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afnadim
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by afnadim » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:50 pm
[quote="jojo351"]your date looks bit confusing, did you mean 03.03. 2015?
"Sorry guys for bit confusion..acknowledgement received on 24.04.15 dated 20.04.15"
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bosh83
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by bosh83 » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:52 pm
Still waiting
Applied : 09/03/15

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bosh83
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by bosh83 » Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:00 pm
bosh83 wrote:Still waiting
Applied : 09/03/15

Good luck to all of you
Here my time line application
5years+1year
1 adult + 1 child
Life in UK & b1 English
Nationality: Eritrea
Received by ho: 9/3/15
Money taking: 13/3/15
Knowledge litter: 13/3/15 by email.. by post on the 17/3/15 dated: 13/3/15...
Waiting for the rest
Good luck to all of you again
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mindhunter89
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by mindhunter89 » Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:01 pm
Still waiting applied 02/03/15 btw I'm away for 1 week going back on Monday hope there will be brown envelope waiting for me (I don't think so)

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Tenacity
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by Tenacity » Sat Jun 06, 2015 9:23 pm
mindhunter89 wrote:Still waiting applied 02/03/15 btw I'm away for 1 week going back on Monday hope there will be brown envelope waiting for me (I don't think so)

Hello Mindhunter,
I was wondering if your BRP card was also returned when u requested for your documents. If anyone knows please enlighten me as I am also about to request for just my documents as I applied by posting on the 5th of May 2015.
Thank you as you respond and best of luck to everyone....
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Nandysl
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by Nandysl » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:18 am
Good morning everyone, I have a question. Does approval coming with special delivery and signed for? I had received a post, but need towait till tomorrow to collected... Thank you. Have a wonderful day

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sagareva
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by sagareva » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:40 am
Nandysl wrote:Good morning everyone, I have a question. Does approval coming with special delivery and signed for? I had received a post, but need towait till tomorrow to collected... Thank you. Have a wonderful day

no these all come in regular BROWN envelopes, not signed for
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Tangie
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by Tangie » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:24 am
Nandysl wrote:Good morning everyone, I have a question. Does approval coming with special delivery and signed for? I had received a post, but need towait till tomorrow to collected... Thank you. Have a wonderful day

Nandy's the famous brown envelope is send via regular mail. Unless it is your documents.
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toorban.mandal
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by toorban.mandal » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:05 am
My post revised with the correct dates.....
Eligibility criteria:5 years+1 year ILR
Language criteria met: (IELTS)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Council name if NCS used: Newcastle upon Tyne
Date of application:30.03.2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc:CC
Date of receipt by UKBA:1.04.2015
Date of acknowledgment:24.04.15(Dated 20.03.15)
Date of debit or clearance of fees:20.04.15
Date approval received:waiting
Date of ceremony:Waiting
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jojo351
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by jojo351 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:58 am
Tangie wrote:Nandysl wrote:Good morning everyone, I have a question. Does approval coming with special delivery and signed for? I had received a post, but need towait till tomorrow to collected... Thank you. Have a wonderful day

Nandy's the famous brown envelope is send via regular mail. Unless it is your documents.
even provided HO with a prepaid special envelope for a trackable delivery?
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bosh83
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by bosh83 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:01 pm
for march applacint do we need that
Biometric information
You must also provide your biometric information (fingerprints and a photo). This costs £19.20.
The Home Office will tell you when you need to provide your biometric information. Your biometric information is only held until you’ve attended a citizenship ceremony.
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kmunir
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by kmunir » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:16 pm
Application for myself, wife and our son
Eligibility criteria: Tier1 - 5 years + ILR 1 year.
Language criteria met: IELTS (self), Trinity certificate (wife)
Nationality: PK
Method of application: NCS (Nottingham, Carlton Registration Office)
Date of application: 31/03/2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/04/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 15/04/2015 (Email)
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting
Regards,
KM
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jojo351
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by jojo351 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:58 pm
bosh83 wrote:for march applacint do we need that
Biometric information
You must also provide your biometric information (fingerprints and a photo). This costs £19.20.
The Home Office will tell you when you need to provide your biometric information. Your biometric information is only held until you’ve attended a citizenship ceremony.
not if you applied it before 6th April
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kmunir
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by kmunir » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:20 pm
Updating my payment date below:
kmunir wrote:Application for myself, wife and our son
Eligibility criteria: Tier1 - 5 years + ILR 1 year.
Language criteria met: IELTS (self), Trinity certificate (wife)
Nationality: PK
Method of application: NCS (Nottingham, Carlton Registration Office)
Date of application: 31/03/2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/04/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 15/04/2015 (Email)
Payment deducted: 15/04/2015
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting
Regards,
KM
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afnadim
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by afnadim » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:22 am
Haven't seen any approval for sometimes now??whats going on??last approval was somebody who applied on the 26th of march.Its been more than a weeks i guess!!
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by tier210 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:28 am
tier210 wrote:My joint application timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK + UK degree + pbs printout.
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 09/03/2015
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Don't know
Date of acknowledgment: Received on 23/03/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18/03/2015
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC
Wonder if naturalisation app through 10 year route's ILR takes longer or same time as other applicants?
Also should joint applicants take longer?
Completed 3 months since applied.
Feeling a little:
Worry
Frustrated
Hopeful
Jealous
Had thought if I got a response by June, will travel to Europe later this year, but all doomed and gloom

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imraniqbal2010
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by imraniqbal2010 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:30 am
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by rakeysh.patel » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:57 am
So from that FOI request, which can only be right, there is 82% cases outstanding!!!
God bless those March applicants - Here is a by month breakdown
Month - Total Application - Approved - Pending - % Approved
Jan - 7475 - 4885 - 2590 - 65%
Feb - 8440 - 4810 - 3630 - 57%
Mar - 11710 - 2145 - 9565 - 18%
Last edited by
rakeysh.patel on Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
An [Expensive] Immigrant journey has ended 19/08/2015. Good luck to you all out there...
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blooms
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by blooms » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:02 pm
rakeysh.patel wrote:So from that FOI request, which can only be right, there is 82% cases outstanding!!!
God bless those March applicants - Here is a by month breakdown
Month - Total Application - Approved - Pending - % Approved
Jan - 7475 - 4885 - 2590 - 65%
Feb - 8440 - 4810 - 3630 - 43%
Mar - 11710 - 2145 - 9565 - 18%
Feb is 57% not 43%.
Thanks imraniqbal2010! I like how they scold you when you are only asking for information. You're a hero. Based on the fact 27k people have applied since the beginning of the year that means our application fees total about £25m just for the first 3 months of 2015!
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rakeysh.patel
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by rakeysh.patel » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:12 pm
blooms wrote:rakeysh.patel wrote:So from that FOI request, which can only be right, there is 82% cases outstanding!!!
God bless those March applicants - Here is a by month breakdown
Month - Total Application - Approved - Pending - % Approved
Jan - 7475 - 4885 - 2590 - 65%
Feb - 8440 - 4810 - 3630 - 57%
Mar - 11710 - 2145 - 9565 - 18%
Feb is 57% not 43%.
Thanks imraniqbal2010! I like how they scold you when you are only asking for information. You're a hero. Based on the fact 27k people have applied since the beginning of the year that means our application fees total about £25m just for the first 3 months of 2015!
Damn it! I missed to think about a small fortune they've made in 3 months and still have an audacity to have a go at one!
An [Expensive] Immigrant journey has ended 19/08/2015. Good luck to you all out there...
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kmunir
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by kmunir » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:15 pm
blooms wrote:rakeysh.patel wrote:So from that FOI request, which can only be right, there is 82% cases outstanding!!!
God bless those March applicants - Here is a by month breakdown
Month - Total Application - Approved - Pending - % Approved
Jan - 7475 - 4885 - 2590 - 65%
Feb - 8440 - 4810 - 3630 - 43%
Mar - 11710 - 2145 - 9565 - 18%
Feb is 57% not 43%.
Thanks imraniqbal2010! I like how they scold you when you are only asking for information. You're a hero. Based on the fact 27k people have applied since the beginning of the year that means our application fees total about £25m just for the first 3 months of 2015!
Thanks a lot for this information. I personally feel the surge in application in March is always going to be the case with the Fees always going up in first week of April every year. What I found really strange is that in the spreadsheet that someone uploaded here (google docs), there were a couple of March cases which were dealt with within 10/12/13 days which is really odd. They are never so efficient
But anyways, the results show that the decisions are coming out quite randomly and does not depend when you submitted/money deducted. Good luck to everyone.
Regards
KM
Regards,
KM
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Tangie
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by Tangie » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:34 pm
kmunir wrote:blooms wrote:rakeysh.patel wrote:So from that FOI request, which can only be right, there is 82% cases outstanding!!!
God bless those March applicants - Here is a by month breakdown
Month - Total Application - Approved - Pending - % Approved
Jan - 7475 - 4885 - 2590 - 65%
Feb - 8440 - 4810 - 3630 - 43%
Mar - 11710 - 2145 - 9565 - 18%
Feb is 57% not 43%.
Thanks imraniqbal2010! I like how they scold you when you are only asking for information. You're a hero. Based on the fact 27k people have applied since the beginning of the year that means our application fees total about £25m just for the first 3 months of 2015!
Thanks a lot for this information. I personally feel the surge in application in March is always going to be the case with the Fees always going up in first week of April every year. What I found really strange is that in the spreadsheet that someone uploaded here (google docs), there were a couple of March cases which were dealt with within 10/12/13 days which is really odd. They are never so efficient
But anyways, the results show that the decisions are coming out quite randomly and does not depend when you submitted/money deducted. Good luck to everyone.
Regards
KM
I was one of the lucky ones who applied in March and got the approval within three weeks.
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bosh83
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by bosh83 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:26 pm
jojo351 wrote:bosh83 wrote:for march applacint do we need that
Biometric information
You must also provide your biometric information (fingerprints and a photo). This costs £19.20.
The Home Office will tell you when you need to provide your biometric information. Your biometric information is only held until you’ve attended a citizenship ceremony.
not if you applied it before 6th April
thanks alot jojo351
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m10
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by m10 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:48 pm
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year of Permanent Residence
Language criteria met: Life In The UK Test, Graduation + Masters Degree, Certificate showing Degree taught in English
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Camden, London
Date of application: 31/03/15
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKVI: Delivered to HO on 01/04/15 by Royal Mail
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Transaction Date 20/04/15
Date of acknowledgment: Received by post on 24/04/15, dated 20/04/15
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC
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m10
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by m10 » Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:05 pm
Can you please update my information as well?
Thanks