Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Rahel1984]

Guys new application form is published at ukvi website from 27 march 2015. where biometric enrollment is introduced aswelll

please check

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

Its even expensive now. New fee is 1005 pound + biometric enrolment fee. Great

[noluck]

Hi Guys,

Just to confirm that I have received my approval as of yesterday

Eligibility Criteria:10 yrs LR + 1 Yr ILR
Method of Application: NCS Southwark
Date of Application: 05-03-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA :06-03-2015
Method of Payment: D Card
Date of Fee Clearance: 11-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 12-03-2015 via email
Date of Approval: 21/03/2015
Received via post: 26/03/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Approval in 15 days.

I should mention that there is kind of incomprehensibility in regards to decision time as some applications take longer to decide.

Good Luck to everyone who waiting for approval.


Thanks

[ik_aam_insaan]

Guys new application form is published at ukvi website from 27 march 2015. where biometric enrollment is introduced aswelll

please check

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

[masud0174]

Hi guys,

I've got a question. Sorry if that's a bit silly one

I have sent my application 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if I send the CRB check results to HO, would that be something acceptable for them and that might speed up the process? My employer recently did CRB check and I got an e-mail today that saying it's been completed. Does anyone have an idea?

I beleive it is an absolutely unnecessary.It would not make speed up at all!

[Lahore star]

Eligibility Criteria: 5 Yrs EEA family member + 1 Yr ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK & b1 Test
Method of Application: Postal (Royal Mail Special delivery)
Date of Application: 07-03-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA :09-03-2015
Method of Payment: C Card
Date of Fee Clearance: 17-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 21-03-2015
Date of Approval: 26/03/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[waiz89k]

Just thought to make a FOI request and came across same kind of and interesting FOI request though old but interesting.

Home office replied with standard information and when asked for detailed and accurate information HO just ignored the request till date.

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

So what do u say If requested the same kind of a FOI info then would HO disclose the info or will still ignore it.

[sherkhan297]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2yr WP + 3yr Tier 1 + 1yr ILR (Self + Wife)
Method of Application: NCS Chelmsford
Date of Application: 24/07/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/07/2014
Date of debit of fees: 07/08/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 09/08/2014 (dated 06/08/2014)
Date of receipt of 3-6 month letter: 09/02/2015 (dated 03/02/2015)
Date of receipt of approval: 26/03/2015 (dated 17/03/2015)
Date of Ceremony: 22/04/2015 (provided by the council)

It has been 6 months on 28/01/15 since reciept by ukba. I only called the HO from the 6th month
HO Call dates -
02/01/2015 - mentioned its under consideration and to wait until 28/1/15 as 6 months will be complete then. The person also mentioned that I could write a letter if I didn't get anything until then. Also mentioned that HO would send out a letter to us in case it was getting delayed beyond 6 months.
22/01/15 - same response, under consideration and to wait until 28/01/15 as that's when 6 months are up.
28/01/15 - same response, under consideration, but now this person said the 6 months will be up on 06/02/15 not 28/01/15 as the fees was deducted on 06/08/14 and caseworker allocated at that time! So to wait another week until 06/02/15. He mentioned he will put in the notes to remind caseworker, but doubt this really helped as nothing so far and it's 06/02/15 day after.

Plan to call tomorrow 05/02/15 but expecting the same response. Hence will be writing a letter as well early next week with a few queries around my application (which was in theory a very straight forward application).

Would anyone know the address where we are to post the letter to? as I couldn't find it on their site.

I see there's a few people applied in may/June/July 2014 and still waiting.. Hope we all get this soon!

Thanks very much for all the help

Regards

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Update..

Called the HO on 5/2/15, the update was the same 'under consideration. I got the address from them to write a letter requesting an update. However, before I could post my letter, I received the 6 months+ letter on 9/2/15 (dated 3/2/15) with exactly the same statements that others on the forum have recently received. It does seem like there is no time limit and it can take as long as it takes!

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Updated timeline - Received approval after 8 months of application.
This forum has been very useful and thanks very much for sharing updates & timelines.

[alatrish]

I have applied in july and sent a complaint on 26th Feb , Received below email Yesterday
Dear Mr XXXXX
Thank you for your email correspondence of 26 February, about your application for naturalisation as a British citizen, submitted on 14 July 2014.
I am sorry that it is taking longer than we would wish for your application to be processed and that you feel our service did not meet your expectations on this occasion.
As you may be aware, our service standard is that we will complete 100% of workable and straightforward cases within six months. The definition of a workable case, and what we expect from our customers, is available on our website at: http://www.gov.uk/government/organisati ... r-services. Where further information is required, the case will not be classed as workable, and may take longer to decide.
Naturalisation is not an entitlement and before granting British citizenship we must be satisfied that an applicant meets all statutory requirements. It is standard policy to undertake a number of enquiries before an application for naturalisation can be decided. Some of these enquiries are carried out by external agencies on our behalf and can sometimes take longer than six months to complete.
Furthermore, following recent clarification of the Nationality rules, greater levels of scrutiny will be applied to certain applications. This will be dependent on certain indicators within their immigration history that pre-date the application for naturalisation. Your case has been identified as such a case and it has not been possible to conclude it within six months.
We expect to make a decision on your application within the next three to six months, but we will write to you again if this is not going to be possible. Please note we will contact you with further updates and can advise that you do not need to contact us again unless your circumstances change significantly.
Please do not contact the UKVI Contact Centre regarding the progress of your case as they will not be able to provide any further information. This also applies to any family members whose applications for citizenship were submitted at the same time.
Please accept my apologies for the delay in deciding your application.
If you are dissatisfied with our response, you may wish to seek a review in writing within one month from the date on this letter to the following address:
UKV&I Complaints Allocation Hub
Lunar House
Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY

[farhad34]

I calld the Homeoffice and ask them to check my application.They said they cant take my reference number or check my application status as the minimum wait period is 8 months.
So they asked me to wait till its 8 months .
I m feeling great!

[Lahore star]

Eligibility Criteria: 5 Yrs EEA family member + 1 Yr ILR
Language Criteria:Life in the UK & b1 Test
Method of Application: Postal (Royal Mail Special delivery)
Date of Application: 07-03-2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA :09-03-2015
Method of Payment: C Card
Date of Fee Clearance: 17-03-2015
Date of Acknowledgement: 21-03-2015
Date of Approval: 26/03/2015
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

[rd409]

Hi all
Finally, just received the famous brown envelops for me and my wife. I applied on 2nd of September 2014. later Dated on 20th march 2015.. I did wrote letter to mp and ukba on 10th of march. Good luck for those who are waiting.

[happyguy82]

Hello sir.

Yes I got the similar headache, I am in UK and made my application in the UK on 27 September 2014 the Home Office received on 29 Sept. I have contacted them several times but their idiotic and agonising response is "your case is under consideration" I cannot tell how long it will remain like that.

But seriously The torries lead home office is nearly broken

Hahahah you can try to change that in May's election

[rajo1]

Hello sir.

Yes I got the similar headache, I am in UK and made my application in the UK on 27 September 2014 the Home Office received on 29 Sept. I have contacted them several times but their idiotic and agonising response is "your case is under consideration" I cannot tell how long it will remain like that.

But seriously The torries lead home office is nearly broken

[sircas]

Hi,

I sent my Naturalisation application on 08/10/2014. I sent it myself from overseas (Germany) as I am in the British Army. I wrote to the HO to request a return of my passport 3 weeks ago. I got a call from the HO yesterday (25/03/15) to confirm my information and the detailed reasons why I require the passport. After confirming to them they appeared fine with my request. And they assured me they will process the return of my passport.

I used that opportunity of speaking to them to confirm that I am soon approahing my 6th month of waiting, can they please confirm the status of my application?

The response was that '' Yes we can see your application is in the pipeline but as yet it hasn't been assigned to any caseworker''
I died a lil inside after hearing that. I guess from the way things are going, I will certainly fall within those having to wait extra 3-6 months.

I am running out of ideas and options to get my mind off this experience.

Is anyone having the same dramas as me? If any can you please share your experiences?

I know at the end of the day All things shall come to pass.

[chongkie]

Update

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6yr(WP/Tier 2) + 2yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Bracknell Borough
English qualification : Life in the UK & ESOL B3
Date of application : 16 March 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 March 2015 (from NCS postal services)
Date of debit of fees: CC - 24 March 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25 March 2015 (email)
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[John28058980]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier(1) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK + have already met requirement with settlement application on or after 28/10/2013 (non-UK Bachelors degree with points based calculator print out and university confirmation of English medium)
Method of application: NCS (Southwark)
Date of application: 16 March 2015
Date of receipt by HO: 17 March 2015
Payment method: credit card
Date of fees taken: 25 March 2015 <<UPDATE>>
Date of acknowledgment: TBC
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[T51820]

UPDATE - Ceremony Attended - I'm officially BRITISH!


Eligibility criteria: 10+ years in the UK, 10+ years having ILR
Language criteria met - Life in the UK and Exempt country
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: March 4, 2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: March 5, 2015 via Royal Mail tracking
Date of debit or clearance of fees: March 10, 2015 (shown on online statement March 12, 2015)
Date of acknowledgment: March 13, 2015 (dated March 10, 2015)
Date approval received: March 23, 2015 (dated March 17, 2015)
Date of ceremony: March 25, 2015

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I've applied for my passport right after my ceremony.

All in all my application took 12 days from UKBA receiving it to approving me. As shown above, I managed to get a ceremony date merely two days after receiving the letter by sheer luck (see my previous posts in this thread). With Ceremony, It still only took 20 days in total.

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Once again good luck to all those waiting.

[anowar999]

Application timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Method of application: Through Council
Date of application: 08 Oct 2014
Date of debit of fees: 22 Oct 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21 Oct 2014
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[happygirl0580]

Hello guys,
Just to update you guys. I sent my application 19th of May 2014, off course I received the miserable letter of 3-6 i then contact my local MP here is the letter they sent to my MP.

dear Mr xxxxx,
Thank you for your email correspondence of xx March on behalf of Mr xxxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxxx, about his application for naturalisation as a British citizen.

Prior to making a decision on British citizenship we undertake various checks. We are currently undertaking further checkes to establish if all the requirements for citizenship are met in Mr xxxxxxxx case. We anticipate being in position to issue our decision on Mr xxxxxxxxxx application within the next 12 weeks.

Hmmmm! Another 3 months of waiting continue. 5years EE family and 1year permanent resident. No criminal record and driving offence. Straight forward application HO what to take a year plus to make decision.

[Thesmalik]

Any one waiting from Dec, 14? I applied 17th DEC 14 still waiting.

I have been waiting since 25/11/2014.

i m waiting since 8/11/2014

[benson147]

Hi guys,

I've got a question. Sorry if that's a bit silly one

I have sent my application 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if I send the CRB check results to HO, would that be something acceptable for them and that might speed up the process? My employer recently did CRB check and I got an e-mail today that saying it's been completed. Does anyone have an idea?

Uhh if I were you, I'd leave it. Don't complicate matters further as they don't appear to be very organised.

My friend i will advice you do not make the application process complicated for yourself, just send HO the document they require or ask for and let them do their job, sit back and relax whilst you wait for you approval.

[Abat4]

Date of Application: 16-02-2015
Eligibility Criteria : HSMP-2Yeears+ Tier 1-3 years+ 1+ years ILR)
Application Received Date: 16/02/2015
Payment Method and Clearance: Card on 19-02-2015
Date Of Acknowledgment: Letter dated 19-02-2015
Approval: Waiting
Date Of Ceremony: Waiting

[happyguy82]

Hi guys,

I've got a question. Sorry if that's a bit silly one

I have sent my application 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if I send the CRB check results to HO, would that be something acceptable for them and that might speed up the process? My employer recently did CRB check and I got an e-mail today that saying it's been completed. Does anyone have an idea?

Uhh if I were you, I'd leave it. Don't complicate matters further as they don't appear to be very organised.

[Ashtokhy]

Any one waiting from Dec, 14? I applied 17th DEC 14 still waiting.

I have been waiting since 25/11/2014.

[ironmaiden]

Hi guys,

I've got a question. Sorry if that's a bit silly one

I have sent my application 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if I send the CRB check results to HO, would that be something acceptable for them and that might speed up the process? My employer recently did CRB check and I got an e-mail today that saying it's been completed. Does anyone have an idea?