October 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

[MYA]

Eligibility criteria:
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Nationality :
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Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Casa]

Will members please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions will be removed.

[salsabeel]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 13months ILR
Language Criteria: UK DEGREE + LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality :NON EU
Method of application: postal
Date of application:1/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
home office received:
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[salsabeel]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 13months ILR
Language Criteria: UK DEGREE + LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality :NON EU
Method of application: postal
Date of application:1/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
home office received: 02-10-2018
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[hironics]

Eligibility criteria: 5.5 yr T2 + 1 yr PR
Language Criteria: Master from UK Uni
Nationality : Chinese
Method of application: NCS (Tower Hamlet)
Date of application: 8/10/2018 (I think the NCS team held my application for 2 days before they post it according to royal mail tracking record)
Payment method: credit card
Date of acknowledgement:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[msmhelio]

Eligibility criteria: PR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + NDRS
Date of application: 01/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 02/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 02/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 01/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 01/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 11/10/2018
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Alter29]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs holding ILR
language criteria: B1 trinity college + life in uk test
Nationality: non eu
Method of application: Online + NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 3/10/2018
Payment method: debit
Date of acknowledgement: 4/10/2018
Date of debit fees: 3/10/2018
Date of biometric letter issued: 3/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 3/10/2018
Date of biometrics enrolled: 11/10/2018
Date of approval letter:
Date of approval letter received:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of ceremony letter:
Date of passport application: 5/10/2018
Date of debit fees:
Date of passport received:

[salsabeel]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 13months ILR
Language Criteria: UK DEGREE + LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality :NON EU
Method of application: postal
Date of application:1/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
home office received: 02-10-2018
Date of acknowledgement: 17/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:
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[Islam Aly]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years EU Family member then Permanent Residency + Spouse of British Citizen
Language Criteria: Trinity College B1 Certificate + LIUK
Nationality: Egyptian
Method of application: Online + NCS (Brighton Council)
Date of application: 01/10/2018
Appointment with NCS: 02/10/2018
Payment method: Visa - Barclaycard
Date of acknowledgement: 01/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 01/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 01/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 03/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 02/10/2018
Text message from HMPO: 18/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2018
Date Passport to be received:

[Bella21]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs + 14 month PR
language criteria: B1 trinity college + life in uk test
Nationality: non eu
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 13/10/2018
Payment method: debit
Date of acknowledgement: 15/10/2018
Date of debit fees: 13/10/2018
Date of biometric letter issued: 13/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 13/10/2018
Date of biometrics enrolled: 13/10/2018
Date of approval letter:
Date of approval letter received:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of ceremony letter:
Date of passport application:
Date of debit fees:
Date of passport received:

[salsabeel]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 13months ILR
Language Criteria: UK DEGREE + LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality :NON EU
Method of application: postal
Date of application:1/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
home office received: 02-10-2018
Date of acknowledgement: 17/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 20/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

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[Bed]

Eligibility criteria: 10years res + 2years LLR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + Life In THe UK
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 09/10/18
Payment method: card
Date of acknowledgement: 18/10/18
Date of debit of fees: 17/08/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17/08/18
Date of biometric letter received: 20/08/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/08/18
Date on Approval letter: ??
Date of receipt of approval: ??
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: ??
Date of Ceremony: ??
Date of Passport Application: didnt apply
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Ancestor]

Posting x 2 as my wife and I completed and submitted separate individual applications for both and each of us simultaneously, having qualified same time, just in event any dates turn out differently:-

Myself

Eligibility criteria: 5yr Ancestry + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 09/10/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 09/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 09/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 09/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 09/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2018
Date Passport to be received:

Wife

Eligibility criteria: 5yr Ancestry + 1yr ILR
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 09/10/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 10/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 09/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 09/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 9/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 09/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 18/10/2018
Date Passport to be received:

[salsabeel]

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Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 13months ILR
Language Criteria: UK DEGREE + LIFE IN THE UK CERTIFICATE
Nationality :NON EU
Method of application: postal
Date of application:1/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
home office received: 02-10-2018
Date of acknowledgement: 17/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 20/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[mikky01]

Eligibility criteria: EU with perm residence since 2014+ 2 non EU family members with perm res
Language Criteria: MSc UK+LITUK
Nationality :EU
Method of application: Postal (special delivery)
Date of application:sent 01/10/2018
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 11/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 10/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 13/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 15/10/2018
Date on Approval letter: 18/10/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 23/10/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: after ceremony
Date of debit of fees:n/a
Date Passport to be received:n/a

Update 1 : i discovered i had forgotten to attach the master's degree so that followed a week later by special delivery

couldn't believe that the home office received postal application on 2nd october and approved the application on the 18th October (16 days between receiving application and approval ) .So so happy, good luck to all those still waiting and hopefully it will be your turn to smile soon!

[Route to ILR]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of a British Citizen+6 months ILR
Language Criteria: B1
Nationality : Pakistani
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 19/10/18
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 22/10/18 (Email)
Date of debit of fees: 22/10/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19/10/18
Date of biometric letter received: 19/10/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/10/18
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 23/10/18
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Kubsono]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: University
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 16/10/2018
Payment method: online
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 16/10/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 17/10/2018
Date money gone off account: 17/10/2018
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 16/10/2018
Biometrics done: 18/10/2018
Date of approval: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA
Date applied for passports: 23/10/2018
Date passports received: TBA

[Lukefr]

Eligibility criteria: PR+12months
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity + LIUKT
Nationality : EU
Method of application: Online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application: 01-10-2018
Payment method: AMEX
Date of acknowledgement: 02-10-2018
Date of debit of fees: 01-10-2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 01-10-2018
Date of biometric letter received: 01-10-2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 03-10-2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 02-10-2018 JCAP
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2018
Date Passport to be received:

[hassanh]

Eligibility criteria: Child Born in UK MN1 (Applied for two Children)
Language Criteria: N/A
Nationality : Pakistani
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 5/10/2018
Payment method: Online Using Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 8/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 5/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 5/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 5/10/2018 (was available online to print)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 6/10/2018
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Date of Ceremony: N/A
Date of Passport Application: 10/10/2018 (JCAP)
Date of debit of fees: 26/10/2018
Date Passport to be received: waiting

[lapidus]

Eligibility criteria: 12 years long residency+1year ilr
Language Criteria: B1 Trinity + life in the uk
Nationality : non EU
Method of application: post
Date of application: 8/10/2018
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 17/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 16/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 21/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/10/2018
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Date of Passport Application: not yet
Date of debit of fees:not yet
Date Passport to be received: not yet

[boylost]

Eligibility criteria: EEA PR
Language Criteria: B1
Nationality : PORTUGAL
Method of application: ONLINE
Date of application: 24/10
Payment method: VISA DEBIT
Date of acknowledgement: 25/10
Date of debit of fees: 24/10
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/10
Date of biometric letter received: 24/10
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/10
Date on Approval letter:
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Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[mtlondon]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Master degree
Nationality : NON EU
Method of application: post
Date of application/ Date of post: 17/10
Payment method: VISA DEBIT
Date of acknowledgement: 29/10 (Email from home office)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10
Date of Biometric letter issued:
Date of biometric letter received:
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[msmhelio]

Eligibility criteria: PR
Language Criteria: UK Degree
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + NDRS
Date of application: 01/10/2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 02/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 02/10/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 01/10/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 01/10/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/10/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 11/10/2018
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2018
Date Passport to be received:

[mtlondon]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Master degree
Nationality : NON EU
Method of application: post
Date of application/ Date of post: 17/10
Payment method: VISA DEBIT
Date of acknowledgement: 29/10 (Email from home office)
Date of debit of fees: 29/10
Date of Biometric letter issued: 26/10
Date of biometric letter received: 01/11
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[hari.s]

My wife and I lodged separate naturalisation applications at the same time. Posting timelines for both applications below.

Application 1:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality: Indian (non-EU spouse of EU national)
Method of application: Online (NDRS + JCAP)
Date of application: 17 October 2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 18 October 2018
Date of debit of fees: 18 October 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17 October 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 17 October 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 October 2018
Date of NDRS appointment: 29 October 2018
Date of Documents received by HO: 31 October 2018
Date of JCAP Passport Application: 29 October 2018

Date of debit of fees:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date Passport to be received:


Application 2:

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year with DCPR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality: Polish
Method of application: Online (NDRS + JCAP)
Date of application: 17 October 2018
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 18 October 2018
Date of debit of fees: 19 October 2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 17 October 2018
Date of biometric letter received: 17 October 2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 October 2018
Date of NDRS appointment: 30 October 2018
Date of Documents received by HO: 1 November 2018
Date of JCAP Passport Application: 30 October 2018

Date of debit of fees:
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Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date Passport to be received: