November 2013 - Naturalization Application Timeline

[lizrich002]

Update: Invitation letter received received today.

Date approval received: criteria: 2 yrs HSMP +3 yrs Tier 1 +1 yr ILR (Joint application - spouse was a dependant till ILR)
Language criteria met: PBS documents - both degrees on PBS, print out of page used)
Current nationality: West African
Method of application: Postal (Recorded delivery)
Application sent: 12 Nov 2013
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13 Nov 2013 (tracked online)
Date of acknowledgment: 13 Jan 2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 13 Jan 2014 (available balance dropped by £1550).
Date approval received: 11 Feb 2014 (dated 10 Feb 2014)
Date of ceremony: 10 March 2014 @ 5:30 pm which means I don't have to take the day off work.

[loveandbeloved]

These mid November approvals are lifting my spirits.

[jotter]

Approved.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EEA4 + PR sticker 12+ months
Language criteria met: Exempt country
Current nationality: Australian
Date of application: Nov 14th
Method of application: NCS (Nottingham)
Payment method: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: Nov 15th (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: Jan 14th
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Jan 16th
Date of receipt of approval: dated Feb 7th, received Feb 15th
Date of Ceremony: n/a

[Fairychild]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 5 years + ILR
Language criteria met : IELTS expired
Current nationality:
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used:
Date of application: 18/11/2013
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of acknowledgement: letter dated 13/01/2014 (received 17/01)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: (13/01/2014 in pending transactions) 14/01/2014
Date approval received: 15/02/2014 (letter dated 10/02/2014)
Date of ceremony: to be booked

Thank you to the forum - without it I would have lost it!

[Unionbank]

Congrats fairchild.
Ur n my timeline was the same dates. Bt i have no signs for approval yet.
Rung them yestrday n the lady said no decision yet caseworkr working on it so u hav to wait

[belkhir]

Big Congrat for Jotter & Other
would that be possible to have a latest stat for November ? I must admit you excel in doing that, and your contribution helped us a lot in understanding the HO process.
Enjoy it dude
No approval frm my side, but I have to be patient.....

Approved.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EEA4 + PR sticker 12+ months
Language criteria met: Exempt country
Current nationality: Australian
Date of application: Nov 14th
Method of application: NCS (Nottingham)
Payment method: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: Nov 15th (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: Jan 14th
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Jan 16th
Date of receipt of approval: dated Feb 7th, received Feb 15th
Date of Ceremony: n/a

[amthekkel]

I have only been recording Nov approval since the stats were revealed (http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... ml#p985344)
Based on those, there are 93 applications for november of which 48 have already got their approval.
45 applicants are still to receive their approval or have not updated their timeline.

The following are 46 out of the 48 who have received their approval along with the date of application and date of approval :

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10.5		01/11/2013		10/02/2014
kambita07		01/11/2013		10/02/2014
coop1977		01/11/2013		07/02/2014
tea_time		02/11/2013		12/02/2014
mrsm 		04/11/2013		07/02/2014
zheni		04/11/2013		08/02/2014
Zandra51 		04/11/2013		07/02/2014
Sam-Josh		04/11/2013		08/02/2014
wassup		04/11/2013		07/02/2014
alanao		04/11/2013		12/02/2014
sam800		04/11/2013		12/02/2014
p2kin		05/11/2013		14/02/2014
1979Court		05/11/2013		08/02/2014
mihimeh		05/11/2013		07/02/2014
chakdefatte		05/11/2013		10/02/2014
bluecloud1234		05/11/2013		10/02/2014
lanachel		06/11/2013		10/02/2014
zombie		07/11/2013		07/02/2014
zubbshah		08/11/2013		14/02/2014
bolatella		11/11/2013		03/02/2014
mmohame1		12/11/2013		08/02/2014
lizrich002		12/11/2013		11/02/2014
jotter		14/11/2013		15/02/2014
jenny177		15/11/2013		07/02/2014
mbnarayn		16/11/2013		13/02/2014
bmowen		18/11/2013		08/02/2014
fairychild		18/11/2013		15/02/2014
missnorush 		18/11/2013		08/02/2014
Akkylom 		18/11/2013		08/02/2014
caddycle 		19/11/2013		05/02/2014
willbebritish80		19/11/2013		12/02/2014
dkunity024		19/11/2013		05/02/2014
highlevel		19/11/2013		11/02/2014
bdb303		20/11/2013		14/02/2014
femi_4_u		22/11/2013		10/02/2014
amkamble		22/11/2013		05/02/2014
Discoverer		23/11/2013		10/02/2014
sunny31October		25/11/2013		10/02/2014
tjav		25/11/2013		12/02/2014
mehwishf		25/11/2013		12/02/2014
Tangail 		26/11/2013		10/02/2014
happyboy		28/11/2013		07/02/2014
abahgun		29/11/2013		10/02/2014
vijayefi		29/11/2013		14/02/2014
raj34		29/11/2013		08/02/2014
coolnattu 		29/11/2013		07/02/2014

[jotter]

Thanks Belkhir, This is a great forum and does wonders for the sanity so it's good to give something back. p2kin and I have normally been putting out the tables on a Monday. I'll have to check with him but hopefully we'll keep it up for at least a few more weeks.
@amthekkel, Good stuff. We are now up to 109 timeline records for November and 49 approved, so still just under 50%. The reason we have a slightly higher number of approvals than you listed is because we count the application date from when the HO received it, not when the application was sent (since we can only usefully begin comparing HO processing times from when they actually have the application), therefore we have sudanman in our November category along with a few others who are still waiting. The other two extra ones are J.sohi and gamalin who were the two earliest November approvals.

[TTOE]

Glückwünsche, congrats to p2kin and jotter. Well done guys and all the best with the finishing part of the journey.


TTOE

[Shiftingsands]

Eligibility criteria:
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): PBS calculator
Current nationality: South Asia
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Stockport
Date of application: 18/11/2013
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Special delivery 19/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment:
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

Date of aknowlegment: Not yet received. It is over a week now.
Date of debit or clearance of fees: No fees taken yet. It is over a week now.
Date approval received: 15/2/2014 (Dt 6/2/14)
Date of ceremony

TBD (most likely mid April as the council has no places for Mar. Feb ceremony already concluded)

Hold tight Shiftingsands. The UKBA are currently up to Oct 22nd with taking fees and the acknowledgement is normally only sent when the fees are taken so you've got a little while to wait yet. I wouldn't bother holding my breath until maybe 2nd week of December.

Good luck to everyone else. It is now time to work on the elderly dependant parents visa (in my case 70yo widowed mother ). Please friends, do sign the petition. The link is on the relevant forum page. Many thanks

[belkhir]

Congratulation shiftingsands for your journey. Wish you all the best. Can you please send the link for the petition?

[quote="jotter"]

Eligibility criteria:
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): PBS calculator
Current nationality: South Asia
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Stockport
Date of application: 18/11/2013
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Special delivery 19/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment:
Date of debit or clearance of fees:
Date approval received:
Date of ceremony:

Date of aknowlegment: Not yet received. It is over a week now.
Date of debit or clearance of fees: No fees taken yet. It is over a week now.
Date approval received: 15/2/2014 (Dt 6/2/14)
Date of ceremony

TBD (most likely mid April as the council has no places for Mar. Feb ceremony already concluded)

Hold tight Shiftingsands. The UKBA are currently up to Oct 22nd with taking fees and the acknowledgement is normally only sent when the fees are taken so you've got a little while to wait yet. I wouldn't bother holding my breath until maybe 2nd week of December.

Good luck to everyone else. It is now time to work on the elderly dependant parents visa (in my case 70yo widowed mother ). Please friends, do sign the petition. The link is on the relevant forum page. Many thanks[/quote]

[Shiftingsands]

Good luck to everyone else. It is now time to work on the elderly dependant parents visa (in my case 70yo widowed mother ). Please friends, do sign the petition. The link is on the relevant forum page. Many thanks[/quote][/quote]


Here's the link.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/immigr ... ml#p990496

[p2kin]

Glückwünsche, congrats to p2kin and jotter. Well done guys and all the best with the finishing part of the journey.


TTOE

Thanks TTOE, best of luck for your application... congrats to you jotter!!

[p2kin]

Thanks Belkhir, This is a great forum and does wonders for the sanity so it's good to give something back. p2kin and I have normally been putting out the tables on a Monday. I'll have to check with him but hopefully we'll keep it up for at least a few more weeks.

Certainly jotter, I'd be happy to continue for few more weeks i.e. till the end of Nov applicants. Any taker for Dec onward applications statistics? We both will be happy to share our work & pass on beacon?

Also, Now that we both (jotter & I) have received approval, I take this opportunity to thank you jotter for efforts you have put in for coming up with Oct & Nov applicants information.

[Fairychild]

Congrats fairchild.
Ur n my timeline was the same dates. Bt i have no signs for approval yet.
Rung them yestrday n the lady said no decision yet caseworkr working on it so u hav to wait

Thank you Unionbank. I'm sure yours will be with you very soon.

[Roxmallon]

I called HO today and the lady confirmed that something was sent out on the 10th!!
So just waiting for the letter to arrive now.

Still nothing in the post, should I be concerned?

[rikken]

I called HO today and the lady confirmed that something was sent out on the 10th!!
So just waiting for the letter to arrive now.

Still nothing in the post, should I be concerned?

Second-class post can sometimes take over a week, be patient it'll arrive soon.

[Roxmallon]

I called HO today and the lady confirmed that something was sent out on the 10th!!
So just waiting for the letter to arrive now.

Still nothing in the post, should I be concerned?

Second-class post can sometimes take over a week, be patient it'll arrive soon.

My acknowledgment took 2 days to arrive, so was getting a bit worried. Guess I'll just have to wait it out.

[parisrocks]

[quote="parisrocks"]Eligibility criteria:3 years HSMP+2Yeasr Tier1+1year ILR (1 adult)
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 14/11/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/11/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: 15/02/2014
Date of Ceremony: 20/02/2014

[loveandbeloved]

What does it mean if your application is 'incomplete'? Has it even been assigned to a caseworker? The wait is killing me! Here's to a week full of approvals!!!

[collipu]

What does it mean if your application is 'incomplete'? Has it even been assigned to a caseworker? The wait is killing me! Here's to a week full of approvals!!!

It means your application hasn't been looked at yet. Still in the pile..

[rikken]

What does it mean if your application is 'incomplete'? Has it even been assigned to a caseworker? The wait is killing me! Here's to a week full of approvals!!!

It means your application hasn't been looked at yet. Still in the pile..

They do work on your application even if it hasn't been allocated to a case worker. Criminal checks, HMRC checks, referee checks etc.

Typically once it does get to a case worker the application is just about ready to be finalised. All the case worker does is look at all the checks that have come back and makes a yes/no decision.

[collipu]

What does it mean if your application is 'incomplete'? Has it even been assigned to a caseworker? The wait is killing me! Here's to a week full of approvals!!!

It means your application hasn't been looked at yet. Still in the pile..

They do work on your application even if it hasn't been allocated to a case worker. Criminal checks, HMRC checks, referee checks etc.

Typically once it does get to a case worker the application is just about ready to be finalised. All the case worker does is look at all the checks that have come back and makes a yes/no decision.

Interesting, I thought otherwise. Are you sure about this?

[Roxmallon]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years spouse of BC
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): B1 test
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Brent
Date of application: 27/11/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/11/13
Date of aknowlegment:17/01/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/01/14
Date approval received: 18/02/2014 dated 10/02/14
Date of ceremony:

tbc


My updated timeline

[manoharlinux]

Eligibility criteria: 2 HSMP + 3 tier-1 + 1 ILR
Language criteria met: PBS used documents + NARIC
Current nationality: --
Method of application: NCS Bristol
Date of application: 22/11/2013
Payment method : CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment: --
Date of debit or clearance of fees: --
Date approval received: --
Date of ceremony:--

+++++++++update ++++++++
Eligibility criteria: 2 HSMP + 3 tier-1 + 1 ILR
Language criteria met: PBS used documents + NARIC
Current nationality: --
Method of application: NCS Bristol
Date of application: 22/11/2013
Payment method : CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/11/2013
Date of aknowlegment: _NO_
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/1/2014
Date approval received: dated :12/2/2014 Received letter on 17/2/2014
Date of ceremony:- -TBD-