Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Ameer_zyzom]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence ( Long Residence Route 10 Yrs ) + 1 Yr ILR +
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 16/04/2023
Documents submitted: 18/04/2023
Biometrics submitted: 18/04/2023 (paid)
The date on Approval letter/Email: 16/10/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony Email : 13/10/2023 ( 3 days before approval email)
Citizenship ceremony date: 23/10/2023 ( private)
6 months exactly

[mhat]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 + ILR + British Citizen spouse
Nationality: Lebanese
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 12 June 2023
Date Documents Submitted: 12 June 2023
Date biometrics submitted: 16 June 2023
The date of Approval letter/Email: 9 October 2023
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 9 October 2023
Citizenship ceremony date: 17 October 2023

[giavouse]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 30/05/2023
Documents submitted: 03/06/2023
Biometrics submitted: 03/06/2023 (paid, Croydon)
The date on the Approval letter/Email: 09/10/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony Email : 09/10/2023 (same letter with approval)
Citizenship ceremony date: 16/10/2023

Best wishes everyone.

[demi]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year ILR (for myself and 3 dependants)
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 15/04/2023
Documents submitted: 15/04/2023
Biometrics submitted: 12/05/2023 (free, Newcastle)
The date on the Approval letter/Email: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony Email : waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: waiting


4 months and 1 week and still no response

I have emailed them on 16th August: no response
Emailed again on 22nd Aug: and still no reply

Received a reply on 25th Aug that my application is still under consideration

Another email sent on 4th Sep, almost 5 months with no reply

I haven't received any reply since the 4th Sep, sent another one on 18th Sep.

Got a reply 28th Sep that my application is still under consideration- Contacted the MP who replied back after 5 days with the email he sent them- Waiting to hear back from MP.
5 months and 3 weeks now with no reply although my application is very straightforward.

Still waiting to hear back from my MP, but I emailed further nationality again last night as it's 6 months now, and they got back to me at 8:30 that my application was successful. Phew!

My application was straightforward and it took 5 months and 28 days to get the outcome. Good luck everyone! I know it's painful to wait for > 4 months especially when everyone else is getting theirs in the average time 0f 3-4 ms, but hopefully, you will get the good news soon! I am thinking maybe it would have been quicker to apply for the kids on their own and because I had 3 dependants in my application, it took them too long.

[immyuk]

Eligibility criteria: British spouse, ILR granted in June 2023
Nationality: American
Method of application: Online
Date of Application: 09/06/2023
Biometrics appointment: 30/06/2023 (Cardiff, free)
Date of of approval: 09/10/2023
Ceremony invitation letter : 10/10/2023
Ceremony date : 24/10/2023

[drkay1]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (EU Settled status for non EU Family member)+3 years
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: Online
Application completed & debit of fees: 26 April 2023
Biometrics appointment: 23 May 2023
Receipt of acknowledgement UKVI: 23 May 2023
Receipt of approval email: 25 Sept 2023
Ceremony: 02 Oct 2023
Good Luck Everyone waiting!

[saaji93]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 Dependant ILR + Married to British Citizen
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of online application: 12/06/2023
Date of debit of fees & Acknowledgement: 12/06/2023
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 04/07/2023 (East ham Free)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[DaffyDuckAD]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Married to British Citizen
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of online application: 02/06/2023
Date of debit of fees & Acknowledgement: 02/06/2023
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 09/06/2023 (MarkLane, London, Paid)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[escribitionist]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria : ILR + 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application : Online
Date of receipt by UKVI : 17th May 2023
Date of debit of fees : 17th May 2023
Docs uploaded : 17th May 2023 (UKVCAS website)
Biometric submitted at UKVCAS : 4th July 2023 (free, Southampton; I was travelling in June so delayed the submission a bit)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 4th July 2023
Date of receipt of approval : 18th September 2023
Date of Ceremony : 4th October 2023

[heskeysleftleg]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Nationality: Nigeria
Method of application: Online
Date of online application and payment: 14/06/23
Appointment date and biometrics: 08/07/23 (Luton)
Date of acknowledgement UKVI: 09/07/2023
Receipt of approval email: 09/10/2023
Date of ceremony: 13/10/23

[farrellcsun]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (SET(M)) – married to British citizen (five years living in UK)
Nationality: USA
Language/LIUK : USA passport + Life in UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 13 June 2023
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 June 2023 (paid-Birmingham)
Date of acknowledgement documents submitted to UKVI: 19 June 2023 (email)
Call to Request to confirm town of birth: 2 October 2023 11:50
Date on Approval letter: pending
Date of receipt of approval: 10 October 2023
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

UPDATE 10 OCT 2023: A week after receiving call from Home Office as mentioned above, I sent an email to Further Nationality Enquiries on Mon. 9 Oct 2023 for an update since they said decision would be "soon."

Received email reply this morning (10/10/23) that application was approved. Waiting on invitation email for citizenship ceremony, which Home Office said would be arriving within two weeks. Will update here once received.

[Omoba18]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years Partner route + 2wks ILR
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of online application: 23 Sep 2023
Date of debit of fees & Acknowledgement: 23 Sep 2023
Type Of Appointment: Paid Appointment
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 02 Oct 2023 (Southampton)
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[Kabans]

Update: approval email came to my inbox on 02 October 2023.
In total, 1 year and 6.5 months waiting.

Good luck all!

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test
Method of application: Online (IDV app)
Payment: 11/03/2022
Documents uploaded & submitted to UKVCAS: 15/03/2022
All the rest: pending...

When the 6-months waiting period passed, I began to act.
19/09/2022 = a mail to furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
18/10/2022 = addressed MP for assistance
28/10/2022 = repeated me status request mail to furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
01/11/2022 = a reply from HO: "As you may be aware, naturalisation is not an automatic process, and we have to make a number of enquiries to ensure that applicants can satisfy the statutory requirements. Some of these enquiries are carried out by external agencies on our behalf and can sometimes take longer than six months to complete."
03/01/2023 = a reply from MP "we have received a verbal update from a member of the MP Accounts Management Team at the Home Office... checks are still ongoing and that UKVI would endeavour to conclude your application as soon as operationally possible... Please do get back in touch if you experience a significant further delay in this case."

Today is 13 months since I completed the payment and started the application process. I can't put into words how upset I am. However I've seen other cases when people waited 16, 18 months without any luck... I don't know what to do - seems to be a dead end.

[orangeapple]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years refugee + 2 year ILR
Nationality: pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of online application: 05/06/2023
Date of debit of fees & Acknowledgement: 05/06/2023
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 10/06/2023 (bristol)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[CosmosS]

Route: 5 years of Skilled worker/Tier 2. 1 year ILR.
Nationality: non-EU
Application submitted: 15 June 2023
Biometrics submitted in application centre: 6 July 2023
Home Office Atlas email approval: 2 Oct 2023
Haven't contacted my council for the ceremony yet.

Council citizenship ceremony on the 21st of November...

[annesoda]

Eligibility criteria: EU Settlement Scheme status holder
Nationality: EU (French)
Method of application: Online
Application completed & debit of fees: 26 July 2023
Biometrics appointment: 28 July 2023
Receipt of acknowledgement UKVI: 28 July 2023
Receipt of approval email: Pending
Ceremony: Pending

[contorted_svy]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence + 1 year ILR (EU citizen)
Citizenship: Italian
Method of application: Online
Date of application & debit of fees: 19 May 2023
Biometrics appointment: 15 June 2023, Cambridge (free)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15 June 2023
Date of receipt of approval: 09 Oct 2023
Date of Ceremony: 20 Nov 2023 (Cambridgeshire, free)

[abamasum]

Timeline
Route: 10 years+ILR BC
Application date: 28 April 2023
Biometric: Croydon 18 May 2023
Email to Further Nationalities: 12 September
Approved email: 09 October 2023
Ceremony: 13 October 2023

[aligbutt]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR set M
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of online application: 06 june 2023
Date of debit of fees & Acknowledgement: 06 june 2023
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 29 June 2023 (birmingham)
Date of receipt of approval: 09 october 2023 12:14 pm from Home Atlas
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Good luck everyone!

[ashoknaglikar]

Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs Residence + 2 years on ILR
Nationality: INDIAN
Method of application: Online
Date of debit of fees: 13rd June 2023
Biometrics appointment: 13th June 2023
Docs uploaded via UKVCAS: 13rd June 2023
Date of receipt of acknowledgement UKVI: 13th June 2023
Date of receipt of approval email: 09 October 2023
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Eliman]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Residence + 1 week ILR
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Date of debit of fees: 23rd June 2023
Biometrics appointment: 29th June 2023
Docs uploaded via UKVCAS: 23rd June 2023
Date of receipt of acknowledgement UKVI: 29th June 2023
Date of receipt of approval email: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: 29th June 2023

I received a call from the home office today the 09/10/2023 at 13:00 to give details about one date. They told me my application was accepted and the certificate issued for printing. Waiting for an official email now

[zeequeem]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 11yrs long residence + 7yrs ILR.
Nationality: Non-EU, Malawi.
Method of application: online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 April 2023
Date of debit of fees: 22 April 2023
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22 April 2023

Date of submission and biometrics: 04 May 2023 (Leeds, Paid)

Date of receipt of approval: H/O atlas email arrived 09/10/23 @10:37am - nearly 2 weeks after being told it was approved by a query through further inquiries.
Date of Ceremony: to be confirmed.

Update: 03/08/23- Recieved an email from HO atlas asking for further information regarding a CCJ I got in 2018. They were looking for proof that it has been paid off or is being paid off. I emailed them the Information within the hour. The wait continues.

Update: emailed them on the 09/08/23 asking if they had received the further evidence as I did not receive a confirmation email and the email said my app could be rejected if i do not send the information by 17/08/23. No reply. I have emailed again today asking the same.

Update 27/09/23: I emailed further enquiries again yesterday evening as I had not heard from them.
i received an email back today informing me that my application has been approved. Overall it took 5 months from the date of application . I know it can be stressful for those waiing longer as I did but try and be patient and follow up when you can. Good luck everyone.

[rmkrep]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier-2 + 1 year ILR + 2 dependants
Nationality: NON EU
Method of application: Online
Language: Life in the UK, Naric and ECCTIS
Date of application: 09 May 2023
Date of debit of fees: 09 May 2023
Date Documents Submitted: 01 Jun 2023
Date Biometrics Submitted (UKVCAS): 03 Jun 2023 (Free, Luton)
The date of receipt of Approval: 09 Oct 2023 [Spouse@10:12AM Daughter@10:48AM]. Still waiting for mine
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: pending
Date of ceremony: pending

Moderator edit, please do not post questions in the timeline threads.

[farrellcsun]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (SET(M)) – married to British citizen
Language/LIUK : USA passport + Life in UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 13 June 2023
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 June 2023 (paid-Birmingham)
Date of acknowledgement documents submitted to UKVI: 19 June 2023 (email)
Call to Request to confirm town of birth: 2 October 2023 11:50
Date on Approval letter: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

Fingers crossed soon! will update once I hear anything

[CR001]

@Yas17 Please do NOT post questions in the timeline only topics!! Please start your own topic with your citizenship questions!