March 2013 - Naturalisation application timeline

[thorne]

Time to kick off applications for March!

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Westminster (£55)
Date of application: 04/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: none received
Date of acknowledgement : 16/03/2013 (dated 12/03/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 14/03/2013 (dated 12/03/2013)
Date of approval: 09/04/2013 (dated 03/04/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 29/05/2013 (I'm on holiday late April-early May)

Fingers crossed, everyone.

[edit, 10/04] Approved one month after my NCS interview! Talk about quick! I am understandably ecstatic

Thanks to everyone here on immigrationboards.com for all your help and support, I'll see you all again soon in the British passport application boards.

[hsmpengineer]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Islington
Date of application: 08/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/03/2013 (Checked DX tracking status: Delivered)
Date of acknowledgement : 21/03/2012 (dated 15/03/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 15/03/2013

Date of approval: 11/04/2013 (dated 04/04/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 18/04/2013

Appointment booked with NCS Islington 7 days before application date. Cost £55.

Now I'm happY!! :D

[destiniation_london]

Eligibility criteria:5 years (WP+ Tier 1) + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 02/03/2013 (Saturday)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/03/2013 (was not provided tracking by NCS, but they say it normally reaches the next day of post)
Date of debit of fees: 11/03/2013 (money's been blocked in account since 09/03/2013)
Date of acknowledgement : 12/03/2013 (dated 09/03/2013)

Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[tinayy]

here is my husband timeline:

Method of application: NCS Bromley （￡65）
Date of application: 05/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBC
Date of acknowledgement :  21/03/2013 (Dated 14/03/2013) 
Date of debit of fees: 14/03/2013
Date of approval: received letter 10/04/2013 issued 5/04/2013
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[R&F]

Hi everyone, here's my timeline (hopefully the price increase for applications won't delay things):

Method of application: NCS Bracknell (£54)
Date of application: 15/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 26/03/2013, showed on my statement until the 28/03
Date of acknowledgement : Received 03/04, letter dated 26/03.
Date of approval: Received 20/04, letter dated 13/04
Date of Ceremony in Reading: Invitation Letter Received 25/04 (dated 22/04). Ceremony date given is the 22nd of May.

Overall, waiting for ceremony will take longer then approval.
Good luck everyone.

Called everyday to see if there where any cancellations, managed to get an earlier ceremony date on the 8th of May.

[imads]

Eligibility: 5Yrs HSMP+1Yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Tower Hamlets (£55)
Date of application: 07/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 20/03/2013 (Dated 15/03/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 18/03/2013 (money blocked from my account 14/03/2013)
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[sheff]

Eligibility: HSMP (2 years)+ Tier1 (3 years)+ ILR (1 year)
applicants: Myself+wife (joint application) and one child
Method of application: NCS Sheffield (fees £150 for 3 of us)
Date of application: 01/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/03/2013( had no tracking...this was advised by council)
Date of acknowledgement :12/03/13 (dated 07/03/13)
Date of debit of fees: 07/03/13 
Date of approval: TBC 
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[mrite123]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years HSMP + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Dudley
Date of application: 18/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement : letter received on 03/04/2013
Date of debit of fees: 28/03/2013
Date of approval: 16/04/2013

Date of Ceremony: 21/04/2013:)
anyone going on this date to birmingham Reg. office?

[LondonApplicant]

Eligibility criteria: EU citizen, 6 years working in the UK (exercising EEA treaty rights)
Method of application: NCS Southwark (London)
Date of application: 20/3/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/3/2013 (Royal Mail online tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: 3/4/2013 (dated 27/3/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 4/4/2013 (paid by cheque)

Date of approval: 29/4/2013 (dated 19/4/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 7/5/2013

Date I sent back the naturalisation certificate: 7/5/2013
Date I received the correct certificate: 23/5/2013

(My surname was mispelt on the certificate. What to do in these cases is outlined here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... rtificate/)

Thanks a lot to all the people on the forum for the help, the staff at the Council (all very kind) and UKBA for processing my application so quickly.


Thanks a lot to all the people on the forum for the help, the staff at the Council (all very kind) and UKBA for processing my application so quickly.

[katievoroncova]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National PR 5 Years + 1 Year. In the UK since 2000, exercising Treaty Rights from 2004 - present.
Method of application: NCS (Fareham)
Date of application: 13 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of approval: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[fearless2711]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP, 3 years ILR
Method of application: NCS (Alesbury)
Date of application: 12 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: NA
Date of acknowledgement: NA
Date of debit of fees: 19 March 2013
Date of approval: NA
Date of ceremony: NA

Seems like snow is effecting the speed of application.

[LandN]

Eligibility criteria: WP Holder 5 yrs, 18 months ILR
Method of application: NCS (Islington)
Date of application: 21 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 6 April (Dated 29 March)
Date of debit of fees: 2 April(blocked from 29 March)
Date of approval: 26 April (dated 21 April)
Date of ceremony: 30 April (Lewisham)

Eligibility criteria: Dependant WP Holder 5 yrs, 18 months ILR
Method of application: NCS (Islington)
Date of application: 21 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 March 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 6 April (Dated 2 April)
Date of debit of fees: 3 April 2013
Date of approval: 26 April (dated 22 April)
Date of ceremony: 30 April(Lewisham)

My partner and I applied independently on the same day.

Even though applications were sent in one envelope, processing times are varied.

[harry101]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs EEA Family Member + 1 yr PR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 04/03/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 5/03/13
Date of acknowledgement : 08/03/2013 recieved 13/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 15/03/2013
Date of approval: dated 21/03/2013 received 23/3/2013
Date of Ceremony: waiting for the letter!!

20 days turnaround is impressive and finally there is a feeling of a big relief....completion of a long journey.....
Many Thanks to all the helpful people on this forum ....
All the best to everyone still waiting for a response...

[babab]

Method of application: NCS Hatfield
Date of application: 01/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 12/03/2013 dated 07/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 07/03/2013
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[imranb]

Eligibility criteria: 3 yrs WP + 2 yrs Tier1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Wolverhampton (Self+Wife+2 kids)
Date of application: 25/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 03/04/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 06/04/2013 (dated 01/04/13 - surprisingly bank holiday)
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[apple82]

Eligibility criteria: husband 10 years asylum + 5 years ILR me: 2 year marriage visa + 1 year ILR (total over 5 year)
Method of application: Postal (joint application)
Date of application: 27/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 09/04/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 12/04/2013
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Fingers crossed - good luck everyone!!

[mehp]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr (HSMP) + 1yr ILR Family application 2 adults (Joint)
Method of application: NCS (Warwickshire)
Date of submission to UKBA: 12-MAR-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14-MAR-2013 (AM)
Date of debit of fees: 21-MAR-2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 27-MAR-2013 (Dt: 21-MAR-2013)
Date of receipt of approval: -----
Date of Ceremony: -----

[sheff]

Eligibility: HSMP (2 years)+ Tier1 (3 years)+ ILR (1 year)
applicants: Myself+wife (joint application) and one child
Method of application: NCS Sheffield (fees £150 for 3 of us)
Date of application: 01/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/03/2013( had no tracking...this was advised by council)
Date of acknowledgement :12/03/13 (dated 07/03/13)
Date of debit of fees: 07/03/13 
Date of approval: 02/04/13 ( dated 21/03/2013)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[sheff]

Eligibility: HSMP (2 years)+ Tier1 (3 years)+ ILR (1 year)
applicants: Myself+wife (joint application) and one child
Method of application: NCS Sheffield (fees £150 for 3 of us)
Date of application: 01/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/03/2013( had no tracking...this was advised by council)
Date of acknowledgement :12/03/13 (dated 07/03/13)
Date of debit of fees: 07/03/13 
Date of approval: 02/04/13 ( dated 21/03/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 16/04/2013

[imranb]

Eligibility: HSMP (2 years)+ Tier1 (3 years)+ ILR (1 year)
applicants: Myself+wife (joint application) and one child
Method of application: NCS Sheffield (fees £150 for 3 of us)
Date of application: 01/03/2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/03/2013( had no tracking...this was advised by council)
Date of acknowledgement :12/03/13 (dated 07/03/13)
Date of debit of fees: 07/03/13 
Date of approval: 02/04/13 ( dated 21/03/2013)
Date of Ceremony: 16/04/2013

Congrats. Another one that seems to have been approved in a month's time. Hope it is as smooth for others as well.

[ozgrant]

Eligibility criteria: 2 years WP, 2 years Tier 1, 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Ealing (£50)
Date of application: 04/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 11/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 08/03/2013
Date of approval: 24/03/2013
Date of Ceremony: 07/05/2013

[Spear]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs HSMP / Tier1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Essex)
Date of submission: 06 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07 March 2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 14 Mar 2013 (showed up on my online statement)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received 19 March 2013, Dated 12th Mar 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 02 Apr 2013 (letter dated 25 Mar 2013)
Date of Ceremony: tbc

[babe_khyber]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs HSMP / Tier1 + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Essex)
Date of submission: 06 March 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07 March 2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 14 Mar 2013 (showed up on my online statement)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received 19 March 2013, Dated 12th Mar 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 02 Apr 2013 (letter dated 25 Mar 2013)
Date of Ceremony: tbc

Congratulation to all of them who were granted BC
I am still waiting for acknowledgement letter and even home office didn`t debit my account I don`t know why.
submitted application MN1 1.3 and 3.1 through solicitor on 19th 03/13
acknowledgement waiting
payment still show in my account
when I receive my ack then I will be updating outcome
best wishes
babe khyber

[numfon]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:18 jun 2013

[sib797]

Eligibility criteria: WORK PERMIT 5 YERAS + ILR 1 YEAR (JOINT APP)
Method of application: NCS (SALE, MANCHESTER)
Date of application: 26/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 05/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony:TBC