TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[Cosmos328is]

NCS or Postal : Postal
Date of submission or posting : 2nd June
CRITERIA : 10 years + marriage
Date of receipt of acknowledgment : 12th June
Date of Chq Cleared : 8th June
Date of receipt of approval 22nd September
Date of Ceremony : 1st October (Surrey)
Date of appln. for passport :
Method used :
Date of Interview:
Date of Receipt :

[amir2002]

hello

congratulation to you,did you get your approval with your documents?
was approval date 22 as well?

thanks and really good luck

[maibesa]

I've got my fingers crossed and I'm hoping to receive my approval soon.....

NCS or Postal :NCS Sandwell, West Midlands
Date of submission or posting :9th Jun 2008
CRITERIA : 5 Years Work Permit +1yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12th Jun 2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Jun 2008 (dated 12 Jun 2008)
Date of receipt of approval :
Invitation Letter:
Date of Ceremony :
Date of appln. for passport :
Method used :
Interview date:
Date of Receipt :

[thesaint]

Congratulation to every one received his approval

[thesaint]

NCS or Postal : NSC
Date of submission : 08 August 2008
CRITERIA - (SPOUSE OF A BRITISH PERSON) 2years + 1year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 13 August 2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : Arrived 16 August 2008 (Dated 14 August)
Date of receipt of approval:26 September
Date of Ceremony:
Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt
i am waiting for my Invitation letter now

[dnicky]

1 month & 20 days is quite an incredible turn around time as compared to the timelines posted by few others in this thread !
Or is it that UKBA processes the applications for diffrerent categories differently?

[amir2002]

i wish HO processes the applications for diffrerent categories differently,i am in the same category(spouse of a britsh) applied early Jun but nothing yet!!??

[thesaint]

Still waiting for my invitation letter nearly 2 weeks now and havent received any thing
When I phoned the office in Liverpool they give me a date to phone again if I still didn’t receive the letter.
anyone can share his experience about the invitation letter I saw people receive their invitation letter within few days after receiving the approval letter

so I am a bit confused now . is it the home office or the council who will send me the letter and what is the average time for it

wish you all the best of luck

[macaroni]

Still waiting for my invitation letter nearly 2 weeks now and havent received any thing
When I phoned the office in Liverpool they give me a date to phone again if I still didn’t receive the letter.
anyone can share his experience about the invitation letter I saw people receive their invitation letter within few days after receiving the approval letter

so I am a bit confused now . is it the home office or the council who will send me the letter and what is the average time for it

wish you all the best of luck

It's Home Office who send the letter of invitation to you. Keep chasing it up.

[whirly]

Still waiting for my invitation letter nearly 2 weeks now and havent received any thing
When I phoned the office in Liverpool they give me a date to phone again if I still didn’t receive the letter.
anyone can share his experience about the invitation letter I saw people receive their invitation letter within few days after receiving the approval letter

so I am a bit confused now . is it the home office or the council who will send me the letter and what is the average time for it

wish you all the best of luck

My approval and invitation were on the same piece of paper. It came from the Home Office, but the Council had my details when I called to book the citizenship ceremony. Have you called your Council just to see?

Good luck!

[thesaint]

Still waiting for my invitation letter nearly 2 weeks now and havent received any thing
When I phoned the office in Liverpool they give me a date to phone again if I still didn’t receive the letter.
anyone can share his experience about the invitation letter I saw people receive their invitation letter within few days after receiving the approval letter

so I am a bit confused now . is it the home office or the council who will send me the letter and what is the average time for it

wish you all the best of luck

My approval and invitation were on the same piece of paper. It came from the Home Office, but the Council had my details when I called to book the citizenship ceremony. Have you called your Council just to see?

Good luck!

thx whirly
i had my invitation today and i phoned my councel
they will send me a letter
so hope will have my cermony soon

[maibesa]

NCS or Postal :NCS Sandwell, West Midlands
Date of submission or posting :9th Jun 2008
CRITERIA : 5 Years Work Permit +1yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12th Jun 2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Jun 2008 (dated 12 Jun 2008)
Date of receipt of approval : 13 Oct 2008 dated 7 Oct 2008
Invitation Letter: Booked A Private Ceremony at Solihull
Date of Ceremony : 14 Oct 2008
Date of appln. for passport :
Method used :
Interview date:
Date of Receipt :

I'm sooooooooooooo HAPPY!!!!!

[dnicky]

Congratulations maibesa !!!!

[jonbon]

I have a submission date of 20th June with the acknowledgement date of 1st July. Lets hope my turn comes soon.....eagerly waiting!!!

[pinky22]

is it the post office that bring the approval letter or is it secured mail? special delivery through post office? or it just comes through the postbox like other posts.. just curious

[whirly]

pinky22: my approval/invitation letter was just a normal sheet of paper sent via post.

[whirly]

Completed timeline (hooray!)

NCS or Postal: NCS Borough of Merton, London
Date of submission or posting: 6 May 2008
CRITERIA: Spouse of British Citizen (2 yrs; 1 month on ILR) + previous residence as student to fulfil 3 yr residency requirement
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 14 May
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 16 May (dated 14 May)
Date of receipt of approval: 30 Aug (dated 21 Aug)
Invitation Letter: 30 Aug (dated 21 Aug)
Date of Ceremony: 2 Sep
Date of appln. for passport: 17 Sep
Method used: Check & Send
Additional Documents Requested: 22 Sep *
Additional Documents Sent: 24 Sep *
Additional documents, USA passport, certificate of naturalisation returned 6 Oct via Secure Mail
Interview date: 13 Oct (Hannibal House, Elephant & Castle, London)
Date of Receipt of Passport: 17 Oct 2008 (via Secure Mail)

* Additional docs were requested to confirm my previous addresses and identity. See this thread for details. It seems that most passport applicants do not have to complete this step. Even with this extra hurdle, I still got my passport in 4 weeks.

[sonnyblack112]

NCS or Postal: NCS Borough of Barnet, London
Date of submission or posting: 17 Oct. 2008
CRITERIA: 6 years HM Forces
Date of debit of debit/credit card:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Invitation Letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of appln. for passport:
Method used:

[jonbon]

NCS or Postal : NCS
Date of submission or posting : 20th June
CRITERIA : 4years + 1
Date of receipt of acknowledgment : 1st July
Date of Chq Cleared : 1st July
Date of receipt of approval 17 October
Date of Ceremony :
Date of appln. for passport :
Method used :
Date of Interview:
Date of Receipt :

[vohrap]

NCS or Postal : NCS @ Sandwell, West Midlands
Date of submission or posting : 9th October 2008
CRITERIA : 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR)
Date of receipt of acknowledgment : Arrived 23rd October 2008, dated 20th October 2008
Date of Debit (via credit card ) : 20th October 2008
Date of receipt of approval :
Date of Ceremony :
Date of appln. for passport :
Method used :
Date of Interview :
Date of Receipt :

[amir2002]

date of submition:10/06/08
CRITERIA : MARRIAGE
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12/06/2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 13/06/08
Date of receipt of approval from HO : 21/10/08(dated 15 oct)
Date of receipt of invitation letter :23/10/08(dated 17)
Date of Ceremony : 24/10/08
Date of appln. for passport :24/10/08
Method used : post office check and service
Date of Passport Interview: n/a
Date of receipt of submitted documents for passport : 18/11/08
Date of Receipt of Passport :

i am still wating for my invitation!

[sonnyblack112]

congrats amir2002! noticed that you've been waiting a while (4 months yeah?) Submitted last friday via ncs..got a royal mail tracking no. but website says item still aint delivered yet even though its comin up 2 a week now. Let the waiting game begin i suppose eh

[amir2002]

thank you sonnyblack112

yes i sent mine 10 of jun (4 months and 11,dont worry as long as you sent it via NCS

good luck and let us know

[thesaint]

i had my ceremony today and i really enjoyed it
wish you all the best of luck

NCS or Postal : NSC
Date of submission : 08 August 2008
CRITERIA - (SPOUSE OF A BRITISH PERSON) 2years + 1year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 13 August 2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : Arrived 16 August 2008 (Dated 14 August)
Date of receipt of approval: 26 September (Dated 23/09/2008)
invitation letter: 6 October2008 (Dated 29/09/2008)
Date of Ceremony: 22 October privite

Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt


Congratulation amir don’t worry about the invitation it took 12 days to get mine
once you have it call your councel and arrange your ceremony .

[whirly]

i had my ceremony today and i really enjoyed it
wish you all the best of luck

Congratulations! Glad it went well for you!

Best of luck to those waiting...