October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[freedom34]

I have applied on 15 October 2013 by NCS, I am still waiting for approval letter!

[Loveislovely]

I applied on 15/10/2013
Reach HO on 16/10/2013
Fees debit 09/11/2013


Waiting anxiously

[lad2777]

I have applied on 08/10/2013 and still waiting :(, looks like many people got it already, those who sent in the same time up to 14/15 of Oct

[alis92005]

I have applied on 03/10/2013 and still waiting

[innocentdevil]

I applied on 4th November. No news yet. I think they are under huge pressure with loads of applications so I would just be patient and wait at least a couple of months before getting in touch.

[dr_me]

Applied on 24th OCT reached HO on 25th through NCS. No fee is deducted nor any acknowledgement is received.
It has been more than a month now and has exceeded even the time mentioned on their website to receive acknowledgement i.e. with 4weeks in busy time.
The official application processing time is 95% within 6months and unfortunately our clock has not even started yet!!!!!

[kkhan]

I applied on 7/10/13 and you know what......

still waiting.......

keep calm and carry on

khan

[sweet sweet sweety]

Applied on 24th OCT reached HO on 25th through NCS. No fee is deducted nor any acknowledgement is received.
It has been more than a month now and has exceeded even the time mentioned on their website to receive acknowledgement i.e. with 4weeks in busy time.
The official application processing time is 95% within 6months and unfortunately our clock has not even started yet!!!!!

I aaplied on 22nd and recvied 23rd Oct without NCS. No fees deducted yet...
Straight farward application. Hope the proceed with application soon.

[dr_me]

I applied on 7/10/13 and you know what......

still waiting.......

keep calm and carry on

khan

Khan is your fee not deducted yet? if not its exceptionally late.

[kkhan]

It was deducted a month ago..

cheers.......

[dr_me]

It was deducted a month ago..

cheers.......

Still too late for a decision. Good Luck Khan Sahib. Hope you will get yours very soon.

[Amber]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Work Permit + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Barnet
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013
Date of acknowledgement : TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[jotter]

Hi all,

This little table might be of interest. (Apologies for the crappy formatting)

PERIOD = Blocks of 15 days
APPs = Applications that we have been notified of through this forum thus far.
APPROVED = Percentage of these applications that posters have informed us have been approved (rounded to nearest full percent)

PERIOD APPS (APPROVED)
Aug 27-Sept 10 = 48 (90%)
Sept 11-25 = 45 (96%)
Sept 26-Oct 10 = 84 (46%)
Oct 11-25 = 101 (17%)
Oct 26-Nov 9 = 13 (0%)
Nov 10-24 = 10 (0%)

I admit this is biased towards capturing where the rush suddenly stopped, but all the same, it gives an idea of the scale. I can keep this placeholder updated as these values change.


EDIT: I'm maintaining an up-to-date table, but so that I only have to do it in one place, please go here for the latest figures.

[legendz]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

I did the application myself for my husband and I and our two children. The fees have now finally been taken, 5 weeks later!

[p2kin]

It seems that they really haven't looked at applications after 28th Oct with possibly few exceptions.. (e.g pqek)

Looks like they want to sort out most (possibly all) before touching applications with new rules.

It will be interesting to see how many applications they received from end of Sep to 26th Oct when Home Office releases figures.

[jotter]

It seems that they really haven't looked at applications after 28th Oct with possibly few exceptions.. (e.g pqek)

Looks like they want to sort out most (possibly all) before touching applications with new rules.

It will be interesting to see how many applications they received from end of Sep to 26th Oct when Home Office releases figures.

It would. You could make an FOI request for the UKBA's most up-to-date monthly stats (https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/) but they normally only release these figures on a 2-3 month time lag, so by that time it will hopefully be purely academic for most applicants.

[MwanaKay]

Hi all,

This little table might be of interest. (Apologies for the crappy formatting)

PERIOD = Blocks of 15 days
APPs = Applications that we have been notified of through this forum thus far.
APPROVED = Percentage of these applications that posters have informed us have been approved (rounded to nearest full percent)

PERIOD APPS (APPROVED)
Aug 27-Sept 10 = 47 (89%)
Sept 11-25 = 44 (95%)
Sept 26-Oct 10 = 82 (48%)
Oct 11-25 = 97 (13%)
Oct 26-Nov 9 = 12 (0%)
Nov 10-24 = 9 (0%)

I admit this is biased towards capturing where the rush suddenly stopped, but all the same, it gives an idea of the scale. I can keep this placeholder updated as these values change.

Thank you, please keep updating us, it is very helpful to see these percentages and numbers of approvals

[jotter]

There have been a few posters asking: "When are my fees going to be deducted?" so here is another table, with a nod to dr_me, who has gone into much more detail in earlier posts than I have here.

The percentage value represents the number of people who've informed us they've had their fees deducted as a proportion of the total number of people who've informed us of their applications. The percent includes people who've since also had their case decided.

Note that the date or date range refers to when we believe that the HO received the application, not the date it was sent.

Week ending Oct 5th = 100%
Week ending Oct 12th = 100%
Week ending Oct 19th = 96%
Oct 21st = 90%
Oct 22nd = 89%
Oct 23rd = 93%
Oct 24th = 89%
Oct 25th = 76%
Oct 26th = 50%
Week ending Oct 26th = 85%
Oct 28th = 0%
Oct 29th = 25%
Oct 30th-Nov 2nd = 0%
Week ending Nov 2nd = 7%

[dr_me]

There have been a few posters asking: "When are my fees going to be deducted?" so here is another table, with a nod to dr_me, who has gone into much more detail in earlier posts than I have here.

The percentage value represents the number of people who've informed us they've had their fees deducted as a proportion of the total number of people who've informed us of their applications. The percent includes people who've since also had their case decided.

Note that the date or date range refers to when we believe that the HO received the application, not the date it was sent.

Week ending Oct 5th = 97%
Week ending Oct 12th = 98%
Oct 14th = 100%
Oct 15th = 86%
Oct 16th = 80%
Oct 17th = 75%
Oct 18th = 88%
Oct 19th = 100%
Week ending Oct 19th = 89%
Oct 21st = 44%
Oct 22nd = 59%
Oct 23rd-25th = 0%
Week ending Oct 26th = 28%
Week ending Nov 2nd = 20% (very low sample from this week).

Will keep this updated as information comes to hand.

Good work Jotter. Thanks for the info.

[szindy]

Update


Eligibility criteria: EEA National, in the UK since 2006
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 14-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 11-11-2013 (letter dated 06/11)
Date of debit of fees: 07-11-2013
Date of approval: 25/11/13 (letter dated 21/11)
Date of Ceremony: TBA

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for approval!

[kritter100]

Update: Fees debited finally

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 21/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter:
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013

[polandcalling1]

Update: fees debited at long last

Eligibility criteria: Non eea spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 21/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter: waiting
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013

I am over the moon that finally the HO had the decency to debit money from my non eea spouse this morning.

[MwanaKay]

Eligibility criteria: 8 Years Married to BC + ILR
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 21/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/13 (Royal Mail Tracking Confirmed)
Date of acknowledgement : 25/11/13 dated 21/11/13
Date of approval: 13/01/2014 (Case worker emailed me to inform me she had approved my application and that I should expect my documents and ceremony letter this week)
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Anxiously waiting
_________________
Waiting for that day when I shall say, "Thank God for I have BC!"
In the October queue to conquer Everest (BC)

[treborson]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS Lanark
Date of application: 21/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/13
Date of acknowledgement : waiting
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Starting to get a bit worried no fees have been deducted. The passport I applied with expires on 9/12/13. It has my proof that I'm free from immigration with the Right of Abode. Not sure what happens if it expires before they try to take the fees as an ROA expires with the passport!

[Malai89]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS Lanark
Date of application: 21/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/10/13
Date of acknowledgement : waiting
Date of debit of fees: waiting
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Starting to get a bit worried no fees have been deducted. The passport I applied with expires on 9/12/13. It has my proof that I'm free from immigration with the Right of Abode. Not sure what happens if it expires before they try to take the fees as an ROA expires with the passport!

Don't worry it should be fine. At least your passport is still valid. I sent my Passport which expired May 2012, emailed UKBA who informed me to send proof I have been living here since that date to present so sent tax credit forms and bank statements etc to show the proof and my payment has gone. So Keep Calm and be happy