Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Wininuru]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Luton)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/02/13
Date of debit of fees: 06/02/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: 21/03/13 dated 11/03/13
Date of Ceremony:04/04/13

Sooo delighted I finally got my approval. Good luck to all those waiting and thank you to everyone who's taken their time to share their experience on this forum.

[LondonApplicant]

Eligibility criteria: EU citizen, 6 years working in the UK (exercising EEA treaty rights)
Method of application: NCS Southwark (London)
Date of application: 20/3/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/3/2013 (Royal Mail online tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 3/4/2013 (dated 27/3/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 4/4/2013 (paid by cheque)

Date of approval: 29/4/2013 (dated 19/4/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 7/5/2013

Date I sent back the naturalisation certificate: 7/5/2013
Date I received the correct certificate: 23/5/2013

(My surname was misspelt on the certificate. What to do in these cases is outlined here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... rtificate/)

Thanks a lot to all the people on the forum for the help, the staff at the Council (all very kind) and UKBA for processing my application so quickly.

[olcay]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year.
Method of application: By post
Date of application: 22 Feb 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 Feb 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 28 Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 28 Feb 2013
Date of approval: 11 March 2013
Date of ceremony: 08 Apr 2013

It was quicker than expected.

[katievoroncova]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National PR 5 Years + 1 Year. In the UK since 2000, exercising Treaty Rights from 2004 - present.
Method of application: NCS (Fareham)
Date of application: 13 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[fearless2711]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP, 3 years ILR
Method of application: NCS (Alesbury)
Date of application: 12 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: 19 March 2013
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[vera06]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC

Method of application: NCS (CREWE)

Date of receipt by UKBA: 07.02.2013

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: DATED 11.02.2013 (RECEIVED 16.02)

Date of receipt of approval: DATED 13.03.2013 (RECEIVED 21.03)

Date of Ceremony: 22.04.2013

[ishareef17]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)

Date of debit of fees: --------
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

Strangely no fees deducted so far, its been 8 days.

Same here i applied on 13 march through NCS hounslow. No fees is deducted.

[mehp]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)

Date of debit of fees: --------
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

Strangely no fees deducted so far, its been 8 days.

[abed9631]

Eligibility criteria:5years (WP)+1 years ILR
Method of application:Post (Joint Application)
Date of post: 4th March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 5th March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 11th March 2013
Date of acknowledgement letter received: 13th March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[let_koko]

Hi just wondering any update on let_koko application?

Nothing yet, apart from the acknowledgement letter which i received on 12th March, dated 9th of march
whatever happen, i will update you guys but am very optimistic

[atukflrn]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adult (Joint)+1 child (Section 3(1))
Method of application: Postal (Royal Mail Next Day)
Date of submission to UKBA: 14-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15-MAR-2013 (09:00 AM)
Date of debit of fees: 20-MAR-2013

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -----
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

[ijaz.khanz]

Hi just wondering any update on let_koko application?

[gore]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (HSMP 2 + 3 year) + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 14/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: Don't Know
Date of acknowledgement: Not yet received
Date of debit of fees: 21/03/2013
Date of approval: ---
Date of ceremony: ---

[ishareef17]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (HSMP+Tier1) + 1 year ILR (wife and husband + 2child) 
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
 Date of application: 13/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: Don't Know
 Date of acknowledgement: Not yet received
 Date of debit of fees: waiting
 Date of approval: ---
 Date of ceremony: ---

[kindle]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years+1 year ILR
Method of application: post
Date of application: 16/02/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/02/2013
Date of acknowledgement : received on 23/02/2013, dated 21/02/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/02/2013
Date of approval: 19/03/2013, dated 15/03/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[cabarete]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year family member EEA National+1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS hackney
Date of application: 11/02/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/02/2013
Date of acknowledgement : received on 20/02/2013, dated 15/02/2013
Date of debit of fees: 15/02/2013
Date of approval: 14/03/2013, dated 06/03/2013
Date of Ceremony: 21/03/2013 private as the first available group one was on 19/04/2013

see you guys on the passport timeline thread

[sagor]

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Eligibility criteria:10years+1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Merton
Date of post:28th Jan 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 29 feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 4 feb 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 8th feb 2013
Date of approval: 15th March 2013
Date of ceremony: 19th March 2013

thanks .. its been long journey to the west and ended now..people who are waiting .. I hope it will come soon. just have faith

[WCEL]

Hi WCEL,
congratulates ! but can you tell me when you received the documents back from UKBA ? mean passport etc.
i applied my wife application on same day through NCS redbridge,received the acknowledgment but not approval yet ?

Thanks Kaka,i did received the documents on the 15th of march,best of luck

[kaka123]

Hi WCEL,
congratulates ! but can you tell me when you received the documents back from UKBA ? mean passport etc.
i applied my wife application on same day through NCS redbridge,received the acknowledgment but not approval yet ?

[fearless2711]

Eligibility criteria:5years+1 years Ilr
Method of application:post
Date of post:1st March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 4 March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 7 march 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 7 March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 19th March 2013
Date of approval: 16th March 2013
Date of ceremony: TBC

C'est bon...you're very lucky to get it super fast! I submitted on 26/Feb via NCS and am still waiting; though not yet impatient as I know it's too early to expect anything

he is really lucky Congrats ricky129

indeed very lucky man

[MaSk]

Eligibility criteria:5years+1 years Ilr
Method of application:post
Date of post:1st March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 4 March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 7 march 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 7 March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 19th March 2013
Date of approval: 16th March 2013
Date of ceremony: TBC

C'est bon...you're very lucky to get it super fast! I submitted on 26/Feb via NCS and am still waiting; though not yet impatient as I know it's too early to expect anything

he is really lucky Congrats ricky129

[Ctzn2013]

Eligibility criteria:5years+1 years Ilr
Method of application:post
Date of post:1st March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 4 March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 7 march 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 7 March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 19th March 2013
Date of approval: 16th March 2013
Date of ceremony: TBC

C'est bon...you're very lucky to get it super fast! I submitted on 26/Feb via NCS and am still waiting; though not yet impatient as I know it's too early to expect anything

[aryaman]

I submitted my application today through NCS. They did not accept any tax documents like p60 salary slips for past 5 years period ( I am director of company) In the form it says requirement of self assessment statement only for self employed
Is it some thing usual or some thing gone wrong. When mentioned i was told your Ni number enough these are required when you donty have your previous passports.

You are considered to be self-employed as long as you are not an employee of the firm in which you are a director. If that is the case, you should have filed for a self-assessment tax statement and submitted the same with your application.
If there exists a legal employment contract between you and the firm and you route your Taxes/NI Contributions through the PAYE system, you are considered an employee of the firm. If this is the case, you just need to have declared that you are an employee of the firm on the application form with the relevant details. In such a scenario, submission of pay slips, tax or NI documents is NOT required.

[ricky129]

Eligibility criteria:5years+1 years Ilr
Method of application:post
Date of post:1st March 2013
Date of receipt by Ukba: 4 March 2013
Date of debit of fees: 7 march 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 7 March 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 19th March 2013
Date of approval: 16th March 2013
Date of ceremony: TBC

[muhami01]

I submitted my application today through NCS. They did not accept any tax documents like p60 salary slips for past 5 years period ( I am director of company) In the form it says requirement of self assessment statement only for self employed
Is it some thing usual or some thing gone wrong. When mentioned i was told your Ni number enough these are required when you donty have your previous passports.