Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Pqek]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year ILR + 1 Year
Language criteria met (degree with NARIC Letter, PBS documents also used)
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 11/11/2013
Payment method Card Payment
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/11/2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: Not yet
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11/01/2014
Date approval received:Not yet
Date of ceremony: not yet

Any reason why you did not us NCS Aberdeen?

[rikken]

An update on applications for the period of 11 November to 3 January.

Still not many applications, but a couple are now being looked at.

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                         Apps submitted       Apps acknowledged       Apps approved
Week of 11 November             11                     2
Week of 18 November             16
Week of 25 November             10
Week of 2 December               9
Week of 9 December              10
Week of 16 December              7
Week of 23 December              2
Week of 30 December              3

[naumanmumtaz]

Thank you all for your concern. Always keep spirit up and keep pursuing things and you will get positive response. And yes it was bit tough 3 years in between my legal stay bit at end got approved so it's good.
All the best to everyone. Good luck guys

[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: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[kahn]

Just to give you an update on my application:

Application Type: Legacy including legal and illegal stay + ILR 4 Years
Applied through NCS: 10/07/2013
Received by UKBA: 12/07/2013
Fees Declined: 16/07/2013
Resubmitted: 28/07/2013 Contacted UKBA 1-2times a month re update but no luck.
MP Involvement: 12/12/2013
Replied to MP: 16/12/2013 Reply was that its still being processed
Date of Approval: 17/12/2013
Approval Received: 04/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: 05/02/2014

Thanks to everyone on forum for discussion and help.
My advice 2 months after application, keep calling them for update and if no response get mp involved after 4 months and hopefully you will get positive response. Good Luck to all and see you in PP forum.

Well done, I just got my approval on the 11/01/14, I hope my council have a date in January because February is still quite a trek away. I actually admire your spirit to never give up and pushed your application and I've heard so many people using their MP's to push their application and it actually works. So am so happy for you and wish everyone else on here their good lucks for acknowledgment and approvals

I guess,it would be quite hard in the case "including legal and illegal stay"

[apple02]

Just to give you an update on my application:

Application Type: Legacy including legal and illegal stay + ILR 4 Years
Applied through NCS: 10/07/2013
Received by UKBA: 12/07/2013
Fees Declined: 16/07/2013
Resubmitted: 28/07/2013 Contacted UKBA 1-2times a month re update but no luck.
MP Involvement: 12/12/2013
Replied to MP: 16/12/2013 Reply was that its still being processed
Date of Approval: 17/12/2013
Approval Received: 04/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: 05/02/2014

Thanks to everyone on forum for discussion and help.
My advice 2 months after application, keep calling them for update and if no response get mp involved after 4 months and hopefully you will get positive response. Good Luck to all and see you in PP forum.

Well done, I just got my approval on the 11/01/14, I hope my council have a date in January because February is still quite a trek away. I actually admire your spirit to never give up and pushed your application and I've heard so many people using their MP's to push their application and it actually works. So am so happy for you and wish everyone else on here their good lucks for acknowledgment and approvals

[naumanmumtaz]

Just to give you an update on my application:

Application Type: Legacy including legal and illegal stay + ILR 4 Years
Applied through NCS: 10/07/2013
Received by UKBA: 12/07/2013
Fees Declined: 16/07/2013
Resubmitted: 28/07/2013 Contacted UKBA 1-2times a month re update but no luck.
MP Involvement: 12/12/2013
Replied to MP: 16/12/2013 Reply was that its still being processed
Date of Approval: 17/12/2013
Approval Received: 04/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: 05/02/2014

Thanks to everyone on forum for discussion and help.
My advice 2 months after application, keep calling them for update and if no response get mp involved after 4 months and hopefully you will get positive response. Good Luck to all and see you in PP forum.

[s4sam]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years ILR + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Chartered Accountant UK + MSc UK + IELTS
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 04/01/2014
Payment method Card Payment
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/01/2014 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: Not yet
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Not yet
Date approval received:Not yet
Date of ceremony: not yet


please, any rough idea on when I'll get the reply...?

[vzum]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:EU 5 years+1 year PR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application:23/10/13 Royal Mail Special Delivery
Date of receipt by UKBA:24/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 12/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony:TBC

long waiting just for acknowledgement,fingers cross for the rest....

Update: Approval letter received today,dated 09/01/14.
Waiting for ceremony invitation letter
Good luck everybody....

[Williamme]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Method of application: NCS
Date of Application: 21, Oct, 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22, Oct, 2013
Date of debit of fees: 22, Nov, 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Never Received
Date of receipt of approval: 11, Jan, 2014 ( Dated 6, Jan, 2014)
Date of Ceremony: Arrange Later

[bolatella]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year ILR + 1 Year
Language criteria met (degree with NARIC Letter, PBS documents also used)
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 11/11/2013
Payment method Card Payment
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/11/2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: Not yet
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11/01/2014
Date approval received:Not yet
Date of ceremony: not yet

[altoum]

Application type: couple&3minors
method: ncs gateshead
Send to ukba: 7/11/2013
Rcvd by ukba: 8/11/2013
Date money taken from my account: 11/01/2013 (total of 3,223)
Aknlwd letter: atwaiting
Apprl: Awaiting

[apple02]

Eligibility criteria: Indefinite Leave to remain since 1997
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: waiting

Thank God for his deliverance. Thank God for this forum which has helped me immensely. I was so worried that I was not going to receive my approval due to the fact that 1) i sent in the old forms the one before the new one came out in September, 2) one of my referees was just 25 and i thought that question meant from age 26 and over. You know it just goes to show you just need to have faith and believe your going to receive it.

For all the previous post about requesting your documents delays your application, i requested my application on the 11/12/13 because I needed it for work and i was told by the home office people applying for British citizenship wont be affected, the only people who get affected are people who have definite leave only. Also she says before the send your requested documents back to you they photocopy everything from back to front before sending it back to you, so don't worry. If anything if i never requested my documents i would never have received my approval here today not yet anyway. So sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do to speed people up.

Thank you very much people and all the people who applied before me, same time as me and in October don't worry yours is on its way signed, sealed and delivered. Any brown letter that comes to your door with royal mail on it that should be it. I will check back to post my ceremony date when i get a letter from the council. Thanks

[alnuaimiuk]

Method of application: post office ( limed leave 5 years 9 months ILR )
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 08/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :11/01 dated (08/01/2014) the lucky things my birthday its 11/01
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Finally received today with date of the 08/01

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When did you send off your application, when was it received by the HO, when did you notice the drop in your bank balance?

Thanks mate!

[TTOE]

Finally received today with date of the 08/01

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When did you send off your application, when was it received by the HO, when did you notice the drop in your bank balance?

Thanks mate!

[alnuaimiuk]

Finally received today with date of the 08/01

Method of application: post office ( limed leave 5 years 9 months ILR )
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 08/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :11/01 dated (08/01/2014) the lucky things my birthday its 11/01
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

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[TTOE]

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:Waiting
Date of approval : Waiting
Invitation for ceremony appointment: Waiting

This forum has helped me a lot, so it is only logical for me to inform and help others.

9ice 1 zombie, please post this timeline also to the Nov 2013 timeline...

Many thanks!

[zombie]

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:Waiting
Date of approval : Waiting
Invitation for ceremony appointment: Waiting

This forum has helped me a lot, so it is only logical for me to inform and help others.

[sudanman]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Sudanese
Method of application: NCS (Southampton)
Date of application: 31/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit fees: 11/01/2014
Date approval received:

[jotter]

A pleasure km25. The main thing is to always have someone willing to keep it rolling forward, because these things almost always grow out of posters' personal interest in monitoring applications in a particular period. As a mid-November applicant, I'm tracking as far as the end of November. I believe rikken is putting together a set of data that will include November and December. Then if rikken finishes up there will need to be someone who will take it on for January. Any takers?

[km25]

You can look at Oct-2013 timeline post, there is bar chart showing information about how many received/fees deducted/approved. You are not missed out, you are counted in group of applicants with fees deducted.

thanks 'p2kin', its amazing that jotter has plotted this data and its a great visual representation of the waiting stats...im glad u included the link as i hadn't seen the graph before and just the numbers..

thanks jotter for doing this..this should be made a sticky so people can see and add to this...there was a similar thing but a spreadsheet for the ILR and it was very useful..may be something similar can be created for the Nat & Bri PP.

Cheers,

[km25]

Hi km25,

It means 98 applications were filed during that week and 24% was approved.

Thanks 'tobeukcitizen'...it makes sense now!!

[tea_time]

Eligibility criteria : HSMP 2 YEARS + 3 years Tier 1 General + 1 Year ILR
Both NZ citizens
(myself and partner - he was dependent till ILR) - so two separate applications
Method of application : NCS CAMDEN
Date of application to NCS: 02 NOV 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 04 NOV 2013 (Tracked Using the royal mail tracking number given by NCS CAMDEN).
Date of debit of fee : Available balance on both our credit cards dropped today (10/01/14) - although I can't see the specific transaction yet.
Date acknowledged : waiting
Mail Confirmation Regarding Decision : waiting
Date of approval : (letter dated ) waiting
Date of arrival of Approved letter / Council letter : waiting
Date of Ceremony :

Good luck to everyone waiting for news

Huge thanks to Jotter and p2kin for keeping up everyone's morale with the regular analysis.

[ah_kassem]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: Spous of british citizen
Date of postingt to UKBA: 05/11/2013 NCS Sutton
Date of delivery by UKBA: 06/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 10/01/2014 (UKBA debeted the credit card but money was not taken yet maybe tomorrow)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15\01\2014 dated 10\01\2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[faz28]

[quote="faz28"]Eligibility criteria: 7 Years residency married to BC + ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail special delivery
Date of application: 22/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/13 (Royal Mail Tracking Confirmed)
Date of debit of fees: 5/12/13 Finally drop in my balance. (Debit card)
Date of acknowledgement : 07/12/13 (letter dated 05/12/12)
Current nationality: Srilankan
Date of approval: 08/01/2014 (approval received on 10/01/2014)
Date of Ceremony: TBC


At last got my approval letter today. I'm so happy and best of luck for everyone else. This board has been the helpline in our immigration journey which as come to an end. I'm very thankful to each and everyone on this board. Just a little hurdle ceremony and passport application left, compared to what we have gone through it is just nothing.