Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[bern541]

Eligibility criteria: 14 years ILR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : Ghanaian
Method of application: Online Application
Date of application: 01 JUNE 2018
Payment method: Debit card (£1330)
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees: 01 JUNE 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 01 JUNE 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01 JUNE 2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport received: TBC

[Nomslan]

Eligibility criteria: ILR 10+
Language Criteria: Trinity English test
Nationality : Zim
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/03/18
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 19/4/18
Date of debit of fees: 18/4/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 18/4/18
Date of biometric letter received: 21/4/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/04/18
Date of documents received at the HO: 28/3/18 Royal Mail tracking..
Date on Approval letter: 3/5/18
Date of receipt of approval:12/5/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 12/5/18
Date of Ceremony: 22/5/18. (Private ceremony )
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/18 online
Date of debit of fees for passport :23/05/18
Date passport received : Awaiting

Keeping all prayed up . Goodluck everyone

[DeeDee2]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year with EEA BPR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality : EU
Method of application: NCS Islington
Date of application: 4 April 2018
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 24 April 2018 (received 27 April 2018)
Date of debit of fees: Cheque sent by special deliver and received by UKBA on 30 April 18 (credit card details were rejected, I think because staff couldn't read the digits as my bank never notified me of any attempts of withdrawal) CHEQUE BANKED 9 MAY 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24 April 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 27 April 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27 April 2018
Date of documents received at the HO: 5 April 2018
Date on Approval letter: 25 May 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 01 June 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 01 June 2018
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Nomslan]

Nomslan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:54 pm
Eligibility criteria: ILR 10+
Language Criteria: Trinity English test
Nationality : Zim
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/03/18
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 19/4/18
Date of debit of fees: 18/4/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 18/4/18
Date of biometric letter received: 21/4/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/04/18
Date of documents received at the HO: 28/3/18 Royal Mail tracking..
Date on Approval letter: 3/5/18
Date of receipt of approval:12/5/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 12/5/18
Date of Ceremony: 22/5/18. (Private ceremony )
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/18 online
Date of debit of fees for passport :23/05/18
Date passport received : 04/05/2018
My
Journey ends here. Thank you for support veryone. Goodluck and patience.

Keeping all prayed up . Goodluck everyone

[Jungerhase]

Eligibility criteria: 30 years living in the UK + married to UK citizen
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 and LIUK
Permanent Residence Card received: 06.03.2018
Nationality : German
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 26.03.2018
NDRS Appointment date: 04.04.2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 27.03.2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29.03.2018
Date on Approval letter: 04.05.2018
Date of receipt of approval & ceremony: 11.05.2018
Date of Ceremony: 21.05.2018
Date of Passport Application: 04.04.2018
Date of debit of Passport fees: 27.04.2018
Date Passport to be received: 31.05.2018

7 weeks from application to approval - Wishing you all the very best !

[nachfee]

••UPDATE••

- Days waiting for approval letter: 65 calendar days.
- Days waiting for passport from ceremony date: 6 calendar days
- Total: 71 calendar days processing time

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years in the UK + PR Non-EEA family member
Language criteria met: IELTS Life Skills test
Nationality: Venezuelan
Method of application: Online + JCAP (Poole Council)
Date of application: 05/03/2018
Payment method: Online
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 5/3/2018
Date of acknowledgement: e-mail received 6/3/2018
Date money gone off account: 5/3/2018
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 5/3/2018, as part of online application
Biometrics done: 6/3/2018
Date original documents sent: 7/3/2018 (sent by Poole Registrar + JCAP services)
Date original documents received by UKVI: 07/03/2018
Date of approval: 11/05/18 (dated 06/05/18)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: (booked over the phone on the 11/05/18 for the 30/05/2018)
Date of ceremony: 30/05/2018
Date applied for passports: 7/3/2018
Date passports received: 05/06/2018

THE WAITING IS FINALLY OVER!
Thank you all for your amazing input and support. Good luck to everyone

[sureshmm]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality : India
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 26.05.2018
NDRS Appointment date: 30.05.2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 29.05.2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30.05.2018
Date on Approval letter: TBC
Date of receipt of approval & ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of Passport fees: TBC
Date Passport to be received: TBC

[sureshmm]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality : India
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 26.05.2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 29.05.2018
NDRS Appointment date: 30.05.2018
Date of Passport Application: 30.05.2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30.05.2018
Date of documents received at the HO: 31.05.2018
Date on Approval letter: TBC
Date of receipt of approval : TBC
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of Passport fees: TBC
Date Passport to be received: TBC

[plabo]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 (5 years) + 1 year ILR
Number of applicants: 2 (Husband & Wife)
Language criteria met: IELTS Life skills B1 + LIUK
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: Online/NDRS/JCAP (Kingston upon Hull)
Payment method: Debit card
Date of application: 01/03/2018
Date documents posted to HO by NDRS: 01/03/2018
Biometrics done: 01/03/2018
Date of acknowledgement email: 02/03/2018 (case number issued)
Date documents received by HO (Royal Mail delay due to bad weather): 05/03/2018
Date passport fees deducted: 22/03/2018
Date of approval: 19/04/2018
Date approval received: 28/04/2018
Date of ceremony: 30/05/2018
Date HMPO sms received: 05/06/2018
Date DX sms received: 06/06/2018
Date passports received from DX (dropped through the post): 06/06/2018

[An0nym75]

Eligibility criteria: EU 5yrs + 1yr EEA PR
Language Criteria: IELTS Life Skills B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + NDRS
Date of application: 05/03/2018
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgment: 06/03/2018
Date of debit of fees: 06/03/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 05/03/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 05/03/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/03/2018
Date on Approval letter: 16/04/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 20/04/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20/04/2018
Date of Ceremony: 14/05/2018
Date of Passport Application: 14/05/2018 (Online)
Date of originals posted: 21/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 14/05/2018
Status changed to "Dispatched" on HMPO site: 31/05/2018
Text notification of passport delivery: 01/06/2018 (AM)
Date Passport received on: 01/06/2018 (PM)

===============
A 6+ years journey has ended
Good luck everyone!

[Chindekha]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs Tier 2 + 1 year on PR
Language criteria met: UK Degree
Nationality: Malawian
Payment method: Debit card
Method of application- NCS Westminster(JCAP)
Date of application: 26/03/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 27/03/2018(confirmed on Royalmail tracker)
Date of acknowledgement: 19/04/2018(email)
Date of fees debited: 18/04/2018
Received letter requesting biometrics:21/04/2018
Biometrics done: 21/04/2018
Date of approval: 23/05/2018
Date of approval letter received: 01/06/2018
Date of ceremony: Booked for 14/06/2018
Date passports received: TBA
SOME DELAY DUE PAYMENT PROBLEMS, ENTERED WRONG CARD DETAILS

[NGuntu]

Eligibility criteria: ILR 6 years, General Tier 2
Language criteria met: Degree taught in English, I did not sent this degree copy, would this be a problem? I sent life in UK pass certificate though
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: New online service, JCAP
Date of application: 05/03/2018
Payment method: Online
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 5/3/2018
Date of acknowledgement: e-mail received 6/3/2018
Date money gone off account: 6/3/2018
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 5/3/2018, accessed as part of online application
Biometrics done: 6/3/2018
Date original documents sent: 6/3/2018 sent by Liverpool JCAP services, total cost £80 including passport check&send
Date original documents received by UKVI:
Date of approval: 17/05/2018 - I was asked to send my old passport in April to complete their checks for processing my application, which I did in April and I got it back today (17/05/2018) along with a letter saying that my application was successful and I will receive an invitation shortly to attend the citizenship ceremony
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 22/05/2018
Date of ceremony: 5th June 2018
Date applied for passports: 6/3/2018
Date passports received:

[a101010]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year
Language Criteria: Master Degree from UK
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online and post
Date of application: 08/06/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 08/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 08/06/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 08/06/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 08/06/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/06/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[MStewart]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years spouse of BC
Language Criteria: exempt due to nationality
ILR received: 12 Apr 18
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 30 Apr 18
NDRS Appointment date: 04 May 2018
Payment method: online
Date of acknowledgement: 30 Apr 18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04 May 18
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval & ceremony:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 04 May 18
Date of debit of Passport fees: 08 Jun 18
Date Passport received:

[fWHYx]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 2 + 1.5 years ILR
Language Criteria: UK uni degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP (Peterborough)
Date of application:05/03/2018
NDRS Appointment date:06/03/2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 06/03/2018(by email)
Date of debit of fees:05/03/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 05/03/2018
Date of biometric letter received:05/03/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled:06/03/2018
Date on Approval letter: 10/05/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 19/05/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/05/2018
Date of Ceremony: 30/05/2018
Date of Passport Application:06/03/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees: 03/04/2018
Date Passport to be received:12/06/2018
A long journey is finally finished and there is no more connection with UKVI !
Good luck to everyone on the procedure.

[NGuntu]

Eligibility criteria: ILR 6 years, General Tier 2
Language criteria met: Degree taught in English, I did not sent this degree copy, would this be a problem? I sent life in UK pass certificate though
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: New online service, JCAP
Date of application: 05/03/2018
Payment method: Online
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 5/3/2018
Date of acknowledgement: e-mail received 6/3/2018
Date money gone off account: 6/3/2018
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 5/3/2018, accessed as part of online application
Biometrics done: 6/3/2018
Date original documents sent: 6/3/2018 sent by Liverpool JCAP services, total cost £80 including passport check&send
Date original documents received by UKVI:
Date of approval: 17/05/2018 - I was asked to send my old passport in April to complete their checks for processing my application, which I did in April and I got it back today (17/05/2018) along with a letter saying that my application was successful and I will receive an invitation shortly to attend the citizenship ceremony
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 22/05/2018
Date of ceremony: 5th June 2018
Date applied for passports: 6/3/2018
Date passports received: 12th June 2018

[hinano]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 2 + 1 yr ILR
Language Criteria: Citizen of majority English speaking country (US Citizen)
Nationality: USA
Method of application: JCAP (Online + NDRS through Merton Council)
Date of application: 9 April 2018
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 9 April 2018
Date of debit of fees: 9 April 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 9 April 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 9 April 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 9 April 2018
Date on Approval letter: 22 May 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 26 May 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26 May 2018 (Joint approval and ceremony invitation)
Date of Ceremony: 7 June 2018

Date of Passport Application: 9 April 2018
Date of debit of fees: 17 May 2018
Date Passport to be received: 13 June 2018

[alexmdev]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence + 1 year EEA PR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + LITUK
Nationality : EU
Method of application: online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 16 April 2018
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16 April 2018 (Email)
Date of debit of fees: 16 April 2018
Date of confirmation of payment: 15 April 2018 (their online system is incorrect)
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16 April l2018 (online)
Date of Biometric letter received: 16 April 2018 (online download)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16 April 2018
Date of Docs submitted: 17 April 2018
Date on Approval letter: 05 June 2018
Date of receipt of approval: 09 June 2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 09 June 2018 (joint approval+ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 14 June 2018 (public)
Date of Passport Application: 17 April 2018
Date of debit of fees: 25 May 2018
Date Passport to be received: pending (expected 20 June 2018)

[Breev]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3 years EEA(PR) - marriage to UK citizen
Language criteria: degree from UK university
Nationality: EEA
Method of application: Online + NDRS
Date of application: 20/04/2018
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 23/04/2018
Date of debit of fees: 20/04/2018
Date of biometric letter issued & received: 20/04/2018
Date biometrics enrolled: 23/04/2018
Date of documents sent: 23/04/2018
Date on Approval letter: 09/06/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 13/06/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 13/06/2018 - same letter as approval letter
Date of Ceremony: tbc

Received my approval letter yesterday. Good luck everyone who is still waiting!

[naui]

Eligibility criteria: permanent resident card (EEA) + Married to UK Citizen
Language criteria met: PhD studied in UK + Life in the UK
Nationality: Spanish
Method of application: Online, NDRS + JCAP (Camden)
Date of application: 15.02.2018
Date applied for passports: 15.02.2018
Supporting documents sent : 15.02.2018 (from Camden)
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 16.02.2018 (according to Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 16.02.2018 (e-mail)
Date money gone off account: 16.02.2018
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 15.02.2018 (same as submission online)
Biometrics done: 17.02.2018
Date money for passport debited: 08.03.2018
Date of approval: 02.04.2018 (date on letter) – 6 weeks approx from submission to approval. with Easter Bank holidays in the middle!
Date approval letter arrived by post: 11.04.2018 (it took long time to arrive...)
Date of ceremony: 27.04.2018 (Tower Hamlets - Paid for individual as 2 month waiting list)
Date passports received: 13/06/2018 - Delayed because of foreign passport with Maiden Name. First contact from HMPO about it was on the 03/05/2018 (by Letter). They asked for me to provide a letter issued by the Spanish Consulate stating that my surname could not be changed in my Spanish Passport (in Spain you can’t change your surnames by marriage). Took a while for the Spanish Consulate to send letter. Otherwise everything would have been faster!

Good luck everyone!

[Twine]

Update 2

Update 1

Timeline - Joint application via Form AN by EEA and non-EEA married couple

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year EEA-PR
Language criteria: UK Degree (EEA national), Passport of English-speaking country (non-EEA national)
Nationality: EEA, Non-EEA
Method of application: Online (NDRS + JCAP)
Date of application: 17/03/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 19/03/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 17/03/2018
Date of biometric letter issued: 17/03/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 17/03/2018
Date biometrics enrolled: 19/03/2018
Date on approval letter: 11/05/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 23/05/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 23/05/2018 (joint letter with approval and council details)
Date of ceremony: 06/06/2018
Date of passport application: 19/03/2018 (NDRS + JCAP)
Date of debit of (passport) fees: 19/03/2018 13/04/2018
Date of passports received: 15/06/2018

Thanks to everyone on the board for their advice and support.

[CR001]

Can members please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Any questions, discussions, comments or chit chat will be removed!!

[rocitizen1]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year EEA-PR
Language criteria: UK Degree (EEA national)
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online (NDRS)
Date of application: 10/04/2018
Date of NDRS interview: 14/04/2018 (Wandsworth NDRS)
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 10/04/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 10/04/2018
Date of biometric letter issued: 10/04/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 10/04/2018
Date biometrics enrolled: 14/04/2018
Date on approval letter: 09/06/2018 (61 days since date of application)
Date of receipt of approval: 16/06/2018 (68 days since date of application)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: *PENDING*
Date of ceremony: *PENDING*
Date of passport application: *PENDING*
Date of debit of (passport) fees: *PENDING*
Date of passports received: *PENDING*

[hira68]

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Eligibility criteria: 15 year's indefinitely leave to remain
Language Criteria: trinity college London +life in the uk
Nationality : turkish
Method of application:, paper form
Date of application: 16/04/2018
Payment method: C.C
Date of acknowledgement: 12/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 12/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 17/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: 12.06.2018
Date of receipt of approval: 15.06.2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport

[joe1210]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 2 years. Life in UK. Trinity B1
Nationality: Zim
Method of application: Royal mail
Date of application: 03.05.2018
Payment method: Cheque
Date of acknowledgement: 06.06.2018 email. Letter.
NDRS Appointment date:
Date of Passport Application:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13.05.2018.
Date of documents received at the HO: 04.05.2018
Date on Approval letter: TBC
Date of receipt of approval : TBC
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of Passport fees: TBC
Date Passport to be received: TBC