TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

NiiKpani wrote:NCS or Postal: Postal (Documents certified by solicitor)
Date of submission: 16-04-2010
Category: 10Yrs Long Residence + 1 Year ILR
Date of Credit Card Debit: 21-04-2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated- 21-04-2010, Received-24-04-2010
Decision Made: 19-05-2010 (confirmed via telephone)
Date of receipt of decision letter: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending and dependent on content of decision letter

Congratulation Niikpani .... what's your previous nationality and was the application single or family

I am please to say I have completed my journey today! Complete timeline is as follows:

Date of application: 12/02/2010
Method: NCS Leeds
Category: EEA Family member - 6 years
Date account debited: 25/02/2010
Payment method: cheque
Date letter of approval received: 06/03/2010 (dated 25/02/2010)
Date of citizenship ceremony: 20/04/2010 (group)

Date of passport application: 30/04/2010
Method: check & send
Date received interview invitation letter and supporting document (2 separate envelopes): 13/05/2010
Date of interview: 18/05/2010
Date passport received: 20/05/2010 (quick or what?)

Mine was a very smooth process, except for the long wait for the citizenship ceremony but I refused to pay extra for a private ceremony.

Good luck to everyone waiting.

Hesham wrote:

R- wrote:Hello All

Seems like most of you have received an approval letter first and then an invitation letter to book for the ceremony. However, in my case, I received just the 'invitation letter' which states that my application has been successful and that I now have to book a ceremony.

Any one else received just 1 letter? or probably my appoval letter got lost in the post :s

R-
Was your application single or family. I have family application submitted 8th March and no news yet!!!!!
I hope you see this and could reply. Thanks

Have you heard anything from HO Hesham

ziqbal_2000 wrote: One of my friend used to tell me that when you apply for nationality they put a chair on the ground floor and take all applications to first floor and drop them from there, any application which would fall on chair will have to wait for complete 6 months and other application will be processed normally.

LOL, ziqbal, you made me laugh!
I think both yours and mine application landed on that chair. I've been waiting since 18/01/2010.

ameba wrote:

ziqbal_2000 wrote: One of my friend used to tell me that when you apply for nationality they put a chair on the ground floor and take all applications to first floor and drop them from there, any application which would fall on chair will have to wait for complete 6 months and other application will be processed normally.

LOL, ziqbal, you made me laugh!
I think both yours and mine application landed on that chair. I've been waiting since 18/01/2010.

I think 18th day of month is somehow bad for us ... I applied on 18th March. What is your existing nationality anyway and have you contacted them and what do they say (almost four months for you)

Once I get my naturalisation, I would be applying for my wife and this time I am not going to use NCS service.

If you send you original document atleast you have an excuse to request for urgent treatment of application from UKBA.

ziqbal_2000 wrote:

NiiKpani wrote:NCS or Postal: Postal (Documents certified by solicitor)
Date of submission: 16-04-2010
Category: 10Yrs Long Residence + 1 Year ILR
Date of Credit Card Debit: 21-04-2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated- 21-04-2010, Received-24-04-2010
Decision Made: 19-05-2010 (confirmed via telephone)
Date of receipt of decision letter: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending and dependent on content of decision letter

Congratulation Niikpani .... what's your previous nationality and was the application single or family

Thanks for the congrats but i'm still waiting for the letter. They didnt reveal the outcome of the application, only that i should wait for it in the post as the decision has been made. I'm hoping for the best though. It will be positive by God's grace.

Nationality: Ghanaian
Application type: single

ziqbal_2000 wrote:Once I get my naturalisation, I would be applying for my wife and this time I am not going to use NCS service.

If you send you original document atleast you have an excuse to request for urgent treatment of application from UKBA.

I am Russian.
Yes, my girlfriend also applied for COA so we can get married here and they dragged the application for 3 months until I requested the passports back for an urgent travel and .. surprise, surprise - we got everything sorted within a day!
Anyway, not many options left but to wait....

NiiKpani wrote:

ziqbal_2000 wrote:

NiiKpani wrote:NCS or Postal: Postal (Documents certified by solicitor)
Date of submission: 16-04-2010
Category: 10Yrs Long Residence + 1 Year ILR
Date of Credit Card Debit: 21-04-2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated- 21-04-2010, Received-24-04-2010
Decision Made: 19-05-2010 (confirmed via telephone)
Date of receipt of decision letter: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending and dependent on content of decision letter

Congratulation Niikpani .... what's your previous nationality and was the application single or family

Thanks for the congrats but i'm still waiting for the letter. They didnt reveal the outcome of the application, only that i should wait for it in the post as the decision has been made. I'm hoping for the best though. It will be positive by God's grace.

Nationality: Ghanaian
Application type: single

niikpani,if they said decision made it that means they tell u truly bec my one 28th april decision made it when i phoned on 4thmay they told me u recevied everything verysoon within 7 working days and what decision they dont tell us on phone so wait must be goodnews.

NCS or Postal : NCS Tyne and Wear
Date of submission:31/03/10 special delivery
Home office received application on the 1/04/10
CRITERIA -HSMP JUDICIAL REVIEW PLUS 1 YR ILR[adult plus child]
Date of debit of debit/credit card credit card on 08/04/10
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:12/04/10 dated 08/04/10

Date homeoffice made approval:07/05/2010(received 15/05/2010 snail mail post)

Cermony- 26/05/10

i am still waiting, do approval letters usually come on friday or saturday??????????

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 19 May 2010
Received at HO: 20 May 2010
CRITERIA - 7 years ( 5 years + 1 year PR + 1 year PR wait )
Date of payment taken by HO: pending
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: /
Date of appln. for passport: /
Method used: /

the approval letter comes around a week after the decision is made. Its the usual snail mail - 2nd class post

Maybe its better we refer to it as decision letter rather than approval letter. Afterall one does not know whether its an approval or rejection till received

AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST

Submitted 8 March, reached HO 10 March, Debited ? 20 March.
Approval letter arrived today dated 13 May. I have worked out that whenever your decision they send the letters out once every Monday ( or any fixed one day in the week) only to reach by Fri-Sat.

And of course they got me to the wrong Council ( against my request) who do ceremony once a month instead of Sheffield where the have a ceremony EVERY WEEK. Next one is 16 June So I am going private.

Thank you all for the support and wish you all the best. Now I have to start reading about Passport application as I didn't want to count my eggs too early.

Congratulation Hesham ......

And congratulations from me.

Still waiting for us though ... another day of post comes and goes.

Hesham wrote:AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST

Submitted 8 March, reached HO 10 March, Debited ? 20 March.
Approval letter arrived today dated 13 May. I have worked out that whenever your decision they send the letters out once every Monday ( or any fixed one day in the week) only to reach by Fri-Sat.

And of course they got me to the wrong Council ( against my request) who do ceremony once a month instead of Sheffield where the have a ceremony EVERY WEEK. Next one is 16 June So I am going private.

Thank you all for the support and wish you all the best. Now I have to start reading about Passport application as I didn't want to count my eggs too early.

CONGRATULATION MATE ...ALL THE BEST ...I'M STILL WAITING ...BUT INCHA-ALLAH SOON

Apparently a decision has been made in the case of my wife. The letter has not yet been printed and should be with us within "2 weeks".

NCS or Postal : postal
If NCS, which centre
Date of submission or posting :24/3/10
CRITERIA - 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR) HSMP
Date of debit of debit/credit card :29/3/10
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :30/3/10
Date of receipt of approval : 12/5/10 dated 7/5/10
invitation letter : 21/5/10 dated 11/5/10
Date of Ceremony 8/7/10??? might book private
any suggestion? anything else to stop paying £100???

Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt

My decision has also been made but still waiting for the result! Fingers crossed!! should come tomorrow or monday i was told!!

fcuk19 wrote:My decision has also been made but still waiting for the result! Fingers crossed!! should come tomorrow or monday i was told!!

Hope its a postive outcome. Good Luck. do let us know the details of your application once you get your letter.

NCS or Postal: POSTAL
Date of submission : 18 May 2010
Received at HO: 19 May 2010
CRITERIA - 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR) HSMP JR
Date of payment taken by HO: pending
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: /
Date of appln. for passport: /
Method used: /

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 16 April 2010
Received at HO: not sure
CRITERIA - 6yr stay (5 + 1 yr ILR)
Date of payment taken by HO: 22nd April
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 23rd April
Date of receipt of approval: dated 12th May, recieved 21st May
Date of Ceremony: yet to book
Date of appln. for passport: yet to send
Method used: /

Hello Soontobe.
Congatulations on your successfull application.
Would please mention your nationality or just the region of your origine (If you don't minde, of cours).
The purpose of this question is let the forum members and visitors to have an idea about the HO time line processing applications, as we think cases are treated unividualy, depending of nationalty.

and again many congratulations.

Kind regards