October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

UPDATE

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs + 1year ILR
Method of application: NCS Peterborough
Date of application : 22/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013
Date of debit of fees : 20/12/13
Date of acknowledgment : Waiting...
Date of approval : Waiting...
Date letter received : Waiting...

What is the average time of approval these days?

Hi Dr, a few more approvals for your list scrounged from various topics within this forum (a few applied in Sept but all were received by the HO on Oct 1st or later):

anna.winter
Eligibility criteria: 6.5 yrs
Method of application: self Leeds 30/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 1/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 14/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 2/12/13
Date of Ceremony:23/01/14

botech12
Eligibility criteria: ILR + 18 months
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 10/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 11/10/2013
Date of approval: 26/10/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

PShakSETO
Eligibility criteria: 5 years Work Permit + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Hounslow Council
Type of Application: Joint - spouse same eligibility criteria
Date application sent to UKBA: 18 Sept. 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 26/09/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 02/11/2013 (Letter sent on 28/10/2013)
Date of Ceremony:

Samisalona
Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 11/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16/10/2013 dated 10/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 04/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

akhan25
Eligibility criteria: Spouse 2 years
Method of application: NCS Lewisham
Date of application: 1st October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2 Oct 2013
Date of acknowledgement :13 oct
Date of debit of fees: 14 October
Date of approval: 28/11 received 3/12
Date of Ceremony:private 6/12

wliu
Eligibility criteria: section 1(3) for my two daughters
Method of application: 01/10/2013 (Special Delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 14/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:16/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt of documents: 26/10/2013
Date of receipt of registration certificate: 31/10/2013 (dated 29/10/2013)

mishraam
Eligibility Criteria : MN1 section 1(3)
Method of application : Postal
Date of application: 28/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/10/2013
Date of fees debited: 10/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 15/10/2013
Date of Approval: 12/11/2013
Receive on :14/11/2013

tlbanks
Eligibility Criteria: spouse visa 2yrs + ILR 1yr & 10 mths
Method of Application: post SD & return SD
Date of Application: 1/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: 15/10/13 (dated 13/10/13)
Date of approval & returned docs: 30/10/13
Ceremony letter received: 6/11/13
Ceremony date: 4/12/13

Sray
Eligibility criteria : Work Permit 4 years + Tier1 General 1 year + ILR 3 years
Method of application : NCS Leeds
Date of application to NCS: 02nd Oct 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 03rd Oct 2013
Date of debit of fee : 16th Oct 2013
Date acknowledged : 15th Oct 2013 but letter received on 21st Oct 2013
Date of approval : 26/10/2013
Date of arrival of Approved letter : 01/11/2013
Date of Ceremony : 19/12/2013

LostEmperor
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years (work permit + Tier1 ) + 9 months ILR) (Discretionery application)
Method of application: NCS Abingdon
Date of application: 02/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/10/13
Date of acknowledgement : 15/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 21/10/13
Date of approval: 14/11/13 (received 23rd Nov 2013)
Date of Ceremony: 19th Jan 2014

anustaya
Eligibility criteria: 4 months ILR + Marriage to BC
Application date: 2/10/3013
Method of application: NCS Southampton
Application sent: 3/10/2013
Acknowledgement date: 14/10/2013
Direcr debit: 14/10/2013
Approval date: 21/11/2013
Date approval received: 30/11/2013
Date of ceremony: 03/12/2013

tier1applicant
Eligibility criteria: WP + TIER1 + 1 YEAR ILR, 2 adults + 1 child
Method of application: NCS Canterbury
Date of application : 03 Oct 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04 Oct 2013
Date of debit of fees: 17 Oct 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21 Oct 2013 (Dated 17 Oct 2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 09 Nov 2013 (Dated 05 Nov 2013)
Date of Ceremony: 06 Jan 2014 (Received from council on 09 Nov 2013 - same day I received the approval letter from HMRC!)

tarchei
Eligibility criteria: 5 Year on WP and Tier 2 (ICT) + 2 Years Indefinite
Method of application: NCS HOUSLOW
Date of application: 03/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 22/10/2013 (DATED - 17/10/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 27/10/2013 (There was some prob first time they tried on 17th Oct... asked me to send card details again)
Date of approval: 15/11/2013 (DATED - 07/11/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 15/01/2014 (Called council on 15th Nov ... took my details ... )

has1974 (this is assumed, as the below was from Nov 8th)
just quick update.
AN+MN application was made on:
7/10/2013,
fee debited:21/10/2013.
I have e.mailed to national heldpdesk about my application.the response arrived after 10 mins,saying the decision has been made on my application.hopefully i will rececive it tomorrow and hope outcome is positive.

Senbrit
Eligibility criteria :5 years + 1 yer ILR
application date :08/10/2013 (Attorney)
date of receipt of approval :11/11/2013 dated 06/11/2013
date of ceremony : TBR

rekha65
1. Sent to UKBA by Special Delivery on 7th October 2013.
2. Documents delivered to UKBA on 8th October 2013.
3. Acknowledgement letter – 23rd October 2013.
4. Money Deducted from the account – 24th October 2013.
5. Receipt of acknowledgement letter – 26th October 2013.
6. Receipt of Approval letter – 21st Nov 2013 (Dated 19 Nov 2013).
7. Receipt of Ceremony letter from Home office – 29th November 2013 (Dated 19th November 2013)
8. Called to the Council for booking ceremony – 29th Nov 2013
9. Ceremony Date – 18th December 2013

bookshop1979
Eligibility Criteria: WP+Tier 2+ 1 yr ILR
Original Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Lambeth
Date of of Application: October 8, 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:24th October, 2013
Date of approval : 22nd November 2013
Invitation for ceremony appointment: Original date provided for 18th December, but I booked a private ceremony for 9th December and received my naturalisation certificate.

Addicted zoo
Eligibility criteria: 10 years + one year
Method of application: NCS Kensington & Chelsea)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 9/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 22/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 05/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: 11/01/2014 @ Lambeth Council

dazzy999
Eligibility criteria: 1 Year ILR
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 9/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 28/10/2013
Date of approval: 22/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

rbhatia812
Eligibility criteria: 1 yr WP + 4 yr Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Hammersmith
Date of application: 08/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 26/11/2013 Letter dated 21/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

alyona39
Eligibility criteria:5 years and 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Waltham Forest
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 8/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 17/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: 23/12/2013

lemona
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: Postal via Lawyer sent on 30SEP13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12OCT13
Date of debit of fees: 12OCT13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12OCT13
Date of receipt of approval: 19NOV13
Date of receipt of invitation letter : 19NOV13
Date of Ceremony:

adil2009 (no timeline given but pieced together)
i applied on 10th october and fee was taken on 7th novemeber
[posted Dec 23rd] Finally i got my approval last week,would some one please give me a link what is the next step to apply for passport and interview ? any form ,fee etc..

amit175
Eligibility criteria: HSMP 2 year + Tier 1 3year + ILR 1+ year
Method of application: Self recorded post
Date of application: 12/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 03/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 03/11/2013
Date of approval: 20/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

dhanubs
Eligibility criteria: 1 Year ILR + Wife of British Citizen
Method of application: NCS Barking
Date of application: 11/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013 (tracked on Royal mail)
Date of acknowledgement letter: 06/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 03/11/2013
Date of approval: 15/11/2013 received on 21/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Ablo205
legacy 1 year ilr
Nationality: Guinea
Method of application: soliciter
Date of application: 11/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 08/11/2013 (letter dated 04/11/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 04/11/2013
Date of approval: 22/11/2013
Date of Ceremony:TBC

shees (this is another one assumed from post on Dec 17th)
Eligibility Criteria : Hsmp+Tier 1+ILR
Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application : 12/10/2013
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 15/10/2013
Date of Debit of fees: 07/11/2013
Date of Acknowledgement : 12/11/2013
Date of Approval : Did not received yet but got a ceremony letter from council today and ceremony date is 7th March 2013
Still waiting for approval letter, the letter from council gave me a questionnaire to fill and returned back to them. To fill the questionnaire I need homeoffice reference number.

hogwashat
Eligibility criteria: WP+HSMP+Tier1 (3+2) + ILR + married to BC
Method of application: Self Post
Date of application: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees:05/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18/11/2013 (dated 05/11/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 18/12/2013 ( dated 13/012/2013)
Date of Ceremony: have to book.

Lucas
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 14/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBC
Date of debit of fees: 08/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 08/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 27/11/2013 Letter dated 18/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Fiorella
Type of application: Joint application
Via: Post Office Special Delivery
Date of application: 15/10/2013
Received by the HO: 16/10/2013
Date of acknowlegment : 13/11/2013
Received on: 19/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 13/11/2013
Date of approval: 27/11/2013
Received on: 29/11/2013
Date of Ceremony: No arranged yet.

rangeel
Eligibility criteria: 2 year HSMP + 3 years TIER 1 + 1 year ILR (2 AN + 1 MN1)
Method of application: NCS Ealling
Date of application: 15.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17.10.2013
Date of acknowledgement :16.11.2013 (Dated 13.11.2013)
Date of debit of fees:13.11.2013
Date of approval: 29.11.2013
Date of Ceremony: TBA

Darren_SA
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr Work Permit + 1yr ILR (obtained 3 Sept 2012)
Method of application: NCS (Merton) - joint couple application @ £1550
Date of submission to NCS: 16/10/2013 - £50 per adult
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 12/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/11/2013 (letter received in post 15/11/2013)
Date of approval: 16/11/2013
Date of Ceremony(Private): 10/12/2013

rohantn
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years (2 years HSMP + 3 years tier1 + 1 year ILR)
(Family application:- 2 adults + 1 child)
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 17/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/10/13 (Spl. Delivery)
Date of Request to UKBA for return of documents (online):- 30-Oct-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 18/11/13 (dated 14 - November)
Date of debit of fees: 14/11/13
Date of return of documents:- 20-11-2013
Date of approval: 30/11/13 (dated 27/11/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 05/12/2013 (private ceremony, as public ceremony available only after 17-January in Surrey County Council)

Kibria
Application type: Adult British Citizenship Application
Method of Application: Royal Mail Tracked, Guarantee Next Day Delivery
Date When Fees Was Deducted: Fee not deducted yet
Date of application:18/10/13
Date of Receipt of application: 19/10/13
Date of application acknowledged by IPS: Not acknowledged
Date of return of documents: Not received yet
[Nov 26th] Received letter from HO saying that the application has been successful and I should receive the invitation to attend the ceremony soon. Yeahee!

pinkpanter
Method of Application: special delivery post office
Eligibility Criteria: 5 yrs spouse of EEA + 1.6 yr PR
Date Applied: 18/10/13
Date of Receipt by UKBA : 21/10/13
Date of acknowledgement letter: 21/11/13
Date of debit of fees: 20/11/13
Date of approval: 10/12/13 (received 13/12/13) Wink
Date of Ceremony: waiting

nora_k
Eligibility criteria: 3yr Spouse of BC + 1 ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of application: 18/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: postal orders, contacted post office confirmed cashing on30/10/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: didn't receive any
Date of receipt of approval: 23/11/13 (dated 20/11/13)
Date of Ceremony:TBC (HO written that council should write me, if no response after 2 weeks, then contact them)

natty321
Eligibility criteria: 1 YEARS ILR ( basis of 3 year.... WIFE of british citizen )
Application : WIFE's
NATIONALITY:PAKISTANI
Method of application: NCS MANCHESTER
Date of application: 21th OCT 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22-OCT-2013 (via tracking number)
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of debit of fees: 22-nov-2013
Date of approval: letter dated 10 dec 13 ( recieved 10 dec 2013)
Date of Ceremony:

Mili1705
Eligibility criteria: AN Form ILR 10+ yrs
Method of application: Self Post
Date of application: 21 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 October 2013 (as per Royal Mail Trace and Track system)
Date of acknowledgement : Waiting
Date of debit of fees: 21/11/2013 at 09:04AM
Date of approval: 17/12/13 Dated 12/12/13
Date of Ceremony: waiting

prajit123
Eligibility criteria: ILR +6 months
Method of application: National checking in service (Brent)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22nd Oct 2013
Date of debit of fees: 21st Nov 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22nd Nov 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 12/12/2013(dated 6th Aug)
Date of Ceremony: 7th Jan 2014

plus kritter100 who we just heard from. Congratulations!

nmm wrote:What is the average time of approval these days?

Most of the more 'recent' approvals from the past few days have been those received by the Home Office around October 22-23. Fee deductions currently being taken from Oct 25 applicants. Everything is very condensced around that week due to the sheer weight of applications and, allowing for holiday period slowdown, will probably stay that way until at least the 1st week of January. November applicants seem to be looking at mid-January onwards.

kna872 wrote:

kna872 wrote:Eligibility criteria: dependent visa 3 years + Spouse of BC + 1year ILR
Method of application: post
Date of application: 24.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25.10.13
Date of acknowledgement : pending
Date of debit of fees: pending
Date of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

Just to update on that. I believe the money has been deducted from my account today. No confirmation yet but it seems as if they have started to look into the pile for applications they received on 25th.

Fingers crossed!!

A further update on the above, I have now received the acknowledgement letter from Home Office confirming fees deductions and the supporting documents they have received. There is no mention of the passports I have sent to them though.

Post subject: October 2013 Naturalisation Application Timeline
hi all

Eligibility criteria: EEA+5IRL
Method of application: Post-Office
Date of application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : TBC
Date of debit of fees: 20/10/2013
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony:TBC
finally the balance droped, shouldnt take long now to cross the final line

Hi All,

Approval letter received today 24/12/2013, I applied for the return of my passports, on the 17/12, approval letter dated 20/12. I am pleased I request the return of my docs as
I am almost certain it prompts the caseworker to process my application. I applied 15/10.

Thanks to all of you, your input is greatly appreciated

Thanks UKBA

Jotter or Dr. please add me to the list of approvals, thanks much

Loveislovely

I know someone else whose application got delayed severely because she requested her documents. Just a word of caution

Astrcastra wrote:I know someone else whose application got delayed severely because she requested her documents. Just a word of caution

There is absolutely no rules or process what so ever for dealing with naturalisation application. HO does whatever they feel like

Congratulations loveislovely and others who have recently got approval.

UPDATE

Eligibility Criteria :Long residence + 12 years ILR
Method of application : NCS
Date of application: 15/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/10/2013
Date of fees debited: 7/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 11/11/2013 (Dated:7/11/2013)
Date of Approval received: 12/12/2013 (Dated:8/12/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 19/12/2013 (Private Ceremony)

I am British now. All I can say is, just be patient and wait. Sooner or later you will have your approval letters. Good luck to all the applicants.

dr_me wrote:Congratulations loveislovely and others who have recently got approval.

Thanks Dr. your approval is on its way, you and jotter have played a great roll in keeping me calm throughout the process your input was very valuable to me and others. God bless you and all the other members, wish you all luck in the coming year.....

Loveislovely

Posts: 7
Location: LONDON

Hi All,

Eligibility criteria: EEA+6 IRL
Method of application: Post-Office
Date of application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 27/12/2013(dated 20/12/2013
Date of debit of fees: 20/12/2013
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony:TBC

Eligibility criteria: 3 Years Spouse of BC & ILR
Method of application: Self-Postal
Date of application: 08/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : Received 25/10/2013 (Dated 22/10/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 22/10/2013
Date of approval: Letter Received 28/12/2013 (Dated 23/12/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 30/01/2014 god willing (Invitation Letter received on 04/01/14 dated 24/12/13)


Thanks to Dr. Me & Jotter For all their efforts which no doubt have put many minds from this forum at Rest.

Astrcastra wrote:I know someone else whose application got delayed severely because she requested her documents. Just a word of caution

how long was his/her application delayed. Also how do you know it was severely because she requested for her documents. do you have any hard facts?

I know because she did not receive her approval at the same time as others of the same timeline. There was no other reason for the delay, besides she was asked to acknowledge that the return of the documents could result in a delay.

I got my approval letter today!Finally...I requested for the return of my documents on the 16th of Dec.The approval letter was dated on the 16th of Dec!It only arrived today, 28th of Dec.I also received an invitation from my local council for the Ceremony on the 14 th of March.This is very late.I tried to phone to ask for an earlier date, but I forgot, today is Saturday.Can I ask for an ealier date?
How long to wait for the passport after the Ceremony?
For anyone who is still waiting, good luck!!!!

wenner wrote:I got my approval letter today!Finally...I requested for the return of my documents on the 16th of Dec.The approval letter was dated on the 16th of Dec!It only arrived today, 28th of Dec.I also received an invitation from my local council for the Ceremony on the 14 th of March.This is very late.I tried to phone to ask for an earlier date, but I forgot, today is Saturday.Can I ask for an ealier date?
How long to wait for the passport after the Ceremony?
For anyone who is still waiting, good luck!!!!

I strongly believe that requesting documents back, prompt caseworkers to process ones application, my observation. I maybe wrong, but other forumers had requested docs and receive approval as well, including me. Good luck all

Loveislovely

Astrcastra wrote:I know because she did not receive her approval at the same time as others of the same timeline. There was no other reason for the delay, besides she was asked to acknowledge that the return of the documents could result in a delay.

Like some one said earlier, there is no structure as to how Home office processes the application and I believe her delay had nothing to do with the request of the documents to be returned. The reason why I am making this assertion is because I requested for my documents to be returned and there is NO WHERE in the accompanying letter where I was asked to acknowledge that the return of the documents could cause a delay. Rather the letter states that 'Applications are considered broadly in order of receipt and dealt with as quickly as possible. Contact us only if necessary, as dealing with inquiries delays work on applications'.

If she received a letter saying that a request for return of document could result in delay, then probably she had a unique issue with her application.

I am not trying to challenge your views , i just want us to put the facts out there, for other users in the forum to make informed decisions. Speculations could have the adverse effect.

Eligibilty criteria:3 yrs HSMP + 2 yrs Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: Self (Post Office) Next day delivery
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 26/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013
Date of approval: Not received
Date of Ceremony: Not received

Has anyone else with time lines similar to mine received any approvals since after the Christmas holiday?

Scanner wrote: Has anyone else with time lines similar to mine received any approvals since after the Christmas holiday?

don't expect HomeOffice to start back work before 6th Jan.. just like other offices.. if they do, it's added bonus..

jotter wrote:

nmm wrote:What is the average time of approval these days?

Most of the more 'recent' approvals from the past few days have been those received by the Home Office around October 22-23. Fee deductions currently being taken from Oct 25 applicants. Everything is very condensced around that week due to the sheer weight of applications and, allowing for holiday period slowdown, will probably stay that way until at least the 1st week of January. November applicants seem to be looking at mid-January onwards.

Thank you so much 'jotter' for all your hard work and helpful information about timelines, I'm impatiently waiting for my fees to be deducted (applied 18th Nov) and reading your posts on this forum helps me to understand what's happening and to try and be patient with the process. Thanks again!

A pleasure missnorush! I applied only 3 days before you did, so let's see. For my own application I'm retaining hope of getting a decision before the end of January. That's probably a best case scenario for a mid-November app right now.

Latest October fees table taken from posts to this forum:

The percentage value represents the number of people who've informed us they've had their fees deducted as a proportion of the total number of people who've informed us of their applications. The percent includes people who've since also had their case decided.

Note that the date or date range refers to when we believe that the HO received the application, not the date it was sent.

Week ending Oct 5th = 100%
Week ending Oct 12th = 100%
Week ending Oct 19th = 96%
Oct 21st = 90%
Oct 22nd = 88%
Oct 23rd = 92%
Oct 24th = 88%
Oct 25th = 48%
Oct 26th = 0%
Week ending Oct 26th = 77%
Oct 28th = 0%
Oct 29th = 25%
Oct 30th-Nov 2nd = 0%
Week ending Nov 2nd = 7%

Being maintained here.

p2kin wrote:Also, if you are applying through NCS, please mention your NCS council name (Not just NCS) like NCS Manchester/Newham/Wandsworth etc..

on 22 Nov 2013 at NCS Ealing London submitted Joint Application for self and wife No Fee deduction No letter

Scanner wrote:

Astrcastra wrote:I know because she did not receive her approval at the same time as others of the same timeline. There was no other reason for the delay, besides she was asked to acknowledge that the return of the documents could result in a delay.

Like some one said earlier, there is no structure as to how Home office processes the application and I believe her delay had nothing to do with the request of the documents to be returned. The reason why I am making this assertion is because I requested for my documents to be returned and there is NO WHERE in the accompanying letter where I was asked to acknowledge that the return of the documents could cause a delay. Rather the letter states that 'Applications are considered broadly in order of receipt and dealt with as quickly as possible. Contact us only if necessary, as dealing with inquiries delays work on applications'.

If she received a letter saying that a request for return of document could result in delay, then probably she had a unique issue with her application.

I am not trying to challenge your views , i just want us to put the facts out there, for other users in the forum to make informed decisions. Speculations could have the adverse effect.

I agree with you, nowadays a 2-month waiting time is pretty much normal for everyone. There are slight variations on processing times which I believe is due to the pace of the case-worker and the way applications are sorted & distributed (randomly). I wouldn't mislead people to recall their documents.

Anyway don't take me wrong, I have just expressed my thoughts.