Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Lucas]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Camden Town
Date of application: 14/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBC
Date of debit of fees: 08/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Didn't think I would have to wait so long for fees to be taken...been checking the account every day, so frustrating! Anyway, I'm happy now and hope it won't take forever to get the outcome. It would be great if everything was done and dusted before Christmas...or am I being too optimistic? Good luck everybody!

[Shuklap]

Hi All,

Is there any one else waiting from August. Recently All posts I see are either from Sep or Oct.

My Timelines are as following -

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Sutton
Date of application: 19/08/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : 30/08/2013
Date of debit of fees: 29/08/2013
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Thanks,

[Loveislovely]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier1 + 12 month ILR
Method of application: NCS Poole
Date of application: 23rd September 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24th September 2013
Date of acknowledgement : not received
Date of debit of fees: 02nd Oct 2013
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of ceremony:Awaiting

I have called and emailed HO for status and they finally confirmed today that a decision was sent out yesterday and have refused to tell me the status. Now am so nervous not sure wot to expect as my application was not so straight forward. I had to declare a CCJ I had last year but was unaware of when I applied for ILR. SO not sure if my application might be rejected. Just so stressed

Hi Suzy101,

Don.t worry, it will be good news, share with us, as it unfolds.
Good luck

[suzy101]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier1 + 12 month ILR
Method of application: NCS Poole
Date of application: 23rd September 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24th September 2013
Date of acknowledgement : not received
Date of debit of fees: 02nd Oct 2013
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of ceremony:Awaiting

I have called and emailed HO for status and they finally confirmed today that a decision was sent out yesterday and have refused to tell me the status. Now am so nervous not sure wot to expect as my application was not so straight forward. I had to declare a CCJ I had last year but was unaware of when I applied for ILR. SO not sure if my application might be rejected. Just so stressed

[rbd06]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail Special Delivary
Date of application: 16/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/10/2013 (Checked postal tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 13/11/13
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Reciept of Documents : TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

[anustaya]

Eligibility Criteria: spouse visa 2yrs + ILR 1yr & 10 mths
Method of Application: post SD & return SD
Date of Application: 1/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: 15/10/13 (dated 13/10/13)
Date of approval & returned docs: 30/10/13
Ceremony letter received: TBA
Ceremony date: TBA

Hi tlbanks,

Congrats, I have sent mine on the 15/10/2013, still waiting for payments to be taken and acknowledgment letter, I am being optimistic that there will be progress on my application soon.

Good luck to all awaiting positive response from ukba.

Loveislovely cheers.

Congratulations tlbanks!!!

[Mudassir]

Eligibility criteria: 3 year HSMP + 2 Year Tier1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS York
Date of application: 09/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/10/2013 (as advised by NCS York)
Date of acknowledgement letter: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

I wonder why they still haven't sent the acknowledgement.

I have emailed on NationalityHelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk to find out the status of my application as still no acknowledgement is received nor the fees is debited and they said it could tale up to 7 weeks to send acknowledgement and up to 6 months to process the applicaton....

[Loveislovely]

Eligibility Criteria: spouse visa 2yrs + ILR 1yr & 10 mths
Method of Application: post SD & return SD
Date of Application: 1/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: 15/10/13 (dated 13/10/13)
Date of approval & returned docs: 30/10/13
Ceremony letter received: TBA
Ceremony date: TBA

Hi tlbanks,

Congrats, I have sent mine on the 15/10/2013, still waiting for payments to be taken and acknowledgment letter, I am being optimistic that there will be progress on my application soon.

Good luck to all awaiting positive response from ukba.

Loveislovely cheers.

[tlbanks]

Eligibility Criteria: spouse visa 2yrs + ILR 1yr & 10 mths
Method of Application: post SD & return SD
Date of Application: 1/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: 15/10/13 (dated 13/10/13)
Date of approval & returned docs: 30/10/13
Ceremony letter received: TBA
Ceremony date: TBA

[ssinghbi02]

Eligibility criteria : WP 1Year Tier1 4year ILR 1 year 9 months
Method of application : NCS Havering Council
Date of application : 10-Oct-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 11-Oct-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 31-Oct-2013 (received on 04-Nov-2013)
Date of debit of fees : 31-Oct-2013
Date of approval : TBA
Date of Ceremony : TBA

[sam800]

Eligibility criteria : HSMP (JR) 1yr + 3yrs + 2.5yr on ILR (was out of country in between)
Method of application : Royal Mail Special Delivery
Date of application : 04-NOV-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 05-NOV-2013 (tracked via Royal Mail website)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA dated TBA
Date of debit of fees : TBA
Date of approval : TBA
Date of Ceremony : TBA

[rana12570]

Yesterday I sent an email to home office @ NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, got a reply today from a lady saying that I have checked your file and I can confirm that "No Decision has Yet been made"!

Application type: 2 year spouse of BC + Time spent in UK on Student Visa
I applied via post on 26/09/2013
Application received by HO: 27/09/2013
Fee Deducted on: 08/10/2013
Acknowledgement Letter: 08/10/2013
Approval date: Not yet as mentioned above by the HO in email reply!!!
Ceremony: can't even think of!

[majaseem]

Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs plus with indefinite Leave
Method of application:By Post
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (Next day special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

[tronca33]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year & 6 mth PR
Method of application:POST Office LEEDS
Date of application: 14/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/10/2013 (Next day special delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 07/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

[innocentdevil]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS - Rotherham (Swinton)
Date of application: 4/11/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBA
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

I have used my bachelors degree from UK as a language requirement. She rang UKBA before she accepted that.

[tronca33]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

I did the application myself for my husband and I and our two children. The fees have not been taken out of my account even though it is now 2 weeks later. Should I be worried?

Dont worry.I send my application 14th October and my fees have been not taken.So many people send application before 28th October so this take time now....
I hope have my positive news before Christmas ...

[legendz]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

I did the application myself for my husband and I and our two children. The fees have not been taken out of my account even though it is now 2 weeks later. Should I be worried? Anyone else applied late October and had their fees taken? I only completed one payment slip, as they offer special rates for applying as a married couple and also for 2 children at the same time. Anyone else done this or should I have done a seperate one for each person in the family? ( I clearly marked on the form that this was for a family application with all our full names and DOB's.)
Also, I used the form dated December 2012.. I printed it off a few weeks before submitting it as had to get it to references etc. I only saw the form dated Sept'13 on the day I submitted our application so did not have time to print and complete new one. The only difference that I could see between the Dec '12 and Sep'13 form was a little block with advance notice on the Sep'13 form about the rules changing on the 28th of October re knowledge of life in the UK. Surely they can't reject my application based on this as my application was received before the 28th?

[anustaya]

Postal Application
Application based on: 5 years EEA family member changing to Wife of British citizen....
Received my EEA4(ILR): 12 Jul 2013
Application for Naturalisation: 20 September 2013
Acknowledgement from UKBA: 12th of October dated 8th of October
Fees Debited: 8th October 2013
Date of Approval: 1 November 2013 (via email)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Feeling anxious

I sent a message to the email address last night but there seems to be something wrong. My message wasn't delivered and was informed the address doesnt exist. Can you check and confirm if there is no typo in the address please?




Emailed home office this morning with almost an immediate response, "no decision has been made"
I received another email from same person at UKBA at 4.10pm asking when I submitted my application, I responded and within 5 min of sending the email, I received an email back saying my application was successful!!! Yaaaayyyy!!!

Congratulations!!!

Could you please give us the email address???

NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Good Luck!!

[jonjr023]

sheikh76 wrote:
Eligibility: 2 years hsmp +3 years tier1+1 year ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 16/09/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/09/13
Date of acknowledgement : not received
Date of debit of fees: 18/09/13
Date of approval: received today 29/10/13 in SD envelope, letter dated 25/10/13
Date of Ceremony: tbc


Dear All, I am pleased to write that I finally received the approval letter today. Thanks to all the forum members for their useful input.

Just a sincere advice to everyone who are waiting, if you would like to find out the status of your application then the best option is to email home office NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk rather than calling the 0870 number. The reason is that the reply via email is received from Sheffield where your application is processed and they are in better position in giving you the status. Whereas 0870 number is for the Croydon office where you may not get status update as experienced by many.

Congrats Sheikh76, you are saying that email address worked for you? have you ever been told your application is in process and allocated to case worker? I applied on 5th October, you think it is too early to send an email?

Hi Sheikh76,
pls sorry to ask but where did u get the email address ? how soon do they reply the mails sent to them thanks

[mowaid]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP 2 year + Tier 1 3year + ILR 1+ year
Method of application: Self recorded post
Date of application: 12/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 03/11/2013 ( I check my balance on ATM on sunday it maybe deducted on 2/11/2013 or 1/11/2013)
Date of acknowledgement letter: TBC
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[jonjr023]

Postal Application
Application based on: 5 years EEA family member changing to Wife of British citizen....
Received my EEA4(ILR): 12 Jul 2013
Application for Naturalisation: 20 September 2013
Acknowledgement from UKBA: 12th of October dated 8th of October
Fees Debited: 8th October 2013
Date of Approval: 1 November 2013 (via email)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Feeling anxious

Emailed home office this morning with almost an immediate response, "no decision has been made"
I received another email from same person at UKBA at 4.10pm asking when I submitted my application, I responded and within 5 min of sending the email, I received an email back saying my application was successful!!! Yaaaayyyy!!!

Congratulations!!!

Could you please give us the email address???

NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Good Luck!!

Hi HAPPYDAYSUK"
sorry to ask but where did u get the email address or was sent to you
thanks

[ultimate12570]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (3yr spouse of BC)
Method of application: NCS (Milton Keynes)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/09/2013
Date of debit of fees: 28/09/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/09/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 02/10/2013
Date of Ceremony: 09/01/2014

Congratulations!!!

[ultimate12570]

Thanks to all the forum members who provided their valuable suggestions.

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 18 months
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 10/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 11/10/2013
Date of approval: 26/10/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Good luck to all those who are applying...

Congratulations!!!

Unbelievable, that was very quick!!! lucky you! I've also applied in Sept. still waiting!!!

Did you receive approval via email or post?

[jonjr023]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: ( 3 yrs spouse of BC)
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/1013, Post Date: 08/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 05/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/11/13, Dated: 30/10/13
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Now the Waiting game starts
Thanks to others for their informative posts causes its really helps.

[anustaya]

Yes the guys @ HO work all weekends including Sundays and bank holidays. My payment was aken on Sunday and I can recall one occation in 2008 when I had a call from case worker on a Sunday, to clarify some information about my LL application.