My wife's timeline: Applied via: Postal Date of submission: 29/03/11 Date reached: 30/03/11 CRITERIA: Spouse of British citizen (enclosed husband's citizenship certificate) No. of Applications: AN (only myself) Date of debit of debit/credit card: 06/04/11 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/04/1...

My wife's timeline: Applied via: Postal Date of submission: 29/03/11 Date reached: 30/03/11 CRITERIA: Spouse of British citizen (enclosed husband's citizenship certificate) No. of Applications: AN (only myself) Date of debit of debit/credit card: 06/04/11 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/04/11...

update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports. Hi Did you send any fax message for the urgent need for your passports back? My wife's naturalization application is with HO through postal application (reached HO on 30/03...

update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports. Hi Did you send any fax message for the urgent need for your passports back? My wife's naturalization application is with HO through postal application (reached HO on 30/03...

Brown Envelope means all correspondence from HO or most of the Government authorities are in brown envelopes. This doesn't mean that refusal or approvals would be in different colours. ok i understand that but if we send our own special delivery prepaid envelope, dose they send it back to that or t...

I see ' application scanned date ' here for many timelines...how do we know that when the application is scanned? Is that by calling HO? Yes calling to HO. All progress are known only by calling HO. If they do not directly say you whether the application is scanned or not, you can request for your ...

Are u aware that u cannot apply for oci for kids alone? Hello Abhishek are you telling or asking? if you are telling then why is this? do you know the reason? At least either one of the parents must be eligible to apply for OCI if you wish to apply for the minor kid's OCI. If both parents are holdi...

he guys, Can anybody give me information about the my question?... what is the process to book an appointment for citzenship ceremony? by phone or u have to fill some kind of application form? i rang birmingham registrar office to ask about the next date for ceremony. i was told that i have to down...

Thanks, nax_72 & ferrarilondon. I have applied under 5 years in (WP + Tier1) and 1 year in ILR. The approval date is mentioned as 17th May and was received today in Ist class post. Thanks. Glad that they posted the letter after approval. Within two days of the letter dated you received the letter.

Hi Friends I have received the naturalisation approval letter today :D . Date of submission or posting: 22/03/2011 HO received: 24/03/2011 Date of debit of debit/credit card: 31/03/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement dated 05/04/2011 Date of receipt of approval 19/05/2011 It looks like the Marc...

Hey dx so happy for you buddy, me and you applied same day . same day card got debited but i think my application is stuck some where lol. hope to get it this week or early next. Second class post always has plus/minus few days delivery days difference depending on the address. You may get it tomor...

You can also show the HO letter of your ILR status. The letter which was given when one gets the ILR stamp in the passport.

thanks Ferrarilondon, Booboo and Forwardever. I suppose they are busy processing the March applications now, everyone who applied in March should hear very soon I guess. Just something strange with Royalmail - just out of curiousity I used to check the royalmail tracking everyday to see if my retur...

Did they tell you when it may possible to get the passport back? The gentleman I spoke to said he couldn't access any information until the application was put up. All he could say was that it was still at the accounts department... Thanks. This is not good. At least they should tell us when we can...

Did they tell you when it may possible to get the passport back? The gentleman I spoke to said he couldn't access any information until the application was put up. All he could say was that it was still at the accounts department... Thanks. This is not good. At least they should tell us when we can...

I know I had no business calling the UKBA to find out about my application as I applied only 4 weeks ago. I actually wanted to know if I could request my passport back as I applied by post and not through the NCS. I was told that my application had not been electronically transferred onto the syste...

raja_no_1 wrote:If a family of 4 applies for the citizenship..how many acknowledgment letter is sent by the home office once the payment is deducted..is this one or 4 letters for the 4 applications made?

Only one debit for the payment and one acknowledgement with all the documents details those submitted.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 Applied : 15th March Approved: 14th April Received: 28th April Ceremony:10th May Its taken 3-4 wks for approval here, doesnt say the card debit date but I would assume it was a week after the application, another 2 wks for the letter; so about 6 wks from card debit date one...

7omi wrote:Also can i ask, once they take the money out, does that mean I've filled in the form correctly and checks are done?

No. Only after taking the money they will start looking into the application.

Glauco wrote:The page with the details is very soft as well, correct?

Yes. New passports with hidden chip are like that.

Your wife can apply now as a spouse of British citizen. Hope she is eligible.

Just going through the new rules for visas and ILR. It is really pain to get the visa extension and ILR for those guys who have to apply just after 6th April 2011. Even application forms have been changed twice after the new rules for ILR. At least we have to be happy about citizenship that only the...

So far i realise my knowledge is not correct. But i have this statement from UKBA website. Can i have some comments on this please. As it says parents who are not settled and British citizen can still apply. As stated below - " Section 3(1) applications - children born in the United Kingdom to pare...

In the acknowledgement letter, in the UK Border Agency address (top corner), it has been mentioned as 'North West Region' in the second line. I hope this may be different for those applying from different areas. I don't know whether this may have any effect on how long it takes to process the applic...

Well, I tried my best to send my application before the fee rise, it reached Home office on 04/04/2011, but still fees is not withdrawn from my credit card. Usually it is withdrawn within 7 days……………. I am wondering has any one experienced the same delay in fees withdrawal. My wife's appl...