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TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

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

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Post by deeday » Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:14 am

Type of Application:Marriage 2+1 YEAR ILR
Method:Postal
Date of Application:11th March
Account Debited:17th March
Acknowledgement letter:22nd March
Decision:15th April(informed over the phone today)
Approval letter:Yet to be dispatched.
Date of Ceremony:TBA.

Best of luck to those still on the queue.

ferrarilondon
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Post by ferrarilondon » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:02 pm

Well done deeday, it should be a positive reply, have they posted the letter? did you enclose self addressed special delivery envelope . I applied few days after you should hear from them soon, same category as you

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Post by RailroadTycoon » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:01 pm

How are people getting information about the status of their applications?
Every time I call (both the 0845 and 01516 numbers) I get a recorded message which tells me that they are not giving out progress information for any applications made in the last 6 months.

Is anyone else having any problems and does anyone else have any solutions (besides waiting of course :))?

Congrats deeday :)

EDIT: Managed to get through finally to be told it is now with a worker.

Type of Application:Marriage, ILR, 3 years residency
Method: Through NCS
Date of Application:11th March
Account Debited:16th March
Acknowledgement letter:23rd March
Decision: Yet to be told
Approval letter:Yet to be informed.
Date of Ceremony:TBA.

In limbo now, but at least our application is with a case worker.
Does anyone know how long a case takes once it has been allocated to a case worker?
EDIT: sorry in such a muddle didn't read the top post on this page!!
Last edited by RailroadTycoon on Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:03 pm, edited 3 times in total.

dx1129
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Post by dx1129 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:25 pm

deeday wrote:Type of Application:Marriage 2+1 YEAR ILR
Method:Postal
Date of Application:11th March
Account Debited:17th March
Acknowledgement letter:22nd March
Decision:15th April(informed over the phone today)
Approval letter:Yet to be dispatched.
Date of Ceremony:TBA.

Best of luck to those still on the queue.
Thanks for the sharing, hope we could get the approval soon in this week.

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Post by allta » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:23 pm

deeday wrote:Type of Application:Marriage 2+1 YEAR ILR
Method:Postal
Date of Application:11th March
Account Debited:17th March
Acknowledgement letter:22nd March
Decision:15th April(informed over the phone today)
Approval letter:Yet to be dispatched.
Date of Ceremony:TBA.

Best of luck to those still on the queue.
Thanks for the info Deeday matey, I'm so happy that decisions are coming through now.....hopefully I'll get mine in two weeks time, perhaps before the end of the holidays.

Guys keep posting the decisions, we really appreciate it as they encourage us to keep up the faith!
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Post by kamalin10 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:56 pm

Type of Application: 4 years HSMP +1 year ILR
Method: NCS Sutton
Date of Application: 1st of April (at NCS)
Account Debited: 13th of April
Acknowledgement letter: 18th of April (dated 13th of April)
Decision: awaiting
Approval letter: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

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Post by fabiopg » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:05 pm

They have finally taken rthe money from my account!

Criteria : HSMP 4 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type : NCS Bromley
Date of submission : 30/03/2011
Date application received by UKBA : no clue
Date of debit of credit card : 15/04/2011 (NATIONALITY DIRECT LIVERPOOL)
Date of receipt of acknowledgment :
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :

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Post by raja_no_1 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:44 pm

Criteria : WP 2yr +HSMP 3 Yrs + 1 yrs ILR
Type : NCS
Date of submission : 4/04/2011
Date application received by UKBA : 5/04/2011
Date of debit of credit card : Cheque not debited yet
Date of receipt of acknowledgment :
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of ceremony :

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Re: timeline

Post by model » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:11 am

[quote="model"]Method: NCS Derby
Criteria: 5yr work +1yr ILR (2-AN + 1MN)
Date of submission: 30/03/2011
Date reached HO: 01/04/2011 (As per Royal mail)
Date of Credit card charged: 12/04/2011(date mentioned in the letter)
Acknowledgment letter received: 16/04/11
Decision Made:
Approval received:
Date of Ceremony booked for:
Application sent for passport
Passort appointment
Date of passport received.

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Post by giz » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:09 am

Criteria: Spouse of BC +1yr ILR (3yrs)
Method: NCS
Date of Application: 12th April
Account Debited: Not yet
Acknowledgement letter: Not yet
Approval: Not yet

I'm not expecting any decision until mid May at the earliest. Just hang in there and if it's a straightforward case it's only a matter of time :D

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Re: timeline

Post by model » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:13 am

TechNation wrote:
model wrote:Method: NCS Derby
Criteria: 5yr work +1yr ILR (2-AN + 1MN)
Date of submission: 30/03/2011
Date reached HO: 01/04/2011 (As per Royal mail)
Date of Credit card charged: 12/04/2011
Acknowledgment letter received: 16/04/11
Decision Made:
Approval received:
Date of Ceremony booked for:
Application sent for passport
Passort appointment
Date of passport received.
Model, In the acknowledgment letter what was the date of the receipt of the application mentioned, is it the date of receipt (as per royal mail) or the date of debit of credit card?
It is the date payment taken.

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Post by gidoc » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:48 pm

The ackn letter may have the date of the ' payment taken' but it doesnt give you a receipt date.
Receipt date will be the date its signed for as per royal mail tracking.
Best wishes

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Citizenship Application Timeline

Post by ariesnr » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:02 pm

Type of Application:2 years WP+2 Years HSMP+1 Year Tier 1 General
Method:NCS Hatfield
Date of Application:15th March
Account Debited:31st March
Acknowledgement letter:25th March.The NCS guys forgot to send the payment form to HO,i had to resend form on 25th as requested by HO.
Telephone enquiry 19/4/11-Awaiting Case worker
Decision:Not yet
Approval letter:Not Yet
Date of Ceremony:Not Yet

Pathetic service by NCS at Hatfield.Needless delay in payment due to careless processing by NCS.Anyone had similar experience?

Cheers.

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Post by gidoc » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:24 pm

That is indeed shocking service, you should ask for a refund.

Did you get a letter from HO about this or a phone call?
Thanks
best wishes

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Citizenship Application Timeline

Post by ariesnr » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:00 pm

I received a letter from HO acknowledging the receipt of my application and also saying that they could not find the payment form in the application.

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my time-line and some advices

Post by waleedakeel » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:35 pm

Based on 4 years HSMP + JR and 1 year ILR
Date of ILR Jr Approval: 15 March 2010

NCS or Postal: NCS Vale of Glamorgan Council
2 adults and 2 children

Date of submission: 21 Feb 2011
Date of receipt of application at UKBA Liverpool: 22 Feb 2011 (Guess)
Date debit card deducted: 1 March 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 4 March 2011 dated 28 Feb 2011
Date UKBA made decision: 25 March 2011
Date of receipt of Approval: 4 April 2011
Date of ceremony: 7 April 2011
Date of Passport application: (C&S) 7 April 2011
Date of receipt of children passports: 13 April 2011
IPS letter for interview sent out on: 13 April 2011
Date of Interview: 16 April 2011
Receipt of passport: 19 April 2011 dated 16-4-11

Few points I hope they help
- Calling home office to ask for process advance is not helpful at all, better to wait.
- As most eligible people applied before 6th of April to avoid fee increase, it takes nearly double the time for the same period of the year.
- Although postal application could be faster in both citizenship and passport, it is safer to use NCS and Check and send as many errors and mistakes could be picked.
- Passport interview is solely for check of identity and you don’t need any documents with you.

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Post by ferrarilondon » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:52 pm

Well done waleed, enjoy your complete freedom, All the best

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Post by waleedakeel » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:08 pm

ferrarilondon wrote:Well done waleed, enjoy your complete freedom, All the best


Many thanks, I hope you hear good news so soon

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Post by lionking007 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:26 am

lionking007 wrote:CRITERIA - 5 Year Work Permit + 1 yr ILR
Type - NCS (Birmingham)
Date of submission - 17/03/2011
Date reached HO - 23/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card - 27/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 31/03/2011 dated 27/03/2011
Date of receipt of approval -
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used -
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received -

:(
UPDATE
Rang HO a few minutes back, and was advised that the Application is with the caseworker. I envisage, the descision should be now in next 2 weeks or so????? hopefully

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Post by jeepney73 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:31 am

NCS
Ipswich, Suffolk
Date of submission or posting 09/03/11 (received by HO 10/03/11)
CRITERIA - 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR)
Date of debit of debit/credit card 18/03/11
Date of receipt of acknowledgement 23/03/11
Date of approval - 12/04/11 (20/04/11 approval letter received)
Date of Ceremony - 04/05/11
Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt

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Post by dx1129 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:37 pm

lionking007 wrote:
lionking007 wrote:CRITERIA - 5 Year Work

UPDATE
Rang HO a few minutes back, and was advised that the Application is with the caseworker. I envisage, the descision should be now in next 2 weeks or so????? hopefully


thanks for sharing, almost the same timeline as you are. will give them a ring tomorrow.

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Post by dx1129 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:39 pm

jeepney, that's great news, thanks for sharing it.

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Post by jeepney73 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:53 pm

dx1129 wrote:jeepney, that's great news, thanks for sharing it.
You're welcome! I was resigned to the fact that I will not get my approval this week and then the postman came. So it was really a nice surprise!

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Post by natsyb » Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:58 pm

Thought I would stop lurking on the forum and contribute so here goes:

CRITERIA - 4 years plus 1 year ILR
Type - NCS (Camden)
Date of submission - 24 March 2011
Date reached HO - 25 March 2011
Date of debit of credit card - 01 April 2011 (it's not actually come out of my account physically yet but when I called the bank they could see it awaiting processing)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 14 April (dated 1 April)

Date of receipt of approval -
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used -
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received -

I called them today and they said it had still not been allocated to a case worker (I am disgustingly impatient!) ;)

The lady I spoke to was extremely friendly and helpful, she said there is a major delay with regards to the massive influx of applications pre-fee change, and is expecting even more of a backlog owing to the bank holidays.

Good luck everybody! Hope those who are waiting are able to enjoy the bank holidays coming up!

:D

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Post by SunBlue » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:51 pm

Natsyb,
Payment booked ont he 1st of April and cash still not out of your account? Strange...

Anyway, nice update and for everyone who's awaiting, I hope you are all able to enjoy the bank holiday - during my time waiting for residence cards, etc, the Easter bank holidays were always on the way! For the first residence permit I remember I didn't even like the bank holidays!

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