Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[rdudala]

Eligibility criteria: 5Y + ILR 16 months
Method of application: NCS (Thurrock)
Application sent: 03/05/2016
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/05/2016 (tracking confirmation)
Date money gone off account: 16/05/2016
Date of acknowledgement/biometrics requested : letter dated 16/05/2016 (received 24/05/2016)
Biometrics done: 25/05/2016
Date of approval : waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting
Date Passports received: waiting

[Raj5]

How come the date of ceremony with the application being approved?

Update

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 +1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Masters Degree
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Date of application: 14/03/2016
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKV&I: 15/03/2016
Date of debit of fees: 25/03/2016
Date of acknowledgement letter received: 31/03/2016 (dated 25/03/2016)
Date of biometric letter received : 31/03/2016 (dated 25/03/2016)
Biometric enrolled at the post office: 01/04/16
Date of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: 22/06/16
Passport application: TBC

[Neatest_Nordic]

Updated: 12 June 2016

Eligibility criteria:5 years (Tier 2 General)+ 1 year ILR.
Nationality: New Zealand
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 24 May 2016
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 May 2016 (delivery tracking confirmation)
Date of debit of fees: 11 June 2016 (no confirmation letter or email received prior)
Letter of acknowledgement received:TBC
Date biometrics completed: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date applied for passport: TBC
Date passport received: TBC

[Neatest_Nordic]

Updated: 12 June 2016

Eligibility criteria:5 years (Tier 2 General)+ 1 year ILR.
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 May 2016 (delivery tracking confirmation)
Date of debit of fees: 11 June 2016 (no confirmation letter or email received prior)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[janusz]

Eligibility criteria:6 Years EEA, no PR document
Language criteria met: B1 CEFR
Nationality:Polish
Method of application:NCS (Reading)
Date of application:14/10/2015
Payment method:Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:16/10/2015
Date of acknowledgement :05/11/2015 (dated 02/11/2015)
Date money gone off account:02/11/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics:05/11/2015
Biometrics done:07/11/2015
Date of approval :14/03/2016 (dated 26/02/2016)
Date of ceremony :27/04/2016
Date applied for passports :07/05/2016
Date passports received :10/06/2016

[Him11]

Update

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 1 +1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Masters Degree
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Date of application: 14/03/2016
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKV&I: 15/03/2016
Date of debit of fees: 25/03/2016
Date of acknowledgement letter received: 31/03/2016 (dated 25/03/2016)
Date of biometric letter received : 31/03/2016 (dated 25/03/2016)
Biometric enrolled at the post office: 01/04/16
Date of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: 22/06/16
Passport application: TBC

[tunstall]

Update

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Masters Degree in UK
Method of application: NCS Lancashire
Date of application: 23/05/2016
Date of receipt by UKVI: 24/05/2016 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 09/06/2016
Date of acknowledgment issued: 08/06/2016
Date of Bio metric letter issued: 08/062016
Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 11/06/2016
Date of biometric letter received: 11/06/2016
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/06/2016
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval:Waiting
Date of receipt of cermony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/2016
Date Passport received: Waiting

[tunstall]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Masters Degree in UK
Method of application: NCS Lancashire
Date of application: 23/05/2016
Date of receipt by UKVI: 24/05/2016 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 09/06/2016
Date of acknowledgment issued: Waiting
Date of Bio metric letter issued: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgment:Waiting
Date of biometric letter received:Waiting
Date Biometrics enrolled:Waiting
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval:Waiting
Date of receipt of cermony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/2016
Date Passport received: Waiting

[ohara]

Applied at NCS 09/03/16
Biometrics done 23/03/16
Approval received 07/06/16

Total time between biometrics and decision being made was 75 days.

[sajjadali707]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (10yr + 2yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + post graduation university of westminster.
Method of application: by post
Date of application: 04/03/2016
Date of receipt by UKVI: 07/03/2016
Date of debit of fees: 15/03/2016
Date of acknowledgment issued:15/03/2016
Date of Bio metric letter issued:16/03/2016
Date of receipt of acknowledgment:19/03/2016
Date of biometric letter received:19/03/2016
Date Biometrics enrolled:19/03/2016
Date on Approval letter: 02/06/2016
Date of receipt of approval:07/06/2016
Date of receipt of cermony letter: AWATING
Date of Ceremony: AWAITING
Date of Passport Application:AWAITING
Date Passport received: AWAITING

[Mahm256]

Eligibility criteria: 5Yr + 1Yr ILR
Language criteria met: UK Degree
Nationality: UG
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth JCAP
Date of application: 06/06/16
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/06/16
Date of acknowledgement:
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 06/06/16
Date passports received:

[harpreets.singh]

Update

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 + One year Indefinite Leave to Remain
Language criteria met: UK Master degree
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth( JCAP)
Date of application: 03/03/2016
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/03/2016
Date of acknowledgement : 15/03/2016
Date money went off account: 12/03/2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 15/05/2016
Biometrics was done: 19/03/2016
Date of approval : 07/05/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 12/05/2016
Date of ceremony : 01/06/2016
Date applied for passports : 03/03/2016
Date money went off account for passport: 18/03/2016
Date of passport text/sms: 03/06/2016
Date of passport receipt: 06/06/2016

Thank you, everyone, for sharing information.

[gau27]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yr ILR (2007-12 WP, continued on ILR until 2105)
Method of application: NCS (West Berkshire-Newbury)
Date of application at NCS office: 18/09/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: ??
Date of debit of fees: 10/10/15 (see below why the delay)
Date of receipt of approval: recvd. Jan 27th (dated Jan 22nd 2016)
Date of Ceremony: March 8th 2016

Other Updates:

NCS office had noted my credit card number wrongly for payment, so I received a letter follow-up.
Letter recvd reg. fee payment: 5/10/2015 ( letter dated 1/10/2015)
payment form posted back on 6/10/15
Date of Biometric request: 24/10/2015, letter received 28/10
enrolled 2/11/2015

[gbusta]

Eligibility criteria: Married to BC
Language criteria met: Degree
Nationality: EEA
Method of application: NCS Brent
Date of application: 10th March 2016
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11th March 2016
Date of acknowledgement: 20th March 2016
Date money gone off account: 20th March 2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 2oth March 2016
Biometrics done: 29th March 2016
Date of approval: waiting

[nathan2]

Hooray!

Eligibility criteria: Married to BC
Language criteria met: By nationality
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 14th March 2016
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15th March 2016
Date of acknowledgement: 2nd April 2016
Date money gone off account: 28th March 2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 2nd April 2016
Biometrics done: 6th April 2016
Date of approval: 2nd June 2016

[CHUDHARY]

Update
All Praise to ALLAH
By the grace of Almighty ALLAH (SWT) finally the wait is over. Thank you very much everyone. this is very informative forum. good luck all those waiting.

Eligibility criteria: 10 years residence + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: liuk + b1 trinity college
Method of application: NCS Aylesbury
Date of application: 01/03/16
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKVI: 03/03/16 (royal mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 16/03/16 (via e-mail) 18/03/16 (letter via post dated 14/03/16)
Date money gone off account:14/03/16
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 18/03/16 (dated 15/03/16)
Biometrics done: 18/03/16
Date of approval: 23/05/2016 (Recieved on 03/06/2016)
Date of ceremony: 12/07/2016 ( invitation letter recieved from concil on 02/06/2016)
Date applied for passports: waiting
Date passports received: waiting

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[saleem19k]

By the grace of Almighty ALLAH (SWT), the wait for approval is over. I am forever grateful to this forum which gave me important info on application and idea of timeline. Fingers crossed if you are still waiting, my prayers will be with you.

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + ILR
Language criteria met: UK Degree + LIUK
Nationality:Pakistani
Method of application: NCS (Wandsworth) JCAP
Date of application: 14/03/2016
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/03/2016 (Royal mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement : 8/04/2016
Date money gone off account: 6/04/2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 8/04/2016
Biometrics done: 9/04/2016
Date of approval : 31/5/2016 (Received on 3/06/2016)
Date of ceremony : pending
Date applied for passports : 14/03/16
Date passports received :pending

[Saladin0011]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:EEA 5yr + 1yr PR
Nationality: Czech
Method of application: JCAP NCS Bristol
Language criteria met: IELTS B1
Date of application: 03. June 2016
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 03. June 2016
Date passports received:

Waiting game just started........

[vnesk]

UPDATE: APPROVAL RECEIVED

Citizen: Russian
Eligibility criteria: 10yr long residence + ILR (1yrs)
Language criteria met: BA (UK degree) + Life in the UK
Method of application: NCS TOWER HAMLETS
Date of application: 07/03/2016 Morning
Payment method: CHEQUE
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/03/2016 (tracking confirmation)
Date of acknowledgement : EMAIL received 16/03/2016 14:00
Date money gone off account: 21/03/2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 18/03/2016 (dated 15/03/2016)
Biometrics done: 19/03/2016 (Post Office)
Date of approval : 23/05/2016 (letter received on 02/06/2016)
Date of ceremony :27/06/2016
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO IS WAITING and APPYING

[CHUDHARY]

update

Eligibility criteria: 10 years residence + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: liuk + b1 trinity college
Method of application: NCS Aylesbury
Date of application: 01/03/16
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKVI: 03/03/16 (royal mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 16/03/16 (via e-mail) 18/03/16 (letter via post dated 14/03/16)
Date money gone off account:14/03/16
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 18/03/16 (dated 15/03/16)
Biometrics done: 18/03/16
Date of approval: waiting
Date of ceremony: 12/07/2016 ( letter recieved from council to attend cermony on said date). no approvel letter from ukba yet
Date applied for passports: waiting
Date passports received: waiting

[nzvinokona]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08 Mar 2016
Date of debit of fees:17 March 16
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 19 March 2016
Date of Biometrics:24th March 2016
Date of receipt of approval:21st April 2016 (Dated 15th April 2016)
Date of Ceremony:25th May 2016
Date applied for passports: 25th May 2016
Date passports received:

[nbahel]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 General +1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Camden (Family application incl. wife + 2 kids)
Date of application: 24/02/2016
Payment method: Debit Card
Date money gone off account: 04/03/2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 05/03/2016
Biometrics done: 09/03/2016
Date of approval: 16/05/2016 received 27/05/2016
Date of ceremony: to be booked

[Kalelchan]

Anyone with the same timeline as mine who has been approved?
Do they contact one of our referees first before they approve our application?
Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met:Got ILR March 2015
Method of application:NCS Hatfield
Date of application:15-03-16
Payment method: debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16-03-16 (DX tracking)
Date of acknowledgement:05-04-2016
Date money gone off account:05-04-16
Date of letter requesting biometrics:05-04-16
Biometrics done:11-04-16
Date of approval:waiting
Date of ceremony:waiting
Date applied for passports: 15-03-16 JCAP
Date passports received:waiting

[pashatk]

Eligibility criteria: 10 year ILR + 1 year
Language criteria met:Got ILR after oct 2013
Method of application:NCS Luton
Date of application:03-05-16
Payment method: debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11-05-16 (DX tracking)
Date of acknowledgement:23-05-2016 by email
Date money gone off account:20-05-16
Date of letter requesting biometrics:24-05-16
Biometrics done:24-05-16
Date of approval:waiting
Date of ceremony:waiting
Date applied for passports:03-05-16 JCAP
Date passports received:waiting

[Neatest_Nordic]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Tier 2 General)+ 1 year ILR.
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 May 2016 (delivery tracking confirmation)
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC