Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Zuvarashe]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Date of application: 13 June 2022
Date of payment: 13 June 2022
Method of application: Online
Date of Biometrics (using IDV App): 28 June 2022
Date of approval Email: 5 September 2022
Date of Ceremony: 6 September 2022

[sky_rise]

Here is the naturalisation timeline for my partner:

Eligibility criteria: ILR(LR), applied naturalisation upon getting ILR BRP
Applicant: one person

Language: Degree from the UK University + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 30/08/2022
Online documents upload to UKVCAS: 02/09/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: Invited and submitted via IDV app: 05/09/2022
Date on Approval Email :waiting

[willow11]

Application time line
Sri Lanka
Eligibility criteria: HSMP 2 years + Tier1 3 year + 10 ILR
Method of application:online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/6/2022
Date of debit of fees:23/6/2022
Date of Biometric and document submitted in person : 4/7/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 5/9/2022 email 11:25am
Date of Ceremony: to be booked
All the best for those who are waiting for the final hurdle

[Richard-the-3rd]

Eligibility criteria: ILD since 2011
Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 27 June 2022
Date of payment: 27 June 2022
Method of application: Online
Date of Biometrics: 8 July 2022 (Croydon)
Date of approval Email: 5 Sep 2022
Date of Ceremony: to be arranged

Hope everybody gets good news soon

[tractor_novella]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Refugee 5yr + 2 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree / LIUK test
Nationality: Libyan
Method of application: Online
Date of Application and fee paid: 23/12/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 13/01/2022 (Paid £125 for next day standard appointment)

Date on Approval letter: 1st of August
Date of Ceremony: 17th of August


Follow up email on the 8th of June: standard automated reply stating:
Following our assessment of your case, unfortunately it appears your application will not be processed within the 6 month target. This is because it is taking longer than usual to process applications because of coronavirus (COVID-19).

[kenny_2020]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General (5 Years) + 2 years post ILR (chose to apply 1 year late)
Nationality: Indian
Date of application: 22 June 2022
Date of payment: 22 June 2022
Method of application: Online
Date of Biometrics (using IDV App): 30 June 2022
Date of approval Email: 29 Aug 2022 (surprisingly came on a bank holiday Monday)
Date of Ceremony: to be arranged

Thanks to the forum in helping throughout the process.

[Theeng90]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2, 5 years +1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 05/01/2022
Date of appointment for Biometrics: 19/01/2022
Date of approval: awaiting
Citizenship ceremony invitation date: awaiting
Citizenship ceremony date: pending: awaiting

I’ve been waiting for more than 3 months, still within the 6 months…

Still waiting… it’s been 5 months. I hope I get an answer in June.

Still waiting… longer than 6 months already and let’s see how long I will wait more..

Still waiting… 7th month… I hope I get a response in August…

Still waiting.. 8th month.. Automatic macro emails from Home Office which says literally nothing.

[HRY2005]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residence + 1 year ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: GESE 5 plus LITUK test
Nationality: Non European
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/06/2022
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 08/06/2022
Date of acknowledgement: 08/06/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/06/2022 (UKVCAS IDV App invitation, submission & confirmation)
Date on Approval letter: 11/07/2011 (Home Office Approval and Ceremony Invitation - HO Atlas Email @ 11:45am)
Date of receipt of approval: 11/07/2022 - HO Atlas Email @ 11:45am
Date of Ceremony: 16/08/2022 @ 11.30am

Glad to get to this final stage and good luck to everyone still awaiting or hoping to

[Chantsb]

Eligibility criteria: legacy + ILR + 4 years
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/05/2022
Date of debit of fees: 03/05/2022
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03/05/2022
Biometrics Enrolments: 06/06/2022
Email 2 weeks later from Home Office Atlas saying my son’s biometrics had not been enrolled. Called to try and find out what had happened as both done on same day. Ensured the email was an error.
Email received two weeks after this to say both of our biometrics not received. Made numerous calls and sent numerous emails to try find out the problem. Yet again ensured biometrics done. Eventually received email from NationalityExceptionsTechnical@homeoffice.gov.uk saying that checks had been done and there was a technical fault resulting in my son’s biometrics not being received. This was being investigated and no further action was required from me as they could see both biometrics had been done on the same day.
Now week 11.5 and still waiting for an update.
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Application for Adult and one minor child (16yrs old)

[minigiant]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 20+ years in the UK
Language: Life in the UK
Nationality: Malaysia
Date of application: 02 April 2022
Method of application: Online
Date of Biometrics: 05 June 2022 (Delayed due to that I was on business trip)
Date of approval Email: 22 Aug 2022
Date of Ceremony: to be arranged

Overall took me around 3 months in total.
Thanks for the great post here and always reliable to keep my mind in peace. Keep up the good work

[fedy03]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC
Language: Life in the UK + Life Skills B1
Nationality: Pakistani
Date of application: 16 May 2022
Method of application: Online
Email received to book a biometrics appointment: 24 May 22
Date of Biometrics: 20 June 2022
Date of approval Email: 22 Aug 2022 at 10:38 am
Date of Ceremony: 05/09/2022

Overall took me three months in total.
Good luck everyone

[pc1463]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Family of 3 = myself + spouse + 13 years old
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 8/10/2021
Date of debit of fees: 8/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 12/10/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 12/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/11/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

10 months- Still waiting - I think many applications pending from Sep/Oct & Jan.

Still pending -

[Arlo]

Eligibility: 5 years-refugee + indefinite
Nationality Non-EU
Date of Application online 06/04/22
Date of payment 06/04/22
Biometric and documents submission 14/04/22
Date of approval- pending
Date of ceremony-pending

Almost 5 months now and still waiting. Living in a dream

[yasir ali]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years long residency + 1 Year
Language: Life in the UK + Degree
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19/06/2022
Date of document submission and UKVCAS Confirmation email: 04/07/2022
Date of Approval /Email: 22/08/2022
Date of invitation ceremony: 22/08/2022
Citizenship ceremony date: Last week of October!

Ceremony date is longer than the process!

[EU_settlement2020]

Nationality: Non- EU
Eligibility criteria: EUSS+ 1 Yrs ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree + LIUK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 02/04/2022
Date of email to use IDV app: 13/04/2022
Date of submission using IDV app: 14/04/2022
Date on Approval and Ceremony Invitation email: 09/06/2022 (email from Home Office Atlas)


The whole process has taken just 2 months from the date of application. Approval email came from Home Office Atlas (home.office.atlas@notifications.service.gov.uk) with the subject line 'Application Update' which I completely missed

Hopefully not too late to book the ceremony !

This forum has been great, thank you everyone and it's the end of all the hassle with visas and applications for me.

Wish you all the very best !

[fedy03]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC
Language: Life in the UK + Life Skills B1
Nationality: Pakistani
Date of application: 16 May 2022
Method of application: Online
Email received to book a biometrics appointment: 24 May 22
Date of Biometrics: 20 June 2022
Date of approval Email: 22 Aug 2022 at 10:38 am
Date of Ceremony: waiting for council email

Overall took me three months in total.
Good luck everyone

[SilverBeaver]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs settled + 1yr
Method of application: online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 21/05/2022
Date of debit of fees: 23/05/2022
Uploaded supporting documents: 24/05/2022
Invitation to biometrics: 31/05/2022
Date of biometrics: 10/06/2022 Croydon (paid)
Acknowledgement from UKVI: 10/06/2022
Receipt of approval: 22/08/2022 at 11:44am
Date of Ceremony: waiting for council email

Thank you so much for all the support on this forum and good luck everyone!!! Mine was a very straight-forward application and took 10 wks from the biometrics app, 3 mos in total. Can't believe it's finally happened

[ingacarey]

Nationality: EU
Eligibility criteria: EUSS
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree + LIUK
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23rd May 2022
Date of debit of fees: 23rd May 2022
Invitation to book biometrics appointment: 31st May 2022
Date of biometrics enrolment: 11th June 2022 (paid)
Date on Approval and Ceremony Invitation email: 22nd August 2022 (email from Home Office Atlas)
Citizenship ceremony date: October 2022

The whole process took exactly 3 months from the date of application. Approval email came from Home Office Atlas (home.office.atlas@notifications.service.gov.uk) with the subject line 'Application Update'.

[kimchi_]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Online
Nationality: Syrian
Date of application: 14/2/2022
Date of biometrics collection: 3/3/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 18/8/2022
Date of Ceremony: 23/8/2022

Days away from the 6mo deadline I got my approval email
Longer than I expected but got there with no hiccups

[CK2022]

Eligibility criteria: 2 x 3 years of Discretionary Leave to remain (DLR) then granted ILR in 2018
Applicants: just me

Total Cost: £1330
Language: Undergraduate Degree from UK University + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU (Nigeria)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 12/08/2022
Payment method: Online
Date of debit of fees: 12/08/22
Created UKVCAS via UKVI link: 16/08/2022
Online documents submission to UKVCAS: 19/08/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: waiting
Date on Approval Email :waiting
Citizenship Ceremony booked : Waiting

[Usha Palyda]

Eligibility criteria: EEA Settled Status (Non-EU family) + 1 year ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18 Jun 2022
Date of debit of fees: 18 Jun 2022
Date of Acknowledgement (by UKVI): 18 Jun 2022
Date of Biometrics: 19 Jul 2022
Date of receipt of approval: 18 Aug 2022
Date on Approval Letter: Not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not received
Date of ceremony: 20 Sep 2022

[Xgation]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC
Language : Life in the UK + IELTs Life Skills B1
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/06/2022 (applied on the day ILR BRP was received)
Date of email to use IDV app: 20/06/2022
Date of submission using IDV app: 20/06/2022
Date of UKVI survey: 21/07/2022 @9:50am
Date of e-mail to UKVI: 25/07/2022 to check if survey indicated a decision had been made (MMST Workflow <NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk>)
Date of response from MMST Workflow: 07/08/2022 stating application was approved on 3rd August 2022 and an invitation will be sent once Local Council receives certificate of naturalisation
Date of approval email: 15/08/22 @9:10am from Home Office Atlas (e-mail actually said citizenship ceremony invitation but stated that the application has been approved)
Date of ceremony invitation: 15/08/2022 @9:10am from Home Office Atlas
Citizenship ceremony date: 24/08/2022 @11:00am

E-mailed Redbridge Council on 15/08/2022 to book Citizenship Ceremony
Received a call from the Council on 18/08/2022 @13:26pm to discuss date of Citizenship Ceremony, which has been booked for 24/08/2022. This is a group ceremony as the virtual one was available for 23/08/2022 but did not see the point in having that a day earlier and then wait to receive naturalisation certificate the following day by post.

[CR001]

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[hiyo_b]

Eligibility criteria: EEA Settled Status (Non-EU family) ILR +1 year (*Registration as applicant is BNO holder)
Nationality: Hong Kong (BNO)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26 Feb 2022
Date of debit of fees: 26 Feb 2022
Date of Acknowledgement (by UKVI): 26 Feb 2022
Date of Biometrics: 11 March 2022
Date of receipt of approval: 8 Aug 2022 ~10:00am
Date on Approval Letter: Not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not received
Date of ceremony: 16 Aug 2022

FINALLY GOT IT!!!! Took 3 months longer than my husband who naturalized.
A note to Hongkongers: Registration is definitely not faster than naturalisation, however it is an entitlement and has less requirements.

Good Luck to everyone!

[sreeha]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 2 + 1 year ILR

- Nationality: India
- Method of application: Online
- Online application submitted: 10/06/2022
- Submitted supported documents via IDV App: 17/06/2022
- Date on Approval Email: 15/08/2022

Waiting for ceremony invitation.