Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[YakovD]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr dependent -> ILR, BC spouse
Nationality: Non-EU
Number of Applicants - 1
Method of application: Online
Proof of English: B1 Test
Date of application submission and fee payment: 02/04/2025
Date of biometrics and documents submission: 27/04/2025
Date of receipt of approval: 16/06/2025
Date of Ceremony: 23/06/2025 (free, Islington)

[jeze]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr refugee + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Number of Applicants - 3 ( 2 adults + 1 child)
Method of application: Online
Proof of English: B1 Test
Application submission: 31/03/2025
Biometrics: 25/04/2025
Receipt by UKVI: None - didn't get any confirmation of receipt
Approval: 23/06/2025
Date of Ceremony: 24/06/2025 - private/paid

[Tinatin]

Eligibility criteria: Settled route + 1 year after settled status was granted (previously on tier 2 visa)
Nationality: Non-EU (Belarus)
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 19/02/2025
Date of fee payment: 19/02/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 20/02/2025 (Premium)
Biometrics location: TLSContact London Gee Street (Premium)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Waiting… Good luck everyone!

I am still waiting - some people who applied in April have already received their passports and I am still waiting.

My husband’s timeline (he’s still waiting too)
Eligibility criteria: Settled route + 2 years after settled status was granted
Nationality: EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 23/03/2025
Date of fee payment: 23/03/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 24/03/2025 (Premium)
Biometrics location: TLSContact London Gee Street (Premium)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Update on my husband - he applied 1 month after me but received his approval today. I’m still waiting and getting desperate.

My husband’s timeline.
Eligibility criteria: Settled route + 2 years after settled status was granted
Nationality: EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 23/03/2025
Date of fee payment: 23/03/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 24/03/2025 (Premium)
Biometrics location: TLSContact London Gee Street (Premium)
Date of receipt of approval: 23 June 2025 (HO atlas email at 9:58)
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[Maidobound]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (Spouse of UK citizen)
Language/LIUK Criteria: N/A & Passed 28/11/2024
Nationality: USA
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 03/04/2025
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/04/2025 London Gee Street, paid priority
Date of Approval letter/Email: 23/06 @11:00
Date of Ceremony: tbc

[nelon]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General/Skilled + 1 year ILR
Nationality: India
Number of Applicants - 3 ( 2 adults + 1 child)
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Naric + Degree certificate
Test: Life in the UK
Date of application submission and fee payment: 06/04/2025
Date of biometrics and documents submission: 08/04/2025
Date of receipt of approval: 23/06/2025
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[lagazy]

Eligibility criteria: EU Pre Settled Status 5 years + 1 year ILR Settled Status.
Nationality: Ghanaian.
Method of UK Citizenship Application: Online
Life in the UK Test - Jan 2025
Proof of English: CEFR B1 Certificate Jan 2025
Date of UK Citizenship application submission: 25/04/2025
Date of fee payment: 25/04/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 03/05/2025
Biometrics location: TLSContact Central London (Paid)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[shreekant]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 General/Skilled + 1 year ILR
Nationality: India
Number of Applicants - 2
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: UK degree (self + spouse)
Test: Life in the UK
Date of application submission and fee payment: 18/06/2025
Date of biometrics and documents submission: 20/06/2025 (Luton, paid Self service)
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[mrwwt88]

Eligibility criteria: Settled Status + Spouse of British Citizen
Nationality: EU (Polish)
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 03/06/2025
Date of fee payment: 03/06/2025
Documents uploaded: 09/06/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 09/06/2025 (free)
Biometrics location: Oxford
Date of receipt of approval:
Invitation for citizenship ceremony:
Date of Ceremony:

[SukruToprak]

Eligibility criteria: Skilled Worker ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: EILTS UKVI
Date of application submission: 05/04/2025
Date of fee payment: 05/04/2025
Documents uploaded: 08/04/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 10/04/2025 (free)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[Maidobound]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (Spouse of UK citizen)
Language/LIUK Criteria: N/A & Passed 28/11/2024
Nationality: USA
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 03/04/2025
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/04/2025 London Gee Street, paid priority
Date of Approval letter/Email: tbc
Date of Ceremony: tbc

[jake82]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Spouse of BC
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: B1 Test
Date of application submission: 02/04/2025
Date of fee payment: 02/04/2025
Documents uploaded: 07/04/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 07/04/2025
Date of receipt of approval: 16/06/2025
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: 16/06/205
Date of Ceremony: 19/06/2025

[GMUB2025]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Year Parent Route ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Nigerian
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: NARIC and Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 03/04/2025
Date of fee payment: 03/04/2025
Documents uploaded: 08/04/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 08/04/2025 (Paid)
Biometrics location: TLS Contact Luton
Date of receipt of approval: 16/06/2025
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: 16/06/205
Date of Ceremony: 01/07/2025 Group ceremony booked. (Next available date for Private Ceremony is 09/07/2025)

All the best to everyone still waiting for their good news.

[Edomerify2]

Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status - Lived in UK for 9 years
Nationality: German
Proof of language: UK BSc Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/03/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 21/03/2025
Biometrics location: TLScontact Aberdeen (Free)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/06/2025 11:02
Invitation from the council: None. I need to contact Citizenship Ceremonies Officer City of Bradford and will receive an answer within 10 working days.
Date of Ceremony: TBD

added: Date of receipt of approval

Received a phone call from a Bradford Council registrar on the 17/06/2025 and was offered a group ceremony on the 24/07/2025 11:00 am. I asked for a private ceremony due to travel plans, he informed me Bradford Council no longer offers private ceremonies since the pandemic. I was then offered a place in another group ceremony on the 19/06/2025 11:00 am, YAY!

[HM_Wiz]

Eligibility criteria: Skilled Worker ILR + 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: NARIC and Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 06/04/2025
Date of fee payment: 06/04/2025
Documents uploaded: 10/04/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 14/04/2025 (free)
Date of receipt of approval: 16/06/2025
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: 16/06/205
Date of Ceremony: 27/06/2025 (there was an earlier date available on 24th but it clashes with some work commitments)

Good luck to you all

[Tinatin]

Eligibility criteria: Settled route + 1 year after settled status was granted (previously on tier 2 visa)
Nationality: Non-EU (Belarus)
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 19/02/2025
Date of fee payment: 19/02/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 20/02/2025 (Premium)
Biometrics location: TLSContact London Gee Street (Premium)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Waiting… Good luck everyone!

I am still waiting - some people who applied in April have already received their passports and I am still waiting.

My husband’s timeline (he’s still waiting too)
Eligibility criteria: Settled route + 2 years after settled status was granted
Nationality: EU
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Degree certificate
Date of application submission: 23/03/2025
Date of fee payment: 23/03/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 24/03/2025 (Premium)
Biometrics location: TLSContact London Gee Street (Premium)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Invitation for citizenship ceremony: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[avdva]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (Skilled Worker 5 years) + 1 year, and my wife 5 years dependant + 1 year.
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 04/04/2025
Documents uploaded : 06/04/2025 - could not upload them, so printed out, the docs were scanned at TLS Croydon for free.
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06/04/2025
Date of Approval letter/Email: Atlas email 16/06/2025 08:52 am, 08:57 am.

[Kj771199]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Spouse) + 5 days of ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: Masters Degree from UK
Date of application submission and fee payment: 18 March 2025
Date of biometrics and documents submission: 23 March 2025 (Gee Street, London)
Date of receipt of approval (Atlas): 2 June 2025
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Thank you and good luck everyone.

All while the approval from ATLAS came on the 2nd, the council still has not received any of my details so I am unable to book the ceremony. Given it’s almost two weeks and have written to Home Office on citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk with no response from them, I am unsure what else I can do.

[monica9201]

Thank you for all help received so far.

Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status 5 years + 1 year ILR
Nationality: EU
Method of UK Citizenship Application: Online
Life in the UK Test - passed on 03/05/2025
Proof of English: CEFR B1 Certificate (Trinity College - Glasgow) - test given on 18/05/2025 (Provisional result received on 19/05/2025, final result 20/05/2025)
Date of UK Citizenship application submission: 28/05/2025
Date of fee payment: 28/05/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 11/06/2025
Biometrics location: TLSContact Glasgow (Free, self service)
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

[Shamirm]

Eligibility criteria: 4 years (Tier 4, PhD) + 3 years (Global Talent Visa)+ 1 year ILR
Proof of English: UK degree
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: online
Date of application: 19/03/2025
Documents uploaded : 19/03/2025
Date of Biometrics: 21/03/2025 (Manchester)
Date of Approval Email: 09 JUN 2025 10:49am

[random321]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (Skilled Worker 5 years) + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: EILTS
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 24/03/2025
Documents uploaded : 24/03/2025
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/03/2025
Date of Approval letter/Email: Atlas email 09/06/2025 10:04 am

[DreamerBeliever]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 Global Talent Visa + 1.5 year ILR
Nationality: India
Number of Applicants - 2
Method of Application: Online
Proof of English: 1 UK degree (self) + Ecctis AQUALS + ELPS (spouse)
Test: Life in the UK
Date of application submission and fee payment: 22/03/2025
Date of biometrics and documents submission: 07/04/2025 (Luton)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/06/2025 (Email from Atlas - 10:58am for self and 9.48am for spouse)
Date of Ceremony: TBD

I want to thank all the selfless and tireless moderators on this incredible community. Whenever I asked for a help, you were there for me. I followed your advice everytime and it always worked. You are ALL legends

[Edomerify2]

Eligibility criteria: EU Settled Status - Lived in UK for 9 years
Nationality: German
Proof of language: UK BSc Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/03/2025
Date of biometrics appointment: 21/03/2025
Biometrics location: TLScontact Aberdeen (Free)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/06/2025 11:02
Invitation from the council: None. I need to contact Citizenship Ceremonies Officer City of Bradford and will receive an answer within 10 working days.
Date of Ceremony: TBD

added: Date of receipt of approval

[DGurbani]

Eligibility criteria: T2G 5 years + 1 year ILR
Nationality: India
Number of Applicants - 1
Method of application: Online
Proof of English : NARIC
Test: Life in the UK
Date of application submission and fee payment: 12/05/2025
Biometrics appointment: 16/05/2025
Biometrics location: Luton
Date of receipt of approval: tba
citizenship ceremony: tba

[chris165]

My wife

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Spousal Visa Route + 6 months ILR
Nationality: Thai
Proof of English: B1 + LITUK
Method of application: Online
Date of application submission: 16 Mar 2025
Date of fee payment: 16 Mar 2025
Date of biometrics and document submission: 1 Apr 2025 (Free, Cambridge)
Date of receipt of approval: 2 Jun 2025
Date of invitation from the Council: 2 Jun 2025
Date of Ceremony: 7 Jul 2025

[amitkhade]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier 2 + 1 Year ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Proof of English: NARIC cert + Life In the UK Test
Method of application: Online
Date of ILR: Sep-2023
Number of Applicants - 3
Date of application submission: 21 Feb 2025
Date of fee payment: 21 Feb 2025
Date of biometrics and document submission: 24 Feb 2025 (Paid @ Croydon)
Date of receipt of approval: 02 June 2025
Date of Ceremony:11 June 2025 (Group Appointment)

I got an enquiry about name mismatch amongst submitted document exactly 2 month after biometric. They took another 1 month to give final approval.

All the best to those who are waiting.