Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[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: —
Date of biometric letter received: —
Date Biometrics enrolled: —
Date of NDRS appointment: —
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: —-

[Ancestor]

Posting x 2 as my wife and I completed and submitted separate individual applications for both and each of us simultaneously, having qualified same time:-

Myself

Eligibility criteria: 5yr Ancestry + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 09/10/2018
Date of NDRS appointment: 10/10/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 09/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 09/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 09/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/10/2018
Date on Approval letter: 09/11/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 16/11/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/11/2018 (Hampshire County Council dd 14/11/2018)
Date of Ceremony: 17/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2018
Date Passport received: 25/01/2019

Wife

Eligibility criteria: 5yr Ancestry + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 09/10/2018
Date of NDRS appointment: 10/10/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 09/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 09/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 09/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/10/2018
Date on Approval letter: 09/11/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 16/11/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/11/2018 (Hampshire County Council dd 14/11/2018)
Date of Ceremony: 17/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2018
Date Passport received: 25/01/2019

My wife and I considered the option of having an earlier Private Ceremony which we would have had no problem doing, but after being told by numerous re the incredibly positive experience of a group ceremony, we decided to be patient, and I can positively say, what an experience, and were not disappointed.

Thank you to all and moderators.

Good luck to all.

[peggleg]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ancestry + 3.5 years ILR
Language Criteria: B1 + Life in UK Test
Nationality: South African
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 01/02/2019
Payment method: Online by Card
Date of acknowledgement: 01/02/2019
Date of debit of fees: 01/02/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: na
Date of biometric letter received: na
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/02/2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 02/02/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:

Appointment process was very long. Birmingham center was running behind on appointments. 3 hours in total at a cost of £300 for 3 people. They can really improve on this especially at the cost

[peppermint1978]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Royal Mail (paper) Special delivery
Date of application: 02/01/2019
Received by HO: 03/01/2019
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgement: 01/02/19
Date of debit of fees: - 02/02/19
Date of Biometric letter issued: —
Date of biometric letter received: —
Date Biometrics enrolled: —
Date of NDRS appointment: —
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: —-

[m4v3r1ck]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 years ILR
Language Criteria: UK University degree
Nationality: Nigeria
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 09-JAN-2019
Payment method: MasterCard Credit
Date of acknowledgement: 09-JAN-2019
Date of debit of fees: 09-JAN-2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A (UKVCAS)
Date of biometric letter received: N/A (UKVCAS)
Date Biometrics enrolled: UKVCAS appointment 09-JAN-2019
Date on Approval letter: 28-JAN-2019
Date of receipt of approval: 02-FEB-2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 28-JAN-2019
Date of Ceremony: 15-FEB-2019
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

Gotta say a massive thank you to everyone on this forum.

[cp1990]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years with 7 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree + Life in UK Test
Nationality: Filipino
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/01/2019
Payment method: Online by Card
Date of acknowledgement: 30/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: na
Date of biometric letter received: na
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/02/2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 02/02/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:

[peppermint1978]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Royal Mail (paper) Special delivery
Date of application: 02/01/2019
Received by HO: 03/01/2019
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgement: 01/02/19
Date of debit of fees: -
Date of Biometric letter issued: —
Date of biometric letter received: —
Date Biometrics enrolled: —
Date of NDRS appointment: —
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: —-

[josc88]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality: Malaysian
Method of application: Online, JCAP at NDRS
Date of application: 23/11/2018
Payment method: Online by Card
Date of acknowledgement: 23/11/2018
Date of debit of fees: 23/11/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 23/11/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 23/11/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/11/2018
Date of NDRS appointment: 26/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 22/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 29/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 29/01/2019
Date of Ceremony: 31/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: JCAP so 26/11/2018
Date of debit of fees: 02/01/2019
Date Passport to be received:

[shz101]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Degree + Life in UK Test
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: UKVCAS- Croydon London
Date of application: 28/12/2018
Payment method: Online by Card
Date of acknowledgement: 31/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 28/2/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: na
Date of biometric letter received: na
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/01/2019
Date of UKVCAS appointment: 05/01/2019
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:

[Minik1]

Eligibility criteria: 14 years + 9year PR (Family of four, one kid >18, second <18)
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1, Degree, Degree, nothing
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS (new service)
Date of application: 16/01/2019
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 17/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 16/01/2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: n/a
Date of biometric letter received: n/a
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/01/2019 (Glasgow - free of charge appointment)
Date on Approval letter: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date Passport received: TBC

[Dave1988]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Royal Mail (paper)
Date of application: 07/01/2019
Received by HO: 08/01/2019
Payment method: Card
Date of acknowledgement: still waiting
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of Biometric letter issued: —
Date of biometric letter received: —
Date Biometrics enrolled: —
Date of NDRS appointment: —
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: —-

[CMOSUK]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years + BC spouse
Language Criteria: trinity + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: NCS (paper format)
Date of application: 31/10/2018
Date Received at HO: 1/11/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 10/11/2018
Funds Deducted: 9/11/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 10/11/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 12/12/18
Date of receipt of approval: 22/12/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/1/2019
Date of Ceremony: 22/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: 22/1/2019 (online)
Date of debit of fees: 22/1/2019
Date Passport to be received: pending

Overall a quick process from 31st October 2018 to 12 December 2018.

Roughly about 42 days. Only thing that has annoyed me is, of how long it took for the letter of approval to be recieved which was on a Saturday 22nd December 2018 but managed to get a slot when phoning on monday for the ceremony.

update highlighted in red

passport Application approved on 25/01/2019, passport now printing and will be dispatched. A very quick turn around, in 3 days

A final update passport recieved today on 29/1/19, a very big thank you to all for the support and help.

[absi81]

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Croydon)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/2019
Date of debit of fees: 14 Jan 19
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[d3sus]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 ILR + Married to BC
Language Criteria: MSc degree in UK
Nationality : Pakistani
Method of application: Online, NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 29/11/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 30/11/2018 (email)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 30/11/2018
Date of NDRS+JCAP: 30/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 16/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26/01/2019 Same letter as invitation
Date of Ceremony: 14/02/2019
Date of Passport Application: 30/11/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees by HMPO: 28/12/2018
Date Passport to be received: n/a

[Jon13]

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Eligibility criteria: 5 years
Language Criteria: B1 (Trinity College)
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS (new service)
Date of application: 19/12/2018
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 20/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 19/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: n/a
Date of biometric letter received: n/a
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 20/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26/01/2019
Date of Ceremony: 19/02/2019
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date Passport received: TBC

[Dannyboy19]

Eligibility criteria: Set LR -ILR + 1.5yr
Method of application: ONLINE (UKVCAS)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27 DEC 2018
Date of debit of fees: 27 DEC 2018
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28 DEC 2018
Date of biometric: 29 DEC 2019
Date of letter of approval: 18 Jan 2019
Date approval letter received: 26 Jan 2019
Date of Ceremony: 30 Jan 2019
Application processed in exactly 3 weeks.
Good luck to all. Thanks to admin and moderators of this forum.




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[celio]

Good morning.

Application submitted: Naturalisation
Eligibility criteria: living in UK since 2005, ILR
Language Criteria: LIUK + Trinity B1
Nationality : Italian
Method of aplication: Online
Date of application: 16/12/2018
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 17/12/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: taken 16/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A
Date of biometric letter received: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/12/2018 at UKVCAS in Peterborough £60.
Date on Approval letter: 18/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 26/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 26/01/2019
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date Passport to be received: TBC

[Sadaf123]

Eligibility Criteria: 10 years plus 1 year after ILR
Language criteria : UK PhD degree
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of Application: online NADRD plus through NCS
Date of Application: 15/11/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16/11/2018
Date of Biometrics letter: received email letter on the same day of submission of online application 15/11/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15/11/2018
Date of passport applied: 15/11/2018 through NCS
Date of Documents received to UKBA: 20/11/2018
Date of debit of passport fees: 13/12/2018
Date of Approval letter: 14/01/2019
Date of Approval letter received: 24/11/2019

[blackamericano]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 01/12/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 03/12/2018
Date of debit of fees: 03/12/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15/12/2018
Date on Approval letter: 18/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 25/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 25/01/2019 (same as approval letter)
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[CMOSUK]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years + BC spouse
Language Criteria: trinity + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: NCS (paper format)
Date of application: 31/10/2018
Date Received at HO: 1/11/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 10/11/2018
Funds Deducted: 9/11/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 10/11/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 16/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 12/12/18
Date of receipt of approval: 22/12/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/1/2019
Date of Ceremony: 22/01/2019
Date of Passport Application: 22/1/2019 (online)
Date of debit of fees: 22/1/2019
Date Passport to be received: pending

Overall a quick process from 31st October 2018 to 12 December 2018.

Roughly about 42 days. Only thing that has annoyed me is, of how long it took for the letter of approval to be recieved which was on a Saturday 22nd December 2018 but managed to get a slot when phoning on monday for the ceremony.

update highlighted in red

passport Application approved on 25/01/2019, passport now printing and will be dispatched. A very quick turn around, in 3 days

[dhanyaais]

Eligibility criteria: 3yrs + BC Spouse
Language Criteria: LIUK + Educational qualification for Language (accepted during ILR)
Nationality : Non-EEA
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 13 Jan 2019
Payment method: Amex
Date of acknowledgement: 14 Jan 2019
Date of debit of fees: 13 Jan 2019
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/A (UKVCAS)
Date of biometric letter received: N/A (UKVCAS)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22 Jan 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 to be received:

[AidenUK1]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (tier 2) plus 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: MSc Degree (UK)
Nationality :Non-EU
Method of application:Online (new service UKVCAS)
Date of application: 06-12-2018
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgement: 06-12-2018 (Via email)
Date of debit of fees: 06-12-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: N/a
Date of biometric letter received: N/a
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06-12-2018
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

[cosgee]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + and 2 Year permanent residency
Language Criteria: Bsc Degree U.K + LIUK
Nationality : Non- EEA
Method of application: NCS Leeds (by Post)
Date of application: 03/12/2018
Date Received at HO: 05/12/2018 (Currier tracking service)
Date of acknowledgement: 20/12/18
Funds Deducted: 19/12/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19/12/18 (Received on the 22/12/18 by post)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/12/18
Date on Approval letter: 14/01/19
Date of receipt of approval:23/01/19
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Email-(24/01/19)
Date of Ceremony: 20/03/19
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

IT has all been 41 days for HO to approved the application

[longgapilr]

Below is about the naturalisation application for my wife and child:

Eligibility criteria: Marriage to a BC (3 year route); ILR > 1 year; residence > 6 years (Tier 2)
Language Criteria: Trinity SELT B1 GESE
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online NDRS+JCAP
Date of online application: 14/11/2018
Date of NDRS+JCAP appointment: 15/11/2018
Date documents received by the HO: 19/11/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 14/11/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: 15/11/2018
Date of biometric letter issued: 14/11/2018 (online)
Date of biometric letter received: 14/11/2018 (online)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15/11/2018
Date on Approval letter: 14/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 24/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 14/01/2019 (same as the approval letter; called the council to book)
Date of Ceremony: 13/02/2019 (public)
Date of Passport Application: 15/11/2018 (NDRS+JCAP appointment date)
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/2018
Date Passport to be received

[matei72]

After years of debating whether to apply for citizenship or not I finally went through with it, as it allays any fears about the uncertain future for us EU citizens here in the UK, as well as it provides me with some benefits in my line of work.

Application submitted: Naturalisation
Eligibility criteria: living in UK since 2005, ILR
Language Criteria: Native speaker
Nationality : Irish
Method of aplication: Online
Date of application: 21/11/2018
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement: 21/11/2018 (email)
Date of debit of fees: taken 21/11/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled: 26/11/2018 at Priority UKVCAS lounge in London
Date on Approval letter: 24/01/2019
Date of receipt of approval: 16/01/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of Passport Application: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date Passport to be received: TBC

I had previously applied for ILR, despite the fact that Irish citizens are settled here in the UK from arrival, so I provided that, both passports (dual-nationality with another non EU country), LIUK exam result, a load pf P60s, bank statements and council tax bills.

Was told by the bod at the UKVCAS office that their checklist only listed my passport... quite different to my checklist.

Didn't include proof of health cover, not sure if I need to show this, as I was working through my own LTD company for a number of years. I do have it, however no one asked me for proof during my ILR application.