Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[mesn]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year [For Self]
Language: Life in the UK
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 31/12/2021
Payment method: (Online) 31/12/2021
Date Biometrics [booked]: 06/01/2022 [Stratford, Free]
Date on Approval /Email: 14/02/2022
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:
Had applied mine separate and Wife & Kid separate which seemed to have helped with the faster decision. Still waiting for theirs.

[saliame]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2, 5 years + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 25/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 25/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 25/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 25/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/12/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 14/02/22
Date of receipt of approval: 14/02/22
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 14/02/22
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[Meiluo]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK degree + LIUK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 31/01/2022
Documents self submit: 07/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/02/2022 (paid)
Date of Approval letter/Email: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[kiss300]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (10years)+1year
Nationality: Ghana
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 27/09/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 1/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/10/2021 - Luton. (Paid £135)
Date of acknowledgement: 09/10/2021
Date of receipt of approval(email): 14/02/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Singh_harv]

Eligibility criteria: ILR - British Spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Naric Certificate + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: India
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/11/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 26/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/11/2021 - Birmingham. 1 Victoria Square (Paid £125)
Date of acknowledgement: 29/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval(email): 14/02/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting (Need to change council)

[woltoofficial]

Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity B1 + LIUK Test
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Submitted application: 3rd Jan 2022
Payment confirmation: 3rd Jan 2022
Application acknowledgement… waiting
All documents uploaded: 14th Jan 2022
Biometric Appointment Date: 28th Jan 2022
Approval Letter… 14 Feb 2022
Ceremony Invite… waiting
Ceremony Date… waiting

Day 39 and I’ve been following this page a lot refreshing everyday . Congrats to all approved and best of luck to us still waiting.

Approval Letter… 14 Feb 2022

After 42 days of initial application. I am so happy right now and good luck to everyone still waiting

[LZ_90]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language / LIUK: U.K. undergrad and master’s degrees
Nationality: Non EU (Singapore)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/09/2021
Application method: online
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/09/2021
Date of Acknowledgment: 30/09/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 30/09/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 14/02/2022, 09:02, An email was sent by the home office confirming approval and invitation to attend the ceremony
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/a
Citizenship ceremony date: N.a

Good luck everyone! 5 months + 1 week

[woltoofficial]

Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity B1 + LIUK Test
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Online
Submitted application: 3rd Jan 2022
Payment confirmation: 3rd Jan 2022
Application acknowledgement… waiting
All documents uploaded: 14th Jan 2022
Biometric Appointment Date: 28th Jan 2022
Approval Letter… waiting
Ceremony Invite… waiting
Ceremony Date… waiting

Day 39 and I’ve been following this page a lot refreshing everyday . Congrats to all approved and best of luck to us still waiting.

[stegio80]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year EU settled status
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters Degree + LIUK Test
Nationality: EU (Italian)
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 08/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/12/2021 (Premium appointment in Newcastle)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: 31/01/2022 (Ceremony invite from Atlas over email at 11:23 am)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 11/02/2022 (called the Council, they had apparently forgot about my ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 05/04/2022
Date of receipt of Naturalisation: Awaiting

I need to thank everyone who answered my questions, including the admins of this wonderful forum.

[CR001]

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[Evicra]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + British Citizen Spouse
+ Degree
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15 May 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15 05/2021(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email:No email received
Date of receipt of booking ceremony invitation letter form council : 13/01/2022
Received invitation to book ceremony from council

But when contacted to council they said we will not be able to book your ceremony without home office's
invitation letter or email.

Sent letters again to home office /MP finally got reply from home office and to my surprise they told me that your
application was approved on 22nd October 2021 and sent email to me. But i never received any.

Date of private ceremony : 22/02/2021
Thank you all

[bkg2021]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2, ILR + 1 Year 2 Months
Nationality: Non-EU
Language/LIUK Criteria: Graduation/NARIK Certificate + Life in the UK
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04/10/2021 (04 October 2021 00:21 British Summer Time (BST))
Payment method: Online (Credit Card)
Date of debit of fees: 03/10/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 04/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/10/2021 - Croydon
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval via email : 07 /02/2022 – Via Email @ 10:10 AM
Date of receipt of ceremony: 08/2/2022
Date of Ceremony: 10/02/2022 (Private Ceremony)

[Nas282320]

Date application submitted- 21/12/21
Date payment taken - 21/12/21
Method - online
Date documents submitted - 23/12/21
Biometrics submitted - - 07/01/22
Date of Approval - 07/02/22
Ceremony date - 28/02/22

[Nas282320]

Date application submitted- 21/12/21
Date payment taken - 21/12/21
Method - online
Date documents submitted - 23/12/21
Biometrics submitted - - 07/01/22
Date of Approval - 07/02/22
Ceremony date - 28/02/22

[ILRProgress2021]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years long residency+British spouse
Language : Uk Masters +Bachelors+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Pakistani

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 08/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/12/2021(Paid appointment £125 mark lane )
Date on Approval letter/Email: 07/ 02 /2022
Date of invitation ceremony : 07 /02 /2022
Citizenship ceremony date: 25/02/2022(private ceremony £130)

Thankyou very much for all moderators and all the users for sharing their experience. Good luck everyone.

[Zaza mum]

Application submitted- 7/001/2022
Application Method- Online
Date of biometrics and documents submission- 4/02/2022.
The waiting game start

[ablon]

Date application submitted - 25/11/2021
Application method - online
Date documents submitted - 28/11/2021
Date biometrics submitted - 16/12/2021 (free)
Date of approval - 07/02/2022 (email from Home Office Atlas)
Date of ceremony - 14/02/2022 (private)

Thanks a lot to this group and wish everyone waiting for an approval to get one the soonest!

[CR001]

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[mrsvm]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + BC spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: Ukraine
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/01/2022
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 06/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/01/2022 -London Mark Lane
Date on Approval letter ( email): 07/02/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting


Good luck to those who are still waiting!

[BlueSkyes964]

Eligibility criteria: 6yr DLR + 4yrs ILR
Language : Nationality exception+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Non EU

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 20/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/12/2021(Paid appointment)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 07/ 02 /2022
Date of invitation ceremony : 07 /02 /2022
Citizenship ceremony date: Awaiting

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please do not post questions, chit chat or discussions in this thread. Any such posts will be removed. If you have questions, start your own topic!!!

[krt_uk]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence, Settled Status , 13-year residency altogether
Language/LIUK Criteria: GESE level B1 + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: European Italian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/07/2021
Date of debit: 20/07/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/07/2021 - Croydon (Paid £112)
Date of acknowledgement: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval(email): awaiting
Date on Approval letter: awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting
More than 6 months already. Two emails sent to HO asking for follow up with no response. If anyone is in the same situation, please post your timeline here.

[Spa123]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 10/09/2021
Date of debit of fees: 10/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 10/09/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 12/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/09/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[princessflorence22]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 16/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 16/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 16/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 20/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/12/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 16/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 16/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 16/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 20/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/12/2021
Date on Approval email: 31/01/2022 (email @10:11am from Home Office Atlas, ceremony invitation)
Citizenship ceremony date: 09/02/2022 (group)

Shocked (and happy!) at how quickly it was approved! This has been such a long journey, this website and its moderators/users have been so helpful, so thank you so much and good luck to all those waiting! Next stop passport!

[muhammad2526]

eligibility criteria: british spouse + ilr naturalisation applied straight after ilr
language/ LIUK CRITERIA: B1 TRINITY + LIFE IN UK TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: online self
date of application: 12/09/2021
date of debit fees: 12/09/2021
documents submit: 16/09/2021
biomatric enrolled: 04/10/2021
date of approval email/letter: 07/02/2022
date of ceremony: still awaiting