Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[northstar212]

Hello all! I'm really eager to share my journey to British Citizenship. I hope this can be helpful...

Eligibility criteria: 3yrs-route(spouse of BC)-4yrs student visa+2yrs spouse visa+6mos.ILR
Method of application: NCS (Enfield)
Date of application: 7/4/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: not verified
Date of debit of fees: 22/4/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22/4/14
Date of receipt of approval: 20/5/14
Date of Ceremony: 3/6/14(Newham)

Note: You can choose any NCS-accredited borough to submit your documents if you want to check the earliest date you can get (they can be busy and no available dates). You can also choose and mention to your application the borough you want your ceremony to be done.

Best of luck!

[ilrpeo]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17-Jul-14
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[uzbekashraf]

Eligibility criteria: 10yr+ 1year ILR
Language criteria met :UK masters degree + life in the UK test
Current nationality: afghanistan
Method of application: NCS
Council name NCS used: bedford
Date of application: 10/07/2014
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: waitimg (royal mail tracking)
Money deducted from my account: waiting
Date of acknowledgment: waitimg
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[jbrook2]

HI

I’m new to this forum so not sure where exactly to post this.

I received the citizenship approval letter dated the 9th of June (received on the 13th of June via special delivery) but since then I haven’t received the ceremony invitation.

I've rang them a few times but besides for the standard silly ‘‘call back in 2 weeks’’ I haven’t been able to get any useful information.

So my question is, have any of the posters here with similar approval dates already gotten their invitations? Is there anything I can do? As emails to the home office just get ignored.

THANKS

[go2khurram]

Application under discretion mentioned "Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g)"
ILR Date: 07 July 2013 (Applied after 8 months of ILR)
Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 (General) + ILR for 8 Months
Language criteria : Expired IELTS
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester City
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: Waiting..
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Waiting..
Date approval received: Expecting around 3 months time
Date of ceremony: Expecting around 3 months time

[dminnaar]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency + ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK + NARIC
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Sutton, Surrey
Date of application: 10/07/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: To Be Updated
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/07/2014 (pending)
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony: To Be Updated

[adamboston]

Eligibility criteria: 2 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Trafford
Date of application: 12/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

It does seem like anybody who has applied in later part of May 14 has been waiting longer than usual 5/6 weeks time, I called HO and was told that its in progress
PLease let us all know whoever in this category(time slot) has any update.
Regards

Hello everyone,

My wife has applied for BC and here are the details:

Eligibility criteria: 2 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 21/05/2014
Date of Debit of fees from bank account: 02/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06/06/2014
Date of receipt of approval: eagerly awaited
Date of Ceremony: awaited

We are concerned that the application is taking too long but are a little relieved that some of our other fellow applicants on this forum are also waiting for their approvals unfortunately.
One of the users made a very good point linking the extra delay/inefficiency in the HO processing to the passport backlog.
All the best everyone. Please keep us all updated

My wife applied for BC on 19th May from Stockport and we are still waiting to hear from them. I agree that in addition to the usual checks etc the passport backlog is one of the major reasons for delays in BC decisions. Good luck and God bless.

[tanz.88]

Eligibility criteria: 3 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Wokingham
Date of application: 03/07/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known
Date of debit of fees: 14/07/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/07/2014 (Letter is dated 11/07/2014, but got to me on 21/07/2014 with incorrect name spellings)
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

Should I write to Home Office and let them know about incorrect name spellings in Acknowledgment Receipt?

[dminnaar]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency + ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK + NARIC
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Sutton, Surrey
Date of application: 10/07/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: To Be Updated
Date of debit or clearance of fees: To Be Updated
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony: To Be Updated

[rahim_dad]

Eligibility criteria: 2 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Trafford
Date of application: 12/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

It does seem like anybody who has applied in later part of May 14 has been waiting longer than usual 5/6 weeks time, I called HO and was told that its in progress
PLease let us all know whoever in this category(time slot) has any update.
Regards

Hello everyone,

My wife has applied for BC and here are the details:

Eligibility criteria: 2 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 21/05/2014
Date of Debit of fees from bank account: 02/06/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06/06/2014
Date of receipt of approval: eagerly awaited
Date of Ceremony: awaited

We are concerned that the application is taking too long but are a little relieved that some of our other fellow applicants on this forum are also waiting for their approvals unfortunately.
One of the users made a very good point linking the extra delay/inefficiency in the HO processing to the passport backlog.
All the best everyone. Please keep us all updated

[juansmith007]

I have been wondering why some applications are considered so fast, approximately 4 weeks, while other applications take so long, up to 5 or 6 months. Judging by this forum, this happens for applications that have been submitted simultaneously.

Is it that the Home Office just manages poorly applications or maybe there are extra checks for some people? does anyone have any idea why?

[juansmith007]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 6years working + Life in the UK (had not asked for ILR)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Current nationality: France
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Islington - London
Date of application: 7 April 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8 April 2014
Date of aknowlegment: 17 April 2014 received on 23 April 2014 (approx.)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 17 April 2014 (approx.)
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

I have been waiting for quite some time now and I wanted to ask some questions about the famous 'brown envelope' - approval letter.

Is the envelope sent by recorded post? Also is it a large envelope, or is it of a similar size to the acknowledgment letter (i have a small postbox!)?

And does the council always send you a separate letter confirming the decision?

Thank you and good luck to everyone.

[jitu_2677]

I think currently passport office is going to serious backlog, thats why they put all naturalization application on pending. caz if they approve naturalization then these people will apply for passport which will create more backlog.

[padmaja.das]

I personally think that the who ever has applied in the month of may will have to wait 8-9 weeks as by the looks of it everyone who has applied in may haven't received their approvals yet.I myself called up the HO and they said pending and then an email came said in progress.

Good luck to all of us
Piya

[romford1]

Eligibility criteria: 2 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Trafford
Date of application: 12/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

It does seem like anybody who has applied in later part of May 14 has been waiting longer than usual 5/6 weeks time, I called HO and was told that its in progress
PLease let us all know whoever in this category(time slot) has any update.
Regards

[nivsiv]

Eligibility criteria: 3 yr + ILR (British spouse)
Method of application: NCS Camden Council
Date of application: 11/07/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[sudhirbph]

My timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 10yr+ 1year ILR
Language criteria met :UK masters degree + life in the UK test
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name NCS used: Sale Manchester
Date of application: 02/07/2014
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/07/2014 (royal mail tracking)
Money deducted from my account: 14/07/14
Date of acknowledgment: Still no acknowledgement after two weeks of posting.
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[call2bala]

Hello Piya

My time line is almost same and HO received my payment on 25th May. So far I never received any letters from them.

Plz let me know if you find any thing.

Cheers

[mhent]

There are Many people applied before 21st of May and did not get approval. So do not worry you are not the only one

[padmaja.das]

Eligibility criteria: 10 year long residency + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS (council name) or Postal Self Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/05/2014 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 30/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/05.2014 ( Actual Date on the letter 28/05/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony:Waiting

I called up the HO today and they said that my case is just pending. what does it mean.Plus I have noticed on the forum that most of the people who have got their acknowledgement last week of may haven't yet received the Approval.Is there are delay for this slot? I hope that someone would be able to respond to this.
Thanking you
Piya

[furbs]

Hi
Eligibility criteria: 6yrs residency + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met B1 test plus Life in the UK
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: South Lanarkshire (Rutherglen)
Date of application: 19/05/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/05/2014
Date on acknowledgment letter: 28/05/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 29/05/2014
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony:To Be Updated

My cousins applied and got theirs in 8 weeks, Should I be worried now ?

[sumeetsaini@gmail.com]

[quote="sumeetsaini@gmail.com"]Hi All

I applied in Jan this year and have not had any decision yet - it will be beyond the standard service soon. Do you know what will happen after that, and will they contact me to explain the reason behind the delay?
Is there any way i can contact them to get the update[/quote]


Any one please, its urgent.

[devtiki]

Eligibility criteria: 5+ Years Residence + ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Life in the UK + BSc Student + B1
Current nationality: Sri Lanka
Method of application: POST
Council name if NCS used: N/A
Date of application: 14.February. 2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc.: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21.February.2014
Date of acknowledgment: 21.February.2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24.February.2014
Date approval received: Waiting…
Date of ceremony: Waiting…

Letter sent by Case worker: 1.April.2014
Returned all my original documents and even though I am a Third year BSc Student, I was sent a letter by the case worker asking me to do the B1 English test. Which I managed to do by the 16th of April.2014.
Emailed "Further Nationality Enquiries [FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk]" on the 10th of June.2014 regarding the status of the application, got a generic reply back on the 16th of June.2014 asking me to wait till it is six months.
Please I'll be really grateful for any help and advice from you.
Thank you,

[waseem80]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs residency + ILR (EEA)
Language criteria met B1 test plus Life in the UK
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: MCS
Council name if NCS used: Manchester
Date of application: 14/05/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/05/2014
Date on acknowledgment letter: 21/05/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21/05/2014
Date approval received: To Be Updated
Date of ceremony:To Be Updated

[divisionbell]

Has anyone got the approval who had applied after 06th May 2014. I had called HO and they said still no case worker is allocated to the application

Hi Alok,
I applied on 15th May. Fees was deducted around 25th May. Still waiting for the approval. Please do update when you get the approval.
Cheers