Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[iceman809]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence Card + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/02/2021
Payment method: Debit online 07/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04/03/2021
Date on Approval letter:Not received
Date of receipt of approval:Not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 09/07/2021 ............Date of receipt of letter:17/07/21
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Indeed many cases have not received the approval letter recently but have received the invitation letter directly.

[PoliticsDoc]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen + PR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD + Life in the UK
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10 Feb 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 10 Feb 2021
Date of debit of fees: 10 Feb 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09 Mar 2021 at UKVCAS Nottingham
Date on Approval letter: Never received one
Date of receipt of approval: Never received one
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17 Jul 2021, letter dated 08 Jul 2021
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I felt the need to register and provide my timeline just to reassure the applicants from February. Based on my experience, we all receive just the ceremony letter very close to the six-month deadline. Best of luck to all of you, you have kept me going!

[Lbernard]

TIMELINE

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 years on ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK PhD + Life in the UK
Nationality : EU + Swiss (dual)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18 Feb 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 19 Feb 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 18 Feb 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 Mar 2021 at UKVCAS Cambridge (Library)
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[islandfox]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 8 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 March 2021 (London, Sopra Steria Mark Lane paid appointment)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: never received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting...

when I applied they said estimated time of approval could around 2.5 months. It feels now there may be a backlog of EU settlement applications

The magic of this forum, almost as soon as I posted the above, I got the letter

Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 8 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 March 2021 (London, Sopra Steria Mark Lane paid appointment)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: never received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 5 July 2021 (only received physical letter by post, no emails)
Date of Ceremony: 14 July 2021 (virtual)
Applied for passport: 15 July 2021 & waiting

Best of luck to everyone!

[MKSR84]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05th July 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 05th July 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 05th July 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 July 2021 at UKVCAS - Manchester.
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[leonex4t5]

Eligibility criteria: 6 years DLR, and minimum of 1 year ILR.
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 6th July 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 6th July 2021 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 6th July 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 July 2021 at UKVCAS - Manchester.
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please don't post questions in this thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.

[etienneg]

Eligibility criteria: 9 years EU PR (old blue booklet)
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/04/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: never received one
Date of debit of fees: 04/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/04/2021 - Croydon
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: 19/07/2021 - email (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/07/2021 - (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Harveykhamb16]

Eligibility: Long Residence 14 Years ,10Years ILR...(INDIAN)
language:LIUK,B1 Trinity College.
Date of app: 26/03/2021
Biometrics: 22/4/2021 Croydon
Approval Letter : 19/7/2021..Email from Homeoffice Atlas.( Approval and book Ceremony -All in 1)
Ceremony Date: 04th August,2021.

Thanks to all in this Thread and the Moderator,Specially Vinny.Thanks Vinny,Home did considered my app in the end .You were right about my application concerns on 26th March.

See you all in Passport app after 4th August.Good Luck all.

[exestive]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: BSc degree + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 8/3/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 9/3/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 3/4/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 3/4/2021
Date on Approval letter: (pending)
Date of receipt of approval: (pending)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: (Pending)
Date of Ceremony: (Pending)

[notavowel]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: CEFR level B1 in Speaking and Listening + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 5/2/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 5/2/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 25/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 25/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
Date on Approval letter: (pending)
Date of receipt of approval: (pending)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: (Pending)
Date of Ceremony: (Pending)

[CR001]

@Tahakhan - Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please don't post questions in this thread. Any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.

[Voyager-2]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of British Citizen + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Australian Passport + Life in the UK
Nationality : Australian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19 Jul 2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 19 Jul 2021
Date of debit of fees: 19 Jul 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05 Aug 2021
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[Hkg1222]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK Master Degree + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/1/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 26/1/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 23/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 23/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
Date on Approval letter: Still waiting...
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting...
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Still waiting...
Date of Ceremony: (Pending)

Hitting the 6 month mark now and getting frustrated when starting to see more Feb/March cases were approved...

[notavowel]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: CEFR level B1 in Speaking and Listening + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 5/2/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 5/2/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 25/2/2021
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 25/2/2021 (I assume same day, as I didn't get a separate confirmation for this)
Date on Approval letter: 7/7/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 20/7/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20/7/2021 (the approval letter was also my ceremony letter )
Date of Ceremony: 3/8/2021

(Received the approval/ceremony letter the day after I signed up and posted the earlier version of this update -- I think UKVI/HO are spying on me )

[SagarBavishi]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General 5 years --> ILR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK NARIC + Life in UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/05/2021
Date of acknowledgment: 29/05/2021
Date biometrics enrolled: 18/06/2021 (Paid-Croydon)
Application sent to UKVI by UKVCAS: 18/06/2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[Kirmani_32]

Eligibility criteria: 9.5 years in the UK + ILR 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Bachelor Degree + NARIC
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: November 16th 2020
Date of acknowledgement: November 16th 2020
Date of debit of fees: November 16th 2020
Documents Uploaded & Submitted to UKVI (via UKVCAS): December 16th 2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: December 16th 2020
Date of receipt of approval: March 19th 2021 (email)
Date on Approval letter: March 19th 2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: April 26th 2021
Date on ceremony letter: April 26th 2021
Date of Ceremony: July 20th 2021
Finally done our ceremony and got citizenship

[mehran1]

Eligibility criteria: Long residence ILR + 6 years
Language Criteria: UK Masters Degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 08/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

It has been 163 days and still pending.

Moderator Edit : Please do not post not TIMELINE ONLY posts or questions.

[Slimshady]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Permanent Residence
Language Criteria: B1 test + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 15/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/02/2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

this whole process is taking so long just under a moth to complete 6 months waiting.

[Echolalia]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (EU settled status) + British spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 exam (Trinity College)
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 1 March 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27 March 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: 21 July 2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Adecrown]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC; 10yr + ILR
Language Criteria: Master UK and Life in the UK.
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 March 2021
Date of debit of fees: 22 March 2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22 March 2021
Date of Biometric: 19 April 2021 (Stratford Library)
Date of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony: Pending

[etienneg]

Eligibility criteria: 9 years EU PR (old blue booklet)
Language/LIUK Criteria: English Test + Life in UK.
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/04/2021
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: never received one
Date of debit of fees: 04/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/04/2021 - Croydon
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: 19/07/2021 - email (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/07/2021 - (all in one - approval & book your ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 22/07/2021, Barnet (originally 09/09 but called about booking a private ceremony and got offered a free group one for this afternoon)

[M987]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: spouse visa 2 yr+ 7 yr ilr
Language Criteria: B1 and Life in the UK.
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 Feb 2021
Date of debit of fees: 18 Feb 2021
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18 Feb 2021
Date of Biometric: 18 march 2021 birmingham
Date of approval: Not received
Date of receipt of approval: Not received
Date of Ceremony: got invitation letter only on 22 July 2021 ( will try to book private ceremony to get it sooner)
Date of receipt of ceremony: 05 October 2021

(Give sadqa, SPEND and the almighty will SEND )

[rstar60]

Eligibility criteria: SET(M) SPOUSE
Language Criteria: Degree (NARIC) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/04/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/04/2021
Date of Approval (email): 17/07/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[rstar60]

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Eligibility criteria: SET(M) SPOUSE
Language Criteria: Degree (NARIC) + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/04/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/04/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/04/2021
Date of Approval (email): 19/07/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20/07/2021
Date of Ceremony: 17/08/2021
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