Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[king442]

Eligibility criteria:5 Years Tier1 General + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria : Life in UK + PBS
Method of application: NCS
Date of application:05/Feb/2015
Payment method:Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/Feb/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 26/Feb/2015
Date of acknowledgement: 17/Feb/2015
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

Payment was not processed(not sure why. I have sufficient funds in my bank account). I have received a letter to provide the bank details again. I have transferred the funds to another account and I have sent the details to Home Office by Royal mail next day delivery. Fee deducted after 5 days

[bulltaurus]

Eligibility criteria:British Spouse 3yrs(1 yr ILR)
Language criteria :ESOL B1
Current nationality:PAKISTANI
Method of application:NCS
Council name if NCS used:BARKING AND DAGENHAM
Date of application:22/04/2015
Payment method:CC
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date of acknowledgment:
Date of Biometrics Letter Received:
Date of Biometrics Done:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

[jabsbini]

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: Waiting
Biometric Enrolment: Waiting
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[Adam2015]

Hi,
I have applied late in Dec 2014.
HO receipt received 2 weeks later.
5 years EEA family residency card .
Still wating, tried to call many times but always had the same answer ( Less than 6 months...).
has anyone succeded in getting any update from HO?

UKVI are working on december 2014 applications. You should be expecting it by the end of this month.

Thanks ImranIqbal;
The thing is that My current EEA family residency is expiring in few weeks and my employer wants to see provide prove that I m eligible to work. By the way how do you know that HO is working on dec 2014 applications?

[Adam2015]

Hi,
I have applied late in Dec 2014.
HO receipt received 2 weeks later.
5 years EEA family residency card .
Still wating, tried to call many times but always had the same answer ( Less than 6 months...).
has anyone succeded in getting any update from HO?

UKVI are working on december 2014 applications. You should be expecting it by the end of this month.

Thanks ImranIqbal;
The thing is that My current EEA family residency is expiring in few weeks and my employer wants to see provide prove that I m eligible to work. By the way how do you know that HO is working on dec 2014 applications?

[azka]

my timeline is as follows
No of applicants: 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : 10 yrs + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria : UK Master's Degree
Method of application: By NCS
Date of application: 10/04/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08/05/2015
Date of acknowledgment: Received 13 May 2015 (letter Dated 7 May 2015)
Date of Bio metric letter received 13 may 2015 (Letter dated 7 May 2015) bio metric done 13 May 2015
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

[charlesjames]

UPDATED

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 years + 1 Year ILR + Spouse (ILR)
Method of application: NCS Southwark
Date of application: 24th March 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th March 2015
Date of debit of fees: 1st April 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 1st April 2015 (Email), 4th April 2015 (Letter dated 30th March 2015)
Date of receipt of approval: 13th May 2015 (Dated 2nd May 2015)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting.

Fingers crossed.

[khurrum_khan123]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 Sponsored Visa (5 yrs) + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met - Australian Citizen
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 26th March 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27th March 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th April 2015 (dated 13th April 2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13th April 2015
Date approval: 9th May 2015
Approval received:12th May 2015
Date of ceremony:28th May 2015

Good luck to all!

congratulations.....my time line is almost same as you and waiting for an approval.....

[imraniqbal2010]

Hi,
I have applied late in Dec 2014.
HO receipt received 2 weeks later.
5 years EEA family residency card .
Still wating, tried to call many times but always had the same answer ( Less than 6 months...).
has anyone succeded in getting any update from HO?

UKVI are working on december 2014 applications. You should be expecting it by the end of this month.

[Maliksahb]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 Sponsored Visa (5 yrs) + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met - Australian Citizen
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 26th March 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27th March 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th April 2015 (dated 13th April 2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13th April 2015
Date approval: 9th May 2015
Approval received:12th May 2015
Date of ceremony:28th May 2015

Good luck to all!

Congrats... my timeline is very similar so hopefully i will get approval soon as well.

[Jarryd]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 Sponsored Visa (5 yrs) + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met - Australian Citizen
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 26th March 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27th March 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th April 2015 (dated 13th April 2015)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13th April 2015
Date approval: 9th May 2015
Approval received:12th May 2015
Date of ceremony:28th May 2015

Good luck to all!

[Adam2015]

Hi,
I have applied late in Dec 2014.
HO receipt received 2 weeks later.
5 years EEA family residency card .
Still wating, tried to call many times but always had the same answer ( Less than 6 months...).
has anyone succeded in getting any update from HO?

[azaam]

Eligibility : 10 years + 1 year
Method : NCS
Date : 05/12/2014
Received : 08/12/2014
Debt fee : 18/12/2014
Date of approval : 04/05/2015
Received : 13/05/2015


Good luck waiting people

[gryphon]

Thanks for your input everyone. I'm just trying to find any under lying pattern in the data (decision based on case and date) although I know it's like looking for a needle in a gigantic haystack . But still it would an interesting data analytics exercise.

[ik_aam_insaan]

My friend applied on 10 years basis he recived his approval in 4 weeks so nothing to do with on what criteria ur application belongs to ..

[Rahel1984]

Hi Guys,

I've been a silent reader on the forum for a while. Just got a quick question. Is it the case that people who got ILR through the 10 years route are being made to wait longer (around 6 months) for naturalisation than candidates through routes such as Tier 1 general, spouse of a BC or Tier 2?

Here are my details:
Route: 10yrs + 1 year on ILR
Applied via NCS on: 1st April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter issued: 27th April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter received: 01st May 2015.
Fees deducted: 01st May (paid through cheque)
Haven't received any biometric enrolment letter yet, despite applying with March 2015 form.
I braced myself for a long long wait before I submitted just to remain in the hope of getting surprised one fine day .

I dont think so that is the case. there r people with different route of applications r waiting for more than 6 months. There is no set pattern that HO is working on.

I think gryphone is right. I also notice that most of Tier 1, Tier 2 cases approved with in 4-5 weeks and spouse of a BC some time approved quickly and some time take long. Applications On the basis of 10 years straight way goes in minimum 4-6 months cupboard. 10 years is a long period to keep record clean and after that a long wait for Nationality approval is a big pain. Bad luck for on the basis of 10 years applications (included me).

Thats not true. Im a spouse of bc. Straight forward case but i had to wait 8 and half months for my approval.

[shabba_kaka]

Hi Guys,

I've been a silent reader on the forum for a while. Just got a quick question. Is it the case that people who got ILR through the 10 years route are being made to wait longer (around 6 months) for naturalisation than candidates through routes such as Tier 1 general, spouse of a BC or Tier 2?

Here are my details:
Route: 10yrs + 1 year on ILR
Applied via NCS on: 1st April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter issued: 27th April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter received: 01st May 2015.
Fees deducted: 01st May (paid through cheque)
Haven't received any biometric enrolment letter yet, despite applying with March 2015 form.
I braced myself for a long long wait before I submitted just to remain in the hope of getting surprised one fine day .

I dont think so that is the case. there r people with different route of applications r waiting for more than 6 months. There is no set pattern that HO is working on.

I think gryphone is right. I also notice that most of Tier 1, Tier 2 cases approved with in 4-5 weeks and spouse of a BC some time approved quickly and some time take long. Applications On the basis of 10 years straight way goes in minimum 4-6 months cupboard. 10 years is a long period to keep record clean and after that a long wait for Nationality approval is a big pain. Bad luck for on the basis of 10 years applications (included me).

[waiz89k]

Hi Guys,

I've been a silent reader on the forum for a while. Just got a quick question. Is it the case that people who got ILR through the 10 years route are being made to wait longer (around 6 months) for naturalisation than candidates through routes such as Tier 1 general, spouse of a BC or Tier 2?

Here are my details:
Route: 10yrs + 1 year on ILR
Applied via NCS on: 1st April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter issued: 27th April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter received: 01st May 2015.
Fees deducted: 01st May (paid through cheque)
Haven't received any biometric enrolment letter yet, despite applying with March 2015 form.
I braced myself for a long long wait before I submitted just to remain in the hope of getting surprised one fine day .

I dont think so that is the case. there r people with different route of applications r waiting for more than 6 months. There is no set pattern that HO is working on.

[gryphon]

Hi Guys,

I've been a silent reader on the forum for a while. Just got a quick question. Is it the case that people who got ILR through the 10 years route are being made to wait longer (around 6 months) for naturalisation than candidates through routes such as Tier 1 general, spouse of a BC or Tier 2?

Here are my details:
Route: 10yrs + 1 year on ILR
Applied via NCS on: 1st April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter issued: 27th April 2015.
Acknowledgement letter received: 01st May 2015.
Fees deducted: 01st May (paid through cheque)
Haven't received any biometric enrolment letter yet, despite applying with March 2015 form.
I braced myself for a long long wait before I submitted just to remain in the hope of getting surprised one fine day .

[nvijay]

the latest reply of freedom of information request
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... 9.pdf.html

Hi Imran, It looks like the same old Diplomatic and Template answers from HO. We need to wait until the Stats for Jan-March to be released. Somebody has already requested it, in week or two we would be able to get a clear picture, because by the end of Dec 31 st they had around 10000 pending applications, let us see how many are cleared and how many has been added since then, More over many people dont know about this forum, so we cant guess it either. we only get a representatives from people feed back, we dont know the full picture of what exactly happening inside HO.

[imraniqbal2010]

the latest reply of freedom of information request
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... 9.pdf.html

[sircas]

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me if they've applied for citizenship from overseas and been successful. How long did it take from receiving letter of approval to citizenship ceremony( Overseas application NOT UK application)

Thanks.

[waiz89k]

I think most people from May June July etc..2014 have received their approvals . The thread on this forum are now too slow. Remember those of us waiting come to this forum to seek peace of mind and reassurance. So it would be of great help if you share your experience. Been waiting 10 months now. Can't even think of calling to chase anything up as I received the 3 to 6 month letter wait and a further letter asking for my original documents. Good luck to everyone

What was ur route of application?
did u call HO after u sent ur original doc?

why dont u come and join us on this following thread. I wish u all the best. thanks

http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 85921.html

[masud0174]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in uk+ Graduation
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 30/03/2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/03/2015( DX Tracking)
Date of acknowledgment: issued 13/04/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 20/04/2015
Date of Biometric Entry: Waiting
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

.

Still no sign of biometric registration letter !

any application received by home office before or on 2nd April 2015 falls in the old regulations which doesn't require biometrics enrolment. so relax

BUT I HAVE COMPLETED NEW APPLICATION FORM WHICH REQUIRED TO COMPLETE BIOMETRICS !

[mt5353az]

Applied in december got my approval only a few days ago .Good Luck Everyone !