Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Lawb1ding]

Biometrics and documents submitted: 9th August 2021
Ceremony invite received: 7th January 2022
Ceremony booked for: 20th January 2022

[Setmilr987]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Nationality: Non-EU
Language/LIUK Criteria: language + Life in the UK
Date of application: 07 -JULY, 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 08 -JULY 2021
Date of receipt of Approval letter/e-mail: awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaitint

6- MONTHS have passed and nothing from H.O

[maddyb]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Nationality: Non-EU
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 Test + Life in the UK (Note: both were done during ILR application)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 17/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/11/2021
Date of receipt of Approval letter/e-mail: 20/12/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 21/12/2021 - had to email local council for booking ceremony
Date of Ceremony: 23/12/2021 (private ceremony)

[Skybird27]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree and Masters + B2 Test
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/09/2021
Date completed application submitted: 30/09/2021
Date of receipt of approval email : 20/12/2021 @ 1215pm
Date of receipt of ceremony: as per email required to call local council for booking ceremony.

Update: Ceremony booked for 8th Jan.

[opinion19903214]

Eligibility criteria: 6 years + Settled Status
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS + Life in the UK test
Nationality: European
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 02/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 02/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 12/09/2021
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

More than 4 months from the date of submission of the application, still waiting...

[soulfreeee]

Myself
Eligibility criteria: UK Resident since 2010. ILR Since 2013. Continuous residency. Married to British Citizen.
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU (India)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/10/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/11/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 13/12/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 13/12/2021****
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: No letter, just an email from Atlas about approval with instructions to book a date with the local council/authority
Citizenship ceremony date: ****02/03/2022***

All the best everyone.

[soulfreeee]

Myself
Eligibility criteria: UK Resident since 2010. ILR Since 2013. Continuous residency. Married to British Citizen.
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non EU (India)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/10/21
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10/21
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/11/21(paid)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 13/12/2021
Date of receipt of approval: 13/12/2021****
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: No letter, just an email from Atlas about approval with instructions to book a date with the local council/authority
Citizenship ceremony date: ****02/03/2022***

All the best everyone.

[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: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[mesn]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year [For Wife with MN1 for kid]
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]: 21/01/2022
Date on Approval /Email:
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

[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
Date on Approval /Email:
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

[underfire222]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 13/7/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 9/8/2021
Date on Approval /Email: 20/12/21
Date of invitation ceremony : 24/12/21 (letter dated 18/12/21
Citizenship ceremony date: booked for 27/1/122
British citizen Certificate received: pending.

They did a mistake on my name in the ceremony invitation letter, but luckily I confirmed from the council that the mistake is not on my citizenship certificate so it should be fine Awaiting the ceremony now, hopefully we wont get more restrictions again forcing them to cancel ceremonies.

Thanks everyone

[ameraj1]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1year
Language : Life in the UK + UK Degree
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 30/12/2021
Payment method: (Online) 30/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/01/2022
Date on Approval /Email:
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

[cuppid143]

Eligibility criteria: PR since 2017
Language : Life in the UK + B1 english
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 23/12/2021
Payment method: (Online) 23/12/2021
Documents Self Submit: 27/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19/01/2022
Date on Approval /Email:
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

[DanaF]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1year
Language : Life in the UK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/12/2021
Payment method: (Online) 29/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/01/2022
Date on Approval /Email:
Date of invitation ceremony :
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

[BT_Y]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (10 yr route) + BC spouse and kids
Language : UK degree (MBA)+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Non EU (Turkish)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/12/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 21/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/12/2021.
Date on Approval letter/Email: Not yet
Date of invitation ceremony : Not yet
Citizenship ceremony date: Not yet

[Nal7777]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year (applied for Self and Child age 11 years)
Language : Life in the UK
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20 November 2021
Payment method: (Online) 20 November 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17 December 2021
Date on Approval /Email: 27 December 2021 - received only for the Child, and I am yet to receive
Date of invitation ceremony:
Citizenship ceremony date:
British citizen Certificate received:

Moderator edit : please do not ask queations in the TIMELINE ONLY topic. This topic is also only for adult Naturalisation TIMELINES. There is a separate topic for children MN1 application TIMELINES!!

[FloweringBud]

Eligibility criteria: (e.g.- 1yr, 4 mo ENTRY visa, + 13yr ILR)
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 / LIUK pass
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 03/07/2021
Payment method: Debit card
Receipt of your application: 03/07/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 06/07/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 08/07/2021
Date on approval letter: 15/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval letter: 15/11/2021
Date on ceremony letter: 15/11/2021
Date of ceremony: 19/11/2021

[S_Maher]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + British Citizen Spouse+20year resident with 3 children british born 18 years 10 years 3 years
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 exam (Trinity College)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: June 22/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled:july 15th 2021 paid £150
Date of Approval letter: still waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: still waiting
wrote to the H.O for inquiry on 30th november no response wrote to the H.O for inquiry on 24th december no response yet very stressing for All the family. missed 4 funeral of my sister and brother in law and my older brother and my grand son. I never left uk for 20 years

[polyana]

Eligibility criteria: Indefinite leave to remain (5 years) + British spouse
Nationality: Brazilian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/05/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/05/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/05/2021
Date of receipt of approval email: 06/12/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 21/12/2021
Date on Approval letter: 08/12/2021
Date of Ceremony: 18/01/2021 Glasgow City Council

Thanks to everyone in this forum for sharing your timeline. It was very helpful and sometimes stressful seeing people getting approvals quicker than mine, but now the end is in sight

[suryavarma]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 2year
Language : Life in the UK
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 02/07/2021
Payment method: (Online) 02/07/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/07/2021
Date on Approval /Email: 15/11/2021 Email
Date of invitation ceremony : 15/11/2021 Email
Citizenship ceremony date: 07/12/2021
British citizen Certificate received: 07/12/2021

This was for 2 applications including my wife's naturalization. Both of them had the same timelines.
This forum had provided a really good platform to understand the trend of application processing timelines, thanks to everyone who shared their timelines. Hope everyone waiting for their applications to be processed will receive them soon. Good luck

[mianmehran]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse BC
Language : B1+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Non EU (PK)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 25/10/2021
Payment method: (Online) 25/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/10/2021
Date on Approval /Email: 20/12/2021 Email
Date of invitation ceremony : 21/12/2021 Email
Citizenship ceremony date: 22/12/2021
British citizen Certeficate received: 23/12/2021
British 1st Passport Applied: 23/12/2021

[haji2021]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse BC
Language : B1+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28/10/2021
Payment method: (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/11/2021
Date on Approval /Email: 20/12/2021 Email
Date of invitation ceremony : 20/12/2021 Email
Citizenship ceremony date: 23/12/2021 Done ✔

[M4tt30]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS granted in Nov 2019
Language/LIUK Criteria: Ielts + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU - Italian
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 14/06/2021
Date of debit of fees: 14/06/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 30/06/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/06/2021(Paid)
Date of acknowledgement: 30/06/2021

Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

Contacted HO on 25 Nov, 14th Dec and got the usual response on the 17th December:
"I am sorry your application is taking longer than usual to be processed. 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.

The Home Office will endeavour to process applications as quickly as possible but in the current circumstances, applications will take longer than normal to process, including applications for British Citizenship.

If you have submitted an application and are concerned about missing a deadline to enrol biometrics, provide additional information or take a citizenship ceremony, please be assured that extra time will be allowed, and applications will be held open during this period. No adverse decisions will be made on applications because of delays caused by Coronavirus.

Please be assured that as soon as we are in a position to reach a decision, you will be notified accordingly.

[kingraja]

Eligibility criteria: ILR granted in 2018
Language/LIUK Criteria: Ielts + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 05/11/2021
Date of debit of fees: 05/11/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 05/11/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 09/11/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/11/2021(Paid)
Contacted by HO: 21/12/2021 very strange email asking me to Provide evidence of English Language & Life in UK Test which I have already provided with my application ,I have replied the email same day & uploaded both evidences again.
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