Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Rahel1984]

is there anyone who applied last year received approval yet. pls update as am still waiting its been over 6months now.

I have been waiting for over 7 and a half months. Nothing yet.

[benson147]

is there anyone who applied last year received approval yet. pls update as am still waiting its been over 6months now.

[deela]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5Years Tier 1 +1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29th Jan 2015 (submitted 27th Jan 2015)
Date of debit of fees: 4th Feb 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 9th Feb 2015 (dated 4th Feb 2015)
Date of receipt of approval: 23rd Feb 2015 (dated 13th Feb)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Special thanks to akhurshid and milan69 for your advice. Good luck everyone

[Nottsman]

I have received my letter on 21 feb this saturday,when you received your own .

Sometime after 14th Feb......I was away last week and opened letter yesterday when I got home.

[hedwiggy1003]

I've been a silent reader of this forum. Received my approval letter this weekend. Can't believe it took 10 days to get the approval letter when I only live 2 miles away from the Capital Building in Liverpool!

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10 Year Long Residence +1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28th Jan 2015
Date of debit of fees: 3rd Feb 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 7th Feb 2015 (dated 3rd Feb)
Date of receipt of approval: 21st Feb 2015 (dated 11th Feb)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Good luck everyone

[zabizabi]

I phoned the citizenship team this morning to book ceremony.
They took my name and number and told me I will be contacted by person responsible for arranging ceremonies.
Got a call 5 minutes later and was offered choice of 2 ceremonies in 2 days time........nothing but praise for the Nottingham team who have been extremely efficient from start to finish!

It has been a couple of weeks though since my approval so I was on the system as being approved.[/quote]

I have received my letter on 21 feb this saturday,when you received your own .

[Nottsman]

i called council today for cermony booking, The guy cheked the system and told me to call later they need to update the system.How the home office inform council and how long it takes,

Thanks

I phoned the citizenship team this morning to book ceremony.
They took my name and number and told me I will be contacted by person responsible for arranging ceremonies.
Got a call 5 minutes later and was offered choice of 2 ceremonies in 2 days time........nothing but praise for the Nottingham team who have been extremely efficient from start to finish!

It has been a couple of weeks though since my approval so I was on the system as being approved.

[zabizabi]

i called council today for cermony booking, The guy cheked the system and told me to call later they need to update the system.How the home office inform council and how long it takes,

Thanks

[mavdi]

Eligibility criteria: 6 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: B1 + Life in The UK Test
Method of application: Solicitor
Council : Barnet
Date of application: 16/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/02/2015
Payment method: Credit card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21/02/2015
Date of acknowledgment letter received: Awaiting
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

[getsmart71]

Hello,
Please i would like to know if the 20 years naturalisation law passed in 2012 applies to people who have been in the UK illegaly before 2012?
Also can anyone recommend an excellent immigration solicitor with a high success rate?
Many thanks. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Nottsman]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 1 + ILR 18 months
Number of Applicants: 5 : 2 Adults + 3 Children under 18 (youngest born in UK)
Language criteria met: Majority English Speaking Nationality
Current nationality: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Nottingham
Date of application: 14/01/2015
Payment method: Cheque
Date of acknowledgment: 20/01/2015 (email & post)
Date approval received: 8/02/2015 (post only)
Date of ceremony: 25/02/2015 (phoned council on 23/02 to arrange)


Heard some stories about family applications taking longer etc so I was very pleased that it went so quickly.
Good luck to all.

[bromleysouthbs]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yr (ILR)
Language criteria met: Life in The UK Test + Indian college engineering degree
Method of application: NCS
Council : Bromley
Date of application: 17/02/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: Awaiting
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Awaiting
Date of acknowledgment letter received: Awaiting
Date approval received: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting

[mamamia007]

[quote="mamamia007"]Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 General +1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Trinity college B1, life in UK test
Method of application: NCS Kingston upon Thames
Date of application: 18.11.2014
Method of payment: credit card
Date of receipt By UKBA: 19.11.2014
Date of debit of fee: 29.11.2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :29.11.2014
Date of receipt of approval: 21/02/2015 dated 17/02/2015
Date of ceremony:

[yannisb]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yr (EEA National, Married to British Citizen)
Language criteria met: Life in The UK Test + BSc from British University
Method of application: NCS
Council : Hampshire
Date of application: 10/09/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/09/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/09/2014
Date of acknowledgment letter received: Received on 22/09/2014, dated 16/09/2014
Date approval received: 22/01/2015
Date of ceremony: 19th Feb (private as would have had to wait till end of April for group ceremony!)

[esmsi]

Eligibility criteria: 10 YEARS + ILR 1 year
Language criteria met: UK MSc degree & Life in the UK
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: London
Date of application: 23 FEB 2015(Expected)
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony: waiting


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[zabizabi]

After British passport I may not come here for my self, But I will always miss you , The everyday adventure ,The courage's of unknown personalities, Helping people without knowing them, The place where everyone is treated with respect black ,brown, white , Asian, Pakistani and Indian .

I will miss you guys

[zabizabi]

Thanks all of you for your support and courage, The ones who are still waiting , The brown letter is on way some where near to you. At the end you will get it whatever rules are.

Just wana say THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU VERRRRRRRRRRY MUCH

[hannabelka]

Eligibility Criteria: Spouse of BC, ILR since April 2014
Method of application: NCS Bromley
Date of application: 21 Jan 2015
Date of debit of fees: 29 Jan 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 05 Feb 2015 dated 29/01/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 21 Feb 2015 dated 11/02/2015
Date of Ceremony: To be booked.
Is it possible to have group ceremony on Saturday or it depends on council? My council is Medway. If someone knows about this particular council, please let me know (as this is off topic here, private messages welcome). I am starting new job in a week (2 March) and don't want to start booking holidays straight away, I don't have any holidays left at my current position.

[PAK321]

Any January applicants still waiting for approval letter to come?

Applied on 19th Jan still waiting

I applied on the 22nd Jan 15 and I'm still waiting, it is disappointing as it seems that many people applied several days after me and already got their approval letter...It doesn't make sense at all, some people get their application approved in less than 3 weeks and others wait more than 6 months...My application is very straightforward.

i applied on 17th dec last year and still waiting for approval, yes it is frustrating to see results coming in 2 weeks but they are more luckiest people than me and i am happy for them. same here my application is also straight forward and one more thing i want to share that these all checks they already done one year ago with my ILR application they took 3 months for all their verifications, now after one year i don't think they doing same verifications again . Any way be optimistic and get ready for good news any day.

[avy_baby]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr tier 1 + 1yr ILR
Number of Applications: 2
Language criteria met: UK Degree & Life in the UK
Current nationality: PAKISTANI + MALAYSIAN
Method of application: NCS Hamilton
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28th January 2015
Date of debit of fees: 4th of February 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10th February 2015 dated 4th of February 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 20th of February 2015 dated 13th of February
Date of Ceremony: 17th of March


Best of luck to all those still waiting

[Haadi83]

Eligibility criteria: 10 YEARS + ILR 1 year
Language criteria met: B1 & Life in the UK
Current nationality: PAKISTAN
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NEWHAM
Date of application: 05/01/2015
Payment method: Debit Card(15/01/2015)
Date of acknowledgment: 20/01/2015
Date approval received: 21 feb 2015 ( Dated 14/2/15)
Date of ceremony: waiting

so Now what i need to do,How long it take further

Not much left to do now;

wait for ceremony invitation letter from the council or you give them call to find out if they already have you on their list, and book the suitable/available date to attend the ceremony.

[Haadi83]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year Tier 1 and Tier 2 +12 Month ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK + UK Naric
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used:NewHam
Date of application: 29/01/2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30 Jan 2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 06/02/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 18th Feb 2015 by Post(Letter Dated 5th Feb 2015)
Date of Approval letter: 21 Feb 2015 by Post(Letter Dated 14th Feb 2015)

Note: I never received any email neither Acknowledgement nor Approval.
Last time when i enter UK via Heathrow Terminal 5 Passport got stamped with date one month in past.
I wrote covering letter explaining this to Immigration Officer along with email copy of British Airway tickets.

I was scared this date issue many not be a blocker.

Query:
I applied for spouse visa from india and still waiting.
It has been 37 working day , SLA for settlement visa 60 working day/
My question is If I go ahead for ceremony ,will wife settlement visa process will be impacted.
Or i should wait for wife visa to get processed.

Congratulations!

[zabizabi]

Eligibility criteria: 10 YEARS + ILR 1 year
Language criteria met: B1 & Life in the UK
Current nationality: PAKISTAN
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NEWHAM
Date of application: 05/01/2015
Payment method: Debit Card(15/01/2015)
Date of acknowledgment: 20/01/2015
Date approval received: 21 feb 2015 ( Dated 14/2/15)
Date of ceremony: waiting

so Now what i need to do,How long it take further

[goldenstarnice]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS, London, 16-02-2015
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Other Updates, 21-02-15: I didn't get receipt from UKBA yet, it looks others getting in few days.

[ave2015]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1year EEA citizen (no PR card)
Language criteria: Life in the UK + B2 English
Method: NCS Haringey
Date of receipt by HO: 2-DEC-2014
Date of clearance of the fees: 11-DEC-2014
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 16-DEC-2014 (dated 9-Dec)
Date of Approval: 11-FEB-2015 (letter received on 20-FEB-2015)
Date of ceremony: soon I hope