **Gurpreet1987** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:52 pm

Gurpreet1987 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pm

Gurpreet1987 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:10 pm
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 14/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 15/02/2022
Date of acknowledgement: 15/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: 14/03/22
Date of receipt of approval: 14/03/22
Ceremony booked 14/04/22

Can't believe approved in 3 weeks

a85 · Post by **a85** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 2:10 pm

Nationality: Iran
Eligibility: Tier 2 (5 years) + ILR (1 year)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 16/01/2022
Date of debit of fees: 16/01/2022
Date of acknowledgement: Never!
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/01/2022
Biometrics Location: Cardif (free)
Date on Approval Email: 14/03/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Never!
Citizenship ceremony date: 17/03/2022

Thanks to all your supports! Without this forum, the immigration paper work could be much more stressful!

Rajux · Post by **Rajux** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:28 pm

Nationality: Srilankan
Eligibility: Refugee + ILR (1 year)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 14/10/2021
Date of debit of fees: 14/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: Never!
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/10/2021
Biometrics Location: croydon
Date on Approval Email: 14/03/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Never!
Citizenship ceremony date: 26/04/2022
Good luck for everyone.

MBhat · Post by **MBhat** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:32 pm

Nationality: Indian
Eligibility: Tier 2 (5 years) + ILR (1 year)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 30/01/2022
Date of debit of fees: 30/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/02/2022
Biometrics Location: Maidstone, kent (free)
Date on Approval Email: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Citizenship ceremony date: Awaiting

PKAJ · Post by **PKAJ** » Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:22 pm

Eligibility criteria: spouse of British citizen + ILR
Language B1/LIUK
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 21/01/2022
Date of debit of fees: 21/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: N/A Still waiting-no updates
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Citizenship ceremony date: N/A

PKAJ · Post by **PKAJ** » Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:29 pm

Eligibility criteria: spouse of British citizen + ILR
Language B1/LIUK
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 21/01/2022
Date of debit of fees: 21/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: N/A Still waiting-no updates
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Citizenship ceremony date: N/A

noodlle · Post by **noodlle** » Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:26 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 for 5 years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 20/02/2022
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: same day
Date of biometrics: 02/03/2022
Date on Approval Letter: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

zhishi · Post by **zhishi** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:59 pm

Nationality: Belarus
Eligibility: UK residence (9 years) and ILR (1 year)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 25/11/2021
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/12/2021 (free appointment, London Mark Lane)
Date of Approval Email from Atlas (Citizenship ceremony invitation): 14/03/2022
Citizenship ceremony date booked: 22/03/2022

Best of luck to all awaiting!

prejay · Post by **prejay** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:03 am

Nationality: Indian
Eligibility: BC Spouse + ILR (~10 months)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 07/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 08/02/2022 (paid)
Date of Approval Email from Atlas (Citizenship ceremony invitation): 21/03/2022 @ 9:30am
Citizenship ceremony date booked: 22/03/2022

Good luck to all those waiting. Sorry to see that people who apply later like us are skipping over earlier applications.

Danny K · Post by **Danny K** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:38 am

Danny K wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:38 pm
Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC,
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Kenya
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 23/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 23/02/2022
Date of acknowledgement: 23/02/2022
Uploaded supporting documents: 27/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/02/2022
Date on Approval letter/Email: 21/03/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 21/03/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

Rddoc · Post by **Rddoc** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:47 pm

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ILR for > 10 years adult + 1 dependent child under 16
Method of application: UKVI online application
Date of submission: 16/01/2022
Date of debit of fees: 16/01/2022
Biometric Appointment: 28/01/2022 (free appointment in Manchester)
Acknowledgement of Application: 28/01/2022
Date of approval: 21/03/2022 (two separate emails from Atlas, first one @ 08:10 followed by 08:40 am)
Date of receipt of approval letter: 21/03/2022
Date of Ceremony: Yet to be booked

I thought I will have to wait for 6 months but a decision within 9 weeks took me by surprise. I was panicking a little as I had littering, driving and parking offences declared (5 in total)!..

A big thank you for all the moderators and contributors, you are doing a great service! All the very best to applicants waiting for an outcome. I would like to echo the comment from 'prejay' above..

Rajux · Post by **Rajux** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:27 pm

My wife nationality application timeline

Eligibility criteria: Refugee ILR + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 15/10/2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: same day
Date of biometrics: 26/10/2021
Date on Approval Emai- Home off Atlas 21/03/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: none
Date of ceremony: 12/04/2022

Good luck for everyone.

DaveMSp · Post by **DaveMSp** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:41 pm

DaveMSp wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:40 am
Eligibility criteria: EUSS + 3 years residency
Language : SELT B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality: EU + Ecuadorean
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2022
Date of debit of fees: 07/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/02/2022
Date on Approval: 21/03/2022 at 08:11
Date of invitation ceremony : pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

FOCUS · Post by **FOCUS** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:28 pm

Eligibility criteria: 10years + 4 ILR
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 14/02/2022
Date of biometric : 26/02/2022 (Free-Reading)
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval (Email/Letter): 21/03/2022 , via Email
Date of receipt of ceremony (call from Council following Email): 21/03/2022
Date of Ceremony: 28/03/2022

All the best every one

masifsiddiqui · Post by **masifsiddiqui** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:14 pm

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 for 5 years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Date of payment: 2-Sep-2021
Date of online application completion on UKVI portal: 3-Sep-2021
Date of documents upload at UKVCAS: 10-Sep-2021
Date of biometrics at UKVCAS: 11-Sep-2021
Date of application submission confirmation to UKVI by UKVCAS: 11-Sep-2021
Date of receipt by UKVI: No direct confirmation from UKVI
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: No direct confirmation from UKVI
Date on Approval Letter or Email: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

It's been more than 6 months and I have no clue where I am in the application process. I tried calling UKVI at 0300 790 6268 but there is only an automated message which says keep waiting. Any idea where/how can I follow up? My main concern is that I never got an acknowledgement from UKVI that they have received the application and processing.

Fz420 · Post by **Fz420** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:18 pm

Fz420 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:07 pm
Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: ONLINE
Nationality: NON-EU
Date of APPLICATION: 17-12-2021
Date of debit of fees: 17-12-2021
Date of BIOMETRIC: 07-01-2022(LUTON)
Date of receipt of approval: 22-03-2022
Date of ceremony:24-03-2022

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