Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[balu114]

I had my appointment with NCS today!

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 yr + 2yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Warwick)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13-Aug-2014 (tentative)
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[Kirby]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs + 1yr ILR - Ancestral (Myself and two adult 'children')
Method of application: NCS Scunthorpe
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16th June 2014
Date of debit of fees: 23rd June 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23rd June 2104
Date of receipt of approval: Still Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Still Awaiting

ILTR:
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs UK Ancestral (Myself and two adult students)
Method of Application: Post
Date of Application: 18th March 2013
Date of Receipt of acknowledgement: 20th March 2013
Biometric Readings Required: 28th March 2013
Date of Residency Approval: 24th May 2013 (Including Biometric Cards)

[salimkk]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years tier 1 gen + 1 years ILR
Language criteria met: UK DEGREE
Method of application: NCS newham
Date of application: 1/07/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 9/07/2014
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[kafi]

I am still waiting too..

Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/04/14

No response in 4 months time..call to HO and still waiting under consideration.

[uddinriaz]

My wife time line
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/05/14
Date of debit of fees: 19/05/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/05/2014
Still waiting

[shivasks]

[quote="Serina26"]Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Postal (through a solicitor)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/05/14
Date of debit of fees: 14/05/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting
Tek75

3 months since application was submitted, and I'm still waiting.[/quote]

Don't worry you are not alone in the wait i applied on 14/05/2014 i am yet to see a May applicant from this forum get their approval !

[Serina26]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Postal (through a solicitor)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/05/14
Date of debit of fees: 14/05/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting


3 months since application was submitted, and I'm still waiting.

[Tek75]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Merton)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/07/14
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[taffer87]

Eligibility criteria:5 year work permit + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK degree + IGCSE First Language English from Cambridge International Examinations
Method of application: NCS Redbridge
Date of application: 21/07/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: [To be updated]
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/08/2014
Date approval received: [To be updated]
Date of ceremony: [To be updated]

[Dipendra123]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: type of application- AN6(1)
Method of application: Myself and included life in the uk test certificate and UK degree
Date of receipt by UKBA:22/07/2014
Date of debit of fees: 31/07/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 05/08/14( letter dated 31/07/14)
Date of receipt of approval:TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[adil_suleman]

Eligibility criteria: Married to British Citizen 2yrs + 1 years ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS
Method of application: NCS Slough
Date of application: 15/07/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: received 01/08/2014 (Dated 28/07/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 28/07/2014
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[rashsaini0007]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Ealing)
Date of receipt by UKBA:29/07/2014
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA
Date of receipt of approval:TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[JAYSON65]

@Jason 65

I have done my Uni from here.The requirement to get the resident fee's is not to have naturalization but to have the ILR card.read the student finance guidelines.Unless its been changed since 2013.

Show them the ILR Card and it should be fine.

Good luck

Thanks Padmaja.das for your comments.

[prakash.uk]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Rutherglenn Glasgow)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/05/2014
Date of debit of fees: 09/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16/06/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[ashutoshbhatt]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Bromley Kent)
Date of receipt by UKBA:28/07/2014
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA
Date of receipt of approval:TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[ikissin]

Fellow applicants from June 2014 - has anyone had a positive response on citizenship application yet?
Thanks and good luck!

[padmaja.das]

@Jason 65

I have done my Uni from here.The requirement to get the resident fee's is not to have naturalization but to have the ILR card.read the student finance guidelines.Unless its been changed since 2013.

Show them the ILR Card and it should be fine.

Good luck

[Ind2]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1year (Applying six years after ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Barking and Dagenham)
Date of application: 31/07/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/08/2014 (By checking Royal mail Track and Trace)
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval:TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[JAYSON65]

no Amber

[Amber]

Jayson65 do you have difficulty reading my posts?

[JAYSON65]

I am due for naturalisation In October 2014 but want to submit early by September 2014( got ILR in October, 2013) because I need the certificate if successful to process my sons students finance loan for his university admission in UK to start in September. He needs my naturalisation certificate as a proof of dependant on a British citizen. This is urgently required by the students finance loan body to grant him funds. Do you think I can get this sorted out before December 1st 2014. Please help somebody?.

[Amber]

Please refrain from posting anything but timelines!

[shiva123]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (bracknell)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/06/2014
Date of debit of fees: 27/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27/06/2014
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[IndiMarshall]

@Maxwell
You can demand something within your rights. 6 month timeline is there exactly for times like these, to ease off the pressure on the services. I cannot see you having any grounds to argue. Please state the cause for your complaint, what exactly will you be demanding from the state?
As regards some categories unable to use NCS, please tell me who? Asylum seekers? Or who, as all NCS does is certifies the documents u submit.

@furbs
)))))) yeah, with the money it's always like that, works like a Swiss watch

Demanding: Efficiency.

NCS: I did not say anything about categories

I won't argue with you, this topic is for timelines anyway. I have quite long experience with immigration services. If people stop criticising them, they will soon make new standard, instead of 6 months - 10 months, then 24 months and so on...

But Everybody has their own opinion. Some would agree with you, I'm sure.

On some level, I also agree with you. Like relax, chill out. But there are different situations in life. And UKBA sometimes can be quite nasty organisation. They once forced me to do appeal for very very artificial reason and I lost many months. It had nothing to do with any real rules, it had everything to do with general election and Labour wanted to manipulate statistics back then. Bear in mind, there are many people like me here. Plus, you say people can travel easily while waiting. Many people want to travel overseas but can't because their current nationality does not allow them to do it. Many people want to visit relatives but can't because they are afraid to leave home for too long, not to miss some letter from Home Office. So I would throw my weight behind complainers and generally pissed off people. They help all the rest too, by the way.

I can understand your friendly advice. Hopefully, you saw some other angle too, which I tried to show. Anyway, I think we both have a point. Let's close this little conversation, people will choose whatever suits them best from our discussion. It is off-topic, so I won't continue this conversation any longer. Thanks for your opinion, let's respect each other's views.

I agree with you mate.. they cant take what ever sweet time becoz the law says its 6 months .. thiking as other poster like 'Noone promised'

Many families are under pressure due to this (me included)

If anyone has no other useful travel to do outside UK..they can sit back and relax thinking 'Noone Promised'

[ks026]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (10yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Enfield)
Date of receipt by UKBA:14/07/2014
Date of debit of fees: 24/07/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24/07/2014
Date of receipt of approval:TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA