Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

Person · Post by **Person** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:22 pm

Eligibility criteria : 2years spouse + 1 Year ILR
Method of application : NCS birmingham nationality DZA
Date of application : 17/06/13
Date of receipt by UKBA : 18/06/13
Date of acknowledgement : 24/06/13
Date of debit of fees : 20/06/13
Date of approval : n/a
Date of Ceremony :n/a

Still waiting!!!

fiqbal · Post by **fiqbal** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:42 am

Waiting since 4 april.nationality pakistani

boniface · Post by **boniface** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:12 am

Hi all,

I am very happy to let you know that I received an invitation letter for citizenship ceremony from the council today dated 23/08/2013. I haven't received an approval letter from UKBA yet so I was surprised when I opened the envelope. The council have already arranged a date for me to attend the citizenship ceremony which is 4th September. I am thinking of changing the ceremony date to a later day so my friends can come. It is too soon.

My timeline is as follows: (Turkish citizen)
Date of application (NCS Chelmsford): 11/07/2013
Date on the acknowledgement letter: 16/07/2013
Date of debit of fees: 22/07/2013 (paid by cheque)
Date of approval: Don't know as I didn't receive approval letter yet.
Date of invitation later from the council: 24/08/2013 dated 23/08/2013
Date of citizenship ceremony: 04/09/2013

I am over the moon. I hope all of you guys receive your approvals soon.

scrapper · Post by **scrapper** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:48 pm

Person wrote:Eligibility criteria : 2years spouse + 1 Year ILR
Method of application : NCS birmingham nationality DZA
Date of application : 17/06/13
Date of receipt by UKBA : 18/06/13
Date of acknowledgement : 24/06/13
Date of debit of fees : 20/06/13
Date of approval : n/a
Date of Ceremony :n/a

Still waiting!!!

Person we are on the same boat, I applied exactly on the same date 17/06/2013 from NCS Dudley Council. Received by UKBA 18-06-13 and Debt of fees 19-06-13 acknowledgement received 23rd June.

Lets see when we get our approval.

Wkd_nav · Post by **Wkd_nav** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:05 pm

can someone please give me the home office contact number for update on British citizenship application. I applied for British Citizenshipe on 22/02/2013 and its already been six months.

Thanks,

Nav

saadmushtaq · Post by **saadmushtaq** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:17 am

Wkd_nav wrote:can someone please give me the home office contact number for update on British citizenship application. I applied for British Citizenshipe on 22/02/2013 and its already been six months.

Thanks,

Nav

Send an email on this email address nationalityprogress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk and ask them the progress of your application, also contact your local MP and ask him / her to ask home office about your applications status. Hope this helps.

Person · Post by **Person** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:31 am

HO contact number
0870 606 7766

beebritish · Post by **beebritish** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:30 am

Person wrote:HO contact number
0870 606 7766

Same here, waiting from 13/06. Did you actually have anyone responding on the above phone number? Thanks.

Person · Post by **Person** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:13 am

Yes .

NO1UKlover · Post by **NO1UKlover** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:45 am

Eligibility criteria: WP + HSMP + Tier1 + 3 Year ILR
Application : Self
Method of application: Nationality Checking Service
Date of application: 12/07
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/07
Date of acknowledgement : 19/07
Date of debit of fees: 17/07
Date of approval: 14/08;Received 20/08
Date of Ceremony: 23/08 (Private)

All the best for July and all future applicants. God bless you all.

beebritish · Post by **beebritish** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:19 pm

Person wrote:Yes .

Would you mind to share what your question was and their response? Thanks.

dado13 · Post by **dado13** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:17 am

Eligibility criteria : 4Y Work Permit+1Y Tier2+ 1Y ILR
Method of application : Postal
Date of application : 01/06/13
Date of receipt by UKBA :03/06/13
Date of debit of fees : 05/06/12
Date of acknowledgement : 07/06/13 (dated 05/06/13)
Date of approval and return of documents : 27/08/13 (dated 22/08/13)
Date of invitation letter:30/08/2013 (dated 22/08/13)
Date of Ceremony :04/09/2013 (public)

bond123 · Post by **bond123** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:45 am

Eligibility criteria : 2Y HSMP +3Y Tier1+ 1Y ILR - Myself
Method of application : Postal
Date of application : 10/08/13
Date of receipt by UKBA :12/08/13
Date of debit of fees : 15/08/12
Date of acknowledgement : 21/08/13 (dated 15/08/13)
Date of approval and return of documents : 02/09/13, dated 29/08/2013
Ceremony letter received: 04/09/2013, dated 31/08/2013
Date of Ceremony :11/09/2013

Eligibility criteria : 3Y dependent+ 1Y ILR - Spouse (3 year rule)
Method of application : Postal
Date of application : 11/09/13
Date of receipt by UKBA :12/09/13
Date of debit of fees : 14/09/13
Date of acknowledgement : 17/09/13
Date of approval and return of documents : 11/10/2013 (dated 08/10/13)
Ceremony letter received: tba
Date of Ceremony :tba

ukilrforman · Post by **ukilrforman** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:18 am

No Status update my side, it remains awaited

Can other May 17 applicants update please?

Thank you.

ukilrforman wrote:My timeline.....

Application made: 17 May 2013
Acknowledgement letter dated 23 May 2013

Eligibility: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR.

Self application.

Awaiting further progress...

hemal_p · Post by **hemal_p** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:37 am

Eligibility criteria: 2 years HSMP + 3 years T1 + 1 year ILR
Application : Self + Spouse
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 22nd July 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23rd July 2013
Date of debit of fees: 24th July, 2013
Date of acknowledgement : 27th July, 2013
Date of approval: Received on 28th August, 2013 (no date on letter)
Date of Ceremony: 4th Sept, 2013

rajan1984 · Post by **rajan1984** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:00 pm

I am still waiting and I am still giving you company

I have applied on 17th May 2013 through NCS.

Regards,
Robinson

ukilrforman wrote:No Status update my side, it remains awaited

Can other May 17 applicants update please?

Thank you.

ukilrforman wrote:My timeline.....

Application made: 17 May 2013
Acknowledgement letter dated 23 May 2013

Eligibility: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR.

Self application.

Awaiting further progress...

rajan1984 · Post by **rajan1984** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:04 pm

I am still waiting and I am still giving you company

I have applied on 17th May 2013 through NCS.

Regards,
Robinson

ukilrforman wrote:No Status update my side, it remains awaited

Can other May 17 applicants update please?

Thank you.

ukilrforman wrote:My timeline.....

Application made: 17 May 2013
Acknowledgement letter dated 23 May 2013

Eligibility: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR.

Self application.

Awaiting further progress...

jalal.din · Post by **jalal.din** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:07 pm

I applied 17th june through NCS merton. I got the invitation letter on 24th aug with approval dated 17 july. I called council today and they haven't recieved the certificate yet so can't book the ceremony

. do you know how long it will take for council to receive certificate?

fajr · Post by **fajr** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:23 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse 2 years + 1 year on ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 3 July 2013
Received by UKBA: 4 July 2013
Date of debit of fees: 8 July 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12 July 2013 (dated 8 July 2013)
Date of receipt of aproval: 29 August 2013 (dated 24 Auguest 2013)
Date of Ceremony : 23 September 2013

rajtak · Post by **rajtak** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:17 pm

Eligibility criteria: Spouse 2 years + 1 year on ILR
Method of application: Postal Thru Council
Date of application: 29/08/2013
Received by UKBA: didn't check
Date of debit of fees:03/09/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of aproval:07/10/2013 dated 29/09/2013
Date of Ceremony :

dhruvkataria · Post by **dhruvkataria** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:30 am

CASE - Simple WP ( 5 years ) + 1 Year ILR

Travel during 5 years - 290 days ( mostly business in EU )

Application - Myself , Spouse and Daughter ( born in India )

NCS - Yes

Location - Wolverhampton

Date - 16th July 2013

NCS fees - 110 £ - Paid while booking the appointment

HO Fees - 2223 £

HO Fees Deducted - 19th July 2013

Acknowledgement Recd - 25th July 2013

Citizenship Confirmation Printed - 16th Aug 2013

Citizenship Confirmation Recvd- 30th Aug 2013

Ceremony date - 5th Sep 2013

All the best to every one..

boniface · Post by **boniface** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:04 pm

boniface wrote:Hi all,

I am very happy to let you know that I received an invitation letter for citizenship ceremony from the council today dated 23/08/2013. I haven't received an approval letter from UKBA yet so I was surprised when I opened the envelope. The council have already arranged a date for me to attend the citizenship ceremony which is 4th September. I am thinking of changing the ceremony date to a later day so my friends can come. It is too soon.

My timeline is as follows: (Turkish citizen)
Date of application (NCS Chelmsford): 11/07/2013
Date on the acknowledgement letter: 16/07/2013
Date of debit of fees: 22/07/2013 (paid by cheque)
Date of approval: Don't know as I didn't receive approval letter yet.
Date of invitation later from the council: 24/08/2013 dated 23/08/2013
Date of citizenship ceremony: 04/09/2013

I am over the moon. I hope all of you guys receive your approvals soon.

Just an update on my timeline. I have received the approval letter from UKBA today and it is dated 21/08/2013. I also changed the ceremony date to September 11th.

Good luck again to everyone waiting.

Karnavati · Post by **Karnavati** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:43 pm

Congratulations boniface. Enjoy the ceremony.

fansn · Post by **fansn** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:05 pm

My wife's application(we are both Chinese and I decided to postpone the application):

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence: 3y student + 1y T1 spouse + 1y ILR
Method of application: Postal Royal Mail Special delivery
Date of application: 06/08/2013
Received by UKBA: 07/08/2013
Date of debit of fees: ?
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/08/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 27/08/2013
Date of Ceremony:

Superfast. My wife is a doctor and two references are both professors I think this might be helpful for consideration. My colleague submitted through Edinburgh NCS more than 2 months ago but still waiting.

One problem is UKBA didn't use my SD envelope! Wasting me £6+ and there's risk of losing the passport

Karnavati · Post by **Karnavati** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:11 pm

Congratulations Fansn. Hopefully all goes well for the Oath Ceremony.

Friends it seems like NCS is waste of money in terms of time taken for processing the application. The only benefit being that you get to keep your passport and other supporting original documents.

Postal applications are getting results faster and quicker.

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