Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 1yr ILR; 3yr spouse of BC.
Method of application: NCS (Hackney London).
Date of receipt by UKBA:
19 July 2014
Date of debit of fees: 20 July 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27 July 2014
Date of receipt of approval:
10 October 2014 (Letter dated the 30 September).10 days post delay
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Date of Ceremony:
17 October 2014
Important:
I have called, the 1st of October, the Home Office to check on the progress of my application and they replied as usual that the application is process when it was already approved as the letter of Approval I received was dated the 30th of September!!
My advice is that you just save your money calling the Home Office as I believe that they EITHER don't have the complete access to the applications to see in real the time the stage, OR they have all the access but they are just instructed but the management not to share any information and to use the same speech of "... application in process and it can take up to 6 months".
Another thing is the Ceremony schedule.
When I received the approval letter, I called straight away the phone number on the approval letter to schedule the ceremony. When I called them the first time (as I called twice), the first person explained that there is an invitation letter that was posted to me with the date of Ceremony and that I have to wait for it... as this person was not convincing I called a second time and a lady took my personal details and looked up on the system the date: it was scheduled for 7th of November!! I asked the lady if I can reschedule it for an earlier date, she checked if there is any availability (same system as when calling our doctor surgeries) and I was lucky that the 17 of October was free! 2 days after this call I received the Ceremony letter by post.
I hope this is helpful and wishing you all the best luck!!
