March 2015 Naturalization application timeline

[cinared]

Did you receive your acknowledgement before your fee has been deducted?

[annoyed]

*Update*
Eligibility criteria: 5 year wp + ILR in 2013
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Degree printout from PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Kingston upon Thames
Date of application: 19/03/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/03/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 10/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/04/2015
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[Abuzaid]

Applied: 19/03/2015
Fee deducted: TBC
Acknowledgment received: 07th April by email
Approval: TBC
Ceremony: TBC

Just wanna confirm r u still waiting for your fee to be taken out from your account, because I can see in your post that you have already received your acknowledgement!!!!

[Jani2015]

update
Finally my account balance dropd by £906

[janto]

Update. Finally received my acknowledgement letter today - why oh why do they have to send everything 2nd class?!

Eligibility criteria: Married to BC (went down EEA3 route first to get my "document certifying permanent residence")
Language criteria met: UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 18/03/2015
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/03/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 10/04/2015 (dated 01/04/2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/04/2015

[jaweb]

[quote="janto"]Update. Finally received my acknowledgement letter today - why oh why do they have to send everything 2nd class?!

[quote="janto"]Eligibility criteria: Married to BC (went down EEA3 route first to get my "document certifying permanent residence")
Language criteria met: UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 18/03/2015
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/03/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 10/04/2015 (dated 01/04/2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/04/2015
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Dont worry! They will send your approval or invitation letter 2nd calss too

[tulip11]

any approvals today ?

[rsingh]

Applied: 19/03/2015
Fee deducted: TBC
Acknowledgment received: 07th April by email
Approval: TBC
Ceremony: TBC

Just wanna confirm r u still waiting for your fee to be taken out from your account, because I can see in your post that you have already received your acknowledgement!!!!

''still waiting for fee to be taken out from my account''' dont know what they are doing....

[wmazhar]

Still no news for us

Even from passport office for myself. I applied on 26 February and still no passport. It's crazy :-/


Hopefully some good news come soon!

You applied for passport?

[apocolypto]

[Update #5] Good News - Alhamdulillah got my approval today!

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 (General) + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK Masters Degree.
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS.
Council name if NCS used: Barking.
Date of application: 11-03-2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12-03-2015 ( Royal Mail Tracking) (Update #1)
Date of acknowledgment: 19-03-2015 (Via Email) (Update #3)
Date of acknowledgment: 23-03-2015 (Via Letter, dated 18-03-2015) (Update #4)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18-03-2015 (update #2)
Date approval received: 10-04-2015 (Via Letter, dated 31-03-2015) (Update #5)
Date of ceremony: Waiting

The letter says I need to contact my council for the ceremony within 21 days. I am doing this but not getting through to them. will keep trying for the rest of the day
Please pray for a successful, swift, trouble-free and fast turn around of my application.

[tulip11]

[Update #5] Good News - Alhamdulillah got my approval today!

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 (General) + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK Masters Degree.
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS.
Council name if NCS used: Barking.
Date of application: 11-03-2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12-03-2015 ( Royal Mail Tracking) (Update #1)
Date of acknowledgment: 19-03-2015 (Via Email) (Update #3)
Date of acknowledgment: 23-03-2015 (Via Letter, dated 18-03-2015) (Update #4)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18-03-2015 (update #2)
Date approval received: 10-04-2015 (Via Letter, dated 31-03-2015) (Update #5)
Date of ceremony: Waiting

The letter says I need to contact my council for the ceremony within 21 days. I am doing this but not getting through to them. will keep trying for the rest of the day
Please pray for a successful, swift, trouble-free and fast turn around of my application.

congratulations

[janto]

Dont worry! They will send your approval or invitation letter 2nd calss too

I know! Maybe I should have included a couple of 1st class stamps with my application...

[apocolypto]

The letter says I need to contact my council for the ceremony within 21 days. I am doing this but not getting through to them. will keep trying for the rest of the day
Please pray for a successful, swift, trouble-free and fast turn around of my application.

congratulations . I am from Pakistan and i think due to my country it is taking too long you know what I mean. still waiting

Thank you Tulip. I have been seeing your posts for some time now and I genuinely pray and hope that you get your approval VERY soon inshAllah. I don't think country of origin has any connection to the application. I am from Pak too but but Alhamdulillah got my approval in exactly a month time. I am very confident that you will get yours very soon too. Please don't lose hope!

By the way I just spoke to the council for my ceremony and they said that they have not had any letter from home office in regards to my ceremony yet. My approval is dated 31/03 and sent via 2nd class post and arrived in about 10 days. Council letter (according to the lady I spoke to) are all special delivery / signed for packages, so how come I received mine before the council? is it the case of them not having opened up and sorted out their post yet? shall I try again a bit later today? she asked me to call them again on Monday, I really can't wait that long!! Can anyone please shed some light on this for me? thanks

[tulip11]

The letter says I need to contact my council for the ceremony within 21 days. I am doing this but not getting through to them. will keep trying for the rest of the day
Please pray for a successful, swift, trouble-free and fast turn around of my application.

congratulations . I am from Pakistan and i think due to my country it is taking too long you know what I mean. still waiting

Thank you Tulip. I have been seeing your posts for some time now and I genuinely pray and hope that you get your approval VERY soon inshAllah. I don't think country of origin has any connection to the application. I am from Pak too but but Alhamdulillah got my approval in exactly a month time. I am very confident that you will get yours very soon too. Please don't lose hope!

By the way I just spoke to the council for my ceremony and they said that they have not had any letter from home office in regards to my ceremony yet. My approval is dated 31/03 and sent via 2nd class post and arrived in about 10 days. Council letter (according to the lady I spoke to) are all special delivery / signed for packages, so how come I received mine before the council? is it the case of them not having opened up and sorted out their post yet? shall I try again a bit later today? she asked me to call them again on Monday, I really can't wait that long!! Can anyone please shed some light on this for me? thanks

Jazak Allah khair bro InshaAllah hope to get it soon with everyone who is still waiting ameen.
well you dont worry I read somewhere on other thread that the applicant receives the letter before council get it. Give it few days inshaAllah it will be fine. Now just sit back and relax

[jaweb]

[quote="wmazhar"][quote="jaweb"]Still no news for us

Even from passport office for myself. I applied on 26 February and still no passport. It's crazy :-/


Hopefully some good news come soon![/quote]

You applied for passport?[/quote]

This March time line is for my husband. I applied for mine in October and received my approval within 5 weeks.

So as I am a British citizen already I applied for the passport
Hope, it's clear now

[Tangie]

Still no news for us

Even from passport office for myself. I applied on 26 February and still no passport. It's crazy :-/


Hopefully some good news come soon!

You applied for passport?

This March time line is for my husband. I applied for mine in October and received my approval within 5 weeks.

So as I am a British citizen already I applied for the passport
Hope, it's clear now

Called the naturalization department. #03001232253 option 1.
Was told that there is a back log of application, bank holidays, and new rules is causing the delay to people application as to sending them approval letter, taking payment out of the bank and sending out acknowledgement letter. Just wanted to share it with you all. Also I was told something very interesting. If you look at your ILR approval letter it might say if you are /not all to apply for naturalization.
Thinking of you Tulip, it will come, try and stay positive dear.xx

[jaweb]

[quote="Tangie"][quote="jaweb"][quote="wmazhar"][quote="jaweb"]Still no news for us

Even from passport office for myself. I applied on 26 February and still no passport. It's crazy :-/


Hopefully some good news come soon![/quote]

You applied for passport?[/quote]

This March time line is for my husband. I applied for mine in October and received my approval within 5 weeks.

So as I am a British citizen already I applied for the passport
Hope, it's clear now [/quote]


Called the naturalization department. #03001232253 option 1.
Was told that there is a back log of application, bank holidays, and new rules is causing the delay to people application as to sending them approval letter, taking payment out of the bank and sending out acknowledgement letter. Just wanted to share it with you all. Also I was told something very interesting. If you look at your ILR approval letter it might say if you are /not all to apply for naturalization.
Thinking of you Tulip, it will come, try and stay positive dear.xx[/quote]


Thanks Tangie

[wmazhar]

[Update #5] Good News - Alhamdulillah got my approval today!

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 (General) + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK Masters Degree.
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS.
Council name if NCS used: Barking.
Date of application: 11-03-2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12-03-2015 ( Royal Mail Tracking) (Update #1)
Date of acknowledgment: 19-03-2015 (Via Email) (Update #3)
Date of acknowledgment: 23-03-2015 (Via Letter, dated 18-03-2015) (Update #4)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18-03-2015 (update #2)
Date approval received: 10-04-2015 (Via Letter, dated 31-03-2015) (Update #5)
Date of ceremony: Waiting

The letter says I need to contact my council for the ceremony within 21 days. I am doing this but not getting through to them. will keep trying for the rest of the day
Please pray for a successful, swift, trouble-free and fast turn around of my application.

Great news! congratulations
we applied together and you got it now
Enjoy!!

[tulip11]

Called the naturalization department. #03001232253 option 1.
Was told that there is a back log of application, bank holidays, and new rules is causing the delay to people application as to sending them approval letter, taking payment out of the bank and sending out acknowledgement letter. Just wanted to share it with you all. Also I was told something very interesting. If you look at your ILR approval letter it might say if you are /not all to apply for naturalization.
Thinking of you Tulip, it will come, try and stay positive dear.xx[/quote]

Thanks Tangie

[cinared]

That's comforting as I was going to ring them next week since it will be 3 weeks and no money taken or acknolwedgement! They should hire more staff to deal with backlog as we are paying so much money for not a great service!

[rakeysh.patel]

No news is good news for today. There's always tomorrow, chin up folks

[fwd079]

No news is good news for today. There's always tomorrow, chin up folks

Indeed, with a small sample tellings us they have approximately 7,000 applications per month. I'd not worry if we are a bit delayed.

[rakeysh.patel]

No news is good news for today. There's always tomorrow, chin up folks

Indeed, with a small sample tellings us they have approximately 7,000 applications per month. I'd not worry if we are a bit delayed.

True - I don't think anyone argues the complexity and workload. I guess it's more of being transparent in terms of what's going on and level of service for the amount of fees charged. At least for those who have straight forward cases, should be sent their merry way in time. I have not a single spot on my head (gone through all the checks inc CTC, DBS etc in one of my volunteer work) and see no reason for anything to be delayed and I'm sure there are many whose been waiting for far longer than I have been!

Anyways, it will come. Matter of staying positive. Enjoy the sun folks

[fwd079]

Yes, but straightforward or complex, in each case citizenship is a privilege not a right ( page 8 ) so they can take as much time as possible to satisfy themselves. I've kept telling this to all friends etc in same situation and keep hoping for the quick and positive outcome.

[KD1104]

I've been reading everyone's comments since I've applied,
so here is mine

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ILR 15 yrs
Method of application: NCS Wansworth
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/3/15
Date of debit of fees: 9/4/15
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting