TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[pbs6vas]

CRITERIA - :HSMP(JR) +14months ILR & MN1 for my child
NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission : 05/04/2011
HO received: 06/04/2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 19/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement dated 24/04/2011 (dated 19/04/11)
Date of Application scanned:16/05/2011(took 50days..ridiculous!!)
Date alloted to case worker: Still waiting......may be waiting for an auspicious day by a CW.........or no mood to work till after next bank holiday
Date of receipt of approval: waiting for one
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of appln. for passport : TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC
I called them today........ still awaiting to be picked up by CW. I work in an emergency profession in UK. I am expected to clear the cases despite the number I recieve in my shift. why not home office case workers if they want more revenue to fill our MP's pockets!!!!

[sid79]

Just called HO and they said the decision has been made yesterday, now finger crossed that I get something in next week or so, hopefully positive news... been waiting from 03 March 2011 ....

will update as we go along .

Thanks,

[geriatrix]

Well I don't think that there is something wrong congratulating people who are getting their approvals and wishing good lucks to people who are waiting. That helps a lot of people to calm their nerves down whilst waiting for their approvals. Well I might be wrong if moderators think so

Use PM.

[ferrarilondon]

@sid79 according to your previous post the case worker picked up your case on 28th April and made decision yesterday, this shows they dont always make decisions straight away like some people think that as soon as case worker pick up the case they make decision within couple of days. ( well they have done before ) so unpredictable

[Mozart]

This is my timeline so far:

Criteria :: WP, HSMP, Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Type :: NCS Epping
Date of submission :: 21/03/2011
Date application received by UKBA :: 22/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card :: 25/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: 30/03/2011 (dated 25/03/2011)
Date of Approval :: 18/05/2011
Date of receipt of approval :: Pending
Date of ceremony :: Pending
Date of Passport Appointment :: Pending
Date of Passport Receipt :: Pending

I have still not received my approval letter. I have checked with the council and they confirmed that they were expecting to receive the certificate tomorrow (25/05/2011).

What I would like to know from those who have been through it -

When you go to do the ceremony, do you need to take the HO letter with you?

(i.e. can I arrange the ceremony in the absence of a physical copy of the approval letter?)

My council appear to be doing 1 ceremony per month, at least this is true for June it seems.

Thanks!

[ferrarilondon]

@Mozart, Who informed you about the approval letter? did HO confirm that it was approved or they said the decision was made?

[Mozart]

Hey Ferrari

The HO did not inform me that it was approved. When I called, they simply said that a decision had been made. I optimistically assumed that it was approved! However, my assumption has effectively been validated by my call to the council. The council confirmed (from a list they have) that my certificate would be arriving tomorrow. If the application had not been approved then the council would not be getting a certificate. (Another assumption!)

The problem I have is that I would like to go ahead and do the ceremony (as the council has the certificate), but I am not sure I can do this unless I actually have the approval letter in my possession. Hence the question about whether I need to take the letter to the ceremony with me.

[bierebaron]

Just got off the phone with the HO a few minutes ago and to my surprise I spoke to a mate of mine from back in my high school days who works for the HO now. (What are the odds) I hope this information will give you guys a bit of hope.

Apparently they are planning to send out a lot of letters (no sure if they are approvals or acknowledgements) next week after the bank holiday. Those who made any application in March should be receiving letters through this week or next week but apparently they have sped up their processing times.

I made my application last week of April so hopefully I should be expecting something mid-end June. But I hope those who applied earlier than me receive your good news sooner.

The long wait will definitely make the approval sweeter.

[Ness]

The problem I have is that I would like to go ahead and do the ceremony (as the council has the certificate), but I am not sure I can do this unless I actually have the approval letter in my possession. Hence the question about whether I need to take the letter to the ceremony with me.

Once your local council receives your Citizenship Certificate they will then send you a letter inviting you to attend a citizenship ceremony.

When they send you this letter they will tell you if you need to bring anything with you.

[Cranberry]

Update

Criteria - Long residence + ILR

NCS or Postal: Postal
Date of submission or posting: 14th April 2011
Date of UKBA receipt: 15 April 2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 03 May 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 07 May 2011 dated 03 May 2011
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of passport application: TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

23 May 2011: Application now on the system and currently awaiting allocation to a caseworker. I will not be calling again until 23 June 2011. I hope to hear something before then though.

[londonlad]

Criteria - Marriage to BC + ILR

NCS or Postal: NCS Tower Hamlet
Date of submission or posting: Friday 13th May 2011
Date of UKBA receipt: 16 May 2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 24 May 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of passport application: TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

[takearun]

NCS or Postal – NCS
Date of submission or posting – 13 May 2011 - AN Joint + MN1
CRITERIA – 4yr HSMP + 1 Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card – 19 May 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement – 21 May 2011 dated 18 May 2011
Date of receipt of approval – TBC
Date of Ceremony - TBC
Date of appln. for passport - TBC
Method used -TBC
Date of Receipt - TBC

[ferrarilondon]

I thought I Update my time line again for newly joined applicants,

Criteria - Marriage to BC + ILR

NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission or posting: 14th March 2011
Date of UKBA receipt: 16 March 2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 21 March 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25 March 2011 ( dated 21st )
Date of receipt of approval: TBC Still waiting
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of passport application: TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

Its been 11 weeks since I applied, last week when I called them they said awaiting for allocation lol

[mygrant]

just called the HO now and was adv the application status is now "under consideration" some progess from last week's (16/05/2011) status of "awaiting processing" I suppose.


CRITERIA - :4 years HSMP (JR) + 1 year ILR
NCS or Postal: POSTAL
Date of submission or posting: 23/03/2011
HO received: 24/03/2011 (Guaranteed nxt day delivery)
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 05/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement dated 10/04/2011
Date of receipt of approval: Still Pending
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of appln. for passport : TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

[sfjeelani]

Hi All,

I have received a letter today from HO confirming that the citizenship has been granted.

Timeline goes like that:

Application Type: Postal
Application Criteria: 5 yr Work Permit+ 1yr ILR
Application Posted: 18th March, 2011
HO received (as per Royal Mail): 21st March, 2011
Debit Card Charged: 25th March, 2011
Acknowledgment Arrived: 30 March, 2011
Approval Letter Arrived: 25 May, 2011
No of Calls made to HO: NONE

I wish everyone who are waiting very best of luck .

[Leo78]

CRITERIA - :WP + HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
NCS or Postal: NCS
Date of submission or posting: 23/03/2011
HO received: 24/03/2011
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 29/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement dated: 29/03/2011
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC
Date of appln. for passport : TBC
Method used: TBC
Date of Receipt: TBC

I called HO for the first time yesterday and the person told me that the decision has been made and they will be sending the letter shortly.

Thanks
Leo78

[k786]

Latest Update

NCS or Postal - NCS for me and my wife( lancashire )
Date of submission or posting - 22 march 2011
CRITERIA - hsmp + 1 yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card - 30 march 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 5th april 2011 ( dated 30 march)
Date of receipt of approval - 14 may 2011 (Letter dated 6 may 2011)
Date of Ceremony - 25th may
Date of appln. for passport - 25/05/2011
Method used - post office check and send
Date of passport interview - TBA
Date of Receipt - tba

[srdanda]

update: i got my passports back on 19/05/11. waiting for approval letter now. i hope caseworker won't ask to see my passports.

My experience

NCS or Postal: posted on 28/03/11
Received by them: 29/03/11 (royal mail tracking)
CRITERIA: 5 yr stay (4 + 1 yr ILR)
Date of debit of debit/credit card = 07/04/11
Date on acknowledgement letter = 07/04/11
Date of receipt of approval=
Date of receipt of invitations =
Date of Ceremony late November=
Date of appln. for passport =
Method used =
Date of Receipt =

I am going out of the Uk, last week of June. I rang home office today. Was told application registered on 29/03/11 but not been allocated to case worker, everything is going on time and will be dealt with within 6 months(ha ha, familiar!)
When asked about passports, a request has been put up for them to be returned in 10 working days. Told this won't usually delay the process unless case worker wants to see the passports for some reason.

[natsyb]

Finally, I got the letter. So happy!

CRITERIA - 4 years plus 1 year ILR
Type - NCS (Camden)
Date of submission - 24 March 2011
Date reached HO - 25 March 2011
Date of debit of credit card - 01 April 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 14 April (dated 1 April)
<<called on 20 April - awaiting allocation to case worker>>>
<<called on 20 May - allocated to case worker team>>
Date of receipt of approval - 25 May (dated 20 May)
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used -
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received -

Good luck everybody!

[ILR_Applicant_UK]

CRITERIA - 5 years plus 1 year ILR
Type - NCS (Scotland)
Date of submission - 13th May 2011
Date reached HO - 17 May 2011
Date of debit of credit card - 23 May 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 26 May 2011 - HO acknowledgement of receipt came thru post.
Date of receipt of approval - awaiting
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council - awaiting
Date of Ceremony - awaiting
Date of appln. for passport - awaiting
Method used -
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received -

[lionking007]

CRITERIA - 5 Year Work Permit + 1 yr ILR
Type - NCS (Birmingham)
Date of submission - 17/03/2011
Date reached HO - 23/03/2011
Date of debit of credit card - 27/03/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 31/03/2011 dated 27/03/2011
Date of receipt of approval -
Date of receipt of invitation letter from council -
Date of Ceremony -
Date of appln. for passport -
Method used -
Date of Receipt of documents -
Date of interview -
Date passport received -

Rang HO yesterday, spoke to an elderly lady, same answer, going through checks and is yet to be allocated to the caseworker

[t4tahir]

Just Called HO and they said decision was made on 20th of May.

Latest Update

NCS or Postal - NCS Slough
Date of submission or posting - 17th March 2011
CRITERIA - HSMP JR + 1 Yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card - 20th March 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 25th March 2011 Dated 22nd March
Date of receipt of approval - ( Decision was made on 20th ) awaiting letter
Date of Ceremony - TBA
Date of appln. for passport - TBA
Method used - TBA
Date of passport interview - TBA
Date of Receipt - TBA


ferrarilondon @ you should call them today I am sure your decision was made as well, as you applied before me.

[sara01]

Criteria : 2yrs (spouse visa) + 1yr ILR
Date of submission : 25/03/2011 Type : NCS Newham
Date application received by UKBA :: 28/03/2011 via Warrington delivery office
Date of debit of credit card :: 01/04/2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 09/04/2011 dated 01/04/2011
Date of receipt of approval : waiting.....



i calld yesterday and answer : waiting to be allocated to the caseworker....

[Kiran234]

Just Called HO and they said decision was made on 20th of May.

Latest Update

NCS or Postal - NCS Slough
Date of submission or posting - 17th March 2011
CRITERIA - HSMP JR + 1 Yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card - 20th March 2011
Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 25th March 2011 Dated 22nd March
Date of receipt of approval - ( Decision was made on 20th ) awaiting letter
Date of Ceremony - TBA
Date of appln. for passport - TBA
Method used - TBA
Date of passport interview - TBA
Date of Receipt - TBA


ferrarilondon @ you should call them today I am sure your decision was made as well, as you applied before me.

Hi

I think you should sepak to the council, i applied on 19th of March from slough NCS when i called the HO they said a decision has been made but when i called the council i was told they already had the certificates with them, speak to citizenship ceremony dept in slough council.

[Bhumi]

Guys just got my approval letter today...date 20th May....I received my passports on 19th May and looks like the decision was made on the same day and approval letter took almost 1 week to arrive in second class post...anyways my timeline as below

Criteria - 3yrs Work Permit + 2 yrs Tier 1 + 1yr ILR

Date Submitted Postal : 23rd March, 2011
Date Received at HO - 24th March, 2011
Date Debit Card debited - 28th March 2011
Date Acknowledgement Letter Received - 4th April 2011
Date of Approval Letter Posted - 20th May 2011
Date of Approval Letter Received - 26th May 2011
Date of Ceremony Booked -- 2nd June 2011

Date Appli for Passport Via Check & Send ---

Many thanks to all the members of this forum for their updates and All the best to Ferrarilondon, alta and others who are waiting for the GOOD news.. i am sure you would too receive the news very soon
Will keep you posted on passport timelines.....