Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[sombyo]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs + 3.5 yrs ILR
Method of application: NCS Reading (24/01/13)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/01/13
Date of debit of fees: 30/01/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06/02/13 dated 30/01/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 25/02/13 dated 16/02/13
Date of Ceremony: Not confirmed

[hakolini]

Hello hakolini!

No... I am still waiting for the ceremony invitation. Hope it will not take long!

Hello SimBald Yeah let's hope we get it soon its annoying looking at the letter of approvel then waiting for the invitation letter lol : ) hope you get it soon and me : )

[Padi123]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: 7yrs + 1ILR
Method of application: Post Office, 05/02/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/02/13
Date of debit of fees: 08/02/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/02/13, dated: 08/02/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/02/13, dated: 22/02/13
Date of Ceremony: pending

Finally! My application was accepted and considering how slow that process is for some I may consider myself a lucky one!

Total: 21 Days

[SimBald]

Hello hakolini!

No... I am still waiting for the ceremony invitation. Hope it will not take long!

[hakolini]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yrs + 1yr ILR (spouse BC) + child
Method of application: post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 7th Feb 2013 (tracking post office website)
Date of debit of fees: 8th Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12th Feb 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 26th Feb 2013 (dated 22nd Feb 2013)
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I am so pleased that it has taken only 2 and half weeks...
Good Luck to all of you waiting!

Hi congratulations on your approvel. Have you received your ceremony invitation yet? Cause my approvel letter came but still have to wait for the invitation letter

[SimBald]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yrs + 1yr ILR (spouse BC) + child
Method of application: post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 7th Feb 2013 (tracking post office website)
Date of debit of fees: 8th Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12th Feb 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 26th Feb 2013 (dated 22nd Feb 2013)
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I am so pleased that it has taken only 2 and half weeks...
Good Luck to all of you waiting!

[aryaman]

Hi,

Stamped ILR on 16April2012, Can anyone suggest when I can apply for Naturlisation,

Fee going to increase after 6th April

Please suggest

Regards
Jas

Well you will be eligible to apply only on or after 16 April 2013, so I'm afraid you will have to pay the higher fee. Well the new fees are to be hiked from £851 to £874 if you are a single applicant, which represents a 2.7% increase. The more substantive hike is for joint applications which is set to increase by 18% from £1317 to £1550.

[jayke]

Eligibility criteria: EEA - 6 years
Method of application: NCS Westminster
Date of application: 4/07/2012
Date received by UKBA: 5/07/2012
Date of debit of fees: 12/07/2012
Acknowledgment letter received: 23/07/2012 (dated 19/07/2012)
Date of approval: 11/02/2013
Approval letter received: 15/02/2013
Ceremony: to be confirmed

A long wait.... had to follow up at the 6 month mark to request an update...

[jjsbhamra]

Hi,

Stamped ILR on 16April2012, Can anyone suggest when I can apply for Naturlisation,

Fee going to increase after 6th April

Please suggest

Regards
Jas

[furqankarim]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yrs + 1yr PR (spouse)
Method of application: NCS(Bolton)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: Not Yet
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Not Yet
Date of receipt of approval: Not Yet
Date of Ceremony: Not yet.

[Twilight35]

My 1st contact to the Council (Shropshire) was 21 Dec 2012 to arrange for NCS appointment, no answer from them until I contacted again on 07 Jan 2013 to query about my appointment when eventually they called me back same day ( after showing my displeasure) to get my actual appointment of the 29 Jan 2013.
Just mentioned what happened with me to get the NCS appointment and they subsequently blamed the backlog and the festive season!!!!


Eligibility criteria: +3 years as a Spouse/Civil Partner of a British Citizen
Method of application: NCS
Date of Submission at NCS: 29 Jan 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30 Jan 2013
Date of debit of fees: 01 Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06 Feb 2013 ( dated 01 Feb 2013 )
Date of receipt of approval: Not yet
Date of Ceremony: Not yet

[djanm]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: (2 yr HSMP + 3 yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Westminster)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/02/13
Date of debit of fees: 20/02/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Dated 20/02/13
Date of receipt of approval: Dated 11/03/13
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[lolden]

Can see some applicants from early Feb already getting their approvals. Fingers crossed UKBA keep up this pace!

I think in this thread a little piece of extra information would be helpful.
As I understand there is quite a waiting list for NCS appointments, so maybe folks here should also include the date when they contacted a council for appointment and the date of which they attended the appointment.

This would give a more true picture of processing timelines.

Regards,
Newbie Here.

It may vary by council but I phoned at lunchtime on a Thursday and got a 9am appointment for the following Monday, so less than 2 working days.

[bassoo]

Application timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 7 Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 11 Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14 Feb 2013 ( dated 11 feb 2013 )
Date of receipt of approval: 25 Feb 2013 ( dated 19-feb 2013 )
Date of Ceremony: 15 march 2013

[maverick250]

I think in this thread a little piece of extra information would be helpful.
As I understand there is quite a waiting list for NCS appointments, so maybe folks here should also include the date when they contacted a council for appointment and the date of which they attended the appointment.

This would give a more true picture of processing timelines.

Regards,
Newbie Here.

I'm not sure if there is much of a waiting time - I contacted the Camden NCS on the 3rd Jan for an appointment on the 25th Jan. First they told me nothing was available, then they told me that the bookings hadn't opened up yet for that date. Though they had lots of timeslots in the next 2 weeks.

I then phoned Islington NCS who had no problem booking it immediately.

[Alish60]

Hi Alish60, No, He did not get any acknowledgement letter.

This is why he is worried.

Thanks

Tell him not to worry, some caseworkers are lazy, it may sound funny but is the truth unfortunately. The fee has been taken so the caseworker has started working on his file, if you look here, some prople never received acknowledgment letter but instead they got their approval after 4 or 5 weeks. So tell him to think positive. He will get the COA soon hopefuly.

[dukkumeah]

Hi Alish60, No, He did not get any acknowledgement letter.

This is why he is worried.

Thanks

[Alish60]

It has been now 4 weeks, no COA received.
Should he call UKBA guys or just wait?They normally dont take so long to send COA.
Plz advise me guys.Thanks

Has he received the acknowledgement letter? It can take up to six months before he gets the certificate of approval, it is only 4 weeks, there is no point in contacting them anyway, they will tell you we are unable to advice you if it's less than six months from the date of your application.

[Ravi2013]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr work permit + 7yr ILR
Method of application: Swindon NCS 21st Feb 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22nd Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 01st Mar 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[dukkumeah]

One of my friend applied on:

Catagory: 2 years working holiday maker visa + 2.5 year as aspouse of BC

Applied on : 28-01-13

Type : Self prepared(postal)

Received by UKBA: 29-02-13

Fee taken : 03-02-13

It has been now 4 weeks, no COA received.

Should he call UKBA guys or just wait?

They normally dont take so long to send COA.

Plz advise me guys.Thanks

[Alish60]

hi,
i am applying for citizenship application. i need help in one question please. in AN application form they have described the documents you need to send on page 15 section 5 (last page).

SECTION 5 Evidence of freedom from immigration time restrictions:required for all applicants except those covered by
SECTION 4 above
• Your passport showing permission to remain permanently in the UK OR
• The Home Office letter by which you were given permission to remain permanently in the UK
• If you came to the UK as an asylum seeker you should have evidence of appeal applications OR
• Evidence of being freely landed
my question is since march home office is not issuing ilr in passport.they are issuing bio metric residence card. do i need to submit in brp card with my application ? or i need to send following letters i received from home office.
1. letter attached along with my brp that only shows information about the unique number of my brp. (brp card attatched to this letter shows i have indefinite leave to remain).
2. letter about my docs they send me back . it shows my reference number and date of birth.
3. letter that tells my application for ilr is successful and there is lots of information about my rights in country . but this does not show any of my personal detail like reference number, name or date of birth.
sorry for this long time taking detail. plz sone on through some light on it.

Please next time open a new topic for your question, here is a topic only for timeline.
if you are applying trough post then send your biometric card and their letter with the rest of documents, If you are using NCS take all the letters and the biometric card with you, they will take a copy of them. in page 1 of application form put the reference of the UKBA in the box at the top which asking for reference number.
you will be fine, don't get panic and keep calm.
My advice for you is please read the guidance form AN properly, if you have not seen it you can find it here,
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... ide_an.pdf
Please read this, I promise you will find all your answers.

[rallykaran2013]

I think in this thread a little piece of extra information would be helpful.
As I understand there is quite a waiting list for NCS appointments, so maybe folks here should also include the date when they contacted a council for appointment and the date of which they attended the appointment.

This would give a more true picture of processing timelines.

Regards,
Newbie Here.

[physku]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP/Tier 1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Leeds, 25 th Jan 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 30th Jan 2013 (Received 6 th Feb 2013)
Date of of approval: 18 th Feb 2013 (Received 23 rd Feb 2013)
Date of Ceremony: Will update soon

[hakolini]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr EEA + 1yr PR
Method of application: post
Date of receipt by UKBA: 1st Feb 2013
Date of debit of fees: 6th Feb 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 9th Feb (dated 6th Feb 2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 21st Feb (dated 19th Feb 2013)
Date of Ceremony: Not yet.

That was quick!

DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR INVITATION LETTER WITH THE APPROVEL OR DID YOU WAIT FOR THE INVITATION LETTER ?

[shethjitu]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr work permit + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Hatfield NCS 8th Feb 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: waiting
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

on 15th Feb 2013 received letter from Home office stating that my credit card payment has been declined - which was not the case as per my bank. i sent them new payment slip with my debit card information on 16th Feb 2013 - they have recived it on 20th Feb 2013. Since then there is no update in the case.!!