Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[waiz89k]

Hi guys, If coz of this one article HO is causing these severe and significant delays in nationality applications then another article can speed up the process if posted with facts and figures. just we need to hit the right spot. It has to come out publicly that HO service standards r very low against the money they r charging etc etc....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30432832

[waiz89k]

Inspector John Vine states in his famous 11 Dec report as follows.

"In the calendar year 2013, Nationality Casework had an income target of £127m and achieved
an actual income of £152m. Due to the value of British citizenship to the successful applicant, the application fee (£906) was significantly higher than the associated administrative costs to the
Home Office (£144)."

So HO is making £762 profit on each application which has increased to £862 now. And still providing pathetic and below the standard services,

No way to find out the actual status of the application.
Not to everyone and Not even sending proper acknowlegdment letters.
Not dealing applications in timely manner.
Not dealing applications on first come first serve basis ( infact there is no criterea, its just a random selection).
Not even doing proper data entry of the applicant's details, entrying wrong addresses etc.
Not attending phone calls.
Not sending proper reply to the emails.
Not dealing with complaints in a proper manner.
Not sending actual updates even after 6 month, just sending copy paste reply to everyone.
Not justifying that why one application of the same nature is taking 2 weeks and other is wiating for a year.
Not sending any correspondence by even 1st class post.(coz of that so many approvals and other correspondence gets lost)

HO is not doing it for charity ther r making hell of a profit out of these nationality applications then why dont they start online status check for applications, why dont they give proper and actual updates of the particular application, why dont they reply to the email after reading it properly and response accordingly, why why why whyyyyyyy......

Even If they start doing physical checks by going into the relevant departements i.e DVLA, Police, Coucils, HMRC etc even then it wont take 6 months then how come all electronic enquiries which r available on their finger tips taking ages. how how howwww........

doesnt make any sense or logic.
Can anyone see any logic or sense in this procedure or have any other point of veiw please post it here

[Alix1520]

No of applicants : 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : Held PR card for 1yr (following 5yr EEA family mbr RC)
Language criteria : Life in UK + UK degree
Method of application : NCS
Date of NCS appointment : 26/06/2014
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA : 27/06/2014
Date of acknowledgment : 04/07/2014
Date of clearance of fees : 09/06/2014
Date approval received : 14/03/2015
Date of ceremony : 01/04/2015

Hi All,

I found this forum very useful and particularly re-assuring during my somewhat unpleasant wait for a decision on my naturalization application.
After the 6 month lead time passed, I phoned the HO on two occasions to check on progress only to be told to write to the case worker which I duly did. I got a response about 5 weeks later on 06/02/15, saying my case was being further scrutinized; my suspicions of this being a 'mass produced' standard response (no signature/name of caseworker) was confirmed on this forum. The HO had never contacted me once to notify me of any anomaly with my form/application so not having a response after almost 8 months was worrying to say the least. At this point, I just gave up chasing them and hoped the approval would turn up one fine day somehow . After just shy of a 9-month wait I had my ceremony yesterday and have submitted my passport application

My gripe with the HO has never really been the fact they sometimes take for ever to deal with cases (I appreciate the enormity and complexity of the job they do) but rather their terrible communication/information (or lack of). Surely their customer service could be better without breaking the bank.
Anyway I want to say thanks to all you guys for your helpful posts and good luck to all those awaiting their approvals; positive news is not far off. Keep this community spirit alive.

[Mahesh Gowda]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years (3 Yr WP + 2 yr Tier 1 general) + 4 Year ILR
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , Naric + Indian Degree recognised in UKBA calculator
Current nationality: INDIAN
Method of application: South Gloucestershire NCS
Date of application: 12-03-2015
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13-03-2015 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19-03-2015
Date of acknowledgment: Dated 19-03-2015 (recieved on 23-03-2015)
Date approval received: Dated 28-03-2015 (recieved on 02-04-2015)
Date of ceremony: 09-04-2015

***All the very Best for all who are waiting*****

[davster]

In one of my previous applications for Tier 1, I ended up using the old form. They sat on it for 3 months and then returned the application asking me to complete the latest form. If I were you I would fill in the new form, at worse you might not be able to send the application on the 10th if you have to get the referees to re-sign, but I would rather that then use an incorrect form.

Hope this helps!

I started preparing for my application a month ago and I am not eligible to apply until 10th April 2015, I just saw that the form and fees has changed and my form is all filled up by referees, is it necessary to use the new form ? I will surely pay the new fees but the form I don't want to change as my referees live far away and I had to do a lot of work to get the referee signatures.

This is getting on my nerves now. Can somebody tell me if I can call the Home office and check about this. I am going bonkers

I plan to apply on 11th April by post.

Fill the new form and swap the referees page with old form's page.
I am sure section 5 will be the same as old.

Page numbers of the new forms are different plus in the new form there are separate pages for referees so I don't think swapping will be an option.

[meeza]

I started preparing for my application a month ago and I am not eligible to apply until 10th April 2015, I just saw that the form and fees has changed and my form is all filled up by referees, is it necessary to use the new form ? I will surely pay the new fees but the form I don't want to change as my referees live far away and I had to do a lot of work to get the referee signatures.

This is getting on my nerves now. Can somebody tell me if I can call the Home office and check about this. I am going bonkers

I plan to apply on 11th April by post.

Fill the new form and swap the referees page with old form's page.
I am sure section 5 will be the same as old.

Page numbers of the new forms are different plus in the new form there are separate pages for referees so I don't think swapping will be an option.

[tulip11]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 25/03/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

you should also post your timeline in March 2015 timeline. Thanks.

[Maxwell]

Current processing time is between 2 weeks and 1 year

[khurrum_khan123]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 25/03/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

what is the current processing time?

[khurrum_khan123]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 25/03/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/03/2015
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[PAK321]

I started preparing for my application a month ago and I am not eligible to apply until 10th April 2015, I just saw that the form and fees has changed and my form is all filled up by referees, is it necessary to use the new form ? I will surely pay the new fees but the form I don't want to change as my referees live far away and I had to do a lot of work to get the referee signatures.

This is getting on my nerves now. Can somebody tell me if I can call the Home office and check about this. I am going bonkers

I plan to apply on 11th April by post.

Fill the new form and swap the referees page with old form's page.
I am sure section 5 will be the same as old.

[ravil85]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Current nationality: Russian
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of application: 01/04/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/04/2015
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[sshanmug]

I am afraid you need to fill in new form as they have sections for bio metrics as well

[jabsbini]

I started preparing for my application a month ago and I am not eligible to apply until 10th April 2015, I just saw that the form and fees has changed and my form is all filled up by referees, is it necessary to use the new form ? I will surely pay the new fees but the form I don't want to change as my referees live far away and I had to do a lot of work to get the referee signatures.

This is getting on my nerves now. Can somebody tell me if I can call the Home office and check about this. I am going bonkers

I plan to apply on 11th April by post.

[fqvision]

hey guys,
just to let you know i receive the long awaited letter of approval today. I applied on the 2nd of sept 2014.

i hope those who are still waiting will get theirs soon i know how frustrated it is to be waiting for so long

best of luck to you all and thank you guys for your support

Congratulate...... dude

[trinityjr23]

hey guys,
just to let you know i receive the long awaited letter of approval today. I applied on the 2nd of sept 2014.

i hope those who are still waiting will get theirs soon i know how frustrated it is to be waiting for so long

best of luck to you all and thank you guys for your support

[oace]

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

I have used new application form and also used NCS but as March 2015 form said to send the Biometric card, it has been sent by the NCS. They have given me a copy of the documents has been sent to home office.

Since you applied on 31st March, you could have gone with old forms as the new forms only go live on 6th April. Did you also pay the new fee?

[Res]

Anyone actually knows what "under consideration" means?

The case worker having your application on his desk left hand side at the bottom with 100s other applications and he is waiting for elections oh sorry selection for the daily lucky draw

sad but true.

[PAK321]

The clock starts ticking from today - wish me good luck guys - will update in due course

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR - EU Citizen
Language criteria met : Life in the UK , UK MBA
Current nationality: Italian
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 30-03-2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31-03-2015 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of acknowledgment: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Waiting
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

Good luck

[PAK321]

Anyone actually knows what "under consideration" means?

The case worker having your application on his desk left hand side at the bottom with 100s other applications and he is waiting for elections oh sorry selection for the daily lucky draw

[PAK321]

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: no
Date of debit of fees: no
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: no
Date of receipt of approval: no
Date of Ceremony: no

I am little concerned as I have sent the originals and I have not received any acknowledgement from Home Office.

Thanks

Very easy, just track your post and sit back, relax. dont tell me that you send application via ordinary post. I am sure you didnt.

[Res]

Anyone actually knows what "under consideration" means?

[Bhupal]

Hi forum Gurus,

I applied my Naturalisation on 13 Oct 2014 now it's almost 6 month no decision from Home Office.But I have a one question when I applied on my application I wrote a company where I used to work since Jan 2015 I left that old company and work in new company.My question is do I have to inform Home Office that I work in new company??????

Thanks
Bhupal

[masud0174]

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

I have used new application form and also used NCS but as March 2015 form said to send the Biometric card, it has been sent by the NCS. They have given me a copy of the documents has been sent to home office.

[Bradpitt2000]

Eligibility criteria: 6Years + 1 Year PR
Language criteria met : Life in uk+Level 1
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 19-03-2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20-03-2015 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of acknowledgment: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Waiting
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting