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does the HO send an acknowledgement letter?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:54 pm
by cheapFlower
hello,
sent in application for citizenship end of march (postal) with recorded delivery. I know therefore for sure that HO received application next day.
however, haven't heard anything since and band account hasn't been debited either.
is this normal not hear anything back after 3 weeks?
cheers,
CF
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:53 am
by chunkybeefsoup
This is their busiest period with people applying
to avoid the April fee increase.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:58 am
by gidoc
Keep a track of the thread which deals with this. The application recd end of March have had the money taken only on 13-14th April, so there is a delay of at least 2 wks with this. You may get a letter by end of this week.
best wishes
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:26 pm
by allta
Well, same here....apparently the process begins once they charge your bank account. But in my case, I didn't receive ack letter and I called them; the gentleman I spoke to said not to worry if I didn't get one as long as my bank acct has been charged that the process is on. So now I'm waiting for the case to be assigned to a caseworker.....goodluck matey!!
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:25 pm
by cheapFlower
cheers - just saw that HO debited my bank account.... so seems things are moving... won't worry about having no ack letter then.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 12:35 pm
by obelix
cheapFlower wrote:cheers - just saw that HO debited my bank account.... so seems things are moving... won't worry about having no ack letter then.
Hi @cheapFlower, same here. I applied for naturalisation on 30th March through NCS Knowsley.
Bank account debited on 12th April but haven’t received any acknowledgement letter yet. Have you received your acknowledgement letter?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 4:50 pm
by XtotheZ
I guess each case is different, we received 2 acknowledgement letters! We applied through NCS on 4/4/11 and received letters dated 19th and 26th April!
awaiting UKBA response
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:09 pm
by awaited
i applied for citizenship in early Feb 2011 with my wife (dependant) and recieved confirmation of recipt before 10th of Feb. its now 13 weeks and when i called UKBA, they are still saying it is in process.
Taking a long time!!!
any ideas about the north west team or time being taken. looks like more than usual to me.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:12 pm
by gidoc
Duplicate post
applied for citizenship in early Feb 2011 with my wife (dependant) and recieved confirmation of recipt before 10th of Feb. its now 13 weeks and when i called UKBA, they are still saying it is in process.
Taking a long time!!!
any ideas about the north west team or time being taken. looks like more than usual to me.