Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

abed9631 · Post by **abed9631** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:56 pm

Eligibility criteria:5years (WP)+1 years ILR
Method of application:Post (Joint Application)
Date of post: 4th March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 5th March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 11th March 2013
Date of acknowledgement letter received: 13th March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

mehp · Post by **mehp** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:41 am

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)

Date of debit of fees: --------
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

Strangely no fees deducted so far, its been 8 days.

ishareef17 · Post by **ishareef17** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:22 am

mehp wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)

Date of debit of fees: --------
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

Strangely no fees deducted so far, its been 8 days.

Same here i applied on 13 march through NCS hounslow. No fees is deducted.

vera06 · Post by **vera06** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:00 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC

Method of application: NCS (CREWE)

Date of receipt by UKBA: 07.02.2013

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: DATED 11.02.2013 (RECEIVED 16.02)

Date of receipt of approval: DATED 13.03.2013 (RECEIVED 21.03)

Date of Ceremony: 22.04.2013

fearless2711 · Post by **fearless2711** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:11 pm

Eligibility criteria: HSMP, 3 years ILR
Method of application: NCS (Alesbury)
Date of application: 12 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: 19 March 2013
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

katievoroncova · Post by **katievoroncova** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:29 pm

Eligibility criteria: EEA National PR 5 Years + 1 Year. In the UK since 2000, exercising Treaty Rights from 2004 - present.
Method of application: NCS (Fareham)
Date of application: 13 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

olcay · Post by **olcay** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:58 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year.
Method of application: By post
Date of application: 22 Feb 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 Feb 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 28 Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 28 Feb 2013
Date of approval: 11 March 2013
Date of ceremony: 08 Apr 2013

It was quicker than expected.

LondonApplicant · Post by **LondonApplicant** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:05 pm

Eligibility criteria: EU citizen, 6 years working in the UK (exercising EEA treaty rights)
Method of application: NCS Southwark (London)
Date of application: 20/3/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/3/2013 (Royal Mail online tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 3/4/2013 (dated 27/3/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 4/4/2013 (paid by cheque)

Date of approval: 29/4/2013 (dated 19/4/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 7/5/2013

Date I sent back the naturalisation certificate: 7/5/2013
Date I received the correct certificate: 23/5/2013

(My surname was misspelt on the certificate. What to do in these cases is outlined here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... rtificate/)

Thanks a lot to all the people on the forum for the help, the staff at the Council (all very kind) and UKBA for processing my application so quickly.

Wininuru · Post by **Wininuru** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:36 pm

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Luton)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/02/13
Date of debit of fees: 06/02/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: 21/03/13 dated 11/03/13
Date of Ceremony:04/04/13

Sooo delighted I finally got my approval. Good luck to all those waiting and thank you to everyone who's taken their time to share their experience on this forum.

Ibes · Post by **Ibes** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:45 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Tower Hamlets)
Date of application: 14/01/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/2013
Date of debit of fees: 22/01/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 26/01/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 21/03/2013
Date of Ceremony: 27/03/2013 (private ceremony)

Took a bit longer than the majority on this forum!
Good luck to those still waiting

kaka123 · Post by **kaka123** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:37 am

i found most the people have the approval letter but letter received after 11 days which is massive delays from royal mail or ukba procedure.

katievoroncova · Post by **katievoroncova** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:40 am

I applied via NCS on the 13/03/13 and they still have not debited the fee

gave debit card details.
Not sure if anyone else facing such delays?

alex_ro · Post by **alex_ro** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:23 am

katievoroncova wrote:I applied via NCS on the 13/03/13 and they still have not debited the fee gave debit card details.
Not sure if anyone else facing such delays?

Hello,

I applied recently with similar situation to yours (EU citizen 6 years) and it took 8 days to get my card debited. I think its done once a week (perhaps on Friday).

So you shouldnt worry yet.

numfon · Post by **numfon** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:23 am

katievoroncova wrote:I applied via NCS on the 13/03/13 and they still have not debited the fee gave debit card details.
Not sure if anyone else facing such delays?

Hi I send my app on 16 March 2013 and they not debited the free yet

alex_ro · Post by **alex_ro** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:47 am

Eligibility criteria: EEA National 5 Years + 1 Year.
Method of application: NCS (Islington- London)
Date of application: 07 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 15 March 2013 (received 20 March 2013)
Date of debit of fees: 15 March 2013
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

mehp · Post by **mehp** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:05 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)
Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)
Date of debit of fees: 21-MAR-2013

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

It took 6 working days to debit fees.

nazbil · Post by **nazbil** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:02 pm

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/02/2013
Date of debit of fees: 13/02/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18/02/2013 dated 13/02/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 22/03/2013 dated 20/03/2013
Date of Ceremony: waiting on invitation from local authorities

ps: thanks to all those who shared their timelines. i never got my life in the uk pass letter back with the rest of my documents. dont know if they usually keep it or not, but don't really care ^^.
cheerio everyone god bless.

hsmpengineer · Post by **hsmpengineer** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:01 pm

[quote="kaka123"]i found most the people have the approval letter but letter received after 11 days which is massive delays from royal mail or ukba procedure.[/quote]

ukba send everything by 2nd class post.

AND 2nd class stamp = you will get your post one day...... before the world ends, dont worry! LoL :D

Preacher · Post by **Preacher** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:42 pm

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (Tier 2) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults + 2 children (Joint)
Method of application: NCS (Hampshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 20.03.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21.03.2013 (8:15am)

Date of debit of fees:___
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: ___
Date of receipt of approval: ___
Date of Ceremony: ___

ukforever · Post by **ukforever** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:38 pm

hi guys,

how do u get the online tracking number of the post office when u apply through NCS..is it by calling ncs after they send your application,or what??can anyone shed some light please.

sarwar74 · Post by **sarwar74** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:22 pm

I ask them same day when he check evry thing and give me tracking same time

ukforever · Post by **ukforever** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:57 pm

sarwar74 wrote:I ask them same day when he check every thing and give me tracking same time

they did not give my wife anything,she made her application last week friday,they told her that they will send her application today thursday,so i don't know really,we need probably to call them monday to find out if they sent it today or not..thanks anyway.

kaka123 · Post by **kaka123** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:12 pm

Hi ukforever,
NCS must give you the printed letter which have royal mail tracking number and also it has NCS customer number,i can not believe NCS did not give you any letter,which council you have gone through ? must call council on monday or some council are open on satday also.

ukforever · Post by **ukforever** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:19 pm

kaka123 wrote:Hi ukforever,
NCS must give you the printed letter which have royal mail tracking number and also it has NCS customer number,i can not believe NCS did not give you any letter,which council you have gone through ? must call council on monday or some council are open on satday also.

hi kaka,

they gave her a letter with ncs customer number,thats all,there is no royal mail tracking number,thanks for the info,we will call monday first thing,we might try to call tomorrow to find out if they are open orr not..thanks.

sarwar74 · Post by **sarwar74** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:25 am

They not give to u you should ask them befor left ncs

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