September 2013- Naturalisation Application Timeline

[atikhonee]

Eligibility criteria: Married to a British Citizen (3 Years)
Method of application: NCS Carlisle
Date of application: 18th Sep 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20th Sep 2013
Date of debit of fees:30th Sep 2013
Date of acknowledgement: Awaiting
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting

Called HO today to know the status, The guy told me your case is still not been allocated. Strange

Can you please tell which number did you ring and what option you selected to contact them? Thanks

08706067766

[cpcg]

Option 2

[iDoctor]

Question to ask is

Visa officer is allocated for my application or not if not when it will be !!!!

[Ivana]

Eligibility criteria: EEA national, 5+1 years exercising treaty rights, no PR card
Method of application: NCS Richmond (easy to book an appointment by internet)
Date of application: 02 / 09 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03 / 09 /2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 06 / 09 /2013 (I do not remember a day which I received the letter)
Date of debit of fees: 06 / 09 / 2013
Date of approval: 10 / 10 /2013 (I received 21 /10 /2013)
Date of Ceremony: I will call my council tomorrow

Thanks to everybody. Yes, the envelope is brown.

[cpcg]

Question to ask is

Visa officer is allocated for my application or not if not when it will be !!!!

if think ur application is straightforward, just call council with ur HO ref # after 4-6 weeks of application which can gives u an idea.

[iDoctor]

Why should we call Council
I guess there is a dealy in application process and it will resolve from 2 or 3 week of November

IMHO

[Sirdi]

[quote="Sirdi"]Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC +ILR (May 2013)

Method of application: Self

Date of application: Monday 16th Sept 2013 Next Day Delivery Post

Date of receipt by UKBA: Tuesday 17th Sept 2013

Date of acknowledgement : 24th Sept 2013 (2nd Class-dated 21st Sept.)

Date of debit of fees: 23rd Sept 2013 11:20 / Debit Card

Date of approval: 18/10/2013

Approval received: 22/10/2013

Date of Ceremony: 7th/11/2013

Good luck to everyone.

[iDoctor]

Are you sure its 21st September because 21 is Saturday .....does it mean they work on weekends

[iDoctor]

Just contacted HO to find out my HO reference number - she sounded huffy but got my number. No update on status of my application...

Pisses me off that if they hadn't f**ed up my initial payment there's a high chance I'd have been approved already. Although I'm seeing at least 2 others who had same payment date and who already received approvals last couple of days... Fingers crossed.

Eligibility criteria: 5 years HSMP / Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Newham
Date of application: 6 Sept 2013 (Friday)
Date of Debit of Fees: 24 Sept 2013 (delayed due to them screwing up payment, had to re-send form, caused 2 week delay)
Acknowledgement letter received : Pending
Date of approval/Invitation : Pending
Date of Ceremony : Pending

hi Can you please elaborate whats happen with your payment when you applied did they send all your documents back or they just call you over the phone and request for update can you please elaborate it ASAP

[Insane]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP (2 years) + Tier-1 G (3 years) +ILR (1 year)
Nationality: Turkish
Method of application: NCS Westminster
Date of application: 5th Sept. 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 6th Sept. 2013 / Royal Mail Tracking
Date of acknowledgement : 16th Sept. 2013 (2nd Class-dated 11th Sept.)
Date of debit of fees: 11th Sept. 2013 / Credit Card

Update 07/10/2013 Asked for any updates, no decision made yet. I think at least a caseworker is assigned.

Update: 15/10/2013 Asked for updates, "I can confirm that a decision has been made on this application"... In shock now, can't guess if I should start dreaming:


Date of approval: 17th October 2013 (dated 7th of October)

Date of Ceremony: 24th October 2013

Can you please tell me the email address you used to contact home office. Thanks

[apple02]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Though I've been living here for 15+years)
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 23/10/13 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: Should be 24/10/13 but will track to confirm
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:

So now I begin my journey to receive my application back but since we are in October I won't start getting worried until the 23 of December, so roughly am giving it 2 months.

[Alimanu]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Though I've been living here for 15+years)
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 23/10/13 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: Should be 24/10/13 but will track to confirm
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:

So now I begin my journey to receive my application back but since we are in October I won't start getting worried until the 23 of December, so roughly am giving it 2 months.

I think you posted in the wrong place, there is an October time line if you check properly. This is for September applicants.

[apple02]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Though I've been living here for 15+years)
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 23/10/13 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: Should be 24/10/13 but will track to confirm
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:

So now I begin my journey to receive my application back but since we are in October I won't start getting worried until the 23 of December, so roughly am giving it 2 months.

I think you posted in the wrong place, there is an October time line if you check properly. This is for September applicants.

omg you nearly made my heart came out of my mouth, thought you meant something was wrong witrh my application lol phew. oh i didnt know this was september timeline. thanks

[meha]

Joint application with spouse.
Eligibility Criteria WP + Tier1 (5 years) + ILR (13 months)
Method of application: Self
Date of application: Sat 7th Sept 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: Mon 9th Sept 2013
Date of acknowledgement received: 14th Sept 2013
Date of approval: pending


I contacted HO today, to my surprise the application has not been allocated to a caseworker yet.
Should I wait or contact my MP?

[mguy]

Are you sure its 21st September because 21 is Saturday .....does it mean they work on weekends

I got mine approved on a Sunday

Eligibility criteria:5 year WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application:NCS Barking and Dagenham
Date of Application:19 September 2013
Date of Receipt by UKBA:23 September 2013
Date of debit of fees:25 September 2013 (paid by cheque)
Date of Approval:20 October 2013, received today, 23 October 2013

Good Luck!

[surat3912]

Eligibility criteria:2 year HSMP,3year Tier1 and 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Newham
Date of application: 23/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/09/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 02/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 02/10/2013 by Credit Card
Date of approval: 19/10/2013 (I received on 23/10/2013)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Thanks for very useful information on this website and
all the best

[atikhonee]

Eligibility criteria:2 year HSMP,3year Tier1 and 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Newham
Date of application: 23/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/09/2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 02/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 02/10/2013 by Credit Card
Date of approval: 19/10/2013 (I received on 23/10/2013)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Thanks for very useful information on this website and
all the best

Unbelievable, very fast. Congratulation surat3912

[jclawl]

Hmm mine is out for delivery according to the Royal Mail site, shame no one is home to sign for it, well hope its worth the trek to the Sorting office after work

[genuinedudek]

Eligibility criteria: EEA national, 5+1 years exercising treaty rights
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: NCS North Shields
Date of application: 20 Sep 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 Sep 2013
Date of acknowledgement: 29 Sep 2013
Date of debit of fees: 30 Sep 2013
Date of approval: 23 Oct 2013
Date of Ceremony: booked 19 Nov 2013

just got a phone call from my local NCS with good news!!!

[jclawl]

Jclawl
Eligibility criteria: Married to GBR Citizen 7 Years, Lived in the UK since 1986 (studied at British schools both mainland and BFPO)
Nationality: German
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 23 Sept
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24 Sept (Spec delivery 0900)
Date of acknowledgement : 01 October (recd 04 Oct)
Date of debit of fees: 02 October
Date of approval: 22 October (received 24 October)
Date of Ceremony: pending

However they have incorrectly spelled my first name hmm

[Amber]

Method of application: solicitors
Date of application: 25/09/13
Date of receipt by UKBA:26/09/13
Date of acknowledgement letter: 4/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 4/10/13
Date of approval: 22/10/13
Date of Ceremony: 04/11/13

[Tats]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Ancestry + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Sutton
Date of application submission: 17 Sept. 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 Sept. 2013
Date of debit of fees: 23 Sept. 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25 Sept. 2013 (dated 23 Sept)
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Finally decided to call HO today using the number someone provided on here and asked for progress of naturalisation application, nice lady answered....well I was polite . She asked for reference number, when I applied and for some personal details. She then asked to put me on hold. Later came back and said that something has been dispatched to you yesterday. Do they generally say this when an approval has been made?

[needTier1]

Everything that starts come to an end.

Got mine today, finally.

Eligibility: 5 years WP/Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: NCS Hamilton
Date of application: 16/09/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/09/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/09/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 30/09/2013
Approval dated: 15th Oct
Approval received: 25th Oct
Date of ceremony: 12th Nov

All the very best to all those who are waiting.

Regards,
Ali

[jclawl]

Just to check does it matter that they have incorrectly spelled my name on the letter of invitation ?

[needTier1]

Just to check does it matter that they have incorrectly spelled my name on the letter of invitation ?

I think you can still go ahead and book ceremony and later request HO to correct your spelling. This will then appear on your passport.