General discussion on naturalization applications

[alterhase58]

Hi everyone, I am wondering..I have applied for naturalisation as a britis citizen. I used my permanent resident document. What would happen if it would expire before the decision? It is valid until the end of this year then it will be replaced with the eu settlement scheme.
Thx for every advice!

No issue as your document was valid when you applied - and you are likely to get a decision well before the year end, fingers crossed. So no need to apply for PR document again, or for settled status.

[Laller]

Hi everyone, I am wondering..I have applied for naturalisation as a britis citizen. I used my permanent resident document. What would happen if it would expire before the decision? It is valid until the end of this year then it will be replaced with the eu settlement scheme.
Thx for every advice!

No issue as your document was valid when you applied - and you are likely to get a decision well before the year end, fingers crossed. So no need to apply for PR document again, or for settled status.

That is great news..thank you alterhase!!

[Sous49]

Hello there
I got the same reply one month ago.emailed again on the 20th of May and was advised that it is aproved but I will receive a letter to ask me to attend a ceremony when the situarion has improved

Good luck

Hi Sous49,

I remember you earlier got reply from <nationalitysupportteamfmt@homeoffice.gov.uk> in May, where did you contact later for updates? could you share your experience?

Hi StAndrews
Have you contacted the emails i added.did you get an upsate about your application

Please update us

Hi Sous49,

Thanks for your message and apologies to members if I offended them asking where they contacted for an update ...

I sent multiple emails but not a single reply from anyone, I was only replied once in May that decision being made and I should get it shortly.

I applied in mid January, so I assume they will update me close to the 6 months timeline. Being furloughed from March, just an extra anxiety when people get reply and even decision letters, while having clean immigration history of no overstay or criminal record and high tax payer.

I hope we all get it soon.

Hi there

So many congratulations .told you you will be ok

Happy for you

[standrews]

Hi Sous49,

I remember you earlier got reply from <nationalitysupportteamfmt@homeoffice.gov.uk> in May, where did you contact later for updates? could you share your experience?

Hi StAndrews
Have you contacted the emails i added.did you get an upsate about your application

Please update us

Hi Sous49,

Thanks for your message and apologies to members if I offended them asking where they contacted for an update ...

I sent multiple emails but not a single reply from anyone, I was only replied once in May that decision being made and I should get it shortly.

I applied in mid January, so I assume they will update me close to the 6 months timeline. Being furloughed from March, just an extra anxiety when people get reply and even decision letters, while having clean immigration history of no overstay or criminal record and high tax payer.

I hope we all get it soon.

Hi there

So many congratulations .told you you will be ok

Happy for you

Hey,

Many thanks and I hope you're doing well. Honestly some relief after several months it was a tough journey of 11 years finally coming to an end

Hoping that ceremonies will be resumed in 1-2 weeks and we able to complete the process.

[KenBossini]

Hi all,

What's the best email address to enquire about an update on my citizenship application?

Thanks,
K.

[BoyTed]

Hello Everyone,
Iam pleased to announce ive been granted citizenship received the decision today via post iam happy indeed because i had a complicating immigration history was overstayer and granted dlr 2012 and was supposed to apply in 2022
Wishing all those waiting goodluck and thanks to this forum the moderators and all of you.
This journey has ended and iam glad i don't have to deal with the HO again

[London22]

Hello Everyone,
Iam pleased to announce ive been granted citizenship received the decision today via post iam happy indeed because i had a complicating immigration history was overstayer and granted dlr 2012 and was supposed to apply in 2022
Wishing all those waiting goodluck and thanks to this forum the moderators and all of you.
This journey has ended and iam glad i don't have to deal with the HO again

Hello BoyTed
Many Congratulations.Please tell us here how many years you have overstayed & whether you worked during overstaying or not & on what basis you got ILR?? This may be very helpful for many people with ILR but previous overstaying holding them to apply .I will appreciate if you can share a brief immigration history as well.
Thank you

[BoyTed]

Hello Everyone,
Iam pleased to announce ive been granted citizenship received the decision today via post iam happy indeed because i had a complicating immigration history was overstayer and granted dlr 2012 and was supposed to apply in 2022
Wishing all those waiting goodluck and thanks to this forum the moderators and all of you.
This journey has ended and iam glad i don't have to deal with the HO again

Hello BoyTed
Many Congratulations.Please tell us here how many years you have overstayed & whether you worked during overstaying or not & on what basis you got ILR?? This may be very helpful for many people with ILR but previous overstaying holding them to apply .I will appreciate if you can share a brief immigration history as well.
Thank you

Hello London22,
I came in mid 2004 was refused asylum went underground worked illegally and supported myself in 2009 put in fresh application and in 2012 out of the blue got DLR in my post for 3 years then in 2015 applied for extension and got another 3 years and in 2018 applied for ILR and got it after six month of waiting December 2018 and following year December applied for BC got sent a questionnaire in May 2020 will post that separately return 4th of June and got the brown envelope today
These are the questions.
Information Requested

 

1.What steps did you take to regularise your stay during the period in question?


Please provide copies of any available correspondence

 

2.Where did you live during this period and who else lived there?
 

Please provide all addresses in full

 

3.Who was responsible for paying your accommodation costs (rent, utility bills etc)?



Please provide any available supporting evidence, eg utility bills, tenancy agreements, rent statements, mortgage statements etc

 

4.When and where did you work during this period?



Please provide evidence eg letters from employers, P60s/P45s, statements of account if self-employed

 

5.When and where did you study during this period?

 
Please provide evidence eg letters from colleges, certificates/qualifications

 

6.What benefits did you receive during this period?

 

Please provide evidence eg notification or award, schedules of payment

 

7.Did you receive funds from any other source during this period?


Please provide evidence, eg bank statements, receipts.  If supported by partner/family member, original evidence of their ability to fund such support will also be required

 

8.Is there any other information that you wish to provide that may be relevant to your application and the assessment of your ability to meet the good character requirement?

[CR001]

Hello BoyTed
Many Congratulations.Please tell us here how many years you have overstayed & whether you worked during overstaying or not & on what basis you got ILR?? This may be very helpful for many people with ILR but previous overstaying holding them to apply .I will appreciate if you can share a brief immigration history as well.
Thank you

Why can't you simply search the users posts and recent update in their own topic instead of asking for information to constantly be repeated again and again in topics that are NOT relevant to these questions!!

[London22]

Hello Everyone,
Iam pleased to announce ive been granted citizenship received the decision today via post iam happy indeed because i had a complicating immigration history was overstayer and granted dlr 2012 and was supposed to apply in 2022
Wishing all those waiting goodluck and thanks to this forum the moderators and all of you.
This journey has ended and iam glad i don't have to deal with the HO again

Hello BoyTed
Many Congratulations.Please tell us here how many years you have overstayed & whether you worked during overstaying or not & on what basis you got ILR?? This may be very helpful for many people with ILR but previous overstaying holding them to apply .I will appreciate if you can share a brief immigration history as well.
Thank you

Hello London22,
I came in mid 2004 was refused asylum went underground worked illegally and supported myself in 2009 put in fresh application and in 2012 out of the blue got DLR in my post for 3 years then in 2015 applied for extension and got another 3 years and in 2018 applied for ILR and got it after six month of waiting December 2018 and following year December applied for BC got sent a questionnaire in May 2020 will post that separately return 4th of June and got the brown envelope today
These are the questions.
Information Requested

 

1.What steps did you take to regularise your stay during the period in question?


Please provide copies of any available correspondence

 

2.Where did you live during this period and who else lived there?
 

Please provide all addresses in full

 

3.Who was responsible for paying your accommodation costs (rent, utility bills etc)?



Please provide any available supporting evidence, eg utility bills, tenancy agreements, rent statements, mortgage statements etc

 

4.When and where did you work during this period?



Please provide evidence eg letters from employers, P60s/P45s, statements of account if self-employed

 

5.When and where did you study during this period?

 
Please provide evidence eg letters from colleges, certificates/qualifications

 

6.What benefits did you receive during this period?

 

Please provide evidence eg notification or award, schedules of payment

 

7.Did you receive funds from any other source during this period?


Please provide evidence, eg bank statements, receipts.  If supported by partner/family member, original evidence of their ability to fund such support will also be required

 

8.Is there any other information that you wish to provide that may be relevant to your application and the assessment of your ability to meet the good character requirement?

Hello BoyTed
Thank you for your information.So HO doesn't follow its own guidance &can grant or refuse nationality to anyone they want .Rules don't make sense.Good for those who get granted but a nightmare for those who get refused on overstaying &working illegally or those who don't apply in fear of losing money due to confusing rules.Some cases like yours have a little hope for Overstayers if they want to take risk.Goodluck in future.

[BoyTed]

London22,
Home office is complicating in all immigration stages they are weird but iam happy it worked on my favour this time but had lots of bad decisions and bad luck with the system.
Thanks for the kind wishes.

[Present1]

Hi Everyone.
I received my Naturalisation decision in the Spam folder of my email. Its worth checking your spam folder if you are waiting for a decision until Home Office starts sending decisions by post.
I want to Thank everyone here specially moderators Secret.Simon, CR001 and others who put there valuable time helping answer application and immigration questions.
Thank you.

[Sohail222]

When did u apply ur timeline BC

[KenBossini]

I applied for Naturalisation 13th Jan and emailed HO for an update and below is the reply ...

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that a decision has now been made on your application, you should receive confirmation of this shortly.

The Home Office will endeavour to process applications and dispatch correspondence as quickly as possible, due to current circumstances this will take longer than normal to process.

Kind regards,

UKVI

Hi standrews,

Can you please let me know to which email address you sent the query?

Thanks,
K.

[standrews]

I applied for Naturalisation 13th Jan and emailed HO for an update and below is the reply ...

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that a decision has now been made on your application, you should receive confirmation of this shortly.

The Home Office will endeavour to process applications and dispatch correspondence as quickly as possible, due to current circumstances this will take longer than normal to process.

Kind regards,

UKVI

Hi standrews,

Can you please let me know to which email address you sent the query?

Thanks,
K.

Hi There,

Just ask for an update from <NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk> they will reply relatively fast within 1-3 days if they have an update.

If you didn't hear for a couple of days, then ask for an update from < FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk> who are not very good in replying fast.

Hope you hear about your approval very soon.

Goodluck!

[KenBossini]

I applied for Naturalisation 13th Jan and emailed HO for an update and below is the reply ...

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that a decision has now been made on your application, you should receive confirmation of this shortly.

The Home Office will endeavour to process applications and dispatch correspondence as quickly as possible, due to current circumstances this will take longer than normal to process.

Kind regards,

UKVI

Hi standrews,

Can you please let me know to which email address you sent the query?

Thanks,
K.

Hi There,

Just ask for an update from <NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk> they will reply relatively fast within 1-3 days if they have an update.

If you didn't hear for a couple of days, then ask for an update from < FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk> who are not very good in replying fast.

Hope you hear about your approval very soon.

Goodluck!

Thank you very much. I will try this.

Regards,
K.

[mohammadpour]

I have applied since october 2019 and i email HO twice in 1 may and 1 july they have replayd with same responde nothing going forward! Does anyone know how long more i have to wait

Good Morning,

Thank you for your email.
Your application is currently awaiting allocation to caseworker, we are currently working with reduced staffing levels due to the corona virus pandemic as per government guidelines

 We will contact you should we require any further information, or once a decision has been made

 Kind regards,

 

[Frou01]

I have applied since october 2019 and i email HO twice in 1 may and 1 july they have replayd with same responde nothing going forward! Does anyone know how long more i have to wait

Good Morning,

Thank you for your email.
Your application is currently awaiting allocation to caseworker, we are currently working with reduced staffing levels due to the corona virus pandemic as per government guidelines

 We will contact you should we require any further information, or once a decision has been made

 Kind regards,

 

This response appears so odd when we see some people being approved within 5 days from date of biometrics.

[KenBossini]

I applied for Naturalisation 13th Jan and emailed HO for an update and below is the reply ...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that a decision has now been made on your application, you should receive confirmation of this shortly.

The Home Office will endeavour to process applications and dispatch correspondence as quickly as possible, due to current circumstances this will take longer than normal to process.

Kind regards,

UKVI

Hi standrews,

Can you please let me know to which email address you sent the query?

Thanks,
K.

Hi There,

Just ask for an update from <NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk> they will reply relatively fast within 1-3 days if they have an update.

If you didn't hear for a couple of days, then ask for an update from < FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk> who are not very good in replying fast.

Hope you hear about your approval very soon.

Goodluck!

This worked. Thanks again!

I got an email with pdf letter attached dated 15th Jul confirming my naturalisation. However, the accompanying email said the decision was made on 11th Mar. I wonder if I missed any communication in the interim as they normally wouldn't wait 4+ months to convey the decision.

Regards,
K.

[Sohail222]

What is it approval pdf of your application dated 15 July did you send them email asking about update????

[KenBossini]

What is it approval pdf of your application dated 15 July did you send them email asking about update????

Yes I sent an email to NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk

[Sohail222]

Congratulations to you I apply my wife on the 27feb 2020 through solicitor I don’t have case ID MY solicitor said Covid is the delay if apply myself I could have case I’d i don’t want to get involved as I instructed solicitor better to wait close to 6 months then I ask my solicitor hopefully should here before then .

[beginat]

UKVCAS update 20/07/2020
Applications from 1st June to 30June are in process.
Last month it was came on 29/06/2019. The process looks accilerated

[Gurly93]

Hello there
I have sent my application back in October 2019 and I have not heard anything since so decided to email them.. i got this response

I refer to your application for British Citizenship and your email enquiry. Upon investigation I can confirm that your citizenship ceremony documents have not yet been printed or despatched to the local authority. Your citizenship paperwork will be generated in coming weeks when current restrictions due to Coronavirus are eased.

In normal circumstances customers were required to book their citizenship ceremony within three months of being sent an invitation from the Home Office. Due to the current circumstances we have extended this period to six months. We will keep this under constant review. Please be assured that no adverse decisions will be made on your application because of delays caused by Coronavirus (unless there is a material change in your circumstances, for example, you are convicted of a criminal offence).


It does not state if my apllication has been approved or still under review?
Just wondering if anyone got a similar response from them???

Thank you

[Humble123]

It’s good news ... your application is approved. Congrats