Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[everyday_4_u]

Method of Application: NCS
Date of Application: 21-01-2015
Eligibility Criteria : Spouse (3 years)
Application Received Date: 22-01-2015
Payment Method: CC and waiting
Date Of Acknowledgment: Waiting
Approval: Waiting
Date Of Ceremony: Waiting

[nationalityman]

Today I called HO and guess what I was told today that after 8 months my case was not even assign to the case worker .
When I ask him that why I was told that it is under consideration and he replied that it's is underconsidaration .

My God how can they do this...... :/

[pinky72]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 2 Years ILR( 2 applications, Me and My Wife)
Method of application: Solicitors
Date of application: 28th November 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 9th December 2014
Date of debit of fees: 9th December 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18th December 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 23rd January 2015
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Hi - just a quick question which you're obviously free to not tell me - but did you find that using solicitors was worth it? And would you consider providing their details?

Many thanks.

[rockstar1]

My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 3 Years(Student+2 year BC spouse) ILR+ 3 months
Language criteria met: IELTS and LITUK
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wandsworth
Date of application: 20/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/01/2015
Date of acknowledgment: waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 27/01/2015
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

[rc123]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: pbs calculator
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Walthamstow
Date Of Application : 13/1/2015
Payment Method : Debit Card
Date Of Receipt by UKBA : 14/1/2015
Date Of Debit Or Clearance of Fees : 21/1/2015
Date Of Acknowledgment : 23/1/2015
Date Approval Received : waiting
Date Of Ceremony :waiting

[lalpind]

Looks its taking a week for Home Office to deduct fee. Is this common or has any one seen delays?

[ollymma]

Looks its taking a week for Home Office to deduct fee. Is this common or has any one seen delays?

Yes....usually takes about a week (7 days) or thereabout before the HO deducts the fees from applicants' accounts. The challenge is not the deduction but early processing of applications and giving approvals.

[tsilr]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 2 Years ILR( 2 applications, Me and My Wife)
Method of application: Solicitors
Date of application: 28th November 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 9th December 2014
Date of debit of fees: 9th December 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18th December 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 23rd January 2015
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Hi - just a quick question which you're obviously free to not tell me - but did you find that using solicitors was worth it? And would you consider providing their details?

Many thanks.

Hi pinky72,
Its depend on how you basically wants to get your services done. I found quit good applying through immigration consultant firm( one of the best in London). My HSMP->Tier1->ILR->Naturalisation( Citizenship). As they done the all of the ealier process that's why I have gone to them for my final step even though it was straight forward case. If you interested then I can give the firm's name and I think I should not share this here.
Thank you

[gulz]

Eligibility Criteria : Married to a British Citizen (ILR obtained based on Tier 1 General)
Language criteria : Life in the UK test + Tier 1 General + UK Degree
Method of application: NCS Haringey
Date of application: 05 Jan 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06 Jan 2015 (Tracked via Royal Mail website)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08 Jan 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 15th Jan 2015 (Dated 09 Jan 2015)
Date approval received: 28th Jan 2015 (Dated 21st Jan 2015)
Date of ceremony: Will book tomorrow

[nationalityman]

Update on my case
I applied on May
I used NCS
After writing to my MP YEsterday and I made a call to HO customer contact number .
I have asked them to invesitgate this .
I got called today FROM HO and guess what
THEY LOST MY FILE .
THEY ARE TRYING THERE BEST TO LOOK FOR my file.
I used NCS as we'll
I had a long conversation with her and she explain me the process
The process
They received the document the check are done before it assign to the case worker
Once it's finish then it assign to case worker who make decision and think what to do next .
They did not tell me which check they carry. Out

[Rahel1984]

Update on my case
I applied on May
I used NCS
After writing to my MP YEsterday and I made a call to HO customer contact number .
I have asked them to invesitgate this .
I got called today FROM HO and guess what
THEY LOST MY FILE .
THEY ARE TRYING THERE BEST TO LOOK FOR my file.
I used NCS as we'll
I had a long conversation with her and she explain me the process
The process
They received the document the check are done before it assign to the case worker
Once it's finish then it assign to case worker who make decision and think what to do next .
They did not tell me which check they carry. Out

I applied in july. Now im worried if they lost mine too.

[funnyboi]

Update on my case
I applied on May
I used NCS
After writing to my MP YEsterday and I made a call to HO customer contact number .
I have asked them to invesitgate this .
I got called today FROM HO and guess what
THEY LOST MY FILE .
THEY ARE TRYING THERE BEST TO LOOK FOR my file.
I used NCS as we'll
I had a long conversation with her and she explain me the process
The process
They received the document the check are done before it assign to the case worker
Once it's finish then it assign to case worker who make decision and think what to do next .
They did not tell me which check they carry. Out

I applied in july. Now im worried if they lost mine too.

Did you get your acknowledgment letter from HO?

[Rahel1984]

Update on my case
I applied on May
I used NCS
After writing to my MP YEsterday and I made a call to HO customer contact number .
I have asked them to invesitgate this .
I got called today FROM HO and guess what
THEY LOST MY FILE .
THEY ARE TRYING THERE BEST TO LOOK FOR my file.
I used NCS as we'll
I had a long conversation with her and she explain me the process
The process
They received the document the check are done before it assign to the case worker
Once it's finish then it assign to case worker who make decision and think what to do next .
They did not tell me which check they carry. Out

I applied in july. Now im worried if they lost mine too.

Did you get your acknowledgment letter from HO?

If you are asking me. Yes i did. I emailed them few times and got the typical reply " under consideration ". I wonder how long does it take to consider an application. When they decide some applications within few weeks and ours taking 7-8 months.

[funnyboi]

Update on my case
I applied on May
I used NCS
After writing to my MP YEsterday and I made a call to HO customer contact number .
I have asked them to invesitgate this .
I got called today FROM HO and guess what
THEY LOST MY FILE .
THEY ARE TRYING THERE BEST TO LOOK FOR my file.
I used NCS as we'll
I had a long conversation with her and she explain me the process
The process
They received the document the check are done before it assign to the case worker
Once it's finish then it assign to case worker who make decision and think what to do next .
They did not tell me which check they carry. Out

I applied in july. Now im worried if they lost mine too.

If you don't mind asking, tell us on what base did you apply for NA and als timescale please.

[Ravi116]

My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 2 years ILR
Language criteria met: Masters + LITUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Edinburgh
Date of application: 12/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 19/01/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21/01/2015
Date approval received: 29/01/15 - letter dated 25/01/15 ( I think UKBA is working on weekends to clear the backlog. )
Date of ceremony: not booked yet

[LW1983]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 2 Years ILR( 2 applications, Me and My Wife)
Method of application: Solicitors
Date of application: 28th November 2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 9th December 2014
Date of debit of fees: 9th December 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18th December 2014
Date of receipt of approval: 23rd January 2015
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

congratulations, tsilr. May I ask were your ILR cards returned by home office? thanks

[happygirl0580]

I applied since May 2014, am worried if they have not lost my application too.

[Sean J]

Happy girl, YOU should contact by either writing them letter or phone call.
Keep us posted
Thank you

[chalasani]

My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 2 years Work Permit + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Masters + LITUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridgeshire
Date of application: 08/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/01/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 16/01/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/01/2015
Date approval received: 29/01/15 - letter dated 23/01/15
Date of ceremony: 11 Feb 2015

Many thanks to this forum for all the inputs.

[huqqapani]

My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 2 years Work Permit + 3 years Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Masters + LITUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridgeshire
Date of application: 08/01/2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/01/2015
Date of acknowledgment: 16/01/2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/01/2015
Date approval received: 29/01/15 - letter dated 23/01/15
Date of ceremony: 11 Feb 2015

Many thanks to this forum for all the inputs.

This is super quick processing from HO. Its just so hard to predict a pattern of their processing times for any application.
Congrats though.

[jony_dhaka]

Alhamdulillah and praise to almighty Allah / God . I have got my British citizenship today
My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 10 y + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS
Current nationality: Bangladeshi
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hounslow
Date of application: 16/09/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 24/09/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/09/2014
Date approval received: 30/01/2015 - letter dated 24/01/2015
Date of ceremony: 25/02/2015

[tinatina123]

My timeline:
Eligibility criteria: 13 YR in UK, EU citizen
Language criteria met: Bsc and Msc degrees
Current nationality: Polish
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Tower Hamlets
Date of application: 29/05/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 16/10/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 02/06/2014
Date approval received: awaiting
Date of ceremony: awaiting

is this normal? they also misspelled my name so, called them this week and application still in progress... it's been over 6 months now. i got the acknowledgement letter after i called HO about 20 times.

[gulz]

Eligibility Criteria : Married to a British Citizen (Obtained ILR based on Tier 1 General over a year ago)
Language criteria : Life in the UK test + Tier 1 General + UK Degree
Method of application: NCS Haringey
Date of application: 05 Jan 2015
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06 Jan 2015 (Tracked via Royal Mail website)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08 Jan 2015
Date of acknowledgment: 15th Jan 2015 (Dated 09 Jan 2015)
Date approval received: 28th Jan 2015 (Dated 21st Jan 2015)
Date of ceremony: 25th Feb 2015

If it helps anyone, I did have 2 speeding convictions (one in 2007 and one in 2014 - both were 3 points on license + fine for which I did not go to court) and I diligently declared both on the application form.

[v.k.]

Here are the details for my family application (myself+wife+daughter born in the UK prior to us receiving ILR)

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs+1yr ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK & B1 test
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Bromley
Date of application: 26/06/2014
Payment method CC/DC: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/07/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 03/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03/07/2014
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Cheers,
VK

This is a joke, my daughter and I have been just sent the following "letter" after I wrote a lengthy email last December and after writing to my local MP:

"I am writing in regard to your outstanding application for British Citizenship.

We aim to process all application within 6 months from the date submitted.
However, in certain circumstances this target is not possible. Following our assessment of your case, unfortunately it appears your application will not be processed within the 6 month target.

Following recent clarification of the Nationality rules greater levels of scrutiny will be applied to certain applications. This will be dependent on certain indicators within their immigration history that pre-date the application for British Citizenship.

We expect to make a decision on your application within the next 3-6 months, but we will write to you again if this is not going to be possible. Please note we will contact you with further updates and can advise you do not need to contact us again unless your circumstances change significantly.

This also applies to any family members whose applications for citizenship were submitted at the same time.

Yours sincerely."

I believe the HO is sending template letters to all long outstanding applications, and I do believe our application has not been dealt with because the "guidelines" for greater scrutiny were published in December, well 6 months after applying, and I fail to understand how it can apply to my daughter when she was born, raised an educated in this country....

I still have to wait from my MP, but in the mean time I have sent a complaint email to HO.

Good luck to the rest of you.

[Rahel1984]

Here are the details for my family application (myself+wife+daughter born in the UK prior to us receiving ILR)

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs+1yr ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK & B1 test
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Bromley
Date of application: 26/06/2014
Payment method CC/DC: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/07/2014
Date of acknowledgement: 03/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03/07/2014
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Cheers,
VK

This is a joke, my daughter and I have been just sent the following "letter" after I wrote a lengthy email last December and after writing to my local MP:

"I am writing in regard to your outstanding application for British Citizenship.

We aim to process all application within 6 months from the date submitted.
However, in certain circumstances this target is not possible. Following our assessment of your case, unfortunately it appears your application will not be processed within the 6 month target.

Following recent clarification of the Nationality rules greater levels of scrutiny will be applied to certain applications. This will be dependent on certain indicators within their immigration history that pre-date the application for British Citizenship.

We expect to make a decision on your application within the next 3-6 months, but we will write to you again if this is not going to be possible. Please note we will contact you with further updates and can advise you do not need to contact us again unless your circumstances change significantly.

This also applies to any family members whose applications for citizenship were submitted at the same time.

Yours sincerely."

I believe the HO is sending template letters to all long outstanding applications, and I do believe our application has not been dealt with because the "guidelines" for greater scrutiny were published in December, well 6 months after applying, and I fail to understand how it can apply to my daughter when she was born, raised an educated in this country....

I still have to wait from my MP, but in the mean time I have sent a complaint email to HO.

Good luck to the rest of you.

I applied two weeks after urs. I dnt understand why is my application is so hard to decide when i dnt hve any criminal conviction or penalty. Basically complete clean sheet but still taking million years. Im on my 7 months now