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It depends on how far away the group swearing will be. I just want to get done with this and get the passport and finally close this long, winded, eventful chapter of my life. i'll probably write a memoir after everything.apple02 wrote:Scanner wrote:Thanks Apple02. It is actually £100 at my council. lol[/quote
That is too much. Your choice but I would wait. I know your thirsty but nothing comes before the time
Dont worry you will see a brown letter with your approval either this week or next. As long as you know you met the requirements, it is yours so dont fret.fm1011 wrote:i think i must be the last person of 21 oct application that they will deal with it...still waiting married to BC
Lol. All I know is that I will be affirming. I am not swearing by the almighty God, sounds a bit wrong to me. So either I will affirm or oath. I know how your feeling though because ive already filled up my british passport application already. Just to fill in the bc certificate number and countersignature. LolScanner wrote:It depends on how far away the group swearing will be. I just want to get done with this and get the passport and finally close this long, winded, eventful chapter of my life. i'll probably write a memoir after everything.apple02 wrote:Scanner wrote:Thanks Apple02. It is actually £100 at my council. lol[/quote
That is too much. Your choice but I would wait. I know your thirsty but nothing comes before the time
apple02 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Indefinite Leave to remain since 1997
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: waiting
Thank God for his deliverance. Thank God for this forum which has helped me immensely. I was so worried that I was not going to receive my approval due to the fact that 1) i sent in the old forms the one before the new one came out in September, 2) one of my referees was just 25 and i thought that question meant from age 26 and over. You know it just goes to show you just need to have faith and believe your going to receive it.
For all the previous post about requesting your documents delays your application, i requested my application on the 11/12/13 because I needed it for work and i was told by the home office people applying for British citizenship wont be affected, the only people who get affected are people who have definite leave only. Also she says before the send your requested documents back to you they photocopy everything from back to front before sending it back to you, so don't worry. If anything if i never requested my documents i would never have received my approval here today not yet anyway. So sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do to speed people up.
Thank you very much people and all the people who applied before me, same time as me and in October don't worry yours is on its way signed, sealed and delivered. Any brown letter that comes to your door with royal mail on it that should be it. I will check back to post my ceremony date when i get a letter from the council. Thanks
Hi mkaleem,mkaleem wrote:Hi apple02,
Congrates for the successful application.
Could you let me know the email addresses and the phone numbers you called for return request of your documents. I am also in the same situation which you were in. I need my spouse's passport and BRP back for urgent travel. I applied on 24th Oct and UKBA received it on 25th Oct, and until now what I have seen on this board that only 22nd approvals are on their way. I need to travel in first week of Feb and I don't see that my spouse's application will be processed in next two weeks. So I have decided for return request.
Also could you let me know how long did they take to send your documents back?
Many thanks.
apple02 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Indefinite Leave to remain since 1997
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: waiting
Thank God for his deliverance. Thank God for this forum which has helped me immensely. I was so worried that I was not going to receive my approval due to the fact that 1) i sent in the old forms the one before the new one came out in September, 2) one of my referees was just 25 and i thought that question meant from age 26 and over. You know it just goes to show you just need to have faith and believe your going to receive it.
For all the previous post about requesting your documents delays your application, i requested my application on the 11/12/13 because I needed it for work and i was told by the home office people applying for British citizenship wont be affected, the only people who get affected are people who have definite leave only. Also she says before the send your requested documents back to you they photocopy everything from back to front before sending it back to you, so don't worry. If anything if i never requested my documents i would never have received my approval here today not yet anyway. So sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do to speed people up.
Thank you very much people and all the people who applied before me, same time as me and in October don't worry yours is on its way signed, sealed and delivered. Any brown letter that comes to your door with royal mail on it that should be it. I will check back to post my ceremony date when i get a letter from the council. Thanks
Can anybody throw some light on, what is difference between home office approval ketter and home office invitation letter. I have received a letter from my local council asking me to bring original home office invitation letter. How many letters one would receive after approval?thrope wrote:We were away over Christmas and New Year but happily the approval was waiting when we got back. Updating here in case it is still of interest to anyone waiting:
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC, applying under 6(1), discretion requested for excess absenses
Method of application: NCS Lanark
Date of application: 15 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 October 2013 (tracked)
Date of letter requesting payment (NCS failed to forward payment slip): 12 November 2013 (received 16 November)
Date of receipt of new payment slip by UKBA (tracked): 19 November 2013
Date of debit of fees: 27th November 2013
Date of approval letter: 19th December 2013
Citizenship ceremony is booked. Best of luck to anyone still waiting.
akhan25 wrote:Its ok Amber my friend has same issue as asadkhan71 and I suggested him to wait so I was only trying get information out from him to see if I might was wroD4109125 wrote:asadkhan71 and akhan25 there is no need to be upset, I was only directing you to asadkhan71's thread which is addressing the same question here, rather than in a timeline as it's more appropriate. Don't take what Ayyubi72 says personally, he's on thin ice for a reason.
ng in giving that advice to my friend. Anyway he has applied so we will see what he gets approval or refusal.thanks for ur help Amber.
Hey. Yes I have been waiting since 25th of October and they just took the fee on the 10th of January so it is even longer than u had to wait))fiborne wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs work permit + 1 ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail
Date of Application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: cleared 2nd January 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/14 dated 30/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Anyone else that applied on the same date waited about 2 months for the debit of the fee? It seems that there was a backlog due to high volume of applications.
Hey there. Dont worry . I had to wait even longer as I applied on yhe 25th of October and they have just took the fee on the 10th of January)fiborne wrote:Eligibility criteria: 5yrs work permit + 1 ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail
Date of Application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: cleared 2nd January 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/14 dated 30/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Anyone else that applied on the same date waited about 2 months for the debit of the fee? It seems that there was a backlog due to high volume of applications.
apple02 wrote:Hi mkaleem,mkaleem wrote:Hi apple02,
Congrates for the successful application.
Could you let me know the email addresses and the phone numbers you called for return request of your documents. I am also in the same situation which you were in. I need my spouse's passport and BRP back for urgent travel. I applied on 24th Oct and UKBA received it on 25th Oct, and until now what I have seen on this board that only 22nd approvals are on their way. I need to travel in first week of Feb and I don't see that my spouse's application will be processed in next two weeks. So I have decided for return request.
Also could you let me know how long did they take to send your documents back?
Many thanks.
apple02 wrote:Eligibility criteria: Indefinite Leave to remain since 1997
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: waiting
Thank God for his deliverance. Thank God for this forum which has helped me immensely. I was so worried that I was not going to receive my approval due to the fact that 1) i sent in the old forms the one before the new one came out in September, 2) one of my referees was just 25 and i thought that question meant from age 26 and over. You know it just goes to show you just need to have faith and believe your going to receive it.
For all the previous post about requesting your documents delays your application, i requested my application on the 11/12/13 because I needed it for work and i was told by the home office people applying for British citizenship wont be affected, the only people who get affected are people who have definite leave only. Also she says before the send your requested documents back to you they photocopy everything from back to front before sending it back to you, so don't worry. If anything if i never requested my documents i would never have received my approval here today not yet anyway. So sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do to speed people up.
Thank you very much people and all the people who applied before me, same time as me and in October don't worry yours is on its way signed, sealed and delivered. Any brown letter that comes to your door with royal mail on it that should be it. I will check back to post my ceremony date when i get a letter from the council. Thanks
follow this link http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/about ... documents/
It is pretty much the same thing as the other person posted to you. Requesting documents does not speed up the whole process, however, I do personally think it gets you on the system faster because once you have requested your documents, HO immediately debits your card, photocopy all your documents before sending everything back to you. In terms of approval, that is different for everybody as everyone has a different case in terms of the eligibility criteria that they are applying for.
In terms of requesting documents, mines took a week before I received them. Someone I know took them 4 days so to be honest it all depends on how fast HO sends it back but on their site it says it can take up to 20 days for you to receive them.
So good luck with it all