Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Markus2904]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (EU settled status)
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 exam (Trinity College)
Nationality: German
Method of application: Online
Date of application: June 1st, 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: June 19th, 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Ninazara]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 Year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Postgraduate diploma from UK + Life in the UK pass
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07-01-2021
Payment method: Credit card online
Date of debit of fees: 07-01-2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07-01-2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23-03-2021
Date on Approval letter: Pending
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

It's a long long wait and really stressful!

Just to update you on this one!
It's over 3 months since the Biometrics was done and I still haven’t heard back.

[egwalker]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year Tier 2 Visa / ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Canadian + Life in the UK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 09/03/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 09/03/2021
In person Biometrics UKVCAS: 06/04/2021 (London, £110)
Date of Approval letter: none received
Date of receipt of approval: none received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: by e-mail 07/07/2021 (120 days later!)
Date on letter: e-mail only
Date of Ceremony: pending - can't book on website yet. They said to wait 24 hours.

[Echolalia]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR (EU settled status) + British spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 exam (Trinity College)
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 1 March 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 27 March 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Pnakya]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK test + UK Masters Degree
Nationality: Ugandan
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 10 Feb 2021
Date of debit of fees: 10 Feb 2021
Date of acknowledgement: 12 Feb 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17 March 2021 (Paid - Luton)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: Email received 6 July 2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[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: Pending
Date of receipt of approval letter: Pending
Date on ceremony letter: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

[nordlending]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 2 General Visa + 1 year Indefinite Leave to Remain
Language/LIUK Criteria: English speaking national / LIUK Pass
Nationality: Non-EU/USA
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 28/01/2021
Receipt of your application: 28/01/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 10/02/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 08/03/2021 (free)
Date of approval: 21/06/2021 (4mo + 24 days)
Date of approval Letter: 26/06/2021 (by post, no email received)
Date of ceremony letter: 03/07/2021
Date of ceremony: 22/07/2021 (virtual)

[eur1gbp]

Eligibility criteria: Settled status + 1year
Nationality: EU
Date of application: 16 May 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 08 June 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[Shahzad305]

Eligibility Criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1/ LIUK
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 29-04-21
Receipt of application: 29-04-21
Document Uploaded to UKVCAS: 29-04-21
Date of biometric enrolment: 30-04-21(was lucky to have next day appointment)
Date of approval letter: waiting
Date of reciept of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: awaiting

[Simre]

Eligibility Criteria: ILR + Spouse of British Citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1/ LIUK
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 09/05/2021
Receipt of application: 09/05/2021
Document Uploaded to UKVCAS: 04/06/20201
Date of biometric enrolment: 04/06/2021
Date of approval letter: waiting
Date of reciept of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: awaiting: waiting

[Sambi]

Eligibility Criteria: ILR +1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1/ LIUK
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 5/02/2021
Receipt of application: 8/02/2021
Document Uploaded to UKVCAS: 11/02/20201
Date of biometric enrolment: 05/03/2021
Date of approval letter: Never recieve
Date of reciept of ceremony letter: 03/07/2021
Date of ceremony: awaiting :

[CoPhi]

Eligibility criteria: EU Settlement status + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 / LIUK Pass
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 17/02/2021
Receipt of your application: 18/02/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 07/03/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 07/03/2021
Date of approval: WAITING
Date of approval Letter: WAITING
Date of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of ceremony: WAITING

[EniB88]

Joined naturalisation application with my non-EU husband and EU citizen daughter for all 3 of us
Eligibility criteria: 6yr EUSS ILR + 2yr (myself), 7yr EUSS ILR by marriage for my husband) and EUSS for my daughter who was born here before we had ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: PTE B1 (for me), British university degree (hubby), (our daughter is 3, we didnt need to prove her knowledge ) + LIT UK passed
Nationality: EU (myself) + Indian Husband + EU national child (she got my citizenship when she was born)
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 04/03/2021
Payment method: debit card
Receipt of your application: 05/03/2021 for daughter and me and 17/03/2021 for hubby
Biometrics Appointment: 31/03/2021
Date on approval letter: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval letter: awaiting
Date on ceremony letter: awaiting
Date of ceremony: awaiting

I hope it won't take too much longer, considering that it is a joined application for 3 of us. Also, we applied together at once for 3 of us, yet hubby's receipt of application came two weeks later than mine and my daughter's...

[samapply]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr
Language/LIUK Criteria: Master degree (UK)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 18/12/2020
Payment method: credit card
Receipt of your application: 21/12/2020
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 12/01/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 15/01/2021
Date on approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval letter: waiting
Date on ceremony letter: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Another update
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr
Language/LIUK Criteria: Master degree (UK)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 18/12/2020
Payment method: credit card
Receipt of your application: 21/12/2020
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 12/01/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 15/01/2021
Date on approval letter: 03/06/2021
Date of receipt of approval letter: 12/06/2021
Date on ceremony letter:
Date of ceremony:

Update
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr
Language/LIUK Criteria: Master degree (UK)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 18/12/2020
Payment method: credit card
Receipt of your application: 21/12/2020
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 12/01/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 15/01/2021
Date on approval letter: Never Received
Date of receipt of approval letter: Never Received
Date on ceremony letter: 12/06/2021
Date of ceremony: 15/07/2021

[KJFH]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year EU Settlement and spouse of BC
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 / LIUK Pass
Nationality: Dutch
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 11/02/2021
Receipt of your application: 12/02/2021
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 16/02/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 11/03/2021
Date of approval:
Date of approval Letter:
Date of ceremony letter:
Date of ceremony:

[iceman809]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence Card + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/02/2021
Payment method: Debit online 07/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04/03/2021
Date on Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING

Add me I have not yet decided on the 143th day, so I am not suitable for the above statistics

[iceman809]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence Card + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 07/02/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 07/02/2021
Payment method: Debit online 07/02/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04/03/2021
Date on Approval letter: WAIT
Date of receipt of approval: WAIT
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAIT

Add me I have not yet decided on the 143th day, so I am not suitable for the above statistics

[mbhm]

Eligibility criteria: Settled status + 1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity college
Nationality: Czech
Date of application: 08 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11 February 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I am currently on day 142 with no decision yet, so i don’t fit into the stats above

[islandfox]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Date of application: 8 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 March 2021 (London, Sopra Steria Mark Lane paid appointment)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: never received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting...

when I applied they said estimated time of approval could around 2.5 months. It feels now there may be a backlog of EU settlement applications

[Salsero_007]

My wife's timeline

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of British citizen
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity rest
Nationality: Russia
Date of application: 10 February 2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18 March 2021
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: there was none
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26 June 2021, dated 18 June 2021
Date of Ceremony: free one offered on 16 August, went for a private one on 22 July (Weybridge, Surrey)

Some maths to save others the trouble of analysing the forum:
for applications submitted in 2021, average and median processing times from application date are ~75 days, with standard deviation of about 30 days. This means 15% applicants get their approval in 30 days, half in 75 days, 85% in 100 days. Maximum time so far is 140 days. It seems that an increasing number of applicants are not receiving a separate approval notification, they get it together with the ceremony invitaton.

Best luck, and lots of patience for those who are waiting fro their decision.

[Aendil]

Eligibility criteria: EU settled status (+12 months)
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 test + LIUK test
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11 January 2021
Date of acknowledgement: 13 January 2021
Date of debit of fees: 11 January 2021
Date Biometrics submitted: 29 January (in person appointment) - Enhanced as no available free
Date of receipt of approval: 26/06/2021 (no email, letter by post)
Date on Approval letter: 16/06/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Booked private ceremony for the 14/07/2021 as council sent letter to say that group ceremonies are delayed for now (good opportunity for cash grabbing I would say)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[Magus1984]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ILR (EU settled status as unmarried partner) + 1yr
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters Degree
Nationality: Argentina
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 9 January 2021
Date of debit of fees:9 January 2021 (£1349.20)
Date of acknowledgement: 11 January 2021 (application received and being considered)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 5 February 2021 (Free - Croydon)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: not received
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 14 June 2021
Date of Ceremony: first available ceremony (free) in September

Good luck to all!

[Hass112]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 19 years
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 / LIUK Pass
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online
Application sent & fee paid: 12/12/2020
Receipt of your application: 14/12/2020
Document Upload to UKVCAS: 04/01/2021
Biometrics Appointment: 06/01/2021
Date of approval: 02/06/2021 and invitation on the letter.
Letter received:21/06/2021
Date of ceremony: 28/06/2021 original date was 05/07/21 I emailed them back and got a same day appointment after a cancellation (Southwark council)

I never received approval email just a brown envelope invitation letter.

Alhamdulilah the journey is over I want to thank this forum specially CULLINAN and alterhase58 for answering my questions.

Of to passport timeline now!!

Good luck everyone

[Aendil]

Eligibility criteria: EU settled status (+12 months)
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 test + LIUK test
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11 January 2021
Date of acknowledgement: 13 January 2021
Date of debit of fees: 11 January 2021
Date Biometrics submitted: 29 January (in person appointment) - Enhanced as no available free
Date of receipt of approval: 26/06/2021 (no email, letter by post)
Date on Approval letter: 16/06/2021
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[RSH]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year Settled status
Language/LIUK Criteria: Life in the UK pass, Uk Degree
Nationality : Pakistan
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/01/21
Payment method: Debit card online
Date of debit of fees: 06/01/21
Date of biometrics: 12/02/21 (Manchester)
Date of receipt of approval: 26/06/2021 (No email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA