Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[waiz89k]

To all who are unhappy with HO.

Why not contact journalists as well? Especially Labour media, like Guardian newspaper, for example?

Maybe we could create like a collective or individual letter(s), so they could write a good article about all this mess?

that is the good idea as well.

[esmsi]

I told before feb 2015 applicant ,they are most lucky.

today we got two one applied 20 feb 2015

[esmsi]

Congratulate mate .
I applied 23 Feb 2015

Hi all, Received my approval last night.
Looks like most Feb applications have been decided within 2-3 weeks.
I feel the frustration of people waiting for months but hopefully yours is on the way too!

Eligibility criteria:5 Years T1 + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: UK Masters degree + LITUK
Method of application: NCS Gloucestershire
Date of application: 17-02-2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:18-02-2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23-02-2015 (Transaction on 22-02-2015)
Date of acknowledgment: Sunday 22-02-2015 (Received 26-02-2015)
Date of approval: Sunday 08-03-2015 (Received 12-03-2015)
Date of ceremony:18-03-2015 (Individual)

[Maxwell]

To all who are unhappy with HO.

Why not contact journalists as well? Especially Labour media, like Guardian newspaper, for example?

Maybe we could create like a collective or individual letter(s), so they could write a good article about all this mess?

[Gringo]

Hi all, Received my approval last night.
Looks like most Feb applications have been decided within 2-3 weeks.
I feel the frustration of people waiting for months but hopefully yours is on the way too!

Eligibility criteria:5 Years T1 + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: UK Masters degree + LITUK
Method of application: NCS Gloucestershire
Date of application: 17-02-2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:18-02-2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23-02-2015 (Transaction on 22-02-2015)
Date of acknowledgment: Sunday 22-02-2015 (Received 26-02-2015)
Date of approval: Sunday 08-03-2015 (Received 12-03-2015)
Date of ceremony:18-03-2015 (Individual)

[T51820]

UPDATE

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
Council name if NCS used: Newbury
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:
Date of ceremony:

[waiz89k]

Hi there,
I am one of them who were waiting for decision more than 13 month waiting. Every time I received reply just under consideration I don't know when they completing checks. 13 month is not enough for them that is why. Even some MP were helpful but not all.
Babe khyber

We r just looking for the proper and effective platform, it can b Theresa May or can be anyone or any office as long as they deal with it independantly and effeciently. If anyone has any better suggestion regarding the platform then please participate.

All members it is for the betterment of all who has and will apply for not only naturalisation but all other routes too. One step can make a difference if taken towards right direction. by moaning and complaining here doesnt make any difference, we have to raise it in a proper manner and we have a right to do so.

There r people here have launched the complaint after completing their 6 months and got their decisions within a month or 2 which in my openion suggests that after receiving the complaint HO realised that they still got this application somewhere in the drawer so lets look into to it now.

There r people here have stated that after involving their MPs they came to know that their application is still waiting to be assgined to the case worker, which clearly means that applications were just gathering dusts for 6 months.

There r people here have stated that they received an email response from HO and HO cant even write an official email with a proper and actual update. after receiving complaints from over 6 months applicants HO is sending a generic letters of more delays of 3-6 months and sending approvals in a month. which clearly suggests that instead of a proper update HO is just copying and pasting the standard reply to everyone who is complaining or asking for an update.

etc etc etc etc etc .......... I can write so many things which I came to know through this forum which will make this list never ending.

Its just a system Ho staff needs to look into to give an update, it clearly suggests that they r not even bothered to do that.

So if we want this uncertainity, randomnes, inefficeincy and incompetency of HO to be finished for once and all then we have to take a proper step otherwise we can continue doing what we r doing which is come to this forum getting frustrated and moan and go to sleep and suffer like this forever until its been raised and resolved.

[SJ_2013]

Happy to share my application has been approved. Here are the details:

Eligibility criteria: 3 yrs + ILR + British spouse
Method of application: NCS (Harow)
Date of Appilication : 20th Feb 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23rd Feb 2015
Date of debit of fees: 26th Feb 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 5th Mar 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 13th March 2015 (letter dated 8th March)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting (called the council, they said they will call me back)

[aumar]

No I don't have any conviction or warning that I know of. Only after a month of application submitted I was caught by camera for overspeeding but i wasn't too fast so I was offered learning and awareness course and I have taken the awareness course already and that's long time ago.

[Tangie]

Today mark 6 months to be exact since the HO received my application( according to the acknowledgement letter) and I called them to find out the status. Same old story, different day! Only this time operator felt obliged to give me a story of external checks that it must have gone for external checks and bla bla. I'm sick of it honestly and in the heat of a moment I sent a request to my MP asking for a follow up.

I hope I haven't made a mistake to offend the Highly egoistic HO by emailing my MP.

Anyone out there from September or before?

hello Mate I applied in july 2014 , did send an email to my MP she contacted the HO and again they said the same Greater scrutiny and all this - did u had any convictions or warnings.

Eligibility criteria: 26 months on Spouse Visa + 6 months on ILR

Current nationality: Indian

Method of application: Nationality Check Service (Bristol)

Date of application: 05-03-2015 @3:00 PM

Date of receipt by UKBA: 06-03-2015 @7:55 AM

Payment method: Debit Card.

Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13-03-2015

Date of acknowledgment: TBA

Date approval received: TBA

Date of ceremony: TBA

[syed1980]

Today mark 6 months to be exact since the HO received my application( according to the acknowledgement letter) and I called them to find out the status. Same old story, different day! Only this time operator felt obliged to give me a story of external checks that it must have gone for external checks and bla bla. I'm sick of it honestly and in the heat of a moment I sent a request to my MP asking for a follow up.

I hope I haven't made a mistake to offend the Highly egoistic HO by emailing my MP.

Anyone out there from September or before?

hello Mate I applied in july 2014 , did send an email to my MP she contacted the HO and again they said the same Greater scrutiny and all this - did u had any convictions or warnings.

[waiz89k]

Hi there,
I am one of them who were waiting for decision more than 13 month waiting. Every time I received reply just under consideration I don't know when they completing checks. 13 month is not enough for them that is why. Even some MP were helpful but not all.
Babe khyber

lets draft an email and post it on the group so people can use the same email and send it by just changing their names.
would anyone help who is good in writing an official email and suggesting the facts???

[babe_khyber]

Hi there,
I am one of them who were waiting for decision more than 13 month waiting. Every time I received reply just under consideration I don't know when they completing checks. 13 month is not enough for them that is why. Even some MP were helpful but not all.
Babe khyber

[waiz89k]

People r paying £906 for each naturalisation application and in the famous 11 DEC report of Mr John Vine, it states that HO expenses on one application including everthing r only £147. still they are not sending acknowledgement letters, not picking up phones, not giving actual/proper updates on the applications even after 6 months, not sending decisions by atleast 1st class mail.

If there is a backlog then HO should be dealing with applications which r first in the que, not just jumping the que and start processing new applications and leaving the backlog as it is Or atleast give a proper information why this uncertainity and randomness is happening why some applications r still waiting to be assigned to a caseworker even after 6 months and some r approved in 3 weeks time.

Their way of working is not making any sense here.

The best way is raise this issue one the proper platform.

Shadow Home Secretary is Yvette Cooper from labour

her contact deails are mentioned on her website.

http://www.yvettecooper.com/contact_yvette

I recomend all of you to please drop her an email regarding this high uncertainity and randomness of HO.

OR

If one of the members here can draft the email and we all can sign it and send it as a joint email to the shadow home secretary then it will definitely make a difference otherwise 1 or 2 emails wont make any difference.

I know atleast 15 people who r facing the same uncertainity and they r not on this forum. I am more than happy to request them to sign the email too.

[Kronos362]

Finally got a reply through my MP. Happy days after many long months of waiting, phoning and engaging my MP.

Application date 15th July 2014
Approval date: 11th March 2015

Correspondence below. Good luck all and keep posting


Dear Mr XXXXX,

Further to enquiries I have made on your behalf, I have received the below response.

I am very pleased to inform you that, subject to final checks, your application for citizenship has been improved.

As ever, please do not hesitate to get back in touch if I can be of any other assistance as your MP.

Kind regards,

Lynne Featherstone MP
Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green

Keep in touch with Lynne online: blog - www.lynnefeatherstone.org / Twitter - http://twitter.com/lfeatherstone / Facebook - www.facebook.com/lynne.featherstone
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Whilst your MP will treat as confidential any personal information which you pass on, she will allow authorised staff to see the information if this is needed to help and advise you and may pass all or some of this information to agencies such as the DSS, Inland Revenue or the local council if this is necessary to help your case. She may wish to write to you from time to time to keep you informed or related issues that you may find of interest. Please let her know if you do not wish to be contacted in this way.

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Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP
Lynne.featherstone.2nd@parliament.uk



12 March 2015

CTS Reference: XXXXXXX
HO Reference: XXXXXXX
Your Reference: XXXXXXX




Dear Ms Featherstone

Thank you for your email correspondence of 16 February on behalf of Mr XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, about his application for British citizenship.

Mr XXXXX’s application was received on 15 July 2014. I apologise for the delay in concluding Mr XXXXX’s application. I can confirm that his application for British citizenship was approved on 11 March 2015. We wrote to Mr XXXXX’s representative, 1st Contact Visas, explaining that a further letter will be sent explaining the actions Mr XXXXX needs to take in order to receive his British citizenship certificate.

Yours sincerely


Mrs J Sajeev
Assistant Director
Customer Service Operations


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[happyguy82]

Hi All,

My case scenario.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs + ILR
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14th Jan 2015
Date of debit of fees: 20th Jan 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24th Jan 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 11th March 2015
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Thanks God and Thanks to all for help during these years.

Best of luck.

Wow that took quite some time. Almost 2 months. 5 Years + ILR sounds straightforward.

[Rahel1984]

Received email reply following my query that I need to wait another 3-6 months for decision and even that is not certain.

How on earth this is fair?

Any idea how long will it take. Has anyone with this timeline received a decision lately? Does this mean that I shouldn't expect anything in next 3 months? So many questions and so many thoughts curropting my mind at the moment. The email I received seem a standard reply with every para in a different font and name and dates in different colour. Are they for serious? They can't even draft a professional email for heaven sake. May be I'm ranting too much. Huh

Im waiting for over 8 months now. Recieved that 3-6 months letter 6th of feb like many others did. I think few people recieved their approval after that but most of them still waiting.

[aumar]

Received email reply following my query that I need to wait another 3-6 months for decision and even that is not certain.

How on earth this is fair?

Any idea how long will it take. Has anyone with this timeline received a decision lately? Does this mean that I shouldn't expect anything in next 3 months? So many questions and so many thoughts curropting my mind at the moment. The email I received seem a standard reply with every para in a different font and name and dates in different colour. Are they for serious? They can't even draft a professional email for heaven sake. May be I'm ranting too much. Huh

[km77pk]

Hi All,

My case scenario.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs + ILR
Method of application: NCS (Bracknell)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14th Jan 2015
Date of debit of fees: 20th Jan 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 24th Jan 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 11th March 2015
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Thanks God and Thanks to all for help during these years.

Best of luck.

[Rahel1984]

Today mark 6 months to be exact since the HO received my application( according to the acknowledgement letter) and I called them to find out the status. Same old story, different day! Only this time operator felt obliged to give me a story of external checks that it must have gone for external checks and bla bla. I'm sick of it honestly and in the heat of a moment I sent a request to my MP asking for a follow up.

I hope I haven't made a mistake to offend the Highly egoistic HO by emailing my MP.

Anyone out there from September or before?

I applied in first week of july. Since then no news yet. So we should just keep waiting, it will come soon or later.

[L'hotel]

I call the council and they said they have not recieved my Certifacate. The home Office do have my new address I think... As everythime I have called them they asked me to confirm my address and I did.

I found this website and it is called https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ it is to complain about goverment bodies etc. I have not used it for UKBA but for other bodies and it really work.

[aumar]

Today mark 6 months to be exact since the HO received my application( according to the acknowledgement letter) and I called them to find out the status. Same old story, different day! Only this time operator felt obliged to give me a story of external checks that it must have gone for external checks and bla bla. I'm sick of it honestly and in the heat of a moment I sent a request to my MP asking for a follow up.

I hope I haven't made a mistake to offend the Highly egoistic HO by emailing my MP.

Anyone out there from September or before?

[Res]

Hi guys,

HO received my application on the 4th of March and fees taken on 9th but I haven't received that acknowledgment e-mail. Is there anything to worry about or is it normal?

No need to worry about it. Fees taken means you have a case worker. Check your spam, otherwise wait for the post. Mine only arrived through post a week after fees were taken.

I'm in the same situation. They took the money on 26/02 and no e-mail or letter.

[Poya11]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years Ancestral plus 1 year 2 months ILR
Method of application: NCS (Hampshire)
Current nationality: South African
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/05/2014
Date of debit of fees: 18/05/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16/05/2014
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

I applied for naturalisation which was received on the 16/05/2014 and my query relates to the amount of time taken to process an application. I had a driving conviction back in 2008 which is spent but declared this on the application form. Would this delay the application? It has also been 16 weeks and advised it can take 2 to 6 month for an answer, is this right? Little concerned as I have not heard anything, any help relating to this would be appreciated.

Hi there nothing you can do all u have to do just wait and don't call them I am in same situation

[ironmaiden]

Hi guys,

HO received my application on the 4th of March and fees taken on 9th but I haven't received that acknowledgment e-mail. Is there anything to worry about or is it normal?

No need to worry about it. Fees taken means you have a case worker. Check your spam, otherwise wait for the post. Mine only arrived through post a week after fees were taken.

Thanks very much for the response mavdi. I have checked spam folders too but there's nothing. I was just worried about if there's no caseworker assigned to it yet but feel better after reading your response