Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[sn1983]

Eligibility criteria: +5yrs Tier 2 General & 2 yrs ILR
Method of application: NCS (Brent council)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/05/2015
Date of debit of fees: 10/06/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30/06/2015
Date of Biometrics: 01/07/2015
Date of receipt of approval: Not Received Yet
Date of Ceremony: Not Received Yet

[Lion786]

Hi z00ps00p,
Even I am waiting for the update ...
Eligibility criteria: 5 year residency + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Bracknell
Date of application: 17/03/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: N/A
Date of acknowledgment Received: 19/03/2015 (date on letter)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/03/2015
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Still waiting its been almost 6 months now....

[esmsi]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of 10 years ILR route
Method of application: NCS (London) on 24 Aug 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 Aug 2015
Date of debit of fees Cheque : 10 Sept 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[lydia1971]

Hi, I am wondering whether you have had an update on this. I appear to be in a similar situation (see timeline below). They have taken the money off my account on 27/08/2015 but have not received a confirmation letter yet (10/09/2015). I am worried now- has anybody else had similar experience?

Date of application: 12 August 2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13 August 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27 August 2015
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

[quote="mariana80"]Hi, I appear to be in a similar situation, they have taken the money but still not a word from them about my acknowledgement letter, I have called them but they just say that they are experiencing a large number of applications and that I should be patient. I'm beginning to worry now

Date of application: 15 June 2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16 June 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 3 July
Date of acknowledgement: ?
Date of receipt by Biometric info: ?
Date of Submission of Biometric info: ?
Date approval received: ?
Date of ceremony: ?

[ous]

I got a question!
I submitted my application on 01July2015, paid the fee on the 7th july 2015, and biometric the following week. ever since I didn’t hear nothing. However, on 03Setpember 2015,I requested my documents back as I need to travel for two weeks. I got my documents back within 4 working days and the enclosed letter stated that they will contact me to return the documents when they started working on my application. This means for the last two months, they haven’t touch my appliation.

Do any of you experience something similar and do they request you to re-send your documents? And do any of your get approval from July application. would i experience further delay? I know they stated waiting time within 6 months, but it seems some people get their approval within few weeks.

Please opine if you have any idea.

Thanks

[alexbu]

hi,
I sent my application on 12.08, received an acknowledgment letter dated 25.08, but till now nothing about biometrics. Is this strange that both acknowledgment and biometric letters where not sent together? How can I find out if they had already sent it?
Would be super grateful for help. Applied from London, does it make any difference?Because I would suspect it does not however I don't know how they sort out the mail:)

Hello!
I've got the same issue, but my acknowledgement letter dates back to 18.06! I am not sure why my biometrics were never requested, could anyone help on this? :/

[aplicant111]

hi,
I sent my application on 12.08, received an acknowledgment letter dated 25.08, but till now nothing about biometrics. Is this strange that both acknowledgment and biometric letters where not sent together? How can I find out if they had already sent it?
Would be super grateful for help. Applied from London, does it make any difference?Because I would suspect it does not however I don't know how they sort out the mail:)

[Piratito]

UPDATE

Nationality: Australian
Eligibility: 5 years Ancestral visa + 9 years Infinite Leave to Remain
Method of application: Post
Life in the UK test passed: 17/02/2012
Application sent date: 01/06/2015 tracked post
Delivery date: 02/06/2015
Debit of fees: 16/06/2015
Date of acknowledgement: 18/06/2015
Biometrics requested: 18/06/2015
Biometrics submitted: 23/06/2015
Date of documents back request: 12/08/2015 + 29/08/2015
Documents received: 09/09/2015 (sent 2nd class)
Date of approval received: 09/09/2015 (dated 04/09/2015)
Date of ceremony: pending

[ous]

I got a question!
I submitted my application on 01July2015, paid the fee on the 7th july 2015, and biometric the following week. ever since I didn’t hear nothing. However, on 03Setpember 2015,I requested my documents back as I need to travel for two weeks. I got my documents back within 4 working days and the enclosed letter stated that they will contact me to return the documents when they started working on my application. This means for the last two months, they haven’t touch my appliation.

Do any of you experience something similar and do they request you to re-send your documents? And do any of your get approval from July application. would i experience further delay? I know they stated waiting time within 6 months, but it seems some people get their approval within few weeks.

Please opine if you have any idea.

Thanks

[Thesmalik]

update on my timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 years BC Spouse + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , English language test
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 20/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/08/15
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03 Sep 2015
Date of acknowledgement: 07 Sep dated 2 Sep 2015
Date of Biometric request: 07 Sep dated 2 Sep 2015, will do my Biometric asap
Biometric Done: 08 Sep 2015
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

[aspirantmigrant]

British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18. So she needs to be registered as British national. No naturalisation is required for her.

Not quite right. British born children are british citizens if at the time of birth one of their parents, either: a) have ILR or b) are British citizens. If the parents get an ILR after their birth then the child has to undergo the Naturalization process.

Please always double-check the guidelines before giving advice on this forum as you may be misleading others.

The guide at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... e_2015.pdf
specifically states this:
"A child born in the UK to parents one or both of whom are
 British citizens, or
 are settled in the UK at the time the child is born, or
 members of the UK armed forces
"

Plz read the link YOU have quoted. It says registration not naturalisation. MN1 form is the registration form not naturalisation Form

Agree on the registration vs naturalization comment. But even so, the comment: "British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18." needs further clarification and references and (please take note moderators) it needs it's own thread. Not this one pertaining to naturalization timelines.
Please refer to the response made to the gentleman of the original post here. He's posted in the thread of MN1 guidelines if you want to participate.

[mkrol2]

Hi All,

My daughter is born in UK and is 6 months old now. I got the ILR after her birth and hence have applied for naturalization via MN1. I have 2 questions

1) Will my daughter also have to take the biometric?
2) Is there any way we can speedup the application?

sequence is as below

Eligibility criteria: MN1 Child Born in UK on 10th feb 2015, Father (Received ILR on 15 Jun 2015)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Date of application: 8/07/2015
Received by HO : 9/7/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment Received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics letter received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics (photograph) submitted :Awaiting
Date of approval letter: waiting

Thanks in advance for the response.

Regards
Mandar

British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18. So she needs to be registered as British national. No naturalisation is required for her.

Not quite right. British born children are british citizens if at the time of birth one of their parents, either: a) have ILR or b) are British citizens. If the parents get an ILR after their birth then the child has to undergo the Naturalization process.

Please always double-check the guidelines before giving advice on this forum as you may be misleading others.

The guide at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... e_2015.pdf
specifically states this:
"A child born in the UK to parents one or both of whom are
 British citizens, or
 are settled in the UK at the time the child is born, or
 members of the UK armed forces
"

You are wrong for kids born in UK it is registration proces, naturalisation apply to those born outside UK.

[Thesmalik]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years BC Spouse + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , English language test
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 20/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/08/15
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03 Sep
Date of acknowledgment: 03 Sep
Date of Biometric request: Awaiting
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

update on my timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 years BC Spouse + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , English language test
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 20/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/08/15
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03 Sep 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 07 Sep dated 2 Sep 2015
Date of Biometric request: 07 Sep dated 2 Sep 2015, will do my Biometric asap
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

[ChOudhry1]

Hi All,

My daughter is born in UK and is 6 months old now. I got the ILR after her birth and hence have applied for naturalization via MN1. I have 2 questions

1) Will my daughter also have to take the biometric?
2) Is there any way we can speedup the application?

sequence is as below

Eligibility criteria: MN1 Child Born in UK on 10th feb 2015, Father (Received ILR on 15 Jun 2015)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Date of application: 8/07/2015
Received by HO : 9/7/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment Received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics letter received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics (photograph) submitted :Awaiting
Date of approval letter: waiting

Thanks in advance for the response.

Regards
Mandar

British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18. So she needs to be registered as British national. No naturalisation is required for her.

Not quite right. British born children are british citizens if at the time of birth one of their parents, either: a) have ILR or b) are British citizens. If the parents get an ILR after their birth then the child has to undergo the Naturalization process.

Please always double-check the guidelines before giving advice on this forum as you may be misleading others.

The guide at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... e_2015.pdf
specifically states this:
"A child born in the UK to parents one or both of whom are
 British citizens, or
 are settled in the UK at the time the child is born, or
 members of the UK armed forces
"

Plz read the link YOU have quoted. It says registration not naturalisation. MN1 form is the registration form not naturalisation Form

[aspirantmigrant]

Hi All,

My daughter is born in UK and is 6 months old now. I got the ILR after her birth and hence have applied for naturalization via MN1. I have 2 questions

1) Will my daughter also have to take the biometric?
2) Is there any way we can speedup the application?

sequence is as below

Eligibility criteria: MN1 Child Born in UK on 10th feb 2015, Father (Received ILR on 15 Jun 2015)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Date of application: 8/07/2015
Received by HO : 9/7/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment Received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics letter received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics (photograph) submitted :Awaiting
Date of approval letter: waiting

Thanks in advance for the response.

Regards
Mandar

British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18. So she needs to be registered as British national. No naturalisation is required for her.

Not quite right. British born children are british citizens if at the time of birth one of their parents, either: a) have ILR or b) are British citizens. If the parents get an ILR after their birth then the child has to undergo the Naturalization process.

Please always double-check the guidelines before giving advice on this forum as you may be misleading others.

The guide at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... e_2015.pdf
specifically states this:
"A child born in the UK to parents one or both of whom are
 British citizens, or
 are settled in the UK at the time the child is born, or
 members of the UK armed forces
"

[ChOudhry1]

Hi All,

My daughter is born in UK and is 6 months old now. I got the ILR after her birth and hence have applied for naturalization via MN1. I have 2 questions

1) Will my daughter also have to take the biometric?
2) Is there any way we can speedup the application?

sequence is as below

Eligibility criteria: MN1 Child Born in UK on 10th feb 2015, Father (Received ILR on 15 Jun 2015)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Date of application: 8/07/2015
Received by HO : 9/7/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment Received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics letter received: Awaiting
Date of Biometrics (photograph) submitted :Awaiting
Date of approval letter: waiting

Thanks in advance for the response.

Regards
Mandar

British born kids becomes British national if one of their parents is settled (ILR) before they reach the age of 18. So she needs to be registered as British national. No naturalisation is required for her.

[Lion786]

Hi z00ps00p,

I Applied via Bracknell NCS on 17th March 2015 but still awaiting for the status.

Any one who applied during Feb/March 2015 are still waiting.

[esmsi]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of 10 years ILR route
Method of application: NCS (London) on 24 Aug 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 Aug 2015
Date of debit of fees Cheque : Awating
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[aspirantmigrant]

It would have been good to submit you're HMRC documents with the rest of the application. Having said that there have been cases where UKVI request additional documents during the application processing stages.

[khan499]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Ilford) on 04-Sep-2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: Awaiting
Date of debit of fees: Awating
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Hi all user I have submitted my application via NCS ILFORD, the advisor there just took application form passport and BRP copies, I am self employed person I want to submit my last statement form HMRC which is mentioned in guidance note it must be submitted, but the guy says if u have passport then u don't need to submit can some one reply what should I do I already submitted my application without HMRC Statement.
thanks

[khan499]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Ilford) on 04-Sep-2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: Awaiting
Date of debit of fees: Awating
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of receipt of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[Cloverbea]

Is anyone doing this process from the USA?
I just submitted my Hubby's paperwork on Sept 1,
It was received by Liverpool on September 3. Just wondering how they do biometrics and such with the time constraints. I've heard they may email due to the distance... I'm hoping things move quickly! Any help would be very much appreciated!

[AshRay]

Got my approval letter yesterday, Alhamdulillah... after nearly 9 months... a straight forward case for me though .... Thx for all here, and best wishes for those who are waiting.

Eligibility criteria: 5 years T1 + 1 year ILR
Applicants: me, spouse, 2 kids
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , me IELTS (expired in 08), spouse B1
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Halifax
Date of application: 09/12/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16 Dec
Date of acknowledgment: 18 Dec
Date of Approval received: 04 Sep 2015 ... later dated 27 Aug 2015 (nearly 9 months)
Date of ceremony: 11 Sep 2015

Thx and best wishes once again for all ...

[hoxton]

Hello,

Eligibility criteria: 2 years British Spouse + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS + Life in The UK Test
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 14/04/2015
Application Received : 15/04/2015 (tracked on royal mail site)
Payment method: Cheque
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 14/05/2015
Date of acknowledgment letter received: 13/05/2014 (dated 08/05/2014 - late clearance of fees as its a cheque payment)
Date of Biometric Letter received: 04/06/2015 (dated 02/06/2015)
Biometric Enrolment: 09/06/2015
Original docs received back - 05/09/2015 (dated 03/09/2015 - recorded signed delivery - envelope I had enclosed with application at the time of applying) with intimation letter from Home Office saying application has been successful
Date citizenship ceremony invitation: Waiting (should ideally come in the next two weeks)
Date of ceremony: Will book after I receive invitation

Yayyy finally heard from Home Office, it took close to 5 months for processing of application.

Congrats I sent my application end of April and the biometric was submitted around 25th May - so hopefully it'd a matter of a couple of weeks before I receive my reply?

[hoxton]

Hi guys,
Just a quick question. Even though my cheque was cleared in a matter of weeks, I never received the acknowledgement of application and more than a month from the deduction of the fees have passed. Should I be worried? Or is this normal? Anyone experiencing same issue? Thanks.

Have you received a biometric letter? when did you apply?

28/07 applied
No biometric letter as well. No communication so far appart from the fees being deducted beginning of August.

The payment for my application was deducted (credit card), around 20th May. Then a week later I received two letters from the Home Office - one is the acknowledgement letter and one is the biometric instruction letter.
So I suggest that you contact them straight away if, after a few weeks of funds were taken you still haven't received any correspondence - in case they went missing in the post.
There is a time limit for the biometric enrollment to be completed as well so, you probably should get in touch with the Home Office promptly.

Hope that helps.