Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[TTOE]

Updated timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs work permit + 1 ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail
Date of Application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: cleared 2nd January 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/14 dated 30/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 28/01/2014, dated 25/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Thank you all for your posts, it really helped keeping me calm during the 3-month wait! Good luck all.

Congrats mate! It's the dawn of a new day... What a good news to start with.

[fiborne]

Updated timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs work permit + 1 ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail
Date of Application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: cleared 2nd January 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/14 dated 30/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 28/01/2014, dated 25/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Thank you all for your posts, it really helped keeping me calm during the 3-month wait! Good luck all.

[Unionbank]

Congrats mate!
Hope to c soon novembr approvals aswel

[Fion80]

Thanks TTOE

[TTOE]

Hi Guys,

I have been following this board for a while for advice or forecasting around when i will receive the magic approval seal.

My app process were as follows:

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 09/01/2014 by cheque but fund was taken on the 17/01/2014
(Original payment was declined because my card was expired, supposed to be on the [12/12/2013)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 23/01/2014 but received on the 29/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Good luck guys, be patient your approval is on the way.

Congrats! Good luck with the rest of the journey.

[Fion80]

Hi Guys,

I have been following this board for a while for advice or forecasting around when i will receive the magic approval seal.

My app process were as follows:

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 09/01/2014 by cheque but fund was taken on the 17/01/2014
(Original payment was declined because my card was expired, supposed to be on the [12/12/2013)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 23/01/2014 but received on the 29/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Good luck guys, be patient your approval is on the way.

[farrukhnizam]

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs HSMP + 1 Yr ILR
Council : Hatfield Council on 08-01-2014
* Method of application: NCS
* Received application at Home office: 09-01-2014 - thedx.com
* Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014 at 12:05pm (Sunday)
* Date of acknowledgement of fees: 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
* Date of approval: Waiting
* Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[rickyrafe777]

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accidentally i erased it...

[kris78]

Hi All,
I've received my approval as well the ceremony letter today. My timelines below

Eligibility criteria: 1yr WP+ 2 yrs HSMP + 3 yrs Tier 1 + 2 yrs ILR
Method of application: NCS, Wokingham
Date of application: 10/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 1/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of approval: 18/01/2014
Approval Letter Recd: 29/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: 12/03/2014

I've applied naturalisation myself and for my son(4 years). I've received approval only for me and my son is name is nowhere mentioned in the approval letter. Will I receive a separate approval for my son? Also the invitation letter from the council, does not include my son name. Please advice.

[rickyrafe777]

Eligibility criteria : 3yrs (2 yrs spouse + 1 ILR)
Method of application: NCS EALING
Date of application: 16-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17-01-2014 (AS PER ROYAL MAIL TRACKING)
Date of acknowledgement : WAITING
Date of debit of fees: WAITING
Date of approval: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

FINAL DESTINATION...

[TTOE]

Dear all,
I have been checking the processing timelines in this forum as soon as I applied for my naturalisation. Finally I have got my approval letter from home office last Friday. Three-month waiting pain is over now. I would like to share my timelines with everyone in this forum. Hope my information can be helpful.
Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 + 18 months ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 22/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 29/11/2013 (the letter received and informed that the payment was declined on 28/11/2013, resent payment slip on 04/12/2013)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 24/01/14 (Dated 16/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 03/02/2014

This forum is quite helpful, thanks for everyone and all bests for the people who are still waiting.

Congrats mate! All the best with your ppt application.

[danyangdan]

Dear all,
I have been checking the processing timelines in this forum as soon as I applied for my naturalisation. Finally I have got my approval letter from home office last Friday. Three-month waiting pain is over now. I would like to share my timelines with everyone in this forum. Hope my information can be helpful.
Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 + 18 months ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 22/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 29/11/2013 (the letter received and informed that the payment was declined on 28/11/2013, resent payment slip on 04/12/2013)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 24/01/14 (Dated 16/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 03/02/2014

This forum is quite helpful, thanks for everyone and all bests for the people who are still waiting.

[fulcrum1978]

Any approvals for Dec so far ?

Do you mean late Oct 2013?

Hi,

Ive been monitoring the approvals from the date of Debit of fees, so far I can see that majority of approvals are for applications where debits were done on 19.12.2013 or earlier. There are only 2 approvals on this forum, for which the debit of fees was done on 20.12.2013. After that there seems to be a substantial delay in approvals on applications. The reason for this may be the High volume of applications submitted between 22.10.2013 to 24.10.2013 to meet the cut-off date of 25.10.2013 ( to qualify under previous policy). This volume has apparently now reached the approval end, hence the delay.

Lets hope all of us October (22-31) applicants who are still waiting, get our approvals soon.

Fulcrum1978

[TTOE]

Any approvals for Dec so far ?

Do you mean late Oct 2013?

[flash2004]

Any approvals for Dec so far ?

[Kambita07]

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs + 1 ILR
Method of application: NCS Hammersmith
Date of application: 01/11/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/13
Date of acknowledgement: 09/01/14
Date of debit of fee: 14/01/14
Date of acknowledgement letter received: 15/01/14
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting


This board has been really helpful, so I thought I should contribute by sharing my timelines as well.

[eskalebur]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Spouse of BC +1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of application: 14/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014 (Dated 29/01/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[isomb]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (4/5yr + 1yr ILR; Spouse + 2 children)
Method of application: NCS Hounslow (22nd Jan 2014)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24th Jan 2014 (assumed)
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Other Updates:
Will keep you posted

[MwanaKay]

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: 29/01/14

Hi Guys, I recently posted that my ceremony was said to be on March 26th 2014, However, when I sent of my slip for people who I wanted to be invited I never received the confirmation back. So I phoned my local council this morning to confirm where my invitation slip for my guests is and when the woman pulled up my name on the system she thought it was strange as my ceremony is tomorrow the 29/01/14 and not march the 26 and that somewhere they made an error which they sincerely apologized for. Thank God I phoned as I wouldn't have known because really and truly I thought march 26th was so far away after being approved BC on the 8/01/14 by HO.

Have a good day guys and I continue to wish everyone good luck on here with their BC

Wow! that is a blessing, it's good to know a fellow BC worrier will hit the finish line tomorrow. Wishing you a pleasant Citizenship Ceremony.

[chiefhunter]

Updates

Eligibility Criteria: 5 YRS plus 1 YR ILR
Method of Application: NCS Camden - 29 November 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA - 02 December 2013
Date of debit of fees: 17/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 17/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[TTOE]

Looking like it's going to be another quiet day as per approvals..... I wonder what exactly is happening, faulty printers?

[apple02]

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: 29/01/14

Hi Guys, I recently posted that my ceremony was said to be on March 26th 2014, However, when I sent of my slip for people who I wanted to be invited I never received the confirmation back. So I phoned my local council this morning to confirm where my invitation slip for my guests is and when the woman pulled up my name on the system she thought it was strange as my ceremony is tomorrow the 29/01/14 and not march the 26 and that somewhere they made an error which they sincerely apologized for. Thank God I phoned as I wouldn't have known because really and truly I thought march 26th was so far away after being approved BC on the 8/01/14 by HO.

Have a good day guys and I continue to wish everyone good luck on here with their BC

[Zeeshan123]

Eligibility criteria : 2 years spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application:Ncs hammersmith
Date of application: 13/01/14
Date of receipt by ukba: 14/01/14
Date of acknowledgement: 28/01/14,recieved on
31/01/14
Date of debit of fee: 28/01/14
Date of approval: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

[kiwiana76]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application: NCS (Wandsworth)
Date of application: 14/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: We didn't check.
Date of debit of fees: available balance dropped 28/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -
Date of receipt of approval: -
Date of Ceremony: -

[keepsim]

Eligibility criteria:HSMP/Tier1 5yr + 1 ILR
Method of application: Post
Date of Application: 06/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 27/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting