Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Combo_pop]

Eligibility Criteria: spouse 2 years + ILR 1 year
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + B1
Method of Application: NCS Worksop
Date of Application: 1 December 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - 10/12/2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 15/12/14
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[huqqapani]

Eligibility Criteria: 10 Long residence + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK University certificate
Method of Application: NCS (Carlton, Notts)
Date of Application: 3rd December 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: Waiting
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - 11/12/2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 17/12/14
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[tier1check]

No of applicants: 2 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 5 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : ILR
Method of application: NCS Brent
Date of application: 01/11/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: N/A
Date of acknowledgment: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17//11/2014
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

I still haven't received acknowledgement letter. I tried sending email but got standard reply of 20 business days to answer question.
Anybody else faced this issue?

[Jesse22]

Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK University certificate
Method of application: NCS Harrow
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/12/2014 (as per Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 17/12/2014 (balance dropped)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[islandgirl]

Eligibility criteria: Married to BC; ILR 1yr 10 months
Applicants: 1 adult; 2 children
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 27/10/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not sure
Date of debit of fees: 22/11/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27/11/2014 (dated 22/11/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[xyztuk]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years Long residence + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK Degree + LIUK
Method of application: NCS Chester
Date of application: 06/11/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 26/11/2014(Dated- 24/11/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/11/2014
Date approval received: 16/12/2014(Dated 05/12/2014)
Date of ceremony:???

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE....

[huqqapani]

Eligibility Criteria: 10 Long residence + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK University certificate
Method of Application: NCS (Carlton, Notts)
Date of Application: 3rd December 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: Waiting
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - 11/12/2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

I have not received an acknowledgement/receipt from Home Office, yet the payment has gone out

[travelerzee]

Mine arrived today. i was getting rather jealous of other applications coming through. I called the HO today just to get some information on the process. I wanted to know exactly what steps they take when processing an application. I told him that I wasn't calling for an update as I know its only been just over a month. The guy I spoke to was very nice and asked for my ref number. He said that a decision had been made and that the letter was posted on Friday. I got the brown envelope in the post shortly after speaking to him

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc + 3 weeks ilr
Language criteria met: PBS printout, original non uk degree certs
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wolverhampton
Date of application: 07/11/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/14 (according to NCS)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/11/14
Date of acknowledgment: 27/11/14 (dated 24th)
Date approval received: 16/12/14 (dated 05th) took forever to arrive!
Date of ceremony:tbc. The council haven't received my certificate yet, so I cant book the ceremony. apparently the next one is only in the middle of Jan.

Good luck to everyone still waiting!

[BCMN1]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC(wife's Application)
Date of application: 6 June 2014
Method of application: Privately Posted
Date of receipt by UKBA: 9 June 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16 June 2014
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

I just got this address to write to the case working unit for an update on the application:

Home Office
Dept CET
PO Box: 306
Liverpool
L2 0QN

[majunia]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr 4 months; self-residence
Date of application: 3rd Dec 2014
Method of application: NCS (Southwark)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 4th Dec 2014
Date of debit of fees (credit card payment): 11th Dec 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

[boone]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years Ancestral plus 1 year 2 months ILR
Method of application: Solicitor
Current nationality: South African
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/05/2014
Date of debit of fees: 18/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 11/12/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting to be booked

Received approval on 11/12/2014.

To all those who are still waiting, please don’t give up hope.

Do you have to wait for the invitation letter to come through to book the ceremony or can you phone the local office instead?

I thank everyone for their help and support after a long anticipated wait.

[ban.s]

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We thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

[cheekychick85]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years tier 1+ 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: LIUK & ESOL
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: postal
Date of application: 07/11/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 26/11/2014(Dated- 24/11/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/11/2014
Date approval received: 13/12/2014
Date of ceremony:to be booked

[immn]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR + Spouse of a BC
Language criteria met: UK degree + LIUK
Current nationality: Commonwealth
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 26/11/14
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: ??
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 05/12/2014 (Balance Dropped)
Date approval received: ??
Date of ceremony: ??

[ibrahim10000]

Eligibilty criteria : 5 years (Work Permit + Tier 2) + 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS - Southampton
No of applicants : 1 Adult
Date of application : 10 Nov 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : ??
Method of Payment : Credit Card
Date of Debit of fees : 25 Nov 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 25 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28 Nov 2014
Date on Approval letter : 11 Dec 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter : 13 Dec 2014
Date of Ceremony : awaiting

Note that they have actually asked for some additional documents on 03 Dec 2014. Hence I sent them these by special delivery on 08 Dec 2014 and they replied back with a decision couple of days later.

Good luck everyone!

[Andyfromoz]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS, Kensington
No of applicants: 1 adult
Date of application: 14th November 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17th November 2014
Method of payment: credit card
Date of debit of fees: 27th November 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 27th November 2014
Receipt of acknowledgement: 2nd December 2014
Date on approval letter: 9th December 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter: 12th December 2014
Date of ceremony: 19th December 2014

[Mas18]

Eligibilty criteria : 5 years Tier1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS, Leicester
No of applicants : 1 Adult
Date of application: 13th Nov 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 14th Nov 2014
Method of Payment : Credit Card
Date of Debit of fees : 27 Nov 2014
Date on acknowledgement: 27 Nov 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03 Nov 2014
Date on Approval letter : 09 Dec 2014
Date of receipt of approval letter : 12 Dec 2014
Date of Ceremony : awaiting

[jvincent]

Eligibility criteria: 8yr EU + Commonwealth + Married to British Citizen 6 Yr
Method of application: NCS Cannock
Date of application: 04/06/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/06/2014
Date of debit of fees: 04/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

I have tried calling to follow up on the progress of my application, they stated it was still in progress and that I would need to post a letter to them requesting a progress letter. I am very annoyed at the length of time this is taking. I assumed my application would be a breeze, as I qualify on a number of different levels.

[maheshkrc]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 09/12/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/12/2014
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[capsancho]

Thought I should share our case as it was extremely quick.

Eligibility criteria: Applied as couple (EEA National with EEA Permanent Residence + EEA Family Member with EEA Permanent Residence). Both 6yr + 1yr Permanent Residence
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/Oct/2014
Date of debit of fees: 10/Nov/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11/Nov/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 21/Nov/2014
Date of Ceremony: 17/Dez/2014

Updated to add ceremony date. Because of our concil it will take us longer to be able to attend the ceremony than it took to get our application approved.

[KateMe]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 8yr + 1yr Resident Card
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13th October 2014
Date of debit of fees: 27th October 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25th October 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 17th November 2014
Date of Ceremony: 17th Decemcer 2014

Very quick service, just one month of waiting, I am extremely proud to be a British Citizen now! Many thanks and good luck to all applicants!

[Jollyman]

Eligibility criteria: 2Years Married to British Spouse + 1.5Years ILR
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 08/11/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/11/14
Date of debit of fees: 26/11/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/11/14 (Dated 26/11/14)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/12/14 (Dated 3/12/14)
Date of Ceremony: To Be Booked

Would like to say thanks for everyone that has put their experience on this forum. Your experiences is something that looked at on a regular basis. Would also like to wish people waiting for their approval, ALL The Best!!!

[DC1982]

Final update

No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : EU citizen, 5 years + 1 year Certificate of Permanent Residency
Language criteria : IELTS
Method of application: NCS Brent
Date of application: 05/11/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 27/11/14 (letter dated 21/11/14)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/11/14 (Saturday!)
Date approval received: 04/12/14 (letter dated 28/11/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/12/14

[BuzzOLL]

I usually don't participate in discussions, but as I did not find a lot of information on British spouse application, here is mine


Eligibility Criteria: 2 years spouse + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK Degree
Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application: 20 Oct 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: 06 Nov 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Debit Card - 06 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 06 Nov 2014 (via email)
Date of Receipt of Approval: 29 Nov 2014 ( Date printed 22 Nov 2014)
Date of Ceremony: 18 Dec 2014

[rabigul]

Hi ALL,

I would like to share my experience and best of luck to you all whom decision is pending or will apply one day.
We submitted our application as couple and here are timelines;

Eligibility Criteria: 5 years Tier 1 G + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK Degree & B1 certificate for Mrs.
Method of Application: NCS (Ampthil, Bucks)
Date of Application: 29 Oct 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: 30 Oct 2014
Date of Debit of Fees: Debit Card - 14 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 20 Nov 2014
Date of Receipt of Approval: 06 Dec 2014 ( Date printed 27 Nov 2014)
Date of Ceremony: 07 Jan 2015 (Letter received from MK Council along with approval letters)

The processing time seems promising, nearly took 8/9 working days to reach decision. I presume this depends on which NCS centre you submit application!

cheers