January 2014 - Naturalization Application Timeline

[Somudro]

Hi guys,
Can I ask how many people still waiting from January?!! Unfortunately.

I am still waiting

[tikunatina]

Eligibility criteria: Ancestry (2yrs+) + ILR (3 Month) have been in UK for 6 years
Current nationality: Georgian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Poole
Date of application: 17/04/2014
Payment method Bank
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/04/2014
Date of acknowledgement: Waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Waiting
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony:Waiting

Hi
I just received My P60 . which i could not send with my application and i did not write in application my tax cod as i didnot know
should i send P60 now to support my application or my NIN is enough . please help

[Somudro]

@tikunatina - THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT THREAD TO POST YOUR QUERY. yOU CAN CREATE A NEW THREAD. You can also post in April 2014 theread.

[kaz0101]

Hey, I got my approval, as I mentioned in my previous thread(almost 50 days late then it was originally posted). Unfortunately UKBA response time to emails is very very very slow(I am still waiting for their reply), and there is no way to speak to them via phone (I tried couple of times).
All I can say is best of luck mate, and hopefully yours approval letter should be in soon.
Thanks, Kaz.

[Somudro]

@kaz0101, why do you need the reply of the email whereas you received the approval letter in meanwhile?

[phospholipid]

Does anyone know how long it took after being told it was assigned to a case worker?

[dadageer]

Hi All,
I at last got the approval letter today. Its dated 7th March 2014, and says to contact local council within 21 days. Its already round 48 days late now.
I ll contact the council tomorrow, but can they ask to reapply for application ?
Thanks,

That must be very painful. That means you actually got your decision almost two weeks before mine (mine was dated 20-03-14) yet you receive your letter now while I received on 29-03-2014. I don't think it could be Royal Mail. It is entirely possible HO dispatched your letter very late or maybe forgot entirely about it and just realized that they have a letter to send after you chasing them and all...not good!

[man4uni]

Hey, I got my approval, as I mentioned in my previous thread(almost 50 days late then it was originally posted). Unfortunately UKBA response time to emails is very very very slow(I am still waiting for their reply), and there is no way to speak to them via phone (I tried couple of times).
All I can say is best of luck mate, and hopefully yours approval letter should be in soon.
Thanks, Kaz.

Sorry to hear that . IMHO still contact your local council and explain them, since you don't have many options

[majamcr]

I was told at my local council that nobody cares about the 21 day rule to get in touch with them, the only thing that matters is that the ceremony takes place within 3 months.

[trigger]

January 2014 Applications Update

• Applicants: 143
  Fee Debits: 140 (~ 98%) (pending: nselarka*, s4sam, KyleDM)
  Approvals: 125** (~ 87%) (congratulations on newest approvals for kaz0101, harry909, latansingh, dabbler80, nbweb, sabster)
  * Please add your timeline using this format
  ** I have excluded winchesterguy's update from these figures as he has yet to receive the Home Office confirmation letter
  
  Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Date (FD2ALD): ~ 28 weekdays***
  Average waiting time between Fee Debit and Approval Letter Receipt (FD2ALR): ~ 34 weekdays***
  *** This metric is entirely down to individual circumstances, such as complexity of application and 2nd class post receipt time, to name but two.
  Interesting aside relating to the above waiting times - the second half of this post is an email reply from the Home Office confirming a decision being made on an application, followed by a gap of a few days before the decision letter was dispatched.

18 pending applications, hopefully these are resolved this month:

• Captain_underpants
  magedezzeldin
  s4sam
  midbar
  Brockadisiac
  nselarka
  murmur
  kiwiana76
  winchesterguy
  hot_rock_tx
  rupali123
  gdyoung
  Satnair
  phospholipid
  Somudro
  KyleDM
  urzfriend
  tab0287

I have excluded the following applicants since date of receipt of one's application by the UKBA is the effective application date (if I am incorrect, please let me know, as I am merely going by the timelines posted):

• tikunatina - an April 2014 applicant

Here are the 143 applicants so far, please let me know of any errors or omissions (pending applications highlighted in red, hyperlinks to past approvals):

• w/c 30 December (excluding December 2013 applicants) - 9 applicants
  kiranchinnu
  NOG
  SameerBhagawatUk
  Bruno30
  Peachoct6
  Captain_underpants
  For_fam
  mohat
  mirna

• w/c 6 January - 34 applicants
  STV
  magedezzeldin
  uknotts
  phoki
  baji15
  sylm_2000
  s4sam
  safa_bb
  midbar
  manuwt
  kaz0101
  keepsim
  icon3001
  happylad
  t0mmy
  27pence
  Newme123
  majamcr
  silverdiablo7
  muf
  shiva321
  Josomount
  lenyrka25
  zahira
  Brockadisiac
  amthekkel
  farrukhnizam
  rw1perth
  hub007
  Bash1oo
  mandykan
  spui
  sgaba
  nselarka - Please add your timeline using this format

• w/c 13 January - 45 applicants
  DayDream
  trigger
  jayowo
  DevB
  cblue12
  chis1
  prokabungle
  haidarbaker
  splashing
  MY
  soniaa84
  sidhujazz
  freemen_17
  guavaguy
  vv129
  teenboy
  Zeeshan123
  slav
  tundefaboye
  Bibak
  s**ee
  Jegdis5
  M2008
  murmur
  tchy
  tanere
  UKc2be
  chir
  eskalebur
  kiwiana76
  shoppsydudu
  taffy_uyeuye
  Ss73
  bokeh42
  rickyrafe777
  varre_v
  winchesterguy
  h-khan
  hot_rock_tx
  aquarius
  daniel212
  rupali123
  sonslak
  harry909
  Churros7

• w/c 20 January - 33 applicants
  alex_shvjac
  ei
  khurrambutt
  jassi55
  ITGraduate
  gdyoung
  kir60
  Camillinhadantas
  Casapot
  syed_h
  ambitions_high
  OmerMohammed
  abbey84
  20shamat
  springishere
  darkangel14
  fragnance19
  abdik1980
  statician
  t-cham
  Satnair
  giolondon
  papu.sarkari
  lostlove
  speaker40
  phospholipid
  hina zaheer
  isomb
  Jo1
  adeelmpk
  mmf
  Shani3520
  latansingh

• w/c 27 January - 22 applicants
  Somudro
  dabbler80
  KyleDM
  nbweb
  Ged
  ade2012
  bachy
  amitc
  cofe
  sabster
  deep7_jm
  P_SUDHIR
  pasha44
  HelMag
  milan69
  urzfriend
  Koolmail
  jmehmud
  tab0287
  bouqet777
  guiness
  kimleeds

General progress so far for January 2014:

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To all January 2014 applicants - please try and keep your timelines updated and accurate as it benefits the topic and others when you do so. Relevant update posts (like this one) in my signature to make them easy to track.

As always, thanks to amthekkel, p2kin, jotter, TTOE and tier_2_applicant for their data and formats.

[midbar]

[quote="midbar"]Eligibility criteria: 5 years PR + 1 year (EEA Perm. residency confirmation)
Language criteria met: TOEFL C1 - still not sure what is going to happen...
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 03/01/2014
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/01/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 23/01/2014 (received 29/01/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 23/01/2014
Date approval received: Still Waiting - UKBA said it will take longer than 6 months
Date of ceremony:

[spike_UK]

Hi guys, just want to ask about the update, how many left waiting for approval? Unfortunately.

[Somudro]

any news from unfortunate ppl?

[phospholipid]

Just called - decision made sent out Friday the 2nd, should be with me soon they said.

[macmac]

Hi bro

on what number you called.. and around what time? I always get an IVR saying high number of calls etc.....

Let me know thanks

Just called - decision made sent out Friday the 2nd, should be with me soon they said.

[phospholipid]

Hi bro

on what number you called.. and around what time? I always get an IVR saying high number of calls etc.....

Let me know thanks

Just called - decision made sent out Friday the 2nd, should be with me soon they said.

Number: 03001232253

I call around 11am-12pm but today I called at about 1:30pm and got through first time. Before hand I had to call around 10-20 times in a row to get through. I found that speaking to Ashley, or Neil was very helpful as they actually check your information.

Just to let you know, I called on Friday the 2nd and was told that no decision was made and it was not even with a case worker (the guy was not very helpful and just told me to wait), but was told decision was made on Friday the 2nd. I've called my council and they have my certificate so it looks as though it's an approval!

Best of luck.

[milan69]

I am glad your wait is over phoshpolipid

[majamcr]

@macmac You may try to enquire by email: furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk . They usually reply within 3-4 working days. Good luck!

[macmac]

Hi

I did, but got a standard reply after 2 days .. looks like a copy paste reply!! not very helpful

@macmac You may try to enquire by email: furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk . They usually reply within 3-4 working days. Good luck!

[majamcr]

Sorry to hear that. I guess it depends on the person replying the email and the status of your application. When I wrote to this email address, I got a very up-to-date information that the decision has been made recently and posted on the day of writing. I received the approval letter indeed two days later and it was approved on the day I received the reply email.

Hi

I did, but got a standard reply after 2 days .. looks like a copy paste reply!! not very helpful

@macmac You may try to enquire by email: furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk . They usually reply within 3-4 working days. Good luck!

[phospholipid]

I am glad your wait is over phoshpolipid

Thank you milan!

Updates:

Eligibility criteria: ILR since 2005
Language criteria met : LiUK+B1 exam
Current nationality: Algerian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Waltham Forest
Date of application: 23-01-14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-01-14
Date of aknowlegment: 05/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 02/02/14
Date approval received: 08-05/14 (dated 01/05/14)
Date of ceremony: TBA

I called the council and they said that they arrange the ceremonies automatically, and that I need to wait to receive the letter from them before even booking a private one. Has anyone had a similar experience?

[lamijm]

I am glad your wait is over phoshpolipid

Thank you milan!

Updates:

Eligibility criteria: ILR since 2005
Language criteria met : LiUK+B1 exam
Current nationality: Algerian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Waltham Forest
Date of application: 23-01-14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-01-14
Date of aknowlegment: 05/02/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 02/02/14
Date approval received: 08-05/14 (dated 01/05/14)
Date of ceremony: TBA

I called the council and they said that they arrange the ceremonies automatically, and that I need to wait to receive the letter from them before even booking a private one. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Yes the council pre arrange ceremonies as soon as they receive your approval from HO. If you wont make that date you can reschedule or book a private ceremony if you like.

[Brockadisiac]

I am still waiting. Is there anymore Jan applicants waiting for their approvals? I was told mine is still in a pile waiting to be assigned a caseworker.

[Somudro]

I am still waiting -Jan application.

Do you have any idea why so late: possible reason? My case is very simple.

[macmac]

Hi

You should call HO and find out, or the only possible reason can be your case worker is offsick or something.

Please ring them and they should help.

Thanks

I am still waiting -Jan application.

Do you have any idea why so late: possible reason? My case is very simple.