October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[TTOE]

Update

Postby fm1011 » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:32 pm
applied spouse of BC+ILR
Applied on:21 OCT
recieved Ho:22 OCT
money taken out: 25th Nov
Aknowledgement lette recieved 27 Nov
Approvel :17 jan (dated 15 Jan)
Date of Ceremony;waiting

Thanks God every tense is released ......thanks to all in this forum


can any body tells me how long the rest process will take. when invatation letter will come?it says within 2weeks but anybody get it earlier than this?

Congrats FM1011! The HO certainly doing their best within their capabilities to improve the overall SLA.............but surely needs to try more.

[apple02]

Update

Postby fm1011 » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:32 pm
applied spouse of BC+ILR
Applied on:21 OCT
recieved Ho:22 OCT
money taken out: 25th Nov
Aknowledgement lette recieved 27 Nov
Approvel :17 jan (dated 15 Jan)
Date of Ceremony;waiting

Thanks God every tense is released ......thanks to all in this forum


can any body tells me how long the rest process will take. when invitation letter will come?it says within 2weeks but anybody get it earlier than this?

Well done FM1011 WOIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. SEE THINK POSITIVE, BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, WHEN I GOT MY LETTER I THOUGHT APPROVAL OR REFUSAL LOL. ERM I GOT MY APPROVAL ON THE SATURDAY AND RECEIVED MY LETTER FROM THE COUNCIL THE WEDNESDAY SO LITERALLY 3 DAYS AFTER THE APPROVAL. ONE MY FRIENDS GOT HIS APPROVAL AND LETTER FROM THE COUNCIL THE SAME DAY SO IT ALL DEPENDS BUT WELL DONE

[koshkabrest]

By the way, have you received your acknowledgement letter? Mine is coming tomorrow as apparently they sent it to barristers who helped me with the application for some reason so they had to resend it to me today, lol

hi again
i got my acknowledgement letter on the 10/01/2014 but it was dated on the 08/01/2014 so i am hope we will get our approvals next month. believe it will come through for us in about 3-4 weeks hopefully

Yesh, I got the acknowledgement letter today dated 10th of January;, so now we just sit tight and wait, lol

[fm1011]

thank you so much of courage and giving me th-e lesson of patiency Apple02..
i know its hard to be patient but once u pateint then u will get something nice..


ok i get you apple02 you mean council going to send me letter not Ho...i was thinking Ho will send me invatation??


thank you once again...

[apple02]

Which ever council that manages your borough will send you the invitation for your ceremony. The HO send the approval and certificate to your council and thats when your council sends you the invite for your ceremony and thats where you will pledge and receive your certificate

[fm1011]

to be honest never have that clue though lol..
because i am thinking too far as i m trying to go back home end of the march so i want this to sort it out the end of febuary ..
hope till that time it will clear..

[Denzel_pompey]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 5 years resident in UK
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Portsmouth
Date of application: 30/10/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: Dated 09/01/2014, received 16/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 10/01/2014
Date approval received: 15/01/2014. received 17/01/2014
Date of ceremony:TBA

Its great to finally get the lovely brown envelope on my return from work....Gosh I seem to now like brown envelopes, especially when it contains THE letter of approval of Naturalisation. Many thanks to everyone that posted on this forum. The information and updates where quite helpful.

[davenice]

Update:

Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS Sutton
Date of Application: 23 October
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24 October (presumed - not tracked)
Date of debit of fees: 18 December (cheque)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18 December 2013 (letter dated 13 December)
Date of receipt of approval: 17 January 2014 (letter dated 10 January)
Date of Ceremony: 23 January 2014

overall journey to naturalisation as a spouse of BC:

married: 25 Sep 2010
spouse visa issued: 22 Oct 2010
arrived in the UK: 24 Oct 2010
ILR (applied & issued): 23 Oct 2012
Naturalisation application: 23 Oct 2013
Naturalisation approved: 10 Jan 2014

[asadkhan71]

Hi all who have received their approval.

Just want to share something regarding approval letter and invitation from local authority.
Home office sends two types of letters, one that only says your application for naturalisation for British citizenship has been approved. It would carry on saying do not contact your local authority until they contact you. Further on it would saythis is not an invitation letter, you would receive an invitation letter soon which you have to show your localauthority along other requirements. This was in my case I received the approval letter first and after 3 days I received the local auhority letter and after two more days I have received Invitation letter from HO which actually confirmed the local authority letter. Moreover in my case LA asked me to bring invitation letter from HO.

in second scenario HO sends approval and invitation in same letter and would ask you to contact your LA to confirm your intention of attending the ceremony on the date available or otherwise.

Hope this would help. By the way I am having a ceremony on 21st January.

thanks

[consciousness]

Eligibility criteria: EEA national, 5+1 years exercising treaty rights, no PR card
Application type: joint
Method of application: NCS Lanark (appointment 14/10/2013)
Date of application: Sent 22/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/2013 (Royal mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 29/11/2013, letter dated 28/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 03/12/2013
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Eligibility criteria: EEA national, 5+1 years exercising treaty rights, no PR card
Application type: joint
Method of application: NCS Lanark (appointment 14/10/2013)
Date of application: Sent 22/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/2013 (Royal mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 29/11/2013, letter dated 28/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement: 03/12/2013
Date of approval received: 18/01/2014 (dated: 10/01/2014)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Finally the wait is over...feel so relieved. Only the ceremony left to be arranged, which will be on Monday.
Good luck to all still waiting!!!

Interim updates:
11/02/2012 Email received- still under consideration;
17/01/2012 Called HO yesterday and was told the applications are under consideration.
Both responses fall under the decision taken, however there was the usual answer. Do not rely on these responses.

[fm1011]

thanks for information

actullay i got my return documents and a letter confirming that my application is successful and says do not contact you LA untill you recieve invatation letter..

my question is which letter i will get first and to whom i contact first lol...i am confused...

[asadkhan71]

In my case I received letter from council first then fr HO.

In either case depending on your council and letter from HO you have contact LA. I didnt contact because LA letter said if you are happy with the schedule outlined in letter you dont have to contact us. They have asked to bring HO invitation letter and their letter when coming to attend the ceremony.

[apple02]

fm1011 you will receive your council letter first but dont worry about anything now. Youve been approved just relax and enjoy the brown letters to your door lol

[Denzel_pompey]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 5 years resident in UK
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Portsmouth
Date of application: 30/10/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: Dated 09/01/2014, received 16/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 10/01/2014
Date approval received: 15/01/2014. received 17/01/2014
Date of ceremony:TBA

Its great to finally get the lovely brown envelope on my return from work....Gosh I seem to now like brown envelopes, especially when it contains THE letter of approval of Naturalisation. Many thanks to everyone that posted on this forum. The information and updates where quite helpful.

Update:
Date of Ceremony: 21/01/2014.

[p2kin]

Here is weekly summary for Oct - 2013 applicants:

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These charts are based on data extracted on 20th Jan 2014 (Not end of day of-course). Must to mention!!! Big thank to jotter for helping on data for these charts.

[p2kin]

And day wise summary for Oct - 2013 applicants:

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These charts are based on data extracted on 13th Jan 2014 (Not end of day of-course). Must to mention!!! Big thank to jotter for helping on data for these charts.

[asadkhan71]

Eligibility criteria: 3 Years time spent as official exempt + 2 Years as spouse of BC + ILR in August 2013 
Method of application: Solicitor 
Date of application: 22 October 2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 October 2013 (as per Royal Mail Trace and Track system) 
Date of acknowledgement : 27 Nov 2013
Date of debit of fees: 27 Nov 2013
Date of approval: 06 Jan 2014 received 9th Jan 2014
Date of Ceremony: TBC

quote="asadkhan71"]Eligibility criteria: 3 Years time spent as official exempt + 2 Years as spouse of BC + ILR in August 2013 
Method of application: Solicitor 
Date of application: 22 October 2013 
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 October 2013 (as per Royal Mail Trace and Track system) 
Date of acknowledgement : 27 Nov 2013
Date of debit of fees: 27 Nov 2013
Date of approval: 06 Jan 2014 received 9th Jan 2014
Date of Ceremony: 21 jan 2013

just back from ceremony had a great day. Got the Citizenship certificate.

[gphoenixs11]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years WP + 2years T1 + 1year ILR - Self,Spouse & 2 children ( nationality - India )
Method of application: Post Royal mail special delivery
Date of application: 23/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 ( royal mail tracking )
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20/12/13
Date of receipt of approval: 21/01/14
Date of Ceremony: waiting[/quote]

I submitted a request for return of Passport & BRP on 12/01/14 as I needed to travel to India towards the end of January.
Passport & BRP were received on 17/01/14 with a letter saying application is still in progress and I need to submit passport if HO needed to see it again.
Approval letter and rest of the documents received by post this morning 21/01/14.

Thanks to this forum for all the useful advise and best wishes to all those waiting for approval.

I do however need to find out if I can travel to India on my Indian passport until I receive my BP and OCI. appreciate if someone can advise? Thanks.

[apple02]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years WP + 2years T1 + 1year ILR - Self,Spouse & 2 children ( nationality - India )
Method of application: Post Royal mail special delivery
Date of application: 23/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 ( royal mail tracking )
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20/12/13
Date of receipt of approval: 21/01/14
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I submitted a request for return of Passport & BRP on 12/01/14 as I needed to travel to India towards the end of January.
Passport & BRP were received on 17/01/14 with a letter saying application is still in progress and I need to submit passport if HO needed to see it again.
Approval letter and rest of the documents received by post this morning 21/01/14.

Thanks to this forum for all the useful advise and best wishes to all those waiting for approval.

I do however need to find out if I can travel to India on my Indian passport until I receive my BP and OCI. appreciate if someone can advise? Thanks.[/quote]

Congratulations. I can see everyone is taking my advice in requesting their documents so that HO can hurry the hell up lol

Well done, I should think you can travel on your indian passport as long as you have your indefinite leave to remain in the passport or a passport on your way back to immigration in the UK

[gphoenixs11]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years WP + 2years T1 + 1year ILR - Self,Spouse & 2 children ( nationality - India )
Method of application: Post Royal mail special delivery
Date of application: 23/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 ( royal mail tracking )
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20/12/13
Date of receipt of approval: 21/01/14
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I submitted a request for return of Passport & BRP on 12/01/14 as I needed to travel to India towards the end of January.
Passport & BRP were received on 17/01/14 with a letter saying application is still in progress and I need to submit passport if HO needed to see it again.
Approval letter and rest of the documents received by post this morning 21/01/14.

Thanks to this forum for all the useful advise and best wishes to all those waiting for approval.

I do however need to find out if I can travel to India on my Indian passport until I receive my BP and OCI. appreciate if someone can advise? Thanks.

Congratulations. I can see everyone is taking my advice in requesting their documents so that HO can hurry the hell up lol

Well done, I should think you can travel on your indian passport as long as you have your indefinite leave to remain in the passport or a passport on your way back to immigration in the UK[/quote]

Thanks apple02. I think the document return request pushed it up a bit though I was happy to go at their pace and wait for them to make a decision until the need to travel came up recently.

[london90210]

I have confirmed with a friend who works there that retrieving your documents has no impact on where you are in the queue.

SO please don't start a trend of everyone suddenly requesting documents back for no reason which will again just cause extra work within UKBA for no reason and distract people from their normal case management activities.

You're more likely to find you go to the back of the queue if your file doesn't make it back to where it originally was once your passport has been retrieved.

[PatienceInc]

Hi Guys,
I've finally received my passport and thought i shall post my full timeline for your info,

Application type : AN Spouse of EEA(5+1.5years - no pr card)
Method : NCS Lanark
Date : 15/oct/2013
Date receive by HO : 17/oct/2013
Date of fees : 12/nov/2013
date of acknowledgement : 16/nov/2013
Approval : 4/jan/2014 letter dated 17-dec-2013
Date of Ceremony: 7/1/2014 (private)
Date of Passport Application : 7/1/2014
Method : Post office check and send
Received by office/acknowledgement : none
Date of interview letter : 15/1/2014
Date of Interview : 16/1/2014 (Edinburgh)
Date passport received : 21/1/2014 (secure delivery - had to collect from post office)
Date of receiving the original docs: 22/1/2014 (secure delivery- already paid at post office)

All the info in this forum had been very useful and i wish everyone all the best.

[TTOE]

Where are the appr vals?

[koshkabrest]

Where are the appr vals?

I knooow, right? I was just thinking how quiet the forum has been for the past week)). Still waiting.

[TTOE]

Where are the appr vals?

I knooow, right? I was just thinking how quiet the forum has been for the past week)). Still waiting.

Yeah, come on!!!....25/10 and beyond applicants share the good news...