Got the brown envelops today. Timeline below:

Applied: 05/05/2015
Fee deducted: 28/05/2015
Acknowledgement letter: 29/05/2015 (via email)
Biometrics: 06/06/2015
Date approval received: 19/10/2015 , Dated: 08/10/2015
Date of ceremony: Need to book

mianrm wrote:Best way is to go with the same council and get it done either in a group or privately. my council jsut charged me £ 90 for 2 adults and 2 kids as a family private ceremony.

That's really cheap. Which council is it? Can you do private family ceremonies on Saturday?

My council charges £225 for a private ceremony if I want to go earlier. Also they will not refund/adjust the £80 which I have already paid with my application , seems unfair Shouldn't I be able to apply for refund if I don't take group ceremony? Can you not do the private ceremony in a different co...

Amritsar singh wrote:Anyone know how long ho take for reply for email ?I send them mail for update for my application on 25th October still waiting for reply

It's nearly an year since you sent them an email on 25th October. You seems to be unlucky

cnicola78 wrote:What are you basing that on? I thought the pattern looked more like they're basing it on date on submission of biometrics?

It's not the day of biometric submission. I submitted biometrics on 6th of June and I am still waiting.

Application submitted: 21/05/2015 Application received: 22/05/2015 Biometrics submitted Well, it's been almost 4 months now...Does anyone know if it is ok to phone them to find out if all is ok or if they require any additional documents? I am losing hope actually... I applied on 5th May and still ...

I think we are in advance country here home office do not need to send letter to other departments to check applicant history everything on them computer. ...I had conviction more then 4 year ago I mentioned in application also about address I rang to home office two weeks ago and that lady told me...

so applied on 31st March via NCS and still waiting. No news so far :( With each passing day, I've beginning to imagine what could be the reasons for this delay. My case is not complex but I'm now wondering what might they be checking or waiting to receive which is taking so much of time. Or have th...

There are no special circumstances here. Many people from March are still waiting. It's just the wait game. hi, did you have any special circumstances with your application? were you tier 1 general Visa for your 5 years n the UK? I applied before you and havent got mine back so wondering why the dis...

+1 This is possible. For example if you deliberately inflate your income to meet your visa requirements, and then adjust downwards to get your tax back. Why would they claim deception for naturalisation but not revoke ILR? Possibly because for naturalisation you have no recourse except a reconsidera...

Congrats!!! Eligibility criteria: 5.5 Years + 1.5 Year of ILR Language criteria met: B1 trinity and Life in the UK Outside UK last 5 Years from Date of appliation: 620 Days Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Bedford Date of application: 05-May-2015 Appli...

You should have posted your timelines on May 2015 thread. Looks like Home Office is back to its normal mode of not giving any post-biometric approvals. Ladies and gentlemen hold your breath, the biggest news is going to be disclose and you may not believe :D I was a silent observer of this thread wh...

+1 Amritsar singh is a either a "BOT" or someone looking to frustrate people. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO ANYMORE OF HIS/HER IRRELEVANT MESSAGES. Also Amritsar singh , if you happen to not be a "BOT", do us all a favor and get your SH*T together. We are all here to get relevant information and your mes...

Apply may 2015. Got approval July 17 alhumdolillah You cannot be serious !!! :x You can not be serious about your timelines as well. Obtained it from your signature :) Applied: 28/06/2015 Fee deducted: 10/06/2015 Acknowledgement letter: 15/06/2015 (dated 10/06/2015) Biometrics: 17/06/2015 You appli...

My colleague who applied on 3rd Feb got his approval today. It was straight forward application but still took ages to get processed. Looks like we gonna have to wait a little longer. Home Office is taking it's sweet time. My friend who applied on 16th January got his approval few days ago :) His a...

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1: 5 years + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Degree, NARIC, Letter from Uni, IELTS Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Bracknell Date of application: 05/May/2015 Payment method: CC Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28 May 2015 (after 23 days) Date of ...

Any updates on this?

from which adress and title/subject you received the email ? From: UK Visas & Immigration <hocommunications@communications.homeoffice.gov.uk> Subject: Home Office application Dear MR ABC XYZ, Case ID: XXXXXXXX Thank you for your application to the Home Office. Your application has been received and...

valw wrote:Hi Tenacity,
I used NCS and I wanted to send my BRP but they said it was not necessary and made a copy of it (both sides) and I kept my BRP.

There is no reason to send BRP if you are using NCS. People use NCS to keep their original documents with them for emergency travel etc.

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1: 5 years + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Degree, NARIC, Letter from Uni, IELTS Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Bracknell Date of application: 05/May/2015 Payment method: CC Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28 May 2015 (after 23 days) Date of a...

Look at your font mate. That's too loud.

I got ack via email and post.

bura wrote:This is for everyone applied in may.
How did everyone got their acknowledgments BY POST OR EMAIL ?????????

you need to provide biometric again.

microarif wrote:Most of the people applied in March 2015 got approved within 4 weeks. NCS lady told me HO is not gonna ask for biometrics as I have done it last year during ILR. Has anyone applied in may 2015 got approval?

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1: 5 years + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: Degree, NARIC, Letter from Uni, IELTS Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Bracknell Date of application: 05/May/2015 Payment method: CC Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28 May 2015 (after 23 days) Date of a...

Cmwanza2 wrote:Date of receipt by Biometric info: Already have Biometrics because of BRP dated from April/2015 ( sent photocopy of BRP to HO)

You need to provide the Biometric again. You'll receive the letter soon.

There is a new rule that was applied in April 2015 that you will have to give Biometric information for naturalisation applications as well. It doesn't matter if you have already given the biometric fingerprints/picture in previous applications.