TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[roopscisco]

I NEED SOMEHELP

Is alrite to call UKBA and ask the progress of my application? Is there anyone who called and was told the dicision?

many thaks

Hello there,

I have called the UKBA & questioned about the progress & i have been told that the decesion is made already, but UKBA didnt tell me what was it, & adviesd me to wait until receive it via post. Thats all.

Have applied via NCS on 28 of Sep.


COULD YOU CORREN THE DATE. THANKS
Called then on 25 of Sep.
Decesion Letter received the letter on 27 of Sep (Dated on 15 of Sep.)

Sorry about the dates :

applied via NCS : 28 of Sep.
Called UKBA 25 of Oct
Decesion Letter received : 27 of Oct (Dated on 15th Of Oct)..


Regards

[mumtos]

I NEED SOMEHELP

Is alrite to call UKBA and ask the progress of my application? Is there anyone who called and was told the dicision?

many thaks

Hello there,

I have called the UKBA & questioned about the progress & i have been told that the decesion is made already, but UKBA didnt tell me what was it, & adviesd me to wait until receive it via post. Thats all.

Have applied via NCS on 28 of Sep.

Called then on 25 of Sep.
Decesion Letter received the letter on 27 of Sep (Dated on 15 of Sep.)

Regards

Hi, i have the similiar case as its been more than 5 weeks i have not recieved any thing except for the acknowledgment letter..but the other day i phoned the HO and asked about my application progress n they said that decision has been made and you should recieve a letter within next few days..they didnt disclose the decsion as they were not allowed to but as i was so desperate to knw i did something else...
i rang the local council where i am expecting the citizenship ceremony and asked them if they got my name on the list of next scheduled ceremony and luckily they said yes they have and they have recieved my naturalisation certificate already and are goin to send me an invitation letter soon..
so i am veryyy xcited and relaxed to know the decision even i havnt recieved the approval letter from HO...
thts was the trick so ppl who r worried can try tht too...it may work..
thanks..

[ICEBREAKER]

I NEED SOMEHELP

Is alrite to call UKBA and ask the progress of my application? Is there anyone who called and was told the dicision?

many thaks

Hello there,

I have called the UKBA & questioned about the progress & i have been told that the decesion is made already, but UKBA didnt tell me what was it, & adviesd me to wait until receive it via post. Thats all.

Have applied via NCS on 28 of Sep.

Called then on 25 of Sep.
Decesion Letter received the letter on 27 of Sep (Dated on 15 of Sep.)

Regards

Hi, i have the similiar case as its been more than 5 weeks i have not recieved any thing except for the acknowledgment letter..but the other day i phoned the HO and asked about my application progress n they said that decision has been made and you should recieve a letter within next few days..they didnt disclose the decsion as they were not allowed to but as i was so desperate to knw i did something else...
i rang the local council where i am expecting the citizenship ceremony and asked them if they got my name on the list of next scheduled ceremony and luckily they said yes they have and they have recieved my naturalisation certificate already and are goin to send me an invitation letter soon..
so i am veryyy xcited and relaxed to know the decision even i havnt recieved the approval letter from HO...
thts was the trick so ppl who r worried can try tht too...it may work..
thanks..

MAN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT..CALLING MY LOCAL COUNCIL CAMDEN BUT HAVEN'T DONE YET. you geniuos are u an engineer by any cahnce.....we have some similar thinkin.

[geriatrix]

icebreaker, please avoid shouting when posting in the forum.


regards

[ICEBREAKER]

icebreaker, please avoid shouting when posting in the forum.


regards

sorry

[mashroom1]

NCS or Postal: NCS - Leeds
CRITERIA - HSMP JR + 1yr ILR
Date of submission: 1 October 2010
Date of Debit Card deduction: 7 October 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 13 October Dated 7 October.

No Further update so far.....

[RAJ2007]

NCS or Postal: NCS
CRITERIA - 10yrs Long residency + 1yr ILR
Date of submission: 9th September 2010
Date reached HO: 10th September 2010
Date of Debit Card deduction: 20 September 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 21 SeptemberDated 20 Sept.
Date UKBA made decision: 1st October 2010
Date of receipt of approval letter: 12th October 2010
Date of ceremony - 20th October 2010
Date of Passport application - 20th October 2010 (C& S)
Application received at IPS- 25th October 2010
Booking Reference for interview obtained over phone-26th October 2010
Date of receipt of supporting documents -27th October 2010
Date of Passport interview - 27th October 2010
Date of receipt of passport-29th October 2010

Received passport today, old style passport.

[magsi23]

Congratulations Raj

Seems like no one has yet received New version passport?


Regards

[balded]

Could someone explain please the difference between:

Date UKBA made decision

and

Date of receipt of approval letter

Which information is contained in "UKBA made decision" ? do UKBA tell what the
decision is, in their first mail ?

thanks, Ed

[mumtos]

Could someone explain please the difference between:

Date UKBA made decision

and

Date of receipt of approval letter

Which information is contained in "UKBA made decision" ? do UKBA tell what the
decision is, in their first mail ?

thanks, Ed

date UKBA made decision is the date typed on the letter which you get a bit later because it can`t reach you the same day they post it.

date of reciept of approval letter is the date when you recieve it in post...!

the letter that u recieve cleary tell u about your approval/rejection of application , is called the UKBA made decisoin..

i think i have replied correct..hope this answers your question

thanks

[Tangozebra]

Acknowledgement Letter Received: 3octorber 2010 (dated 30 sep O 2010)
still waiting for the Approval letter.TODAY'S DATE IS 26. OCTOBER STILL WAITING. i can see most of you are getting approved within two weeks or three


joebloggs

I THINK ME AND YOU WERE FORGOTEN ONCE, COZ 99.9% OF THE APPLICATION SENT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITHIN THE AVERAGE OF 3 WEEKS. WE KEEP PRAYING TO GOD, HOPE FULLY WE WILL GET RESPONCE SOON.

My quest is HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT ANY suggestions. Thank you in advance

My acknowledgement letter is dated a week earlier than yours yet I have not received any correspondence since....I am very concerned like you.

I'm in the similar situation as you mate. Application was sent on the 17th of Sept. and they sent a payment declined letter on the 27th of Sept. I sent a new payment instruction on the 30th of Sept. and the payment was taken on the 5th of Oct and I have been waiting ever since then really. I called them today and they said that my application has not yet been assigned to a case worker even though it was transferred to the case working team on the 5th of Oct. I am starting to get worked up.

[dee74]

Could someone explain please the difference between:

Date UKBA made decision

and

Date of receipt of approval letter

if you're lucky the difference is about 10 days.
Man, what's wrong with you? Plain English!
Recently Germany plan to introduce IQ tests before the citizenship can be granted. Sometimes I thing the HM government should do the same.
Best wishes

[ICEBREAKER]

I NEED SOMEHELP

Is alrite to call UKBA and ask the progress of my application? Is there anyone who called and was told the dicision?

many thaks

Hello there,

I have called the UKBA & questioned about the progress & i have been told that the decesion is made already, but UKBA didnt tell me what was it, & adviesd me to wait until receive it via post. Thats all.

Have applied via NCS on 28 of Sep.

Called then on 25 of Sep.
Decesion Letter received the letter on 27 of Sep (Dated on 15 of Sep.)

Regards

Hi, i have the similiar case as its been more than 5 weeks i have not recieved any thing except for the acknowledgment letter..but the other day i phoned the HO and asked about my application progress n they said that decision has been made and you should recieve a letter within next few days..they didnt disclose the decsion as they were not allowed to but as i was so desperate to knw i did something else...
i rang the local council where i am expecting the citizenship ceremony and asked them if they got my name on the list of next scheduled ceremony and luckily they said yes they have and they have recieved my naturalisation certificate already and are goin to send me an invitation letter soon..
so i am veryyy xcited and relaxed to know the decision even i havnt recieved the approval letter from HO...
thts was the trick so ppl who r worried can try tht too...it may work..
thanks..

I called my local council they said they haven't recieved yet. It happened i was expecting so i will waite and see the outcome am not bothered to call them

[psychedelic79]

Could someone explain please the difference between:

Date UKBA made decision

and

Date of receipt of approval letter

if you're lucky the difference is about 10 days.
Man, what's wrong with you? Plain English!
Recently Germany plan to introduce IQ tests before the citizenship can be granted. Sometimes I thing the HM government should do the same.
Best wishes

One of the qualities I admire among British people is their tolerance and you can argue that immigrants should be tested on this quality before they get their British passport. Please be aware immigrants have different level of exposure in their homeland and what sounds like plain English to you might not be the same to some one else.

Cheers.

[balded]

Thanks for the answers. I just wandered why it sometimes takes
10 days between the decision and the letter informing about it.

Special thanks to dee74 for being so rude.

[dee74]

Thanks for the answers. I just wandered why it sometimes takes
10 days between the decision and the letter informing about it.

Special thanks to dee74 for being so rude.

Apology if you feel upset. It wasn't my intention to be rude however I truly and deliberately was doing my best to be sarcastic. You know, local sense of humour is a part of our naturalisation process.
Dee74

PS: simply -the question was wrongly asked

[psychedelic79]

NCS Hamilton
Date of submission 12/10/10
Date reached HO 13/10/10
CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card 15/10/10 (+2 days)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement 22/10/10 - dated 15/10/10 (+9 days)
Date of receipt of approval - Awaiting
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council - 30/10/10 - dated 29/10/10 (+17 days)
Date of Ceremony - 01/12/10
Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt

As mentioned above I received the invitation to attend the Citizenship ceremony today, but still haven't received the approval letter from the HO.
Staff at the Lanarkshire council must be super efficient

[fsh]

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission: 14th October 2010
Date reached HO: 18th October 2010
Date of Debit Card deduction: 22nd October 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 28th October (Dated 22nd Oct.)
Date UKBA made decision:
Date of receipt of approval letter:
Date of ceremony -
Date of Passport application -
Application received at IPS-
Booking Reference for interview obtained over phone-
Date of receipt of supporting documents -
Date of Passport interview -
Date of receipt of passport

[Generalisimus]

Thanks for the answers. I just wandered why it sometimes takes
10 days between the decision and the letter informing about it.

Special thanks to dee74 for being so rude.

It can take that long because after a decision has been made, the letter needs to be printed and sent (by second class post). Normally, those three phases (decision-making, printing of the letter and sending it out) take place on different days. For instance, in my case, decision was made on the 14th, letter printed on the 15th and posted on the 18th, to arrive on the 21st.

[roopscisco]

NCS
Date of submission 28/09/2010
Date reached HO 29/09/2010
CRITERIA - 4yr HSMP JR + 1 yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card 1/10/10
Date of receipt of acknowledgement 08/10/10 - dated 01/10/10
Date of receipt of approval - 15/09/2010.
Date of Ceremony - 02/11/10
Rest in progress...

[ICEBREAKER]

still waiting, it has been 5 weeks since i got the acknowledgment letter. i wanted to give them a call but since everyone who rang them is not getting the answer i decided to wait whatever it takes.

I can see most of the folks on here had 1yrs ILR i think that helps since there were checked a year ago, they process their application very fast.

other who had their ILR for 5 years 'like me' need extra time to be checked. that is based on my opinion and my experience on this lovely site.

Than God

[ICEBREAKER]

Thanks for the answers. I just wandered why it sometimes takes
10 days between the decision and the letter informing about it.

Special thanks to dee74 for being so rude.

Apology if you feel upset. It wasn't my intention to be rude however I truly and deliberately was doing my best to be sarcastic. You know, local sense of humour is a part of our naturalisation process.
Dee74

PS: simply -the question was wrongly asked

unlike you dee74 refugee or people who fled from their original country have many reasons to be like this because some of them was hurt very badly. imagine a whole family been killed except ' elderly grandma' and the survivor is applying for naturalization what will you expect from him/her. leave alone the IQ his mind is half gone my friend because of what happened. please patience

[Generalisimus]

icebreaker et al, would you mind deleting the contents of these "IQ" discussion posts, as they take up real estate on the forum and make it more difficult to search for relevant tips and clarifications? Many thanks!

[dee74]

[...] the survivor is applying for naturalization what will you expect from him/her.

Indeed. I would expext from the applicant to be naturalised enought to apply for naturalisation. This includes local sense of humour which obviously might be very helpful to 'close the door to the past behind'.
Being british does not only mean to be the British Passport holder and to cross the borders with 'how are you today' rather than 'what is purpose of your journey'.
Anyway - I recommend Monty Python. It helps.
Best wishes
D>

[balded]

I am actually quite amused by the discussion about my IQ:
I am a professor of mathematics, specializing in algebraic topology ...
(my question was indeed a bit silly -it can happen to anyone, even to math professors !)