Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Satsap]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Postal (16/11/11)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/11/11
Date of debit of fees: 12/12/11 (Later than acknowledgement letter, may be due to Cheque)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Letter received on 10/12/11 dated 06/12/11
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2012
Date of Ceremony: ??

[nitin_malik]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP+ 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS (Sutton) 10 Nov 2011
Date of receipt by UKBA:11 Nov 2011
Date of debit of fees: 28th Nov 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02nd December 2011
Date of receipt of approval: 04th February 2012 dated 29th Jan 2012
Date of Ceremony:18th Feb 2012

[MeeMee]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC plus minor
Method of application: NCS Leicester 23/11/11
Date of receipt by UKBA:25/11/11
Date of debit of fees: 16/12/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/12/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 11/02/2012 dates 07/02/12
Date of Ceremony:15/02/2012

[Vesna17]

My Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:9yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application:Postal
Date of posting:20/09/11
Date of receipt by UKBA:n/a
Date of debit of fees:n/a
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:19/10/11 dated 13/10/11
Date of receipt of approval:18/11/11 dated 16/11/11
Date of receipt of invitation:24/11/11 dated 16/11/11
Date of Ceremony:03/12/11

Other Updates :
5/11/11 Received letter from UKBA dated 3/11/11 requesting my marriage certificate to support my name alteration & have replied the same day.
11/11/11 Called UKBA to check if they've received my marriage certificate & was told nothing on the system file yet, call again next week.

[bigwullie]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS Cumbria County Council 26/07/11
Date of receipt by UKBA:28/07/11
Date of debit of fees: 05/08/11
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 09/08/11
Date of receipt of approval: 24/10/11
Date of Ceremony: 15/11/11

[hlashin]

Eligibility criteria: 4 yrs HSMP +1 ilr
Method of application: ncs chelmsford
Date of receipt by UKBA,13/07/2011
Date of debit of fees: 03/08/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Can't remember
Date of receipt of approval: 25/11/2011
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Good luck to everyone

[yasmin1791]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs(3yrs ILR)
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of receipt by UKBA:03/10/2011
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20/10/2011 dated 17/10/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 18/11/2011 dated 10/11/2011
Date of Ceremony: 1st Dec 2011

[Young2005]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP+ 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS (Brent) 08 Aug 2011
Date of receipt by UKBA:10 Aug 2011
Date of debit of fees: 19 Aug 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22 Aug 2011
Date of receipt of approval: 21 Nov 2011
Date of Ceremony: need to book..

Thanks Immigration Boards Memebers!!

[gidoc]

Application Timeline-for my daughter
Eligibility criteria: (5yr as dependant + 1yr ILR.)
Date of application: NCS (Newcastle)-10/10/11
Date of receipt by UKBA: n/a
Date of receipt of approval: 17/11/11
Date of ceremony: 1/12/11
Only 5 wks

[days]

Criteria:EU worker 6 years
Type :: NCS Yorkshire
Date of submission :: 02/11/2011
Date application received by UKBA:04/11/2011
Date of debit of credit card : 24/11/2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/11/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 28/01/2012, approval dated: 19/01/2012
Date of ceremony: 01/02/2012
Date of passport application: 02/02/2012
Interview letter received: 14/02/2012
Original docs received: 14/02/2012
IPS interview date: 16/02/2012
Passport received: 18/02/2012
Thank you for this forum making my wait more relaxed.

[ukie2011]

Application Timeline :

Eligibility criteria: 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 Nov 2011
Date of debit of fees: 09 Dec 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17 Dec 2011
Date of approval: 10 Feb 2012
Date of receipt of approval: 18 Feb 2012
Date of Ceremony: 23 Feb 2012

[n_dinesh]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs WP + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of application : 22nd September 2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th September 2011
Date of debit of fees: 03rd October 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 11th October 2011
Date of receipt of approval: 14th November 2011 dated 04 November
Date of Ceremony: 22nd November 2011

[Other Uodates
Registrar gave the Ceremony appointment for 06th December. Called them for private ceremony.I was told that the earliest date for private ceremony is 05th December.However, the representative was kind enough to give me a public ceremony appointment for 22nd November.I had to personally handover the questionaire form at the registrar office and they handed over the ceremony appointment letter to me.

[ILR.2010]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (Cambridgeshire) 01/08/2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/08/2011
Date of debit of fees: 15/08/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: Still waiting

Interim Updates
Date: 10/10/2011: Security had been completed in September, just waiting for case worker to pick it up. Could take up to 6 months.

[vic_fan]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: WP1+WP2+T1+ 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS (Harrow) 07/09/2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 14/10/2011
Date of receipt of approval: pending

[mimimt]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years work permit plus 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS (Southwark) 28/09/2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 13/10/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/10/2011 (dated 13/10/2011)
Date of receipt of approval: Received 14/11/2011 (dated 09/11/2011)
Date of ceremony: 21/11/2011

[ex-immigrant]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Long Residency ILR
Method of application: NCS (walthamforest) 28/06/2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/06/2011
Date of debit of fees: 20/07/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/07/2011
Date of receipt of approval: Received 12/11/2011 (Dated 03/11/2011)

[fev]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 years student visa+2years spouse of BC+9.5months ILR
Method of application: NCS (Newham) 16/09/2011
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 29/09/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 04/10/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 1/12/2011 (dated 23/11/2011)
Date of Ceremony: 9/12/2011 (Private)

Called HO 28th Nov - decision made on 23th Nov, letter sent out

[9588]

Eligibility criteria: WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 14/10/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17/10/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 31/10/2011
Date of Ceremony: TBA


whole process took around 5 weeks.
would like to say a big thanks to immigrationboard

[decenta]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/10/2011
Date of debit of fees: 04/11/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10/11/2011 (date 4.11)
Date of receipt of approval: 12/12/2011
Date of Ceremony: 14/12/2011 (private ceremony, Weybridge)

[philip2011]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Business Visa + 3+ Years ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA:13/10/2011
Date of debit of fees: 08/11/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12/11/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 17/12/2011 (dated 14/12/2011)
Date of Ceremony: 24/01/2012

[krishna186]

Application Timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 3yr work permit + 2yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Sutton)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/10/2011
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24/10/2011
Date of receipt of approval: waiting

[vgvirgo]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: Family app, 5ys WP+ 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Harrow
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/10/2011 (Post Office Website)
Date of debit of fees: 11/11/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12/11/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 16/12/2011 (Dated: 08/12/2011)
Date of Ceremony: (waiting)
Total No of days taken: 58 Days since received by HO.

Thank you all for sharing timelines....it was very helpful

[defmute]

Hi all,

Please find below my British naturalisation ordeal so far..

Application Timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 3yr work permit + 2yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Weybridge, Surrey council)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 26/09/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29/09/2011
Date of receipt of approval: 31/10/2011 dated 27/10/2011
Date of Ceremony: 09/11/2011 (next available private ceremony)

[nanaaddo80]

Eligibility Criteria Retained Right of Residence + 1 Year PR
Method of Application NCS
Date of Application 28/07/11
Date Received by UKBA 29/07/11
Date of Debit of Fees 12/08/11
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement 15/08/11
Date of Approval 25/10/11
Date of ceremony 03/11/11 Private
The whole application took 3 months.

[bangalore]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/09/2011
Date of debit of fees: 22/09/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22/09/2011
Date of receipt of approval:23/11/2001
Date of Ceremony: 01/12/2011


Thanks to this forum.