Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Rimas15]

Application: 1 AN + 1 MN
Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 + ILR, Child ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 28-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 29-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 28-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04-Feb-2020 UKVCAS
Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING
Date of passport application: WAITING
Date of the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

[BellaDass]

Eligibility criteria: 21 years (ILR + 16 Years)
Language Criteria: University of London (External) + Bar Qualifications + Life in the UK Test
Nationality : Malaysian
Method of application: Online/UKVCAS Sopra Steria
Date of application: 21/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of Acknowledgment: 21/01/2020, online generated after online submission
Date of the debit of fees: 21/01/2020, online generated after online submission
Date of Biometric letter issued:21/01/2020, online generated after online appointment with Sopra Steria
Date of a Biometric letter received: 21/01/2020, online generated after online appointment with Sopra Steria
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/02/2020 at Canterbury, Kent. No earlier appointment. Paid £75.00
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony : Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[vsivaraman1980]

Applications: 2 AN + 1 MN
Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 + ILR, Child ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 19-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 19-Jan-2020
Date Bio metrics enrolled: 14-Feb-2020 UKVCAS (free appointment at Glasgow core center)
SMS from UKVCAS stating application submitted : 14-Feb-2019 (SMS service requested)
Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING
Date of passport application: WAITING
Date of the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

[Alisher715]

Eligibility criteria: ILR +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK DEGREE + LiUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 17/02/2020
Payment method: Credit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 17/02/2020
Date of debit of fees: 17/02/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 18/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: PENDING
Date of receipt of approval: PENDING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: PENDING
Date of Ceremony: PENDING

[one2one2]

Eligibility criteria: 10 year Long Residency +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Masters Degree + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU/Pakistan
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 15/10/2019
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 16/10/2019
Date of debit of fees: 16/10/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/11/2019
Date on Approval letter: 30/01/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 11/02/2019
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 14/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: 12/04/2020

[luqi2020]

Application: ILR
Eligibility criteria: DLR 6 YEARS +1.5 ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1 + Life in the UK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 11-JUNE-2019
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 11-JUN-2019
Date of debit of fees: 11-JUN-2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17-JUN-2019 UKVCAS CROYDON
Approval letter: 10/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 19/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING
Date of passport application: WAITING
Date of the debit of fees: WAITING
Date passport to be received: WAITING

NOTE: I was send questionnaire on the 04 of feb which i replied back 09th feb 2020 ( regarding good character)

[jona46]

Eligibility criteria: 10 year Long Residency +1year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Masters Degree + LIUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19/01/2020
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgment: 20/01/2020
Date of debit of fees: 19/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/01/2020
Date on Approval letter: WAITING
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

[Sinjin]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 8yr ILR
Method of application: Online + UKVACS
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/12/2019
Date of debit of fees: 31/12/2019
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/12/2019
Date of Biometric enrolment: 17/01/2020
Date Chased: 03/02/2020
Date of Email approval: Email not received
Date on Approval Letter: 10/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 18/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: To be organised

[Tao]

Eligibility criteria: 6 years descretionary + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: B1(GESE Grade 5) + LiUK
Nationality : Non EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 6 February 2020
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of acknowledgement: 7 February
Date of debit of fees: 6 February 2020
Date of biometric letter received/issued: N/A
Date Biometrics enrolled: UKVCAS
Date on Approval letter: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[SG_23]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + Married to British Citizen
Nationality: USA
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 03/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 03/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 07/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Edinburgh)
Date on Approval letter: 04/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 15/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not yet received - Contacted council via email.
Date of Ceremony: 24/03/2020

Well, that concludes 6 years of visa anxiety...
I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone (particularly the moderators), who spend so much time helping others here. Your help has been invaluable.
Best wishes to all of you for the future.

[donny123]

Eligibility criteria: ILR Long Residence+ 1 year
Nationality: Non EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 07/01/2020
Payment method: Online Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 08/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 13/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Sheffield)
Date on Approval letter: 07/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 17/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Not received - Contacted to the council.
Date of Ceremony: 25/02/2020 Private

It took exactly 1 month To get approved, thanks everyone here specially moderators.

[Armz]

Eligibility criteria:BC Spouse 5yrs. + 1year ILR
Nationality: NON EU
Language criteria: LIUK & trinity college
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 01/01/2020
Date of debit of fees: 01/01/2020
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/2020
Date Biometric appointment: 08/01/2020(croydon free appointment but paid£65
Date Biometric enrolment: 08/01/2020
Date on approval letter: 11/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of Ceremony: waiting
Date applied passport: -waiting
Date passport received: waiting

[Post2]

Eligibility criteria: 3 Years British Spouse (ILR) (Came to the UK with Fiance visa - had two, 2.5 spouse visa, got my ILR August 2019, for no reason I waited for like 6 months before applying for citizenship!)
Language/LIUK Criteria: MSc UK degree + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Non-EU/EEA
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card - paid on 08-Jan-2020
Date of acknowledgment: 09-Jan-2020 (I received an email with my case ID)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11-Jan-2020 (Glasgow - Paid £50)

06/02/2020 - Sent an email to HO asking if my case has been allocated to a caseworker - they replied next day saying 'my application will be allocated to a caseworker next week' - Then on the same day I got an email from HO with their work email asking me to send my husband's passport via email ( we only submitted his birth certificate)

Date on Approval letter: 10-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20-Feb-2020 (WHY DONT THEY JUST PAY an extra 9p to send the letter via 1st class!!!
Date on ceremony letter: AW Im planning to phone the council today
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: AW
Date of Ceremony: AW

[Nitch]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 1 Year ILR
Nationality: USA/Israel
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 13/01/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 13/01/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/01/2020 (Sopra Steria - Enfield)
Contacted by home office for more details: 06/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: 11/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Seems to be the letter as approval now
Date of Ceremony: 23/04/2020 - Group Ceremony

Thanks to everyone here, but especially CR001 for the invaluable support over the past years!

[DoctorJay]

Eligibility criteria: Refuges +ILR in 2015 , Waited 10 years for good character requirement
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 23/12/2020
Payment method: Online
Date of acknowledgment: 23/12/2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2020 (Sopra Steria )
Date on Approval letter: 13/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony email: 20/02/2020 contacted council for booking
Date of Ceremony: 04/03/2020

[boomie]

Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 - 5 years 5months + 1 year 1 week ILR
Language Criteria: Entry IELTS (2012) + Life in UK Test (2019)
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS

Date of application: 27/11/2019
Payment method: Credit Card - they accept credit card so, why not. I always thought it had to be debit card like the Tier 2 visa, but I paid by CC since ILR
Date of acknowledgement: 28/11/2019
Date Biometrics enrolled: 06/12/2019 - £75 service

Date on Approval letter: 10/01/2020 - considering it was Christmas and New Year's
Date of receipt of approval: 20/01/2020 - includes 2 weekends

Date of booking of ceremony: 21/01/2020
Date of Ceremony: 06/02/2020 - Group (I declined the earliest 30/01/2020 option)

There is a separate passport only timeline thread, please post passport timeline there.

Apart from the system always acknowledges the next day, the timing looks ok.

[conaniuk]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Masters degree certificate + LIUK Test
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 04-Jan-2020
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 04-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 04-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09-Jan-2020. Croydon 75 pound appointment
Date on Approval letter: 08-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of approval: 20-Feb-2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 20-Feb-2020
Date of Ceremony: 01-Apr-2020 Free ceremony (A London Borough). Paid 144 for Private ceromony for 25-Feb-2020 as need to travel abroad Mid-April.

[BirbalTG]

Eligibility criteria: EEA PR + 1 year
Language Criteria: UK BEng degree + LiUK
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online + UKVCAS
Date of application: 12/01/2020
Date of email acknowledgment: 13/01/2020
Date biometrics enrolled: 17/01/2020 (Croydon appointment - £110 payment including documents checked)
Email request for alternative proof of residency for the last 2 years: 10/02/2020
Alternative documents sent over email: 10/02/2020
Date on Approval letter: 12/02/2020
Date of receipt of approval: 22/02/2020
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[shah4404]

Application on long residence 10 years plus 1 year ILR
Nationality Pakistani
Method of application online 05/01/2020
Fee paid debit card 05/01/2020
Biometric enrolled 05/02/2020 at Manchester library
As no free appointment waited 1 month
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Date of approval on letter 12/02/202 means only 10 days
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Ceremony have to be arrange waiting

[mpandey]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 01/12/2019
Fee paid debit card: 01/12/2019
Bio-metric enrolled: 09/012/2019 at London Croydon (Express service)
Date of approval on letter: 30/12/2019 means only 14 working days
Approved letter received: 06/01/2020
Naturalization Ceremony: 20/01/2020 (Premium appointment)

[World Citizen]

Eligibility criteria: PR plus one year
Language criteria met: TRINITY COLLEGE + LIFE IN THE UK
Nationality: EU
Method of application: ONLINE
Date of application: 29 DECEMBER 2019
Payment method: CredIt card
Payment taken: 29 DECEMBER 2019
Date of acknowledgement: 30 DECEMBER 2019
Appointment and Biometrics (Croydon) date: 24 JANUARY 2020
Date of approval: 6 FEBRUARY 2020
Approval letter received on: 15 FEBRUARY 2020
Ceremony letter received on: 21 FEBRUARY 2020
Date of ceremony: 26 MARCH 2020

[gaurav.inf]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (5 years on Tier 2 Visa) + 1 Year
Language : UK Masters degree certificate + LIUK Test
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 19-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 19-Jan-2020
Date of debit of fees: 19-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 17-Feb-2020 ( (Sopra Steria -Croydon )
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[ddrfan]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (5 years spouse visa) + BC Spouse
Language : B1 + LIUK Test
Nationality : Non-EU
Method of application: Online (using solicitor)
Date of application: 16-Jan-2020
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: Not received
Date of debit of fees: 17-Jan-2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22-Jan-2020 ( (Sopra Steria - Edinburgh - Paid £69.99)
Date on Approval letter: Waiting
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

[shah4404]

Application on long residence 10 years plus 1 year ILR
Nationality Pakistani
Method of application online 05/01/2020
Fee paid debit card 05/01/2020
Biometric enrolled 05/02/2020 at Manchester library
As no free appointment waited 1 month
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Date of approval on letter 12/02/202 means only 10 days
Approved letter received 22/02/2020
Ceremony have to be arrange waiting

today at 25/02/2020 ceremony letter received
Date on latter issued 21/02/2020
Ceremony date 8/03/2020 with in 10 days of approval
I am given option for even earlier then this can pay 60 pounds but it’s really a week so will attend group ceremony good luck guys

[muleya]

Nationality: Zim
ONLINE APPLICATION
DATE OF APPLICATION: 09/05/2019
PAYMENT: CREDIT CARD
BIOMETRICS: 01/06/2019
DATE OF APPROVAL/ WAITING FOR LETTER
CEREMONY LETTER/ 25/02/2020
DATE OF CEREMONY/31/03/2020
COUNCIL OFFERED ME ONE TODAY BUT I DIDNT HAVE APPROVAL LETTER.
BOOKED PRIVATE FOR THE 2ND OF MARCH 2020.


I AM SO PLEASED THAT THE WAITING IS COMING TO AN END AND UPSET WITH THE WAY THE HOME OFFICE PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS. HOW DO THEY JUSTIFY 4-6WKS FOR OTHERS AND NEARLY 10MNTHS FOR SOME LIKE ME. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND TO ALL THE MODERATORS END EVERYONE WHO HAVE POSTED ON THIS PLATFORM