October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[jonjr023]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: ( 3 yrs spouse of BC)
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/1013, Post Date: 08/10/13
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/11/13, Dated: 30/10/13
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Now the Waiting game starts
Thanks to others for their informative posts causes its really helps.

[Amgody02]

Eligibility criteria: wp + ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail special delivery
Date of application: 1/10
Date of receipt by UKBA: 2/10 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of acknowledgement : 15/10
Date of debit of fees: 13/10
Date of approval: 30/10 (received 02/11)

Congrats Natbis Hope all of us get it soon

[ELKA]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: 2 years spouse of BC + 2 years ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Hello. Hoping for some news this week.

[MwanaKay]

From the look of things, those that applied 1st week of October are getting decisions now, very encouraging to know that even with the backlog, the UKBA from the time of application to decision, it's taking no more than 2 months.

The Funy thing is, some people who are receiving the approval letters, did not receive the acknowledgment letters.

[MwanaKay]

Method of application: NCS Leeds

Date of application: 01-Oct-2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: - Dont know

Date of acknowledgement : - Dont know

Date of debit of fees : - 12-Oct. Paid by Cr Card. Approved by bank on 12-Oct. Not appearing on statement yet.

Date of approval on letter: - 27-Oct-2013

Letter Recd :- 01-Nov-2013

Date of Ceremony: - Need to call the Council.

Application was for me, wife and daughter.

Was following this thread very closely. Good luck to you all.


Regards,

Congratulations!!!

From the look of things, those that applied 1st week of October are getting decisions now, very encouraging to know that even with the backlog, the UKBA from the time of application to decision, it's taking no more than 2 months.

The Funy thing is, some people who are receiving the approval letters, did not receive the acknowledgment letters.

[adil2009]

Dear all,

please help me , i applied through NCS on 11-Oct-2013 ,but still fee is NOT taken from my account .it make me worried . People are applying after me , their fee has been taken already.

[parrybrookes]

Thanks.

All those who are waiting: Calling Home Office doesnt work. If the fees are deducted, then assume your application is under consideration and doesnt matter how big is the backlog etc, you will get the result within 2-3 weeks (assuming case is straight forward)

Good luck to you all.

Method of application: NCS Leeds

Date of application: 01-Oct-2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: - Dont know

Date of acknowledgement : - Dont know

Date of debit of fees : - 12-Oct. Paid by Cr Card. Approved by bank on 12-Oct. Not appearing on statement yet.

Date of approval on letter: - 27-Oct-2013

Letter Recd :- 01-Nov-2013

Date of Ceremony: - Need to call the Council.

Application was for me, wife and daughter.

Was following this thread very closely. Good luck to you all.


Regards,

Congratulations!!!

From the look of things, those that applied 1st week of October are getting decisions now, very encouraging to know that even with the backlog, the UKBA from the time between application to decision, is taking no more than 2 months.

The Funy thing is, some people who are receiving the approval letters, did not receive the acknowledgment letters.

[MwanaKay]

Dear all,

please help me , i applied through NCS on 11-Oct-2013 ,but still fee is NOT taken from my account .it make me worried . People are applying after me , their fee has been taken already.

I don't think you should worry much, there are people who applied before you and have not yet gotten their acknowledgement letters or nonies taken out of their accounts. There is currently a backlog at UKBA because of the rush applications for people chosing not to be caught in the fracus of the new rules that came into force on the 28th of Oct 2013.

You'll should be able to see that money deducted from your acount sometime this week, coz most of the people who applied a week before you just had their monies taken 30th Oct, 1st, 2nd Nov

[zigleon]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 09/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

UPDATE..

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 09/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter:
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 09/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter: 4/11/13
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[singhmohit]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + ILR
Method of application: NCS - Islington
Date of application to NCS: 15/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: ---
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

I don't seem to have any confirmation from NCS or UKBA regarding the acknowledgement that they have received my application. The tracking number NCS gave me was with thedx.co.uk and doesn't seem to work. very worried.
I've called the NCS and they dont seem to have any knowledge about it.
Any suggestions? Should I put another application?

[krishLVR]

Below reply from Customer Service
Dear Krish,

Thank you for your email.

I have checked our records and confirm that your application is processing.

We aim to process 95% of applications within 6 months however there are a small percentage of applications that take longer than this to be resolved.

When the decision is made, or if we require further information from you, we will contact you in writing.

Kind regards,
Customer Service Advisor

Home Office | Temporary Migration | UK Visas and Immigration | Customer Contact Centre | Sheffield | S3 8NS |

Accredited to the Customer Service Excellence standard.

How much time UKBA will take for processing please?

[Googly1]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: ILR + 5 years (don't ask, just never needed it until now)
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 12/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 04/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

[Siasia1982]

krishLVR you are lucky one

I have sent our applications on 29/09/2013, received by UKBA on 01/20/13, Fees taken on 11/10/2013 and still waiting.....

I have sent an email to UKBA and I have reply this morning that my case is waiting allocation! wrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... I thought my case will be easy one (EEA with PR card since 2011). Some ot the guys received already aprovals. I am in depresion now

All the best

[darloGNR7]

Eligibility criteria: 3 yrs spouse of BC (AN + MN1)
Method of application: Royal Mail special delivery
Date of Application: 10/10/13
Date of Receipt: 11/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 31/10/13 or earlier, cheques not cleared in bank a/c yet.
Date of acknowledgement: 31/10/13 received 4/11/13
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:

Acknowledgement letter says fees are paid and gives total, bank a/c still shows nothing so don't worry about fees not taken yet especially if you paid by cheque.

[insideoutsider]

Hi all, just to let you know that I received my letter along with my passport and covering letter, saying my application has been approved and that the council will contact me within 2 weeks with a date for the citizenship ceremony! So please find below my updated timeline. All the best to everyone!

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year PR = 6yrs total.
Method of application: Self - Birmingham
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/10/2013 - taken out but not showing in statement.
Date of acknowledgement : 23/10/2013 - dated 21Oct.
Date of receipt of approval: 04/11/2013 (forgot to look at date approved)
Date of citizenship ceremony: TBC

[nionlight]

Hi all, just to let you know that I received my letter along with my passport and covering letter, saying my application has been approved and that the council will contact me within 2 weeks with a date for the citizenship ceremony! So please find below my updated timeline. All the best to everyone!

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year PR = 6yrs total.
Method of application: Self - Birmingham
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/10/2013 - taken out but not showing in statement.
Date of acknowledgement : 23/10/2013 - dated 21Oct.
Date of receipt of approval: 04/11/2013 (forgot to look at date approved)
Date of citizenship ceremony: TBC

Absolutely amazingggggggg!!! Just 13 days after payment. what a lucky person!!! congratulation mate...

[tlogic]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC 3 years ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 14.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : letter dated 05/11/13 (received 09/11/13)
Date of debit of fees: 05/11/13 ( updated)
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Getting slightly worried now as the fees hasn't been debited but I am slightly at ease seeing that other members fees hasn't been debited either.

I am going to wait another week and see if the fees come out if not then I will be phoning them up.

This is probably the first time I want my account debited asap

Good Luck everyone.

[MwanaKay]

Hi all, just to let you know that I received my letter along with my passport and covering letter, saying my application has been approved and that the council will contact me within 2 weeks with a date for the citizenship ceremony! So please find below my updated timeline. All the best to everyone!

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year PR = 6yrs total.
Method of application: Self - Birmingham
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/10/2013 - taken out but not showing in statement.
Date of acknowledgement : 23/10/2013 - dated 21Oct.
Date of receipt of approval: 04/11/2013 (forgot to look at date approved)
Date of citizenship ceremony: TBC

That's absolutely amazing, all done complete just under 4 weeks, wow!

[forbc123]

good news all over...great progress...well, I've just called Croydon Contact Center, a nice lady answered my call, she was very polite and gave status for both me and my daughter's MN1.

She said my application(s) has been allocated to a case work and it is still processing and no letters have been sent out yet...so seems lot of applications are under processing

[Siasia1982]

forbc123
can you share a phone number? thank you

[Bhiku]

good news all over...great progress...well, I've just called Croydon Contact Center, a nice lady answered my call, she was very polite and gave status for both me and my daughter's MN1.

She said my application(s) has been allocated to a case work and it is still processing and no letters have been sent out yet...so seems lot of applications are under processing

That is great news forbc123. Atleast now they are picking up applications from the 1st week of October. I applied on 2nd Oct joint application, emailed nationality helpdesk yesterday 4th Nov, but they replied back saying that no decision has yet been made on my application. And then received another email that it has not yet been taken into consideration, after I asked if a case worker has been assigned or not.

[forbc123]

908706067766
Cheers!

[tlogic]

Update: HO have deducted my fees this afternoon hopefully not long now.

[ap007]

Application for: Self only
Eligibility criteria: 2 Years WP + 3 Years Tier 2 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Oxfordshire
Date of application: 16.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17.10.2013 (Tracked via DX Secure)
Date of acknowledgement : Not Yet
Date of debit of fees: Not Yet
Date of approval: Not Yet
Date of Ceremony:Not Yet

[renu]

Hi all, just to let you know that I received my letter along with my passport and covering letter, saying my application has been approved and that the council will contact me within 2 weeks with a date for the citizenship ceremony! So please find below my updated timeline. All the best to everyone!

Eligibility criteria: Hsmp + Tier1 + 1 year PR = 6yrs total.
Method of application: Self - Birmingham
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/10/2013 - taken out but not showing in statement.
Date of acknowledgement : 23/10/2013 - dated 21Oct.
Date of receipt of approval: 04/11/2013 (forgot to look at date approved)
Date of citizenship ceremony: TBC

Congrats,giving me hope that my application can be under considerable by now.I have applied on 7 Oct via ncs...