Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Astrcastra]

just rang the HO and they confirmed that my invitation for citizenship was sent off on Friday

many many congrats buddy.
kindly can u give the home office number to me pls so i canfind out my application status.
i will be very thnkful to u.

08706067766 is the number Croydon contact centre.

[silverdiablo7]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILE
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): C1 + LIUK
Current nationality: Commonwealth nation
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Glasgow
Date of application: 6/1/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 8/1/13
Date of acknowlegment: 27/1/13 (dated 24/1/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Balance dropped on 27/1/13
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

Wishing all applicants ATB!

[oakleigh841]

Eligibility criteria: 3 year HSMP + 2 Year Tier1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Westminster
Date of application: 28/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 10/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 08/01/2014
Date of approval: 03/02/2014 (Received in post 10/02/2014)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[itsahmedawan]

just rang the HO and they confirmed that my invitation for citizenship was sent off on Friday

many many congrats buddy.
kindly can u give the home office number to me pls so i canfind out my application status.
i will be very thnkful to u.

[MattSule]

just rang the HO and they confirmed that my invitation for citizenship was sent off on Friday

which number did you call?

[Astrcastra]

just rang the HO and they confirmed that my invitation for citizenship was sent off on Friday

[Astrcastra]

Well I am indeed very happy. I never expected to get the good news from the call centre guys as I believed the information they have is not live but they proved me wrong.
I actually got a phone call on 26th jan from HO asking if I received my driving licence which I requested about a month ago at that point I thought my approval had been put together but that was not to be.
I encourage anyone still waiting to keep keeping on, the wait is painful and almost depressing but it is worth the wait.
When I receive the envelope I will update my timeline.
God bless

[Tangail]

This Forum has been very helpfull ... Finally my Waiting Time is over .....

Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 2 years ILR
Language criteria met : UK UNDERGRAD DEGREE
Method of application: NCS CAMDEN
Date of application: 26/11/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment: 17/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/01/2014
Date approval received: 10/02/2014
Date of ceremony: TBA

[10.5]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Ancestry + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: New Zealand Passport
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 01/11/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment: 09/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Account dropped 09/01/2014. Confirmed with bank it was £874 for application
Date approval received: 10/02/2014 dated 05/02/2014
Date of ceremony: 12/02/2014

[alexboy84]

Eligibility criteria: BC Spouse 5 years
Method of application: NCS (Liverpool)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/12/2013
Date of debit of fees: 30/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06/02/2014 (Letter dated 30/01/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: waiting...
Date of Ceremony: waiting...

[coop1977]

Finally received the approval letter! Yay!

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs (HSMP/Tier1 combo) + 1 ILR
Method of application: Nationality Checking Service (NCS) Islington
Date of Application: 01/11/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/11/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: 14th January 2014 (Bank balance showing £874 debited)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20 January 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 7th February 2014 (Letter dated 3 Feb 2014)
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[latansingh]

Application Timeline
Eligibility - 2yrs Spouse Visa 1 & 1YR ILR
Method of Application - NCS Oxford
Date Posted - 25/01/14
Date Received by UKBA - 26/01/14
Date fee deducted - 04/02/14
Date of receipt of approval -
Date of ceremony -

[giruzz]

Update

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs EEA Family member + 1yr PR
Method of application: NCS Hackney
Date of application: 21.10.13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22.10.13
Date of acknowledgment: n/a
Date of debit of fees: 05.12.13
Date of approval: 27.01.14 (received 06.02.2014)
Date of ceremony: 23.04.14 (received 07.02.1014)

[zombie]

Update...

Eligibility Criteria: ILR + 1 year
Current Nationality:
Method of application: NCS Hampshire
Date of of Application: November 7, 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: November 8, 2013
Date of debit of fees: Account balance dropped by £874 on 11/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:13/01/2014
Date of approval : 08/02/2014 (dated 07/02/2014 --letter directly from council. I guess the HO letter will arrive eventually)
Invitation for ceremony appointment: March 18


Good luck everyone...

[edp]

I was lucky to call my council on 5/01/14 and got ceremony booked for 11/01/14, asked me to bring just the letter , now a bit confused (which i should have asked which one) if the letter reqiured is the one from Home Office requiring to book ceremony or the council is supposed to write to me.

[mihimeh]

Guys. This website has been immensely helpful in keeping patience during long awaiting process. Here is my timeline

Eligibility - 5 Yrs HSMP + Tier1 & 1YR ILR
Method of Application - NCS Warwick
Date Posted - 05/11/13
Date Received by UKBA - 06/11/13
Date fee deducted - 10/01/14
Confirmation letter - Received on 15/01/14 dated 10/01/14
Date of receipt of approval - 07/02/14 dated 31/01/14
Date of ceremony - 02/04/14

Good luck to everyone.

[mmohame1]

Good news come to all those who perseveres. This is my timeline.

Application Timeline
Eligibility - 2yrs Spouse Visa 1 & 1YR ILR
Method of Application - NCS Luton
Date Posted - 12/11/13
Date Received by UKBA - 14/11/13
Date fee deducted - 13/01/14
Date of receipt of approval - 08/02/14 dated 04/02/14
Date of ceremony - 19/02/2014

This forum has been very helpful with regular updates from other applicants and moderators.
It has been a long wait but here comes the good news. Congratulations to all those who have received their approvals and I wish those who are already due to receive theirs soon. November approvals are coming.

[LanaCHEL]

Update

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: marriage visa, then few years outside uk , 3 years ILR
Method of application: NCS Abingdon
Date of Application: 6, Nov, 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 7, Nov, 2013
Date of debit of fees: 12, Jan, 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14, Jan, 2014 (dated 10 Jan)
Date of receipt of approval: .....
Date of Ceremony: 27 March 2013

Didn't get approval letter from Home Office, but received invitation to Citizenship ceremony today ( 08 Feb 2014)!!
I am so happy!!!! This forum definitely helped a lot! Thank you everyone

[Sam-Josh]

Application Timeline
Eligibility - 2yrs HSMP, 3Yrs TIER 1 & 1YR ILR
Method of Application - Rayal Mail SD
Date Posted - 04/11/13
Date Received by UKBA - 05/11/13
Date fee deducted - 09/01/14
Date of receipt of approval - 08/02/14 dated 06/02/14
Date of ceremony - Waiting

The forum has been very helpful with regular updates from other applicants and moderators.
It has really been a long wait but here comes the good news. Glad to see that November applications are coming with approvals.
Congrats to those who have already received approvals and I wish those who are already due to receive that yours will be at your door soon before you know it. God bless you all IJN.

[Jenny177]

The wait is finally over. Good luck everyone and all the best!

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EU National
Method of application: Self
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 12/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 07/02/2014
Date of Ceremony: ........

[wassup]

[quote="wassup"]Eligibility criteria: 5 Yr WP + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 10/01/14 (Bank balance dropped by £874)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14/1/14
Date of approval: 03/02/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 07/02/2014
Date of Ceremony: My Council says it could be the end of March as they are inundated with huge number of requests for ceremonies, even the private ceremonies. Waiting to see if I will be lucky to get a place this month end.

Thanks to everyone on this website and I cant thank the moderators enough for doing a sterling job with the updates and statistics. Well done mates and finally all the best to the people still waiting to hear the news. Good things happen to people who wait !!

[dkunity024]

Interested members can post their naturalisation application processing timelines here for the benefit of others.

Please include the following details when posting in this topic:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (ILR +3 Yrs
Method of application: NCS (Kent) on 19th Nov
Date of receipt by UKBA: assume on 20th Nov
Date of debit of fees: 20th Jan 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17th Jan dated 14th Jan
Date of receipt of approval: 8th February (dated 3rd Feb)
Date of Ceremony: 5th March

Other Updates: If you wish to provide interim updates (e.g. - when you called UKBA for status, and what information you were given), please edit your original post to include the following:
Interim Updates
Date: Description



Do not make more than one post in the topic. If writing initial post before the process is complete), please edit the original post to update - do not create a new post for every update. This will help members looking for approx. timeslines to figure out end-to-end processing time of a given application(s) at one place itself.
Remember the page number of this topic that you are making your post in .. or .. use the search function to find your post in this topic.




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We thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

[MattSule]

Congrats happyboy and mrsm.

[mrsm]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs (HSMP + Tier 1 + ILR)
Date of Application: 04/11/13
Method of application: NCS Liverpool
Date of receipt by UKBA: unknown
Date of debit of fees: 09/01/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: None
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

I have sent them an email and got an automated response advising that it is taking upto 6 weeks to acknowledge applications...guess it's a waiting game .

Hi all I am pleased to announce that my approval came through yesterday dated 3rd February 2014 )

Will ring for the ceremony date on Monday ...

[happyboy]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year
Language criteria met (Non-UK degree,NARIC Letters)
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Tower Hamlets
Date of application: 28/11/2013
Payment method :Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment: NYA
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16 Jan 2014
Date approval received: 07 Feb 2014 (dated 03 Feb 2014)
Date of ceremony: Going to confirm

To everyone who has provided advice, encouragement, support and guidance to all of us on this journey, I would like to say thank you. This forum has been a great source of support.