Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[90sBaby]

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

Hey congratulations to a fellow Jamaican! I hope you can now move forward having put all the waiting and wondering behind you, it must be a great feeling. I go to submit my application today!

[Jasper_X]

my approval finally arrived.

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 12 months ILR (although actually 9 Years)

Method of application: Post (Special Delivery)

Date of application: 5/10/2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: 6/10/2013

Date of acknowledgement letter: 22/10/2013 (Dated 19/10/2013)

Date of debit of fees: 19/10/2013

Date of approval: 28/1/2014

Date of Ceremony: ?

[KyleDM]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10 Years, Life In The UK Exam + ESOL Exam
Nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS Cumbria (23/01/2014)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[martin123]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5 + 1
Method of application: Post
Date of receipt by UKBA:25/10/2013
Date of debit of fees:31/12/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:03/01/2013
Date of receipt of approval:27/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: N/A

Nothing happened for 7 weeks, sent email to NationalityHelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, note you have to give them name,date of birth and address.

Just got standard response to allow 2 more weeks for payment to be taken.

Edit 31/12/2013 : finally after more than 2 months, fee got debited from my account today

edit 30/01/2014: just received approval letter, dated 27/1

[dadageer]

I have applied for my Naturalization. Timeline so far

Eligibility criteria: 1yr HSMP+ 4 yrs Tier-1 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :IELTS 8.0
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 29.01.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Direct Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Pending
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Pending
Date approval received: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

[edenking]

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.
Did you receive supported documents and approval letter at same day (28/01/2014) or another day.

[mylove322]

Dear all,
I have been checking the timelines in this forum recently and finally I have got my approval letter from home office yesterday. Hope my information hope it can be helpful for other people.
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Tier 2 Dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013 (estimate)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/01/2014
Date of payment confirmation: 09/01/2014
Date approval received: Received 29/01/14 (Dated 26/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/02/2014

Hope it helps

Congrats.
Did you receive supported documents and approval letter at same day (29/01/2014) or another day.

I haven't received any return document yet. Actually I didn't hand the original document out, council copied all the document and send out when I applied, so I don't know if I will still expect the copy of document or not.

[edenking]

Dear all,
I have been checking the timelines in this forum recently and finally I have got my approval letter from home office yesterday. Hope my information hope it can be helpful for other people.
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Tier 2 Dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013 (estimate)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/01/2014
Date of payment confirmation: 09/01/2014
Date approval received: Received 29/01/14 (Dated 26/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/02/2014

Hope it helps

Congrats.
Did you receive supported documents and approval letter at same day (29/01/2014) or another day.

[mylove322]

Dear all,
I have been checking the timelines in this forum recently and finally I have got my approval letter from home office yesterday. Hope my information hope it can be helpful for other people.
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Tier 2 Dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013 (estimate)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/01/2014
Date of payment confirmation: 09/01/2014
Date approval received: Received 29/01/14 (Dated 26/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/02/2014

Hope it helps

[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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[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.