Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[helen_oz]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Initially on Ancestry Visa, ILR since 2006 (Been in UK for 13 years, just didn't get around to applying til now)
Language criteria met: Life in the UK Test & Australian Citizenship
Method of application: NCS Bedford
Date of Application: 15th Jan 15
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 Jan 15
Date of debit of fees: don't remember
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: don't remember
Date of receipt of approval: letter dated 30 January 2015
Date of Ceremony: 5 March 2015

Whole thing was obviously pretty fast for me. I'm wondering if the following things made it easier to approve me?
* Same address for last 10 years and on electoral role the whole period (Commonwealth citizens who are resident can enrol to vote)
* Same employer for last 12.5 years, with self-assessment tax submitted every year. Also, I'm required as working in the NHS to have three yearly Criminal record checks, so I guess there's the history of all that somewhere as well which might have reduced the amount of checks required?
* No name changes

Who knows? Good luck to others - hope it's as easy as I found it.

[AliceD]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EEA National ( Romania ) exercising treaty rights (4 yrs student + 2 1/2 yrs work) , no PR card
Language criteria met: Life in the UK Test & UK Bachelor's degree certificate
Method of application: NCS Southwark
Date of Application: 29th Jan 15
Date of receipt by UKBA: don't know
Date of debit of fees: 2nd Feb 15
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: not completely sure, around 6th Feb
Date of receipt of approval: 16th April 15 (letter dated 13th April)
Date of Ceremony: 26th May 15 (was offered closer dates but wasn't available for them)

I also got a letter 24th Feb asking for extra proof of comprehensive health insurance while I was a student. I had only sent them a UK Ehic card as per the NCS's instructions. I further sent back the extra proof on 11th March. So maybe having all documents might have sped things up, but still good enough time I think at 2 months and a half.

Have applied at the same time with my fiance but on separate single applications, but all communication from Home Office came in just one letter for both of us.

Just wanted to thank everyone who posted here as I've been following the thread quite closely sometimes, and hope that my info might be helpful to someone else!

[am1234]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs (Tier 1) + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of Application: 26 March 2015 Postal(Reached 27th March Liverpool)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27 March 2015
Date of debit of fees: 14 April 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17 April 2015
Date of receipt of approval: no
Date of Ceremony: no

[huqqapani]

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.

[JohnNelson.J]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year + ILR (Tier 1 General)
Language criteria met: Life in the UK Test (pre Oct 28, 2013) & PBS Printout for English requirement (non UK degree)
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application:Royal Mail
Council name if NCS used: n/a
Date of application: 27/03/2015
Payment method: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/03/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18/04/2015 (letter dated 15/04/2015) , by post only, no email received(Update #2
Date of fee deducted: 15/04/2015 (Update #1)
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

[Maliksahb]

Please have a look at this following letter from an immigrant lady to all politicians.
Exactly my point.

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/7066334#

This is excellent letter but it should be on right place to pass through everyone?

what do u suggest should be the right place? I am not talking about this forum only but This needs to be seen everywhere in UK.

I think social media etc

[mfaheem]

FINALLY !!!!!

Eligibility criteria: 5 YEARS + 3YEAR ILR
Language criteria met: Life in The UK+B1 English
Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith and Fulham)
Date of application: 12/12/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/12/2014
Date of acknowlegment: 19/12/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/12/2014
Date approval received: 17/04/2015 (dated 11/04/2015)
Date of ceremony: Waiting


My journey with you guys ends here. I truly and sincerely hope all the very best to everyone.

Congrates GrandBang!

It looks like HO is clearing the backlog before doing April cases at the moment.

[GrandBang]

FINALLY !!!!!

Eligibility criteria: 5 YEARS + 3YEAR ILR
Language criteria met: Life in The UK+B1 English
Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith and Fulham)
Date of application: 12/12/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/12/2014
Date of acknowlegment: 19/12/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 22/12/2014
Date approval received: 17/04/2015 (dated 11/04/2015)
Date of ceremony: Waiting

My journey with you guys ends here. I truly and sincerely hope all the very best to everyone.

[Mido35]

Eligibility criteria: 6 years EEA Family Member ( 6 years rule without PR )
Language criteria met: Life in The UK+B1 English
Current nationality: Egyptian
Method of application: Post, it is Joint application myself+my wife (EEA National ) + My son (Born in uk)
Council name if NCS used: None
Date of application: 27/09/2014
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/09/2014
Date of acknowlegment: 04/10/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 30/09/2014
Date approval received: 11/04/2015
Date of ceremony: Waiting

finally got my approval after 6 and half month but worth waiting now waiting for the ceremony , i wish luck for every body waiting outthere

[charlesjames]

All,

Please keep calm. Approval letters are distributed by post and you can get it on any day. Also, I don't think we should waste our time and pollute this thread by questioning anyone's time lines. To each his/her own.

It doesn't matter if someone else has gotten it in hours/days/months.. it will not affect your timelines. Timelines here are only to be taken as a faint indication of average processing times.

CJ

[khurrum_khan123]

I was a silent reader and when i was applying, 6 months atleast waiting time was in mind.
I still thinking what is this? Am i dreaming? I got approval with in days not even month.
I wish good luck to all who are waiting, thanks


Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs + 1 Year ILR, UK Master's Degree,
Method of application: NCS Walthamstow
Date of receipt by UKVI: 03/04/2015
Date of debit of fees: 07/04/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 07/04/2015 On letter, Received 10/04/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 13/04/2015 on letter, Received 17/04/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Dear Fareha...how come your application was delivered on Bank Holiday?

[ironmaiden]

First of all congrats Mohrru I live in Northern Ireland too. I was wondering did HO ask you for subject access access form? I think it's called dat2 form that you fill the form and take it to police station. Some of my mates told me that when you apply from Northern Ireland, HO sends a letter and requests you to do a police check etc., were you asked to do anything like that?

I have sent my application in March and they still did not ask anything like that. Your response will be appreciated as nobody has a clue about it

Thanks, Ironmaiden. No idea about dat2 form to be honest - neither PSNI nor UKVI have requested this from me. They most likely have done some sort of checks with PSNI in the background but nothing that would involve me in a way of supplying them another document. I simply followed the process outlined online and in the AN1 guide/booklet and there was no provision for special/additional paperwork for NI.
Good luck in any case!

Thanks very much for your response Mohhru. I feel so much better now as I finally got a proper answer from someone who recently applied for naturalisation. Congrats again mate

[jaweb]

[quote="Mohrru"]Eligibility criteria: EEA National (Poland), >9 yrs in the UK, no PR card (I couldn't be bothered applying for a superfluous document)
Language criteria: Life in the UK+ ESOL
Method of application: NCS Manchester (no NCS in Northern Ireland)
Date of application: 16/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKVI: 17/02/2015
Date of debit of fees: 20/02/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 18.04.2015 (dated 09.04.)
Date of Ceremony: TBD, hopefully before the election [/quote]


Doesnt matter mate as you need to register yourself to vote is 20 April

[Mohrru]

First of all congrats Mohrru I live in Northern Ireland too. I was wondering did HO ask you for subject access access form? I think it's called dat2 form that you fill the form and take it to police station. Some of my mates told me that when you apply from Northern Ireland, HO sends a letter and requests you to do a police check etc., were you asked to do anything like that?

I have sent my application in March and they still did not ask anything like that. Your response will be appreciated as nobody has a clue about it

Thanks, Ironmaiden. No idea about dat2 form to be honest - neither PSNI nor UKVI have requested this from me. They most likely have done some sort of checks with PSNI in the background but nothing that would involve me in a way of supplying them another document. I simply followed the process outlined online and in the AN1 guide/booklet and there was no provision for special/additional paperwork for NI.
Good luck in any case!

[m0379179m]

hi all,
I have applied since 14/01/2015 with my wife and two children under 16 years but not get anything yet ,Okay for AN applicant but why my children's MN1 application not been approved yet , anyone same situation please ?

thanks

[ironmaiden]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National (Poland), >9 yrs in the UK, no PR card (I couldn't be bothered applying for a superfluous document)
Language criteria: Life in the UK+ ESOL
Method of application: NCS Manchester (no NCS in Northern Ireland)
Date of application: 16/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKVI: 17/02/2015
Date of debit of fees: 20/02/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 18.04.2015 (dated 09.04.)
Date of Ceremony: TBD, hopefully before the election

First of all congrats Mohrru I live in Northern Ireland too. I was wondering did HO ask you for subject access access form? I think it's called dat2 form that you fill the form and take it to police station. Some of my mates told me that when you apply from Northern Ireland, HO sends a letter and requests you to do a police check etc., were you asked to do anything like that?

I have sent my application in March and they still did not ask anything like that. Your response will be appreciated as nobody has a clue about it

[PAK321]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National (Poland), >9 yrs in the UK, no PR card (I couldn't be bothered applying for a superfluous document)
Language criteria: Life in the UK+ ESOL
Method of application: NCS Manchester (no NCS in Northern Ireland)
Date of application: 16/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKVI: 17/02/2015
Date of debit of fees: 20/02/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 18.04.2015 (dated 09.04.)
Date of Ceremony: TBD, hopefully before the election

Congratulationssssss, Give them 80 or 90£ for ceremony and do it on Monday.

[PAK321]

Has anyone recentely got approval who applied in december 2014 . I have another question , what if one of my referries changes address do I have to let HO know ?

I m waiting since 23 DEC 14.
one of my friend got approval after receiving 6 months letter, he had to wait 3 weeks after 6 months letter.
He and his wife decided to get special ceremony next day, registrar office was giving them after 2 weeks date.

[Mohrru]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National (Poland), >9 yrs in the UK, no PR card (I couldn't be bothered applying for a superfluous document)
Language criteria: Life in the UK+ ESOL
Method of application: NCS Manchester (no NCS in Northern Ireland)
Date of application: 16/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKVI: 17/02/2015
Date of debit of fees: 20/02/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 18.04.2015 (dated 09.04.)
Date of Ceremony: TBD, hopefully before the election

[khurrum_khan123]

Has anyone recentely got approval who applied in december 2014 . I have another question , what if one of my referries changes address do I have to let HO know ?

its good to ring home office and check with them

[mt5353az]

Has anyone recentely got approval who applied in december 2014 . I have another question , what if one of my referries changes address do I have to let HO know ?

[khurrum_khan123]

does Home Office really work on weekends?

Probably general processing such as sorting mail, which can be done by weekend staff. I doubt your caseworker works on weekends, they have lives and have to go home to their families just like the rest of us.

Nop. Case workers work over weekends as well. So many applications approved on saturday and sundays.

Thats good to hear Imran

[imraniqbal2010]

does Home Office really work on weekends?

Probably general processing such as sorting mail, which can be done by weekend staff. I doubt your caseworker works on weekends, they have lives and have to go home to their families just like the rest of us.

Nop. Case workers work over weekends as well. So many applications approved on saturday and sundays.

[PAK321]

I was a silent reader and when i was applying, 6 months atleast waiting time was in mind.
I still thinking what is this? Am i dreaming? I got approval with in days not even month.
I wish good luck to all who are waiting, thanks




You are the one Luckiest girl, Congratulations

some people born with good luck and some not, this is called world. If every thing goes with people wishes.
No one like to live in this world, it will become boring. Lets live with tasteful life. May be my passport will take six months. you never know and this is what i like to see in this world. Cheers to be in this World, I am enjoying every second

Well said fareha, you have started a quite interesting discussion here about your timeline. why you done that?

[egoneo]

does Home Office really work on weekends?

Probably general processing such as sorting mail, which can be done by weekend staff. I doubt your caseworker works on weekends, they have lives and have to go home to their families just like the rest of us.