Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Shavi88]

Eligibility criteria : 6.5yrs residence + 1yr PR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College + Life in UK Test
Nationality : EU Bulgaria
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 31/01/2019
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 31/01/2019 (via email)
Date fees debited : 31/01/2019
Biometrics letter issue date : 31/01/2019
Biometrics letter receipt date : 31/01/2019 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 31/01/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 01/02/2019 (by Post)
Date supporting documents received : 04/02/2019 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date on approval letter : 02/03/2019
Approval letter receipt date : 05/03/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : Waiting
Date of ceremony :
Passport application date :
Date fees debited :
Passport receipt date :
Stress is over now thanks for all the information.

[Konsog]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online + New Service
Date of application: 03/12/2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 03/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 03/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: New service appointment scheduled for 05/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 12/02/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 22/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 22/02/2019
Date of Ceremony: 05/03/2019 (private)
Date of Passport Application: Pending
Date of debit of fees: Pending
Date Passport to be received: Pending

I'm so relieved that this process is almost over. It felt like a very long wait, but it's also great to finally get the result. So stay strong everyone who is still waiting!

Had a private ceremony today, so I'm now officially a British citizen! Exactly 3 months after my UKVCAS appointment, just the passport left now!

[savage87]

2 Applicants
Eligibility criteria : 9yrs residence + 2y PR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College
Nationality : EU
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 09/01/2019
Payment method : Credit Card
Acknowledgement date :
Date fees debited : 09/01/2019
Biometrics letter issue date : 09/01/2019
Biometrics letter receipt date : 09/01/2019 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 10/01/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 11/01/2019 (Post)
Date supporting documents received : 21/02/2019
Date on decision letter : 18/02/2019
Decision letter receipt date : 21/02/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : 28/02/2019 date on letter 19/02/2019
Date of ceremony : 25/03/2019 Group ceremony

The stress is now over. Thanks a lot to everyone on this forum and good luck to all applying!

[NomiKaay]

Eligibility criteria: Married to BC
Language: UK Degree
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 08-02-2019
Date of acknowledgement: 08-02-2018 (email from UKVI)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21-02-2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 21-02-2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[JACKQ66]

Eligibility criteria : 6.5yrs residence + 1yr PR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College + Life in UK Test
Nationality : EU Poland
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 16/01/2019
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 17/01/2019 (via email)
Date fees debited : 17/01/2019
Biometrics letter issue date : 16/01/2019
Biometrics letter receipt date : 16/01/2019 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 17/01/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 17/01/2019 (by Post)
Date supporting documents received : 18/01/2019 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date on approval letter : 28/02/2019
Approval letter receipt date : 02/03/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : Waiting (approval letter advised to wait and not contact the local authority)
Date of ceremony :
Passport application date :
Date fees debited :
Passport receipt date :

[kate03]

2 Applicants
Eligibility criteria : 7yrs residence + 1.5y PR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College (applicant 1) / UK degree (applicant 2)
Nationality : EU
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 01/03/2019
Payment method : Credit Card
Acknowledgement date : 01/03/2019 (email)
Date fees debited : 01/03/2019
Biometrics letter issue date : 01/03/2019
Biometrics letter receipt date : 01/03/2019 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 02/03/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 02/03/2019 (Post)
Date supporting documents received : 04/03/2019
Date on decision letter :
Decision letter receipt date :
Ceremony letter receipt date :
Date of ceremony :

[citiapl]

Eligibility criteria: 12 Months ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree + Life in UK Test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online - UKVCAS - New System
Date of application: 05/12/2018
Payment method: Online by Card
Date of debit of fees: 05/12/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 05/12/2018 (email with case ID)
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 20/12/2018 (UKVCAS Croydon)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/12/2018 (UKVCAS Croydon)
Date on Approval letter: 22/02/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 02/03/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: incorporated into approval letter
Called council on:
Date of ceremony:
Date of passport applied:
Date of passport received:

[Shamino]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General (5 years) + ILR (1 Year)
Language Criteria: Nationalities that are exempt + UK Life Test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of online application: 21/01/2019
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 21/01/2019 (email from UKVI)
Date of debit of fees: 21/01/2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 29/01/2019
Date of biometric letter issued: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/01/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport received:

[Casa]

@MajidAhmad Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed. Please open your own topic and post your questions there.

[Casa]

@TOYOTA Can you please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts have been and will continue to be removed.

[zobi]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Married to BC
Language: UK Degree
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 28-12-2018
Date of acknowledgement: 31-12-2018 (email from UKVI)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10-01-2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 10-01-2019
Date on Approval letter: 19-02-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 28-02-2019
Date of Ceremony: booked for 12-03-2019
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[savage87]

2 Applicants
Eligibility criteria : 9yrs residence + 2y PR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College
Nationality : EU
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 09/01/2019
Payment method : Credit Card
Acknowledgement date :
Date fees debited : 09/01/2019
Biometrics letter issue date : 09/01/2019
Biometrics letter receipt date : 09/01/2019 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 10/01/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 11/01/2019 (Post)
Date supporting documents received : 21/02/2019
Date on decision letter : 18/02/2019
Decision letter receipt date : 21/02/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : 28/02/2019 date on letter 19/02/2019
Date of ceremony : TBD

The stress is now over. Thanks a lot to everyone on this forum and good luck to all applying!

[AnotherUUID]

Final update:

Update:

Route : EEA, 5y residence + 1y PR
Eligibility criteria : 10y residence + 4y PR
Language criteria : UK Degree
Nationality : EU
Method of Application : Online
Date of application : 04/12/2018
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 05/12/2018 (via email)
Date fees debited : 05/12/2018
Biometrics letter issue date : 04/12/2018
Biometrics letter receipt date : 04/12/2018 (online)
Date biometrics enrolled : 04/12/2018
Date supporting documents sent : 10/12/2018
Date supporting documents received : 11/12/2018
Date on decision letter : 31/01/2019 (Approved)
Decision letter receipt date : 04/02/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date : 08/02/2019 (dated 31/01/2019)
Date of ceremony : 12/02/2019 (private as earliest group slot was 4 weeks away)
Passport application date : 12/02/2019 (Online + Royal Mail special delivery)
Date fees debited : 12/02/2019
Passport receipt date : 28/02/2019

All in all about 42 working days from the date of application (36 from HO receiving the documents) to receiving the approval letter.

This finally marks the end of a journey with not an insignificant amount of stress and anxiety. Yet, it also marks the beginning of a new journey ahead Once again, thanks to everyone who helped out with my queries directly and this community as a whole, which has been an exceptionally invaluable resource!

[mengo]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 years ILR
Language Criteria: MSc Degree in UK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online + New Service (UKVCAS)
Date of application: 25/02/2019
Payment method: Online (Credit Card)
Date of acknowledgement: 26/02/2019 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 26/02/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: 25/02/2019
Date of biometric letter received: 25/02/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/02/2019
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Rbkr16]

Eligibility criteria : 2 years student + 5 years refugee + 1 year ILR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College + Life in UK test
Nationality : Non EU
Method of Application : Online and new method
Date of application : 04/02/2019
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 05/02/2019
Date fees debited : 05/02/2019
Date biometrics enrolled : 15/02/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 15/02/2019, (online at new application centre in Croydon.)
Date on decision letter : waiting
Decision letter receipt date : waiting
Ceremony letter receipt date :waiting
Date of ceremony : waiting

[Wanderingrooh]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years+3 years ILR
Language Criteria: English Trinity Test certification+ Life in the UK test certificate
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online UKVCAS new service
Date of application: 1 Feb 2019
Payment method: Debit card online on 1 Feb 2019
Date of acknowledgement: 4 Feb 2019 (Email confirmation from UK visas and Immigration)
Date of debit of fees:4 Feb 2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: 1 Feb 2019 via email
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14 Feb 2019
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony:waiting
Date of Passport Application:waiting
Date of debit of fees:waiting
Date Passport to be received:waiting

[mt0007]

Eligibility criteria : 5 year residence + 1 year ILR
Language criteria : B1 CEFR Trinity College + Life in UK test
Nationality : Hong Kong
Method of Application : Online and new method
Date of application : 29/12/2018
Payment method : Debit Card
Acknowledgement date : 31/12/2018
Date fees debited : 29/12/2018
Biometrics letter issue date :N.A
Biometrics letter receipt date : N.A
Date biometrics enrolled : 02/01/2019
Date supporting documents sent : 29/12/2018, online
Date supporting documents received :N.A.
Date on decision letter : 14/02/2019
Decision letter receipt date : 23/02/2019
Ceremony letter receipt date :
Date of ceremony :18/03/2019

I'm so happy and relieved! Thanks to everyone in this forum for their guidance and support

[sam82]

Eligibility criteria: 10 yaers + 1 year ILR
Language: IELTS
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 18-02-2019
Date of acknowledgement: 19-02-2019(email from UKVI)
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19-02-2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 19-02-2019
Date of Documents received by HO: N/A
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Dave1988]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Royal Mail (paper) spacial delivery
Date of application: 07/01/2019
Received by HO: 08/01/2019
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgement: 04/02/2019
Date of debit of fees: 03/02/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: 03/02/2019
Date of biometric letter received: 06/02/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/02/2019
Date of NDRS appointment: NA
Date on Approval letter: 17/02/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 23/02/2019
Date of Ceremony: 28/02/2019
Date of Passport Application: —
Date of debit of fees: —
Date Passport to be received: —-

[playmass]

Eligibility criteria: ILR > 10 years
Language Criteria: Majority English Language Speaking Country
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online UKVCAS
Date of online application: 26/11/2018
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 19/01/2019
Date documents received by the HO: submitted by UKVCAS
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: n/a
Date of debit of fees: n/a
Date of biometric letter issued: n/a
Date of biometric letter received: n/a
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19/01/19
Date on Approval letter: 15/02/19
Date of receipt of approval: 21/02/19
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 15/02/2019
Date of Ceremony: 09/03/19 (private)
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport received:

[Adrivederci]

Wife
Nationality - German/Italian
Online Application - 25.10.18
Application Fees - 25.10.18
Confirmation E-mail - 26.10.18
Biometrics - 29.10.18
NCS appointment - 01.11.18
Message HMP Office - 16.11.18 saying not to travel before receiving my passport?
Passport Fees - 19.11.18
Letter HO - 04.01.19 saying they are dealing with the application
Approval - 09.01.19
Arrival of App. - 15.01.19
Arrival of C. Letter - 17.01.19
Date on letter - 10.01.19
Ceremony - 24.01.19 (private, free)
Passport - 31.01.19 (dated 29.01.19)

Husband
Nationality - Egyptian
Online Application - 25.10.18
Application Fees - 25.10.18
Confirmation E-mail - 26.10.18
Biometrics - 29.10.18
NCS appointment - 01.11.18
Passport Fees - 19.11.18
Letter HO - 04.01.19 saying they are dealing with the application
Approval - 09.01.19
Arrival of App. - 15.01.19
Arrival of C. Letter - 17.01.19
Date on letter - 10.01.19
Ceremony - 24.01.19 (private, free)
Passport - 20. 02.19 (dated 19.02.19)

Good Luck to everyone with the applications be patient

[kiks]

Eligibility criteria: 13yrs + 3yrs Pernament Residence + spouse of BC
Language Criteria: LIUK + Trinity B1
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online + Existing service (post)
Date of application: 17/01/2019
Payment method: online /debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 17/01/2019
Date of biometric letter received: 17/01/2019/online
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/01/2019
Date of sending the Documents to UKVI: 19/01/2019/ UKVI received documents on 21/01/2019/Royal Mail
Date of receipt of approval: 19/02/2019 - sent back with all supporting documents
Date on Approval letter: 16/02/2019 - they work on Saturdays?

Date of receipt of invitation for ceremony letter: 23/02/2019
Date of receipt of invitation for ceremony letter: 17/02/2019- they work on Sundays?
Date of Ceremony: 06/03/2019 - public free ceremony
Side note - booked ceremony straight after aproval letter arrived even advise was to wait for invitation letter. Saved probably time and a date as they go quite fast. Other than that - straight forward application.
Good luck to Everyone!

[bimiben]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree + LITU Test
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online + New Service
Date of application: 02/01/2019
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 03/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 03/01/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: New service appointment scheduled for 03/01/2019
Date on Approval letter: 17/02/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 23/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 23/02/2019
Date of Ceremony: 28/03/2019 (I may try to arrange a private ceremony before this date)
Date of Passport Application: Pending
Date of debit of fees: Pending
Date Passport to be received: Pending

[AngloAmerican]

Eligibility criteria: 30 yrs ILR + married 30 yrs to British citizen
Language Criteria: USA citizen, Masters and PhD from UK university
Nationality : USA
Method of application: online
Date of application: 30/12/2018
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 31/12/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 30/12/2018
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 07/01/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/01/2019
Date on Approval letter: 02/19/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 02/22/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport received:

[mrcolombo]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year Permanent Residence
Language Criteria: UK Degree + Life In The UK Test
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 31/10/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 01/11/2018
Date of debit of fees: 31/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 31/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 31/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/11/2018
Date of NDRS/JCAP appointment: 08/11/2018 (Redbridge Council)
Date of Application received: 09/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 11/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 19/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 19/01/2019 (emailed the council to book)
Date of Citizenship Ceremony: 31/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: 08/11/2018 (same day as document submission)
Date of debit of fees: 27/11/2018
Date Passport was received: 07/02/2019

I would like to advice applicants to exercise patience, do the necessary research and provide every essential documentation required to apply for British Citizenship.

Good luck guys!