Preperation for Naturalisation application to become British Citizen

[msx273]

Any suggestions


Me and my son applied for naturalisation and citizenship and gavie biometrics but we did not received any acknowledgement from HO yet, is it normal ?

Also wil the referee gets email after submission ?

Dear Mods and Experts,

Me and my son applied for naturalisation and citizenship and gavie biometrics but we did not received any acknowledgement from HO yet, is it normal ?

Thank you for clarifications,

I applied for british citizenship for my child who got ILR in October 2025 and my application is also under consideration for naturalisation, I will appy for my wife after i attend my ceremony and after getting British passport

Dear Mods and Experts,

Just a generic question

If one parent got ILR , is it possible for child under 18 to apply for british citizen straight without applying for ILR if child spent 5 years in UK as dependent to Tier 1 E

Thanks

Only if the child was born in the uk.

No shortcut route for children born abroad. The child needs ILR first.

[alterhase58]

Acknowledgement email normally comes from TLS and/or UKVI - tends no to be reliable.
Perhaps follow up with TLS. If they have taken your money you should be OK.
Referees are not normally contacted.

[msx273]

Thanks for Assurance

I just for this email after biometric from TLS but nothing after that

TLScontact - Biometric collection confirmation / Cadarnhad casglu biometrig

Acknowledgement email normally comes from TLS and/or UKVI - tends no to be reliable.
Perhaps follow up with TLS. If they have taken your money you should be OK.
Referees are not normally contacted.

[alterhase58]

I don’t think there’ll be another email, from UKVI.
Also note there won't be updates during processing, and no online status portal.
6 months is the UKVI target (an aspiration, not a guarantee) - often faster, sometime slower.

[msx273]

Thank you so much

I don’t think there’ll be another email, from UKVI.
Also note there won't be updates during processing, and no online status portal.
6 months is the UKVI target (an aspiration, not a guarantee) - often faster, sometime slower.