TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

joelondon · Post by **joelondon** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:14 pm

nitas wrote:I have made an application via NCS Leeds on 20th July and would like to know the status of my application.

I tried calling the number on the acknowledgement letter (08450105200) but get an automated response saying that they cannot provide status and I should call only if my application has been pending for more than 6 months.

Does anyone know what number I can call to find out about the status of my application?

try this number and it will cost you much cheaper then 0845

the number is : 01516725626 option 2 then 2 again

good luck to all

nitas · Post by **nitas** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:30 pm

joelondon wrote:
nitas wrote:I have made an application via NCS
Leeds on 20th July and would like to know the status of my application.

I tried calling the number on the acknowledgement letter (08450105200) but get an automated response saying that they cannot provide status and I should call only if my application has been pending for more than 6 months.

Does anyone know what number I can call to find out about the status of my application?
try this number and it will cost you much cheaper then 0845

the number is : 01516725626 option 2 then 2 again

good luck to all

Thanks joelondon and pepe. I tried the number with option 2 and option 3 and it worked !!
They have mailed a letter yesterday by second class mail. So hope to receive it in the next 2-3 days. Will post the outcome.

sunny158 · Post by **sunny158** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:34 pm

Now they dont really take phone calls for people who apply less than 6 months, you can try to press 2 and 3, and that is for people who submiitted application over 6 months, I think they will answer you questions, but they dont have to.

nitas, I applied one day later than yours, and I am still waiting as well. I think we should get the answer in 2 weeks time. Dont know why some people got approval letter in 2 weeks.

sunny158 · Post by **sunny158** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:40 pm

Hi, nitas,

I just called them, they said my letter was sent on 12th August, but now it is 18th, I still have not received it, hopefully I will get it soon.

beeba · Post by **beeba** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:56 pm

sunny158 wrote:Hi, nitas,

I just called them, they said my letter was sent on 12th August, but now it is 18th, I still have not received it, hopefully I will get it soon.

Please see the post by MrCheeks147,

Date of receipt of decision letter: 17th August 2010 (dated 4th August 2010)

So sometime it takes time....Anyway best of luck.... I hope you will get good news tomorrow....

beeba · Post by **beeba** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:03 pm

MrCheeks147 wrote:CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE:
=====================

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission: 13th July 2010
Category: 2 Year Spouse Visa + ILR (Being resident for more than 5years)
Date of Credit Card Debit: 20th July 2010.
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated- 20th July 2010, Received-24th July 2010
Decision Made: 4th August 2010, letter despatched on 6th August 2010 as confirmed via telephone on 6th August 2010)
Date of receipt of decision letter: 17th August 2010 (dated 4th August 2010)
Decision: APPROVED
Date of ceremony: 20th August 2010 â€“ Private Ceremony Â£50...

Many congrats........

Now I have one question, as you applied as a Spouse and the residential requirment is 3 years but as you mentioned that you have been living here more than 5 years.

Question is, in form AN where it asks to provide addresses for the last 5 years, did you cover that 5 years or did you put only last 3 years addresses?

Thanks.

sunny158 · Post by **sunny158** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:12 pm

I cannot believe it, they charge us Â£735 pounds per single application, and send everything by 2nd class post, HO just want to keep every penny in their pocket,worse than me.

joelondon · Post by **joelondon** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:14 pm

savas1234 wrote:
joelondon wrote:NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 14 May 2010
Received at HO: 17 May 2010
CRITERIA - 7 years ( 5 years + 1 year PR + 1 year of wait for the PR to be issued )
Date of debit of debit/credit card: Transcash
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 19/05 received 24/05
Date of receipt of approval: dated 28/07 received 31/07 Successful Received the approval letter 11/08/2010 dated 30/07/2010
Date of receive the Ceremony invitation : / dated 09/08 received 10/08
Date of Ceremony :/ 17/08/2010
Date of appln. for passport: 17/08/2010
Method used: / check and send
Passport interview date : tbc
Passport received : tbc

Alhamdu-lilah ...wish everyone good luck with there application and the ones who are still waiting ....God bless you all and Ramadhan moubarak
i will update you with the final step incha-Allah ..
Hay Hay My Brother Congartulations once again so happy for you, just an update as i promised, i called them on monday the 16th to book the ceremony in (Manchester) and found the earliest date on 15th of september so i asked for the private one and guess what?? the call was at 12 o'clock exactly, he asked me if i like to take the 2:30 one!!!, which was in only tow hours and half from the time i called!! so ofcourse i did not say no for that great offer and left the job at once, went home got dressed up and even managed to invite my cousin with his GF, there it was
by the way the fee for the private ceremony was only Â£100 , not Â£115..
anyway i couldn't fill the passport application that day coz i did not find the person who needed to sign my application with the photo, so i sent it yesterday the 17th wich make it same day as yours
lets see who gets it first LOL
you take care and please keep in touch
thanks very much to this great website it's really usefull

all the best mate , hope we gona get some news fast ..where about r u ? in London ??or outside ???

MrCheeks147 · Post by **MrCheeks147** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:17 pm

beeba wrote:
MrCheeks147 wrote:CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE:
=====================

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission: 13th July 2010
Category: 2 Year Spouse Visa + ILR (Being resident for more than 5years)
Date of Credit Card Debit: 20th July 2010.
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated- 20th July 2010, Received-24th July 2010
Decision Made: 4th August 2010, letter despatched on 6th August 2010 as confirmed via telephone on 6th August 2010)
Date of receipt of decision letter: 17th August 2010 (dated 4th August 2010)
Decision: APPROVED
Date of ceremony: 20th August 2010 â€“ Private Ceremony Â£50...

Many congrats........

Now I have one question, as you applied as a Spouse and the residential requirment is 3 years but as you mentioned that you have been living here more than 5 years.

Question is, in form AN where it asks to provide addresses for the last 5 years, did you cover that 5 years or did you put only last 3 years addresses?

Thanks.

@ Beeba

I didn't need to put the 5yrs address since i was not applying in that category.

alizarao · Post by **alizarao** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:06 pm

[quote="sunny158"]Now they dont really take phone calls for people who apply less than 6 months, you can try to press 2 and 3, and that is for people who submiitted application over 6 months, I think they will answer you questions, but they dont have to.

nitas, I applied one day later than yours, and I am still waiting as well. I think we should get the answer in 2 weeks time. Dont know why some people got approval letter in 2 weeks.[/quote]

dony worry about waiting time coz it all depends on case worker & other situations. my application took 9 weeks although that was quite simple & straight farward application .so jusr relax hope u'll get good news soon.

sunny158 · Post by **sunny158** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:39 pm

alizarao,

HO said my letter was sent on 12th, one week ago, but not got it yet. I call the again, tney said if I dont get it in 10 working days, I can ask for a new one. I have not any confidence in Royalmail at all.

alizarao · Post by **alizarao** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:01 pm

[quote="sunny158"]alizarao,

HO said my letter was sent on 12th, one week ago, but not got it yet. I call the again, tney said if I dont get it in 10 working days, I can ask for a new one. I have not any confidence in Royalmail at all.[/quote]
ohhhhhhh u r right . in this case u must call them.i wish that u'll get yr letter before making call.

sa49873 · Post by **sa49873** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:29 am

Hello,

I dont understand how come others getting an update from HO where I have tried couple of times and all they said was just "Your case is not 6 months old so wait"...

My Time Lines

NCS or Postal: Used private Solicator just for personal satisfaction
Date of submission : 20th July 2010
Received at HO: 21st July 2010
CRITERIA - 6 yrs ( 4 yrs WP + 1 yr HSMP + 1 yr ILR )
Date of debit of debit card: 23/07/10
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 23/07 received 28/07

On 13/08 they returned all my orignal documents with a letter saying
" Thank you for submitting the ecnlosed docs. For your convenience the enclosed docs have been noted and returned. The application will be considered on the information that has been recorded, but it may be necessary to ask for them to be returned".

Is this normal that documents arrving prior to the decision letter or they should arrived together..Im worried can some please advice?

thanks,
Ali.

mansawant · Post by **mansawant** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:37 pm

Hi SA49873,

I have sent my naturalisation application (me, wife and a kid) in the last week (12th August) directly (postal) assuming that I will get my approval letter and passports and supporting documents (original) all together in my self addressed special delivery envelope enclosed.

But now I am bit worried as in your case you have received your documents back without approval letter. Have your solicitor sent self addressed envelope to return the documents or you got your documents back via second class Royal Mail?

Can anyone confim that this happened with them before or this is the first time?

Regards,
Manish

Willy2020 · Post by **Willy2020** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:29 pm

NCS or Postal: NCS Lewisham
Date of submission: 12 Aug 2010
Recd. by HO : 13 Aug 2010
Basis: 2 Years spouse
Payment taken: 17 Aug 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 19 Aug 2010
Date of receipt of Approval :03/08/2010(Dated 26th Aug 2010)
Date of ceremony: 06/08/2010(Private Â£100)....Can't wait until 15th/10/2010

Date of passport application: 06/09/2010
Method used: Check and Send
Documents & interview letter received:10/09/2010
Date of Interview: 15/09/2010
Date of receipt: 17/09/2010

Just want to thank the Moderator and everybody who has bn of immense help right from the start of my journey to this time(BC)....this forum has bn a wonderful site and has really helped in many ways.
I will really miss ths forum....but i will always check from time to time.
Thanks and God bless.

sa49873 · Post by **sa49873** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:15 pm

yes i can check with this with my solicitor on Monday.

Figsey · Post by **Figsey** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:48 pm

UPDATE

NCS or Postal: NCS - Uxbridge
CRITERIA â€“ 3 years + Spouse
Date of submission: 12th July 2010
Date of received by HO: 13th July 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 21st July 2010 (Dated 16/07)
Passed to Case working team: 30th July
Date UKBA made decision: 12th August 2010
Date of receipt of approval: 20th August 2010
Date of ceremony: 07th September 2010 (No private ceremony available in Uxbridge)

joelondon · Post by **joelondon** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:08 am

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 14 May 2010
Received at HO: 17 May 2010
CRITERIA - 7 years ( 5 years + 1 year PR + 1 year of wait for the PR to be issued )
Date of debit of debit/credit card: Transcash
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 19/05/2010 received 24/05/2010
Date of receipt of approval: dated 28/07/2010 received 31/07/2010 Successful Received the approval letter 11/08/2010 dated 30/07/2010
Date of receive the Ceremony invitation : / dated 09/08/2010 received 10/08/2010
Date of Ceremony :/ 17/08/2010 (PRIVATE)

Date of appln. for passport: 17/08/2010
Method used: / check and send
Passport interview letter received : 21/08/2010
Passport interview date : 27/08/2010
Passport received : tbc

Alhamdu-lilah ...wish everyone good luck with there application and the ones who are still waiting ....God bless you all and Ramadhan moubarak
i will update you with the final step incha-Allah

joelondon · Post by **joelondon** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:22 am

[quote="savas1234"][/quote]

hey dude any news from your side ?????

imsi · Post by **imsi** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:59 am

Done my IPS interview yesterday. Hope I receive the PP next week.

NCS or Postal: NCS Basingstoke
Date of submission: 09 June 2010
Date of receipt of application at UKBA Liverpool: 10th June 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 17th June 2010 (Dated 14th June)
Request for further documents: 17 July
Documents sent: 17th July
Date UKBA made decision: 23rd July (letter received with returned documents on 28th July)
Date of receipt of invitation to ceremony: 6th August (dated 27th july)
Date of ceremony - 13th Aug (private)
Date of Passport application - 13th Aug Check & Send
IPS letter for interview sent out on 17th Aug
IPS letter for interview received 20th Aug
Date of Interview: 20th Aug
Receipt of passport: Pending

melo75 · Post by **melo75** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:32 pm

joelondon wrote:NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 14 May 2010
Received at HO: 17 May 2010
CRITERIA - 7 years ( 5 years + 1 year PR + 1 year of wait for the PR to be issued )
Date of debit of debit/credit card: Transcash
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 19/05/2010 received 24/05/2010
Date of receipt of approval: dated 28/07/2010 received 31/07/2010 Successful Received the approval letter 11/08/2010 dated 30/07/2010
Date of receive the Ceremony invitation : / dated 09/08/2010 received 10/08/2010
Date of Ceremony :/ 17/08/2010 (PRIVATE)

Date of appln. for passport: 17/08/2010
Method used: / check and send
Passport interview letter received : 21/08/2010
Passport interview date : 27/08/2010
Passport received : tbc

Alhamdu-lilah ...wish everyone good luck with there application and the ones who are still waiting ....God bless you all and Ramadhan moubarak
i will update you with the final step incha-Allah

Hi Joelondon,

I have exactly the same timeline as you in the passport application. BUT, I only received my interview invitation letter today (21st) but NOT my passport and naturalisation certificate. Did they return your passport and naturalisation certificate with your interview letter?

Thanks
Melo

melo75 · Post by **melo75** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:42 pm

NCS or Postal: Through solicitor (nothing special with my case but just for peace of mind)
Date of submission: 25 June 2010
CRITERIA - 5 years WP + 1 Year ILR
Date of credit card payment deduction: 5 July 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 7 July 2010 dated 01/07/10
Date UKBA made decision: 22 July 2010
Date of receipt of approval: 28 July 2010
Date of ceremony - 16/08/10 (public ceremony as no private ceremony available before that date)
Date of Passport application - 17/08/2010 (C&S)
Date of Interview letter receipt - 21/07/2010
Date of receipt of supporting documents - TBD
Date of Passport interview - 27/08/2010
Date of receipt of passport - TBD

Guys.....is it usual to receive your supporting documents after you receive your passport interview invitation letter? I thought they arrive the same day?

melo75 · Post by **melo75** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:36 pm

imsi wrote:Done my IPS interview yesterday. Hope I receive the PP next week. :?: :?:

NCS or Postal: NCS Basingstoke
Date of submission: 09 June 2010
Date of receipt of application at UKBA Liverpool: 10th June 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 17th June 2010 (Dated 14th June)
Request for further documents: 17 July
Documents sent: 17th July
Date UKBA made decision: 23rd July (letter received with returned documents on 28th July)
Date of receipt of invitation to ceremony: 6th August (dated 27th july)
Date of ceremony - 13th Aug (private)
Date of Passport application - 13th Aug Check & Send
IPS letter for interview sent out on 17th Aug
IPS letter for interview received 20th Aug
Date of Interview: 20th Aug
Receipt of passport: Pending

Hi imso,

When did they return your supporting documents that you sent with your passport appliaction? Thanks. M

beeba · Post by **beeba** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:07 pm

Update

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission: 19 July 2010
Basis: HSMP JR (4 Years +1 year ILR) Myself Only
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24 July 2010
Date of receipt of Approval + Invitation : 14 August 2010
Date of ceremony: 20 August 2010

Date of passport application: 21 August 2010
Method used: (Check & Send)
Date of Interview: TBC
Date of receipt: TBC

sunny158 · Post by **sunny158** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:08 pm

Hi, beeba,

I think they sent out our letters same day, 12th August, you got it in 2 days, so far, I received nothing, I live in South East, but it should not take that long. I think maybe the post lost my letter.

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