Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[PAK321]

="charlesjames"]

help needed..gurus..senior members...

I have got citizenship and passport followwing Tier1 route.

my wife came here after june 2012 so 5 year route applied to her at the time.

she extended her tier1 dependent visa... which now expires in 2017...even then she will be short of 5 years.

Question

as i got british passort now.... can she aplly for british nationality and passort as she has been here 2.5 years... Or she needs to further extend her current tir 1dependent visa when it expires in 2017.

PLEASE advise what are Options for her now..

Thanks in advance

your wife will have to apply for extensions as tier 1 dependent untill she completes her 5 years before she applies for ILR in the UK

In my understanding spouse/dependants will have to apply for extension as soon as his/her partner's visa expire or category change. For example If your partners status will change from ILR to British citizen than she/he will have to apply as a dependant of British Citizen not the remain Tier 1 dependant.
Correct me if i am wrong

[PAK321]

By Gods Grace
With the help of this forum finally my Naturalization application approved
Waiting game over, patience testing finished
Cat:10yrs long residence+1.5yrs ILR
Application: AN+MN
Council checking service---Hackney
Date Applied: 05/11/14
Date of ack: 24/11/14
Date of Approval: 09.04.2015
Date Received: 24.04.2015
Ceremony book date: waiting....

Special thanks for this forum and members who given advice to me and best of luck to rest the people who is waiting

Congratulations sach10, well done

[charlesjames]

help needed..gurus..senior members...

I have got citizenship and passport followwing Tier1 route.

my wife came here after june 2012 so 5 year route applied to her at the time.

she extended her tier1 dependent visa... which now expires in 2017...even then she will be short of 5 years.

Question

as i got british passort now.... can she aplly for british nationality and passort as she has been here 2.5 years... Or she needs to further extend her current tir 1dependent visa when it expires in 2017.

PLEASE advise what are Options for her now..

Thanks in advance

i am in same situation.....you wife will have to apply for ILR in 2017 once she completes 5 years residence in the UK....1 year after ILR she can apply for UK Nationality

your wife will have to apply for extensions as tier 1 dependent untill she completes her 5 years before she applies for ILR in the UK

I think you should take advice from immigration lawyer if your spouse is not going to be qualified for an ILR/Citizenship by the time the current Tier 1 limit ends, as from 6th April 2015 (as far as I know) all Tier 1 extensions are closed. See:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... 4_2015.pdf

[khurrum_khan123]

help needed..gurus..senior members...

I have got citizenship and passport followwing Tier1 route.

my wife came here after june 2012 so 5 year route applied to her at the time.

she extended her tier1 dependent visa... which now expires in 2017...even then she will be short of 5 years.

Question

as i got british passort now.... can she aplly for british nationality and passort as she has been here 2.5 years... Or she needs to further extend her current tir 1dependent visa when it expires in 2017.

PLEASE advise what are Options for her now..

Thanks in advance

i am in same situation.....you wife will have to apply for ILR in 2017 once she completes 5 years residence in the UK....1 year after ILR she can apply for UK Nationality

your wife will have to apply for extensions as tier 1 dependent untill she completes her 5 years before she applies for ILR in the UK

[khurrum_khan123]

help needed..gurus..senior members...

I have got citizenship and passport followwing Tier1 route.

my wife came here after june 2012 so 5 year route applied to her at the time.

she extended her tier1 dependent visa... which now expires in 2017...even then she will be short of 5 years.

Question

as i got british passort now.... can she aplly for british nationality and passort as she has been here 2.5 years... Or she needs to further extend her current tir 1dependent visa when it expires in 2017.

PLEASE advise what are Options for her now..

Thanks in advance

i am in same situation.....you wife will have to apply for ILR in 2017 once she completes 5 years residence in the UK....1 year after ILR she can apply for UK Nationality

[Makebelieve]

Application Timeline 30.03.2015
Eligibility criteria: (5+ 3 yrs ILR)
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31.03.2015 (Tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 24.04.2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24.04.2015 letter dated 20.04.2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony:waiting

[na2316]

help needed..gurus..senior members...

I have got citizenship and passport followwing Tier1 route.

my wife came here after june 2012 so 5 year route applied to her at the time.

she extended her tier1 dependent visa... which now expires in 2017...even then she will be short of 5 years.

Question

as i got british passort now.... can she aplly for british nationality and passort as she has been here 2.5 years... Or she needs to further extend her current tir 1dependent visa when it expires in 2017.

PLEASE advise what are Options for her now..

Thanks in advance

[sach10]

By Gods Grace
With the help of this forum finally my Naturalization application approved
Waiting game over, patience testing finished
Cat:10yrs long residence+1.5yrs ILR
Application: AN+MN
Council checking service---Hackney
Date Applied: 05/11/14
Date of ack: 24/11/14
Date of Approval: 09.04.2015
Date Received: 24.04.2015
Ceremony book date: waiting....

Special thanks for this forum and members who given advice to me and best of luck to rest the people who is waiting

[WeepNotChild]

@junk2014,

I know the travel isnt the issue. i was just wondering that why would someone with same profile gets in 2 weeks and someone just hangs in there for 6 months??

Also, i fear that just in case they send it to wrong address and lets say post gets returned (happened for my son and then for my Mrs. ILR time) I would never come to know and after 3 months the citizenship expires if you Don't do ceremony .

Simple trick is to call them after every couple of weeks and say you've away from the address and would like to know if they sent anything.

[kawa1]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years EU/EEA citizen + 1 year Permanent Residence
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: post 19/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: February 2015
Date of debit of fees: 26/02/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25 February 2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting

[Sunnys123]

Waiting Since 20th Feb 2015 -
1.5 years Tier2 + 3.5 Years Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
LIfe in UK + Degree Taught in English

I Applied via NCS Reading -
Date Applied - 20-02-2015
Date Acknowledgment letter - 28-02-2015 ( dated 26-02-2015)
Date Approval Letter -
Date Ceremony -

My case has been very straight forward and still haven't received Approval. They also did a mistake and sent my Ack letter to wrong address (on same post code there are flats and building but they always (my son application) do same mistake and send it to flat). I purposefully put down a note in the application with help of NCS guy to make sure they send it to right address but they didn't. so i called them to update the address. two weeks later, received a call and the guy on the phone confirmed he has the right address and he will make sure this time communication will be sent to right address ( but can you believe?)

I dont get what is up with them and why they are taking so long. I have plans to fly US this summer and i was counting on this. is anyone facing unnecessary delays who applied same time? I saw some post who received in 14-21 days , applied same time or little after.

Apllied on 12 Feb still nothing .

[fdie287rg9324r]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years EU/EEA citizen + 1 year Permanent Residence + civil partner of British Citizen
Nationality: Italian
Method of application: NCS Nottingham
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/12/2014
Date of debit of fees: February 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: February 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 20/04/2015
Date of Ceremony: private ceremony booked for last week of April 2015 (to be confirmed by Nottinghamshire County Council).

Extra details: I did not apply for a permanent residence card. I just submitted five P60 certificates and my university letter to prove that I was exercising treaty rights. Five P60s proved that I was a worker for 5 years and then the university letter showed the start and end date of my degree to prove that I stayed an extra year to attain permanent residence status.

Good luck to everyone and my advice to EEA applicants is to make sure that you submit at least five P60s and for the 6th year it can be a P60s or a letter from a college or university showing that you were a student, which also counts as exercising treaty rights. If you are trying to apply only as a student with no P60s and you did not have private health insurance you should not apply because you will lose your money. When applying only as a student with less than five P60s you cannot rely on the NHS, you need to have proof that you had comprehensive (full coverage) private health insurance. I don't know if EHIC from another country counts as private health insurance, I believe it does not because EHIC is only for a temporary basis, if you move permanently to another country the EHIC is not valid as EHIC is only for temporary visits. UK EHIC is NOT private health insurance.

[captainus83]

@junk2014,

I know the travel isnt the issue. i was just wondering that why would someone with same profile gets in 2 weeks and someone just hangs in there for 6 months??

Also, i fear that just in case they send it to wrong address and lets say post gets returned (happened for my son and then for my Mrs. ILR time) I would never come to know and after 3 months the citizenship expires if you Don't do ceremony .

[junk2014]

Waiting Since 20th Feb 2015 -
1.5 years Tier2 + 3.5 Years Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
LIfe in UK + Degree Taught in English

I Applied via NCS Reading -
Date Applied - 20-02-2015
Date Acknowledgment letter - 28-02-2015 ( dated 26-02-2015)
Date Approval Letter -
Date Ceremony -

My case has been very straight forward and still haven't received Approval. They also did a mistake and sent my Ack letter to wrong address (on same post code there are flats and building but they always (my son application) do same mistake and send it to flat). I purposefully put down a note in the application with help of NCS guy to make sure they send it to right address but they didn't. so i called them to update the address. two weeks later, received a call and the guy on the phone confirmed he has the right address and he will make sure this time communication will be sent to right address ( but can you believe?)

I dont get what is up with them and why they are taking so long. I have plans to fly US this summer and i was counting on this. is anyone facing unnecessary delays who applied same time? I saw some post who received in 14-21 days , applied same time or little after.

Captainus83,
If they acknowledged receipt on the 26 Feb, then they have until 26 Aug (6 months) before it would be classed as being late. Even without British citizenship, if you have another passport then I imagine that you could travel on that. If you don't and are planning on getting a British passport then you would need to allow at least another 6 weeks on top of that. You could be looking at end of Sept without either process being termed late.

[junk2014]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10yr spouse of BC, 2 yr spouse visa, 5yr ILR
Language criteria met: English speaking country
Method of application: NCS N-U-L, Staffordshire
Date of application: 26 March
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27 March (Royal mail signed for)
Payment method: Credit card
Date of debit of fees: 17 April
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: email - 17 April, post - 24 April (letter dated 17 April)
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[WeepNotChild]

Eligibility criteria: Legacy + ILR
Method of application: Postal 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/10/2014
Date of debit of fees: 27/10/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29/10/2014
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[sophia24]

They are acting clever, they knows what they are doing with last year applicant.
I have requested the internal review, I will not letting them go that easy, its clearly discrimination.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... tion_appli

[captainus83]

Waiting Since 20th Feb 2015 -
1.5 years Tier2 + 3.5 Years Tier 1 + 1 Year ILR
LIfe in UK + Degree Taught in English

I Applied via NCS Reading -
Date Applied - 20-02-2015
Date Acknowledgment letter - 28-02-2015 ( dated 26-02-2015)
Date Approval Letter -
Date Ceremony -

My case has been very straight forward and still haven't received Approval. They also did a mistake and sent my Ack letter to wrong address (on same post code there are flats and building but they always (my son application) do same mistake and send it to flat). I purposefully put down a note in the application with help of NCS guy to make sure they send it to right address but they didn't. so i called them to update the address. two weeks later, received a call and the guy on the phone confirmed he has the right address and he will make sure this time communication will be sent to right address ( but can you believe?)

I dont get what is up with them and why they are taking so long. I have plans to fly US this summer and i was counting on this. is anyone facing unnecessary delays who applied same time? I saw some post who received in 14-21 days , applied same time or little after.

[31march2015]

31march2015 wrote:
Eligibility criteria: 2years llr + 4 years ilr
Language criteria met - Life in the UK & IELTS (2006) Cambridge ESOL
Method of application: NCS Newbury
Date of application: 30 March 2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31 March 2015
Payment cleared on: update 17/04/2015
Date of acknowledgment: update 2 received 24/04/2015 dated 17/04/2015
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

[imraniqbal2010]

FOI request has been answered

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... ing-639355

Its still same old info until 31st december 2014.
They have not released the stats till march Yet.

[waiz89k]

FOI request has been answered

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... ing-639355

[Ren123]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria: Life in the UK & B1 Test
Method of application: NCS (council name) or Postal
Date of Application: 15/04/15
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/04/15 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[arKas]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Bangladeshi
Method of application: NCS Islington, London
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 01/04/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/04/2015
Date of debit of fees: 23/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[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

[sohail78]

Congratulation

APPROVED

Eligibility Criteria: 10 Long residence + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria Met: Life in UK + UK University certificate
Method of Application: NCS (Carlton, Notts)
Date of Application: 3rd December 2014
Date of Receipt by Home Office: Waiting
Date of Debit of Fees: Credit Card - 11/12/2014
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 17/12/2014
Date of Receipt of Approval: 18/04/2015 (Letter dated 15/04/2015)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Time Taken: 4 months 18 days roughly
HO requested my passport mid March 2015 for the duration covering from 2009 till 2011. Posted it right away.
Best of luck to all December 2014 applicants as these seems to be coming through now.