May 2018 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

[abhijack]

Application for myself and wife.

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 (General) + ILR + 6 years
Language Criteria: Trinity exam Level B1
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: NCS (paper form)
Date of application: 8/5/18. SD envelope received on 10/5/18.
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgment: 3/6/18 - letter received 8/6/18
Date of debit of fees: 4/6/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 5/6/18
Date of biometric letter received: 8/6/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 9/6/18
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[CR001]

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[kapituwka]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year PR +1
Language Criteria: trinity college+life in the UK test
Nationality : EU
Method of application: online+JCAP+NDRS
Date of application:24/05/18
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 25/05/18 ( email with case number)
Date of debit of fees: 30/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 24/05/18
Date of biometric letter received: 24/05/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 02/06/18
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 28/05/2018 (JCAP)
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[miz]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (LR) + 1 Year
Language Criteria: UK Master’s Degree + Life in the UK (NDCS sent the Main LitUK test certificate)
Nationality: Non EU (Bangladesh)
Method of application: Online + NDCS (+Joint Citizenship and Passport Application)
Date of application: 09/05/2018 (Online Naturalisation Application)

Date of NDCS Appointment (Document submission): 10/05/2018 (Local Council NDCS)
Date of Document Delivery (to Home office from NDCS): 14/05/2018 (Royal mail Special D. Tracking)

Payment method: Card Payment £1330 (Online, Naturalisation fee) + £65 NDCS Fee (over Phone) on 09/05/2018
Date of acknowledgement: 10/05/2018 (Auto Email)
Date of debit of fees: 09/05/2018 (Online)
Date of Biometric letter issued: 09/05/2018 (Online Automatic)
Date of biometric letter received: 09/05/2018 (Online Automatic)
Date Biometrics enrolled: 10/05/2018 (Local Post office)
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 10/05/2018 (Hardcopy form submission to NDCS)
Date of debit of fees: 20/06/2018
Date Passport to be received:

[areczkowski24]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + PR 1 yr
Language Criteria: Trinity college b1
Nationality :Polish
Method of application: online
Date of application: 02.05.2018
Payment method: CREDIT card
Date of acknowledgement: 08.05.18
Date of debit of fees: 02.05.18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 02.05.18
Date of biometric letter received: 02.05.18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05.05.18
Date on Approval letter: still waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting
Date of Ceremony: 
Date of Passport Application: 19.06.18 fees for passport applications been taken before approval letter? Don't know why?
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[SLA]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 10 years inc PR 5 years
Language Criteria: Trinity College
Nationality :PL
Method of application: online - NCS + JACP
Date of application: 21/05/2018
Payment method: CC
Date of acknowledgement: 22/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 22/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 21/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 21/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/05/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees:
Date Passport to be received

[Azurite]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 6y + PR 1 year + married to BC
Language Criteria: Trinity College
Nationality: PL
Method of application: online - NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 30/05/2018
Payment method: online, credit card
Date of acknowledgement: email received on 31/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 31/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 30/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 30/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/05/2018
Date of documents submitted: 01/06/2018 (NDRS)
Date of documents received by Home Office: 04/06/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 01/06/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees: 26/06/2018
Date Passport to be received:

[sandvika_dude]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 General + 2.5 years ILR
Language Criteria: UK MBA degree (top tier)
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 25/05/2018
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: email received on 19/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 19/06/2018/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19/06/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 22/06/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/06/2018
Date of documents submitted: 25/05/2016
Date of documents received by Home Office: 26/05/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of Passport fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[ash1111]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (BC SPOUSE)
Language Criteria: IELTS
Nationality : NON EU
Method of application: online+NDRS+JCAP
Date of application:19/05/2018
Payment method: CC
Date of acknowledgement: 21/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 19/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 19/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/05/2018
Date of documets submitted via council: 01/06/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 01/06/2018
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[CR001]

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[areczkowski24]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + PR 1 yr
Language Criteria: Trinity college b1
Nationality :Polish 
Method of application: online
Date of application: 02.05.2018
Payment method: CREDIT card 
Date of acknowledgement: 08.05.18
Date of debit of fees: 02.05.18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 02.05.18
Date of biometric letter received: 02.05.18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05.05.18
Date on Approval letter: 24.06.2018
Date of receipt of approval: 02.07.2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: waiting for confirmation
Date of Ceremony: 11.07.2018
Date of Passport Application: 19.06.18 fees for passport applications been taken before approval letter.
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

[Ranj13]

Date of application: 3rd May 2018 (Online)
Biometric: 4th May 2018
NDRS & JCAP: 9th May
Passport Fee deducted: 21st June
Approval letter received: 2nd July
Dated: 26th July
Ceremony: 1st of August if I don't go for private.

Hope everyone waiting get sorted soon.

[Sheffield_Marketeer]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (1 year) after Tier 2 General Dependent
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Sheffield Council (NDRS+JCAP) 31/05/2018
Date of application: Online 30/05/2018
Payment method: Credit Card for naturalisation and credit card for passport
Date of acknowledgement: 31/05/2018 (online)
Date of debit of fees: 30/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 30/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 30/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: 31/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 05/07/18
Date Passport to be received: pending

[abaiza2018]

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 and i Year ILR
Language Criteria: UK Master Degree
Nationality : Pakistani
Method of application: online
Date of application: 10/04/2018
Payment method: online
Date of acknowledgement: 10/04/2018
Date of debit of fees: 10/04/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 10/04/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 10/04/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 11/04/2018
Date on Approval letter: 15/06/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 22/06/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 22/06/2018
Date of Ceremony: 26/06/2018
Date of Passport Application: 10/04/2018
Date of debit of fees:20/05/2018
Date Passport to be received:06/07/2018

[jhemanu]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1
Nationality : Philippines
Method of application: NDRS + JCAP 21/05/2018
Date of application: 12/05/2018
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 14/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 14/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 12/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 12/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: 27/06/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 05/07/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 05/07/2018
Date of Ceremony: 01/08/2018
Date of Passport Application: 21/05/2018 (NDRS + JCAP)
Date of debit of fees: 26/06/2018
Date Passport to be received: Pending

[Casa]

Punjabi368 Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. All questions have been and will be deleted.

[Ferreira29]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + LIUK
Nationality : Portuguese
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 12/05/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 14/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 12/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 12/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/05/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 21/05/2018
Date of HMPO sms acknowledge: 28/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 11/07/2018 (attempt failed on 05/07/2018 as my Credit Card had been cancelled)
Date Passport to be received:

[Azurite]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 6y + PR 1 year + married to BC
Language Criteria: Trinity College
Nationality: PL
Method of application: online - NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 30/05/2018
Payment method: online, credit card
Date of acknowledgement: email received on 31/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 31/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 30/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 30/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 31/05/2018
Date of documents submitted: 01/06/2018 (NDRS)
Date of documents received by Home Office: 04/06/2018
Date on Approval letter: 05/07/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 12/07/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 12/07/2018
Date of Ceremony: 17/07/2018
Date of Passport Application: 01/06/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees: 26/06/2018
Date Passport to be received:

I was positively surprised it all went through so fast. Just over a month! Also, the approval and ceremony letters arrived on the same day. Ceremony was already pre-booked for me for next week.

[SLA]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 10 years inc PR 5 years
Language Criteria: Trinity College
Nationality :PL
Method of application: online - NCS + JACP
Date of application: 21/05/2018
Payment method: CC
Date of acknowledgement: 22/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 22/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 21/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 21/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/05/2018
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/2018
Date of debit of Passport fees: 11/07/2018
Date Passport to be received

[sandvika_dude]

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Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 General + 2.5 years ILR
Language Criteria: UK MBA degree (top tier)
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 25/05/2018
Payment method: Credit card
Date of acknowledgement: email received on 19/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 19/06/2018/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 19/06/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 22/06/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/06/2018
Date of documents submitted: 25/05/2016
Date of documents received by Home Office: 26/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: 03/07/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 13/07/2018
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of Passport fees:
Date Passport to be received:
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[Ferreira29]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5 years + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity B1 + LIUK
Nationality : Portuguese
Method of application: Online + NDRS + JCAP
Date of application: 12/05/2018
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 14/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 12/05/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 12/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 12/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: 02/07/2018
Date of receipt of approval: 13/07/2018 (probably because my passport payment was held for a week)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony: 26/07/2018
Date of Passport Application: 21/05/2018
Date of HMPO sms acknowledge: 28/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 11/07/2018 (attempt failed on 05/07/2018 as my Credit Card had been cancelled)
Date Passport to be received:

[tkshafati]

Eligibility criteria: EEA + 1 year
Language Criteria: Trinity College
Nationality :Non eu
Method of application: online - Post paper form
Date of application: 10/05/2018
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 06/06/2018
Date of debit of fees: 02/06/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 02/06/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 06/06/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 09/06/2018
Date on Approval letter: 14/07/2018
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of Passport fees:
Date Passport to be received

[jhonny19]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years T1 General and 3 years ILR
Language Criteria: MS
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: NCS Redbridge
Date of application: 21/05/18
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 19/06/2018 
Date of debit of fees: 14/06/2018
Date of Biometric letter issued: 15/06/18
Date of biometric letter received: 19/06/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/06/18
Date on Approval letter: 09/07/18
Date of receipt of approval: 14/07/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: not applied yet
Date of debit of fees: Not applied
Date Passport to be received: Not applied.

[Query1982]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year (Spouse of BC) (ILR received 20/04/2018)
Language Criteria: UK degree
Nationality : India
Method of application: Edinburgh Council (NDRS+JCAP) 23/05/2018
Date of application: Online 18/05/2018
Payment method: JCAP+NDRS (online £1330) +£54 (over phone for JCAP) + £24 (NDRS appointment by debit card) + £8 (postage fee at NDRS by debit card)
Date of acknowledgement: 21/05/2018 (online) , documents acknowledgement from NDRS to HO: 24/05/2018, was able to track it online on Royal Mail special delivery.
Date of debit of fees: 18/05/2018 (JCAP+NDRS £1330)
Date of Biometric letter issued: 18/05/2018
Date of biometric letter received: 18/05/2018
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/05/2018
Date on Approval letter: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending
Date of Passport Application: 23/05/2018
Date of debit of fees: 12/07/2018
Date Passport to be received: pending

* Indian passport valid for past 5 years showing all entries and exits. Phone appointment for JCAP +NDRS made on 10/05/2018, first available appointment taken.

[jagacharaja]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 (General) + ILR (received in 2012)
Language Criteria: University Degree from USA + Statement of Comparability from UK NARIC **
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 1/5/18. SD envelope received on 3/5/18.
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 28/5/18 (Yes - bank holiday Monday) - letter received 1/6/18
Date of debit of fees: 28/5/18
Date of Biometric letter issued: 1/6/18
Date of biometric letter received: 6/6/18
Date Biometrics enrolled: 7/6/18
Date on Approval letter: 10/7/18
Date of receipt of approval: 16/7/18
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:
Date of Ceremony:
Date of Passport Application:
Date of debit of fees:
Date Passport to be received:

** Originally my NCS appointment was in March. However on balance I decided not to apply at the time because there seemed to be no flexibility in the application process to understand that the Statement of Comparability I submitted during my HSMP application can be referred to for the Naturalisation application. Unfortunately I didn't have a copy on hand (not that it would have helped - they wanted the 'Original' - yes - the same Original they kept with them as part of the HSMP application!) and so I decided to spend some more money and time to get a fresh Statement of Comparability done - better to spend ~£200 and five weeks than to waste £1300