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Hi,
I would really appreciate if someone, moderators please, could advise me regarding my query.
My wife and two children applied for British naturalization on 18.09.2021 after completing one year and two months on ILR.
We have not yet received any decision on their application. We contacted the Home Office twice via emails and once via phone call. All they said was that they are still busy in checks and that applications are taking time.
It has been now 2 years and 2 months. We are worried.
Please guide us what to do and what is this taking so long.
Kind regards
Naseer

consult this guide https://www.immigrationboards.com/month ... 43483.html and write to the undersecretary for migration https://members.parliament.uk/member/4253/contact

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:08 pm

consult this guide https://www.immigrationboards.com/month ... 43483.html and write to the undersecretary for migration https://members.parliament.uk/member/4253/contact

Thank you very much for your information. Could I please just ask one more thing it that is okay? Is it possible that the Home Office has has lost our naturalisation application? I know it is online but are there any chances of losing the application? As it is more than two years now, sometimes this thought comes to my mind. And if they have lost it, what happens in that case. We have waited for far too long and have paid a huge fee as well.
I would really appreciate your reply.
Regards
Naseer.

It looks like your application got lost. They are required by law to process your application within 6 months of applying, unless there are special circumstances in which case they must inform you of the delay.

You are now well within your rights to lodge an official complaint. You can do this by emailing your complaint to complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk; I also suggest to add the following recipients in email copy: nationalitysupportteamfmt@homeoffice.gov.uk, nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk, and citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Note the 6 months is an “aspiration “ not a legally enforceable target as suggested.

Naseer wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 7:52 pm

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:08 pm

consult this guide https://www.immigrationboards.com/month ... 43483.html and write to the undersecretary for migration https://members.parliament.uk/member/4253/contact

Thank you very much for your information. Could I please just ask one more thing it that is okay? Is it possible that the Home Office has has lost our naturalisation application? I know it is online but are there any chances of losing the application? As it is more than two years now, sometimes this thought comes to my mind. And if they have lost it, what happens in that case. We have waited for far too long and have paid a huge fee as well.
I would really appreciate your reply.
Regards
Naseer.

Follow the guide I linked above and inform your MP as well as the Home Office Secretary and the undersecretary of migration with your timeline.

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2024 9:51 am

Naseer wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2024 7:52 pm

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:08 pm

consult this guide https://www.immigrationboards.com/month ... 43483.html and write to the undersecretary for migration https://members.parliament.uk/member/4253/contact

Thank you very much for your information. Could I please just ask one more thing it that is okay? Is it possible that the Home Office has has lost our naturalisation application? I know it is online but are there any chances of losing the application? As it is more than two years now, sometimes this thought comes to my mind. And if they have lost it, what happens in that case. We have waited for far too long and have paid a huge fee as well.
I would really appreciate your reply.
Regards
Naseer.

Follow the guide I linked above and inform your MP as well as the Home Office Secretary and the undersecretary of migration with your timeline.

Thank you very much for your time and reply.
Regards

OdinTheWise wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2024 2:00 am

It looks like your application got lost. They are required by law to process your application within 6 months of applying, unless there are special circumstances in which case they must inform you of the delay.

You are now well within your rights to lodge an official complaint. You can do this by emailing your complaint to complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk; I also suggest to add the following recipients in email copy: nationalitysupportteamfmt@homeoffice.gov.uk, nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk, and citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Thank you very much for your time and reply.
Regards

Hi,
Could I please request some guidance in an issue which has been troubling us for more than 2.5 years?
My wife and two children applied for thier naturalisation application bo become British citizens on 22.08.2022. Since then we have been waiting for decision but it has not yet arrived. Then on this forum, I was advised to write to the Home Secretery and contact my MP .We did that. The Home Office sent the same automated replies to the MP as well that they are making enquiries.
Now we received an email from Home Office asking us to submit biometrics within 45 working days. We did that via UKVCAS IDV app and submitted everything that was required, including biometrics. My questions are:
1. Why are they asking to submit biometrics after more than 2.5 years of waiting?
2. If we have to do biometrics again, how do we do that? The reason for this is that UKVCAS IDV app does not allow us to login now and we submitted application online, paid the full fee including biometrics fee?
We wrote to them some time ago that we completed all the steps but there is no response.

Could someone please advise us in this matter?
We woud be extremely grateful to you.
Regards
Naseer.