Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[rw1perth]

[quote="rw1perth"]Eligibility criteria: ILR + spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (Dudley)
Date of application: 07/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees: 26/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 19/03/2014
Date of Ceremony: 27/03/2014

[rishahid]

Any November applicant still waiting ??

[belkhir]

Hi Mate
I'm a 19th Nov Applicant and still waiting
Keep it up my friend

Any November applicant still waiting ??

[springishere]

Eligibility criteria: 2yr HSMP + 3yr Tier1 + 21 months ILR;
Language criteria met: British Master's Degree
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridge
Date of application: 21/01/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of acknowledgment: 31/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 31/01/2014
Date approval received: 19/03/2014 dated 12/03/2014
Date of ceremony: waiting

This forum has been very useful. Good Luck to all of you!!!

[giolondon]

hello I'm so excited that I decided to share the good news in this forum.I received my application and it's finally approved.
Eligibility criteria.Long residence applicant.plus 1 year holding indefinite leave to remain
Method of application.Self post royal mail tracked.And pre paid self envelope .
Date applicant sent 22/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA 23/01/2014
Date of debit of fees.I don't know.Just checked my bank statement in the following weeks
Date of acknowledgement letter 01/02/2014 (saturday) very strange I did not know they would work on saturdays
Date of approval 14/03/2014 received only 19/03/2014 by post
Date of invitation letter by UKBA dated 15/03/2014
Date of ceremony to be booked
I'm really excited. I was expecting 3 months wait on average.But it only took 7 weeks nearly 2 months.
I'm really impressed with their service and efficiency.Thanks God.Now I have to book a date for the ceremony.Well I hope that everyone have their approval sooner.And thanks for this forum.All the best.Gio

[guiness]

Eligibility criteria:3 years residence as the spouse of BC
Language criteria met:Life in the uk +B1 English exam
Method of application:NCS Camden
Date of application:29.01.2014
Payment method:Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:30.01.2014
Date of aknowlegment:06.02.14 receipt letter(12.02.2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees:06.02.14
Date approval received:19.03.14 (Date:15.03.14)
Date of ceremony:20.03.14

Update

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE... )

[Yulichka]

[quote="Yulichka"]Hello all,

I though I add my timeline too, this forum has been very helpful last year when I applied for ILR

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10yr + 1yr ILR
Date of application: 12/12/2013
Method of application: NCS (Wandsworth)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/12/2013
Date of debit of fees: 20/01/2004
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 21/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 19/03 (dated 11/03)
Date of Ceremony: 25/03 (private) - group one was available for 26/03

Just an update, finally received an approval

[AndyAndy]

Eligibility criteria: 2yr HSMP + 3yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR;
Method of application: NCS Brent (London)
Date of NCS appointment: 10/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/03/14
Date of debit of fees: 14/03/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 19/03/14 (dated 14/03/14)
Date of receipt of approval: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting

[let_koko]

Eligibility criteria : 10 Yrs (Long Residence) + 1yr ILR
Method of application : NCS Barking
Date of application : 28 February 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA : 3 March 2014
Date of debit of fees : 5 March 2014
Date of acknowledgement : 6 March 2014 Received 10 March 2014
Date of approval : WAITING
Date of Ceremony : WAITING

[rickyrafe777]

Hey ppl;

Has any one called HO after they received there brown envlp/ approvals..? This is to check if there system update is totally not updated?
Like i have seen many ppl contacting them, and getting response such as incomplete, no decision made yet etc..
And then getting there envlps...
This will boost applicants hope...
Should they contact them and waste time and money.... get stressed n stuff
or relax and wait!!
they system is soo not right... i have seen many getting approvals from end week of jabn-2014
where mine was made on 2nd week of jan. a simple straight forward case!

Thanks

[ali_asad_pk]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr T1G + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS (Enfield) 11/03/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Other Updates:

Interim Updates
13/03/2014: Called NCS council to get tracking reference of royal mail because the letter which council gave me says that I can get one but upon my call, they said that its get treated as internal mail and there is no tracking as yet and I can get reference number if I call back after not hearing from home office in 4 weeks

[spui]

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs(HSMP + Tier1) + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 08-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014
Date of approval: WAITING
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

We had use printouts of the PBS documents to prove that our degrees meet the requirements for the language section of the new KOLL requirements. The person at the NCS had warned us that it is possible that the homeoffice may not accept the documents provided but they wouldn't reject the application immediately and instead send us a letter instead requesting for it.

We then received a letter on the 27th of Feb dated 24th of Feb stating that our application didn't contain sufficient documentation for the KOLL requirements. They requested us for a letter from UK NARIC for both me and my spouse confirming that the degrees we obtained were recognised as meeting UK standards. I suspect that this may have happened because we may have forgotten to attach the printouts of the PBS calculations at the NCS because of the confusion about the new KOLL requirements.

I then contacted NARIC and obtained degrees of comparability using the 48 hour turnaround service for both me and my wife which cost us approximately GBP 200 each. I had a letter from my university confirming English to be the medium of instruction and a printout of a scanned copy of a similar letter to my wife. The original letter from the university for my wife was still in the post when we had to send the documents back.
I then took a print out of the website at
https://www.gov.uk/english-language
as well as printouts of the PBS calculation for both me and my wife.
I explained the situation in a covering letter and mailed the documents listed above to the home office.

I have just received a letter today confirming that my application for naturalisation was successful. I am now awaiting the invitation from the local authority for the citizenship ceremony.

my latest timeline.

Eligibility criteria : 5yrs(HSMP + Tier1) + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 08-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 29-01-2014 (dated on 26-01-2014)
Date of debit of fees: 26-01-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (dated on 17-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

[khanjaan]

Eligibility criteria: 10 year long residence (student,psw,tier 1 general) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria : LIUK + B1
Method of application: NCS Aylesbury
Date application sent: 12/03/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/03/14
Date of debit of fees: 20/03/14
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: WAITING
Date of receipt of documents:WAITING
Date of ceremony: WAITING
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[Ged]

Eligibility criteria : 10 years long stay + 9 months ILR due to Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 07-02-2014
Date of debit of fees: 05-02-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (Dated 15-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: 08-04-2014

I wish all of you the best of luck. Please note that the discretion which exists in the Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981 seems reasonably safe .

[Ajaokuta]

Application in Nov and still waiting

[azharahmed2]

Hello member i have a question i applied on 05-02-2014 and i got my acknowledgment 12-02-2014 but i checked with my referees they said no one called him i hope u know so every cases home office they are checking with referees.....

thanks

[Ged]

Hello member i have a question i applied on 05-02-2014 and i got my acknowledgment 12-02-2014 but i checked with my referees they said no one called him i hope u know so every cases home office they are checking with referees.....

thanks

My referees told me that no body has contacted them. So do not panic if your progress appears slow.

[azharahmed2]

Eligibility criteria : 10 years long stay + 9 months ILR due to Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 07-02-2014
Date of debit of fees: 05-02-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (Dated 15-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: 08-04-2014

I wish all of you the best of luck. Please note that the discretion which exists in the Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981 seems reasonably safe .

Congratulation Buddy for your approval brother did they called Ur referees.. did u check with Ur referees

[Ged]

Eligibility criteria : 10 years long stay + 9 months ILR due to Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24-01-2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27-01-2014
Date of acknowledgement : 07-02-2014
Date of debit of fees: 05-02-2014
Date of approval: 20-03-2014 (Dated 15-03-2014)
Date of Ceremony: 08-04-2014

I wish all of you the best of luck. Please note that the discretion which exists in the Chapter 18 Annex B paragraph 7.5(g) of the BNA 1981 seems reasonably safe .

Congratulation Buddy for your approval brother did they called Ur referees.. did u check with Ur referees

No, they told me no one called or contacted them. Calling referees look like a random practice, or they have their own ways to decide.

[tchy]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria: 5 Years HSMP & Tier1 + 8 Months ILR (Chapter 18, 7.5 (g) discretion used due to ILR application delayed 7+ months)
Language criteria: Life in the UK test + B1 from Trinity
Method of application: Post RM Special (Joint application 2 AN + 1 MN1)
Date of application: 14/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/2014 (RM Tracking)
Method of payment: Cheque
Date of debit of fees: 03/02/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29/01/2014 (dated 28/01/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: 11/03/2014 (dated 07/03/2014)
Date of Ceremony: Waiting...

Date of Ceremony: 25/03/2014 (Private)

[prokabungle]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP+T2 + 1yr ILR
Date of Application: 10/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014
Date of approval: 14/03/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 20/03/2014
Date of Ceremony: Pending

[trigger]

A little delayed with my update, but here is my naturalisation timeline nonetheless (also posted in the January 2014 topic):

• Eligibility criteria: 2yrs HSMP + 3yrs T1(G) + 1yr ILR
  Language criteria met: UK degree
  Method of application: NCS
  Payment method: Credit card
  
  Date of application: 10/01/2014
  Date of receipt by UKBA: 13/01/2014
  Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2014 (transaction date: 27/01/2014)
  Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30/01/2014 (letter dated: 27/01/2014)
  Date of receipt of approval: 14/03/2014 (letter dated: 04/03/2014)
  Date of ceremony: 19/03/2014

Onto the next stage now... the passport application.

[moeztarbelsi]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Work permit+ 1year ILR
Update: Language criteria: IELTS:6 + Life in the UK
Method of application: joint application- Nationality Checking Service Liverpool
Date of application: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/02/2014
Date of debit of fees: 06/02/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13/02/2014
Date of receipt of approval: 15/03/2014 (dated 11/03/2014)
Date of Ceremony: 06/04/2014 update: 20/03/2014 Private, passport application sent 20/03/2014
Good luck to every one

[Adventurer101]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6 years(Ancestry) + 2 years ILR
Method of application: NCS Southampton
Date of application: 13 March 2014 (Sorry, my previous submission had April, it is March)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17 March 2014
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Other updates
TBA

[dvinas]

Hey ppl;

Has any one called HO after they received there brown envlp/ approvals..? This is to check if there system update is totally not updated?
Like i have seen many ppl contacting them, and getting response such as incomplete, no decision made yet etc..
And then getting there envlps...
This will boost applicants hope...
Should they contact them and waste time and money.... get stressed n stuff
or relax and wait!!
they system is soo not right... i have seen many getting approvals from end week of jabn-2014
where mine was made on 2nd week of jan. a simple straight forward case!

Thanks

I followed up with them on Monday (17/03/14), having received my ceremony invitation from the council, but not my approval letter from HO. I got a response the next day (Tues 18th), confirming they had dispatched my letter on the 11th. When I got home, the letter was in my post box. Two things to conclude: 1) They do seem to update their systems within a week, at least; 2) The postal class they use is really slow (7 days in my case)!

For all those still waiting, bear in mind that they probably split the workload amongst many agents, and they may move at varying speeds, or have applications that take longer than average. If your is stuck in a queue behind one of these slow applications, you'll have to wait longer. They can't possible go in order of receipt, one after the other, as this would imply only one person working the applications. So as much as it seems agonising, you just need to be patient. As soon as I stopped thinking about it, my approval came.

Best of luck to everyone!