Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[ali_me]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 3 yrs spouse of BC arrived on 25th March 2012 in UK
Method of application: Royal mail special delivery
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15 May 2015
Date of debit of fees: 16 May 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15 May 2015.
Dae of original docs rtn: 20 Oct 2015
Date of receipt of approval: ??
Date of Ceremony: ??

Other Updates :
20-Oct-15: Letter received states ,' please note that should your application for brit citizenship be successful the certificate of brit citizenship will show the details as given on the attached pages',
am not sure what this means?

[residentuk]

Thanks to Almighty. ! Finally it is here.

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2+ 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: UK degree
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 29-01-2015
Payment method: Solicitor
Date of receipt by UKBA: Letter to Solicitor
Date of acknowledgement : 05-02-15 (Email)
Date money gone off account: 1st week of February 2015
Date of approval : 31-10-2015 (received information 05/11/2015)
Date of ceremony : Privately Booked
Date applied for passports : waiting
Date passports received: waiting

I would like to say a big "thank you" to this forum. This is an extremely informative site and really helpful. With naturalization application your patience is tested I feel and it can take some time but you will hear from them.

All the best to the applicants who are waiting.

Best Wishes.

[March_LR14]

Approval Update

March_LR14 wrote:
Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: LIUK + Expired Ielts
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Harrow
Date of application: 08-07-15
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09-07-15
Date of acknowledgement : 17-07-15 (Email)
Date money gone off account: 16-07-15
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 16-07-15 (Received on 20-07-15)
Biometrics done : 20-07-15
Date of approval : 06-11-2015 (dated 30-10-2015)
Date of ceremony : will book on tuesday as council system was down
Date applied for passports : waiting
Date passports received: waiting

[mkashifakram]

Hi Guys,

Is there any forum for first UK Passport application timeline?
Thanks,

Here you go
http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... -5360.html

[ntuleimat]

Hi Guys,

Is there any forum for first UK Passport application timeline?
Thanks,

[Steak_and_Kidney_Pie]

* * UPDATED & CORRECTED * *

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen, 3 Year residency under 09 July '12 "Old Rules"

Language criteria met: Exempt from English Language requirement - Canadian citizen

Nationality: Canadian

Method of application: NCS London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, London

Date of application: 16/10/2015

Date application received: 19/10/2015

Date credit card payment taken: 03/11/2015

Date of written acknowledgement and biometrics request: both dated 03/11/2015; recieved 06/11/2015

Date biometrics provided: 06/11/2015

Date approval received: Currently at Her Majesty's pleasure for a date of approval... please hurry, Mrs. May

Date of ceremony: To Be Decided

[the-boy-nextdoor]

please some could help me ......... I made a application on 30th September, bio done on the 16th of October, now I realise that I was out of the county three times in past five years, but I mention on the application was only out of the country twice, how could inform the UKVI about my other visit? any help will be apriciated

[elizababa]

I received a letter from the Home Office today stating that there is a delay in implementing the necessary technical infrastructure to enable the US and the UK systems to communicate biometrics information, and that I would receive a written update no later than January 2016. This delay apparently impacts only US UKM claims.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: USA
Method of Application: Fedex International Priority USA to UKVI Liverpool
Date of Sending Application: 02-OCT-2015
Date of Application Delivery: 05-OCT-2015
Date of Debit of Fees: 09-OCT-2015
Date of Acknowledgement by Home Office: 05-NOV-2015 (biometrics delay letter)
Date of Receipt of Approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[Steak_and_Kidney_Pie]

Eligibility criteria: born to a UK mother before 1983
Language criteria met: not applicable
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Mailed from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Date of application: October 5 / 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: October 9 / 2015
Date of acknowledgement :
Date money gone off account: October 13 / 2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: October 19 / 2015
Biometrics done: November 3 / 2015 in Vancouver BC
Date of approval : Pending
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

Congratulations to my fellow Canuck!

Hopefully, my application will go as swiftly as yours!

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen, 3 Year residency under 09 July '12 "Old Rules"
Language criteria met: Exempt from English Language requirement - Canadian citizen
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: NCS London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, London
Date of application: 16/10/2015
Date application received: 19/10/2015
Date credit card payment taken: 05/11/2015
Date of email acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of written acknowledgement and biometrics request: Waiting
Date biometrics provided: Waiting for biometrics request, but will be the day the letter is received
Date approval received: Currently at Her Majesty's pleasure for a date of approval... please hurry, Mrs. May
Date of ceremony: To Be Decided

[carrick]

Eligibility criteria: born to a UK mother before 1983
Language criteria met: not applicable
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Mailed from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Date of application: October 5 / 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: October 9 / 2015
Date of acknowledgement :
Date money gone off account: October 13 / 2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: October 19 / 2015
Biometrics done: November 3 / 2015 in Vancouver BC
Date of approval : Pending
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

Wow! That is super fast!! HO must be caught up on the backlog! I applied in August for UKM and still awaiting my approval after submitting my Bio's in October! Good sign!

[Will47786]

Eligibility criteria: born to a UK mother before 1983
Language criteria met: not applicable
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Mailed from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Date of application: October 5 / 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: October 9 / 2015
Date of acknowledgement :
Date money gone off account: October 13 / 2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: October 19 / 2015
Biometrics done: November 3 / 2015 in Vancouver BC
Date of approval : Pending
Date of ceremony :
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

[sekawesa]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EEA 13 years + 1 year PR
Date of application: 16/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/10/2015
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: waiting
Date of debit of fees: 4/11/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[BigEasy]

Eligibility criteria: Married to British citizen, ILR, 3 Year residency
Language criteria met: Cambridge Key English Test (B1) & Life in the UK
Method of application: NCS Camden, London
Date of application: 29/07/2015
Date application received: 30/07/2015
Date credit card payment taken: 07/08/2015
Date of email acknowledgement: 10/08/2015
Date of written acknowledgement and biometrics request: 12/08/2015, dated 07/08/2015
Date biometrics provided: 13/08/2015
Date approval received: 30/10/2015 (letter dated 10 October 2015)
Date of ceremony: 12/12/2015

[yanlantao]

Hi Mirce,

I have heard of when you receive the ceremony letter, you have to book the ceremony in 21 days. How do you make it more than a month?

Thanks,
Lantao

Eligibility Criteria: 13 Yrs LTR + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Bachelors, Masters and PhD from UK.
Method of Application: Citizenship checking service - Local council
Date of Application: 19-02-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 20-02-2015
Method of Payment: Cheque
Date of Fee Clearance: 03-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 01-03-2015 (approximately)
Date of Approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Hello everyone and apologises for the delayed data input. I have reached the end of my journey. On Saturday I was in the passport office and I am expecting the UK passport in the next 7 to 10 days. Good luck to all of those still waiting. Here is my updated timeline:

Eligibility Criteria: 13 Yrs LTR + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Bachelors, Masters and PhD from UK.
Method of Application: Citizenship checking service - Local council
Date of Application: 19-02-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 20-02-2015
Method of Payment: Cheque
Date of Fee Clearance: 03-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 01-03-2015 (approximately)
Date of Approval: 09-07-2015 (I had actually opened the letter on 30.08.2015 because of annual leave)
Date of Ceremony: 08-09-2015
Passport Application: 15-10-2015
Interview at the Passport Office: 30-10-2015
Passport expected by courier/post: in the next 7 to 10 days.

This is my final post. I have done my time. Good luck to those still waiting.

[rajsuccess]

Updates:

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 5 yrs + 1yr ILR; Indian passport holder
Method of application: NCS (Croydon council) dated 12 Oct 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 Oct 2015
Date of debit of fees: 29 Oct 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30 Oct 2015
Date of Biometric registration: 02 Nov 2015
Date of receipt of approval: Awaited
Date of Ceremony: Awaited

[bfrenchfry]

Hi all,

Can anyone please help me with a query? I am in the process of applying for my British citizenship and British passport. I have so far only submitted the UKM application. Yesterday i received my invitation to do my Biometric Enrollment which i will be doing on Monday the 2nd November 15. What i want to know is, how long do i need to wait now after it has been done to get an outcome (decision)? Both my sons are in the UK already and i so badly want to get to them. I am applying through my British mom and i was born before 1983. My boy's went on Ancestral Visa's. I really hope the waiting period will not be months and months. Has anyone recently done theirs? Once a decision has also been made, how long does the Passport portion of it take? how much time am i looking at more or less?

Thanking you in advance
Sandy

Sandy, UKM and UKF applications are taking about 6 months right now, with a number going over that amount. I wish you the best of luck for a speedier response!

[The.Watcher]

Hello again guys..

For the duration of the application did anyone from the HO got in touch with you by phone? i want to change the provider for my landline and not sure what to do..

Thanks

Nobody from the HO is going to call you, they will communicate via mail which is sent via 2nd class stamp. So takes even that little bit longer to get to you. You can change your landline provider without a worry about missing any calls from HO.

[azanpk786]

[quote="azanpk786"]Eligibility criteria: 2 years spouse of BC
Language :life in the uk test b1 trintry collage london (glasgow)
Method of application: ncs hamilton
Date of application : 28 may 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30 may/2015
Date of debit of fees: 13 june /2015
Payment methods : credit card
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 12 june/2015
Biomatrics :15 june/2015
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of approval: ?
Finally application 6th month start hope this month good news will come.
Inshallah

[pavanprakash]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (Tier 1 5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of application: 08/10/2015
Date of debit of fees:27/10/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27/10/2015
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/10/2015
Date on Approval letter: Still waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: NA

[Mirce]

Eligibility Criteria: 13 Yrs LTR + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Bachelors, Masters and PhD from UK.
Method of Application: Citizenship checking service - Local council
Date of Application: 19-02-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 20-02-2015
Method of Payment: Cheque
Date of Fee Clearance: 03-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 01-03-2015 (approximately)
Date of Approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Hello everyone and apologises for the delayed data input. I have reached the end of my journey. On Saturday I was in the passport office and I am expecting the UK passport in the next 7 to 10 days. Good luck to all of those still waiting. Here is my updated timeline:

Eligibility Criteria: 13 Yrs LTR + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Bachelors, Masters and PhD from UK.
Method of Application: Citizenship checking service - Local council
Date of Application: 19-02-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 20-02-2015
Method of Payment: Cheque
Date of Fee Clearance: 03-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 01-03-2015 (approximately)
Date of Approval: 09-07-2015 (I had actually opened the letter on 30.08.2015 because of annual leave)
Date of Ceremony: 08-09-2015
Passport Application: 15-10-2015
Interview at the Passport Office: 30-10-2015
Passport expected by courier/post: in the next 7 to 10 days.

This is my final post. I have done my time. Good luck to those still waiting.

[tweetiebird]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs + 1yrs+ ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/09/2015
Date of debit of fees: 12/10/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of requesting Biometric: 12/10/2015 (received 16/10/2015)
Biometrics done: 17/10/2015
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[Gabrielle72]

Hello again guys..

For the duration of the application did anyone from the HO got in touch with you by phone? i want to change the provider for my landline and not sure what to do..

Thanks

[Danocool]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (e.g.- Tier 1 5yr + 1yr ILR; 3yr Tier 1 Spouse + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: Postal NCS Newham
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/05/2015
Date of debit of fees: 05/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 06/06/2015
Date of requesting Biometric: 10/06/2015
Biometrics done: 11/06/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 30/10/2015 (Dated 23/10/2015)
Date of Ceremony: Will call on Monday to book.

Finally .. Thanks every one... This is an excellent forum

[bonasoares]

Thats pretty quick. Less than 3 months. Lucky you

I am happy to share my time line.

update

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (e.g.- 4/5yr + 1yr ILR; 3yr spouse of BC; 10yr + 1yr ILR; legacy + ILR; etc.) 10 years + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS (council name) or Postal NCS SHEFFIELD
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/07/2015
Date of debit of fees: 11/08/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/08/2015 ?(Dated 11/08/2015)
Date of requesting Biometric: 14/08/2015 (Dated 11/08/2015)
Biometrics done: 17/08/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 17/10/2015 (Dated 10/10/2015)
Date of Ceremony: 03/11/2015

The letter says I have to call the council with in 21 days.

Thank You all for your support all these days.

[mkashifakram]

Hi,

You need to wait for 8 weeks before you can request an update. I had the similar issue and this is what i was told. so be patient hopefully all will end well.

Thanks,

Hello,

Could someone help me, please. I have submitted my application 2 weeks ago via NCS ( I havent received anything yet, and fees hasn't been taken. At NCS office They have gave me a tracking number for the post office to track the envelope with my application.

I have tried to track it and on post office website it says that it was delivered to 'our Warrington Delivery Office'. It doesn't really say that it was delivered to the Home Office. Is this normal ????

How do you know when your application has been delivered to UKBA???

Thank you

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EEU nationality 8 years in UK
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 14/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: ??
Date of debit of fees: -
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: -
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony: