Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[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

1) Will my daughter also have to take the biometric?
Answer: Infants dont get fingerprinted, but they do ask you to get the child's photograph taken at the PO.
2) Is there any way we can speedup the application?
Answer: Not really. MN1 applications are like AN applications. I suggest you follow the timelines posted on the relevant Topic in this forum at : http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 81180.html

[jabsbini]

April applicants are starting to hear about their applications. Great news Cyc. I applied around the same time as you. Hopefully I will hear something soon too.

Eligibility criteria: 3 years British Spouse (Applied with new form and fee)
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
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting


thanks
Jabsbini

[thano]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years long residency + ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK Degree
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 23/03/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date approval received: 27th August 2015(Dated 19th August 2015)
Date of ceremony: to be booked

[cyc]

Thanks to this board I can be at ease with the waiting process, and my wait is finally over!:D
Want to share my timeline with you all. It's around 4 months. Hope it helps and good luck!

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Language criteria met : UK Degree and Life in the UK
Method of application: Postal Special Delivery
Date of application: 13/04/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 07/05/2015
Biometric enrolled at the post office: 14/05/2015
Documents returned: 22nd August 2015
Date approval received: 27th August 2015(Dated 21th August 2015)
Date of ceremony: 16th September 2015

[aplicant111]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residency + 1 permanent residency card (EU)
Language criteria met (UK degree)
Current nationality: Polish
Method of application:Postal
Date of application: 12/08/2015
Payment method Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/08/215 (postal proof of delivery) -> 27 August email from Home Office
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date of acknowledgment Received:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date of biometric done at the Post Office:
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

[khapli]

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

[saby_vio]

I did aplied on 29 of March and still nothing.Hope u best luck!

[omkranthi1]

Eligibility criteria: MN1 Child Born in India, Father (Naturalised British Citizen)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:NCS
Council name if NCS used: Aberdeen
Date of application: 10/04/2015
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of acknowledgment Received: 06/05/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/05/2015
Date of Biometrics letter received: 06/05/2015
Date of Biometrics (photograph) submitted :16/05/2015
Date of approval letter: waiting

Could anyone please let me know whether any one got the approval letter from Home Office who applied in 2 nd week of April. We are going on a holiday in October and I am hoping my son could get a letter before Sept to apply for the British Passport. Another issue is his Indian passport expires on 23 rd Sept. So if he doesn't get a letter then I need to apply a new Indian Passport and followed by Schengen Visa.

Since the post bio-metric applicants are getting approval letters, should i not apply for Indian passport for my son ?. I have appointment tomorrow in Edinburgh. Please advise.

[GeoBrit]

There's also a theory that the process will speed up now that the summer passport rush is over. The thought is they move staff over to passports during this crunch time and it delays the naturalization process. I don't know if this is true but it's wishful thinking.

[GeoBrit]

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Eligibility criteria: 3 year Spouse ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK + US Citizen
Current nationality: US
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of application: 04/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/08/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19/08/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18/08/2015
Date of Bio-metrics request: 18/08/2015
Date of Bio-metrics taken: 25/08/2015
Date approval received: TBD
Date of ceremony: TBD[/quote]

[bilalazeem]

This board has had been of great help over the years! Thanks to all the contributors for taking the time out and keeping this board live!

Got my approval earlier this month. The timeline is as follows: (sorry for posting it late)

Eligibility criteria: 5 year T1 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS (Mansfield)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01-Apr-15
Date of debit of fees: 21-Apr -15
Date on Approval letter :- 27-Jul-15
Date of receipt of approval: 01-Aug-15
Date of Ceremony: 10-Aug-15

[skahmed]

Hi, my timeline below,

Number of applicants: 2
Eligibility criteria: Tier1 5 Yrs + ILR 1 Yr
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA (Royal Mail tracking): 02/03/2015
Fee deducted: 06/03/2015
Acknowledgement letter: 11/03/2015
Approval letter: 30/07/2015
Date of ceremony: 02/09/2015

[kams19]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 (Gen) 5yrs + ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , English language cert from univ and PBS showing univ name
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Towe Hamlets
Date of application: 21/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Awaiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment: Awaiting
Date of Biometric request: Awaiting
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

[Obie]

Anyone applied in July for Citizenship, and not received a letter to enrol biometric.

[rasheedabdul786]

[quote="rasheedabdul786"]Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residency + 1 year ILR

Method of application: NCS Hounslow

Nationality: Indian

Date applied: 27/04/2015

Date of receipt by UKVI: 28/04/2015

Date of debit of fees: 21/05/2015

Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/05/2015 (DATED 21/05/2015)

Date of Biometric letter Received : 01/06/2015 (DATED 21/05/2015)

Biometric enrolled at the post office: 02/06/2015

Date of receipt of approval: waiting

Date of Ceremony: waiting

[jamal80]

Hi everyone

just an uptade
I have applied in 30th of march 2015 and no sign
hope not to much to wait from now on.

You will wait for exactly 5 months after the date of acknowledgement, if there is no problem with your application.

Mine has arrived yesterday and my acknowledgement date was 20.03.15.

Good luck to everyone.

[GeoBrit]

The process seems to be moving along now but ther was a 2 week gap between submitting my application and receiving acknowledgment and payment. It must be due to the summer holidays.

Eligibility criteria: 3 year Spouse ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK + US Citizen
Current nationality: US
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of application: 04/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/08/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19/08/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18/08/2015
Date of Biometric request: 18/08/2015 (Enrolled: TBD)
Date approval received: TBD
Date of ceremony: TBD

[shahshah]

[quote="shahshah"]Update:
Applied 23 march 2015.(2 applications)
Received : next day.
Acknowledge .sorry dont remember.
Approval letter. Received on 17 August 2015 dated 12 August 2015.
Ceremony...9th september 2015

[saby_vio]

Hi everyone

just an uptade
I have applied in 30th of march 2015 and no sign
hope not to much to wait from now on.

[Khawaja]

Hi Everyone, Here is the first approval post 2nd April applications.

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years long residency + ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK MBA
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS Enfield
Date of application: 02/04/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 29/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 07/05/2015 (dated 29/04/2015)
Date of Biometric request: 07/05/2015(dated 29/04/2015 Enrolled 07/05/2015)
Date approval received: 20th August 2015(Dated 17th August 2015)
Date of ceremony: to be booked

hopefully everyone who applied after 2nd April will start receiving their approvals soon. Good Luck

[NasirNNN]

Hi everyone

i can't amend my timeline it seems that Editing is not enabled anybody knows how to add further details on the timeline sheet.

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Kind Regards

[jabsbini]

What an excruciating wait this is. Applied on April 14th. I am not expecting to get anything till 14th Sept atleast.

[tuliprose]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + ILR 1 year.
Language criteria met: UK Degree and Life in the UK
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 04/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/08/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 19/08/2015 Dated 14/08/2015
Letter received requesting biometrics: 19/08/2015
Biometrics Enrolled: 19/08/2015
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passport:
Date passports received:

[aplicant111]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residency + 1 permanent residency card (EU)
Language criteria met (UK degree)
Current nationality: Polish
Method of application:Postal
Date of application: 12/08/2015
Payment method Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/08/215 (postal proof of delivery)
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date of acknowledgment Received:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date of biometric done at the Post Office:
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

[mturzo.18]

Application Timeline


Eligibility criteria: 10 year ILR + Spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (council name) or Postal :- NCS (Southwark Registry Office) Appointment Booked for 28 th feb 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11 th March 2015
Date of debit of fees: 13 th March 2015
Date on Approval letter :- 10th August 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 18th August 2015
Date of Ceremony: 27th August 2015