I rang them today and as usual the same lame response ... I wonder how dumb these people at the other end of the phone are ... if they cannot atleast give some real response or atleast do some check and see whats actually happening with the application, then why even bother have these useless people...

Anybody else from October November got a response ? Or tried to get an update ?

Finally I got the letter! Thanks to Almighty :D Application date: 15/10/2013--NCS Acknowledgement: 5/11/2013 Approval dated: 24/02/2014 ( received 28th) One suggestion for people still waiting: Please do not lose hope and DO NOT be upset upon what you hear from HO call centre or emails about 'no de...

People showing desperation must have skeletons hidden in the cupboard and are wary these will come out the longer HO spends on their application. They have a SLA of six months to deal with naturalisation applications and they don't have to take orders from impatient applicants on how to do their jo...

People showing desperation must have skeletons hidden in the cupboard and are wary these will come out the longer HO spends on their application. They have a SLA of six months to deal with naturalisation applications and they don't have to take orders from impatient applicants on how to do their jo...

No news yet but be honest i am not expecting anything soon. I am waiting for 24th april when it will be six months and then i can ask my mp/lawer to write. My friend applied in early jan and got approval today. Its very tactical to have the 6 months clause, so we dont question their services any ea...

Schengen countries classify these countries as high risk. Visa processing for these countries requires extra checks which add 2-3 weeks to the processing time. Based on this naturalisation applications (even though UK is not part of Schengen) for citizens of these countries might take longer as evi...

People showing desperation must have skeletons hidden in the cupboard and are wary these will come out the longer HO spends on their application. They have a SLA of six months to deal with naturalisation applications and they don't have to take orders from impatient applicants on how to do their jo...

Congratulation for all of those who have got their naturalisation approval. I'm a Nov applicant, and still havent heard anything from the UKBA. my case should be straight forward for the case worker, and I cant understand why its taking so long. It look like there are still a lot of Nov pending app...

Mine below Application date : 18/11/2013 Ack : 18/01/2014 (Dated 13/01/2014) - Failed fee attempt Fee taken - 27/01/2014 Ack : 24/02/2014 (Dated 20/02/2014) Latest update is that application is still awaiting casworker allocation. When did you speak with them ??? Tuesday (25th Feb). It was an email...

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs Spouse Visa + ILR Language criteria : Bachelors Degree + PBS calculator on UKBA site. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Hammersmith Date of application: 31/10/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013 [Tracked royal mail] Date of acknowledgment: 15/01/...

Sorry for posting late but just to give some strenght to those who been waiting from late oct or early nov seeing january approvals on dec and jan applications, guys we are in the same boat :) My Timeline: Eligibility Criteria: 3yrs Spouse of BC Method of Application: NCS Brent Date of Application ...

Have you tried calling and asking for an update? No I haven't call them at all as I know that they will say the same thing they said to all people here.. They also don't bother to check. they will say a random words!! I dont know really what to do except this waiting game.. I called them yesterday ...

lol ... those sitting on the help desk are only trained to hit the reply button and then paste a standard response and hit send ... you cant expect more from dumb-heads can you ?

Hey Guys, Congrats to all that has got their approval; but one question i would like to clarify. If you have gotten your approval letter, what is the format of the FULL NAME on your approval letter; is it Full Name: FirstName MiddleName Surname And if you have had your ceremony; was your name on th...

Just wondering if there are anyone on this board whos initial payment got rejected for some reason and then was deducted second time ??? how much delay has this added to usual processing time ?

blueclouds1234 wrote:i contacted HO on FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Depends on who replies really ... most of the times its just a junk reply they just copy paste ... doesnt really help us get the actual status rather misleading ...

Thank you for the graph update p2kin !! So many November approvals posted since the weekend I was thinking I'm the last november applicant waiting :-D so it good to see the actually stats fingers crossed for all outstanding novembers :| You may feel better seeing so many from October getting their ...

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs Spouse Visa + ILR Language criteria : Bachelors Degree + PBS calculator on UKBA site. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Hammersmith Date of application: 31/10/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013 [Tracked royal mail] Date of acknowledgment: 15/01/...

Taking payments doesnt mean the processing will get any quicker !

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs Spouse Visa + ILR Language criteria : Bachelors Degree + PBS calculator on UKBA site. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Hammersmith Date of application: 31/10/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013 [Tracked royal mail] Date of acknowledgment: 15/01/...

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs Spouse Visa + ILR Language criteria : Bachelors Degree + PBS calculator on UKBA site. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Hammersmith Date of application: 31/10/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013 [Tracked royal mail] Date of acknowledgment: 15/01/...

Eligibility criteria: Joint Application - 5 Yrs Tier 1 General + 1 Yr ILR Language criteria met : NARIC for Main applicant [a) Statement Of Comparability b) English language Assesment.] & U K Masters for spouse. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Newham...

Eligibility criteria: 3 Yrs Spouse Visa + ILR Language criteria : PBS calculator on UKBA site. Current nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Hammersmith Date of application: 31/10/2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013 [Tracked royal mail] Date of acknowledgment: 15/01/2014 [Dated 09/01/2...

Phew ... mine all done ... now gearing up to tackle the same route for my spouse ....