July 2013 - Naturalisation application Timeline

[Derivaz]

Eligibility criteria: 5 YEARS ILR
Application : Self
NATIONALITY:PAKISTANI
Method of application: NCS MANCHESTER
Date of application: 22th July 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23RD JULY 2013
Date of acknowledgement : RECEIVED 27th July 2013
Date of debit of fees: 24th July 2013
Date of approval: (dated 24 aug) received 29 AUG -2013
Date of Ceremony:5-OCT-2013

Congrats; I submitted mine the same day; no reply yet

[Derivaz]

congrats Borello.

neoseal and njoy1987

I got my biweekly reply; another copy and paste "no decision made", hang on,... they added and extra sentence this time "unfortunately, we can no longer let you know if your application has been assigned"; lol

And of course always the same person replying....

Aww well, that's me for a fortnight haha

[orioza]

Eligibility criteria: WP + Tier 2 (G) + ILR 1 year
Application type: Myself (4yrs + 1yr ILR) + spouse (8yrs + 1yr ILR) + section 3(1) (1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS Chelmsford
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19 July 2013
Date of debit of fees: 24 July 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23 July 2013 (Received 26 July 2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 20 August 2013 (Received 30 August 2013)
Date of Ceremony: 6 November 2013

[Derivaz]

Eligibility criteria: WP + Tier 2 (G) + ILR 1 year
Application type: Myself (4yrs + 1yr ILR) + spouse (8yrs + 1yr ILR) + section 3(1) (1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS Chelmsford
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19 July 2013
Date of debit of fees: 24 July 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23 July 2013 (Received 26 July 2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 20 August 2013 (Received 30 August 2013)
Date of Ceremony: 6 November 2013

Yours was pretty fast

[neoseal]

Congrats Natty321, Orioza.

[neoseal]

Derivaz, as usual

There are quite a few July approvals today.

Keep up the spirits...also keep the spirits ready....

[Derivaz]

Derivaz, as usual

There are quite a few July approvals today.

Keep up the spirits...also keep the spirits ready....

If I take the HO too serious, I'll have to turn to the spirits yeah, the ones you buy at the pub lol

[Derivaz]

Derivaz, as usual

There are quite a few July approvals today.

Keep up the spirits...also keep the spirits ready....

I just check and quite a few August applicants have got their approvals already; I wonder if there is anyone else from July that is still waiting?

[Alsuwaidi]

Thanks.

Just to let you know that I applied on July 3rd and the current status is "no decision made" the previous status (4 weeks) ago was "waiting allocation to a case worker". I have enquirer twice since applied, I ask once a month.

I am from the so called "High Risk Countries" and probably subject to extra checks? I was not in hurry but now I have to book a seat in PhD and if I am not naturalised I am required to pay the international fees which is couple of grands. I didn't think the process will stretch to the fourth month.

Thank you all for sharing your timelines.

Alsuwaidi

Derivaz, as usual

There are quite a few July approvals today.

Keep up the spirits...also keep the spirits ready....

I just check and quite a few August applicants have got their approvals already; I wonder if there is anyone else from July that is still waiting?

[akhan25]

U dont need to be naturalised to be considered as home student ur ilr is enough to prove that mate

[ilr_hsmp2007]

I am waiting for more than 2 months and No progress so far...

Eligibility criteria: 2yrs HSMP + 3yrs Tier + 1yr ILR
Application : Family (2 adult + 1 Child)
Method of application: NCS Birmingham
Date of application: 05th July 2013
Received by HO: 09th July 2013(assuming)
Date of debit of fees: 18th July 2103
Date of acknowledgement : 27th July 2103
Date of approval: WAITING...


Anyone during the 1st/2nd week of JULY are still waiting for approval?

I am worried that something wrong happened at NCS while they took my documents copy.



thanks

FINALLY I HAVE GOT THE APPROVAL TODAY

Eligibility criteria: 2yrs HSMP + 3yrs Tier + 1yr ILR
Application : Family (2 adult + 1 Child)
Method of application: NCS Birmingham
Date of application: 05th July 2013
Received by HO: 09th July 2013(assuming)
Date of debit of fees: 18th July 2103
Date of acknowledgement : 27th July 2103
Date of approval: Letter received on 18-SEP-2013 (Dated 13-SEP-2013)
Ceremony date : Waiting from Birmingham Council

Got the Ceremony/Certificate : 01-OCT-2013 (initially it was booked 15th OCT, manged to book earlier as some cancellation @ B'ham CC Team)

[neoseal]

Congrats Ilr_hsmp.
You are ready for next step then...passport ....

[Derivaz]

[quote="Alsuwaidi"]Thanks.

Just to let you know that I applied on July 3rd and the current status is "no decision made" the previous status (4 weeks) ago was "waiting allocation to a case worker". I have enquirer twice since applied, I ask once a month.

I am from the so called "High Risk Countries" and probably subject to extra checks? I was not in hurry but now I have to book a seat in PhD and if I am not naturalised I am required to pay the international fees which is couple of grands. I didn't think the process will stretch to the fourth month.

Thank you all for sharing your timelines.

Alsuwaidi


HI there

OK, so that makes 2 of us lol

I'm EU, so not a risk country, but still got delayed for some reason; it's probably just bad luck; I think it's just a lottery, if you are lucky it goes fast, if not it takes ages, but it doesn't seem to depend on anything in particular just luck.

I'm not in a hurry, but I'd like to know the result, because if it's refused I'll move to another country and I want to buy property and apply for other internal jobs, so no point in buying here if it's refused, cos I will leave; so I'd like to know the decision to start looking for property either here or in the new country.

[Derivaz]

Congrats Ilr_hsmp.
You are ready for next step then...passport ....

2 of us waiting from July, Alsuwaidi and me; it seems like we have fallen under the unlucky 5% category or something like that...

[Alsuwaidi]

Congrats Ilr_hsmp.
You are ready for next step then...passport ....

2 of us waiting from July, Alsuwaidi and me; it seems like we have fallen under the unlucky 5% category or something like that...

I am not too surprised with the delay as over 50% applications from my country face delay like 12-16 weeks processing times. I wished for 16 weeks lol the more u think about it the longer the time stays still. Dont chase it thru ncs mp or any other way. It wont make any diff. I know a friend who knew someone in HO but that person could only tell the status. U cant push them. I am holding manythings because of this. I hope i hear from them soon

[Derivaz]

Congrats Ilr_hsmp.
You are ready for next step then...passport ....

2 of us waiting from July, Alsuwaidi and me; it seems like we have fallen under the unlucky 5% category or something like that...

I am not too surprised with the delay as over 50% applications from my country face delay like 12-16 weeks processing times. I wished for 16 weeks lol the more u think about it the longer the time stays still. Dont chase it thru ncs mp or any other way. It wont make any diff. I know a friend who knew someone in HO but that person could only tell the status. U cant push them. I am holding manythings because of this. I hope i hear from them soon

Well, in your case, it has already been 12 weeks, in my case around 10....

I'll contact the NCS after 6 months, if I'm unable to ring the HO, if not my MP; someone would have to find out what is going on...

Are we the only 2 July applicants waiting? anyone else?

[neoseal]

I think there are couple of others, they posted in general timeline.
Derivaz, may be your tesco vouchers are not enough yet to celebrate so UKBA are waiting until you get few more.

[Derivaz]

I think there are couple of others, they posted in general timeline.
Derivaz, may be your tesco vouchers are not enough yet to celebrate so UKBA are waiting until you get few more.

OK so 4 of us only; it seems like we fell under that 5% category..... we might not get a reply in months and months.... I wonder if i should just withdraw it and move to another country; this is mental; we might be waiting for ages without being able to decide about our future.... it might just be better to forget about it and ask for a transfer to another country!

[neoseal]

There is no need to withdraw. Just move to another country if you want to and come back to attend the ceremony whenever you get approval.

[Derivaz]

There is no need to withdraw. Just move to another country if you want to and come back to attend the ceremony whenever you get approval.

But if I move to another country there is no point in getting BC; I will stay here if it's approved, but the thing is that if it's under that small unlucky category; it might be the ones that they refuse; so it seems like me and these other 3 might have been unlucky and be in this category...

I guess I'll wait a bit longer and after a while start looking for a job in the target country so if I get BC before I get a job there, I stay, if I get a job there before I get BC, I move and forget about BC; i guess that's a good plan

[Derivaz]

There is no need to withdraw. Just move to another country if you want to and come back to attend the ceremony whenever you get approval.

I'm actually thinking that maybe they sent me a letter got lost and they are waiting on a reply from me, but obviously, I can't reply, because I didn't get it and the customer service person just see in the system that a decision hasn't been made, but she doesn't know why and the caseworker is waiting and waiting... but what could I do about that?

[Derivaz]

Congrats Ilr_hsmp.
You are ready for next step then...passport ....

2 of us waiting from July, Alsuwaidi and me; it seems like we have fallen under the unlucky 5% category or something like that...

I am not too surprised with the delay as over 50% applications from my country face delay like 12-16 weeks processing times. I wished for 16 weeks lol the more u think about it the longer the time stays still. Dont chase it thru ncs mp or any other way. It wont make any diff. I know a friend who knew someone in HO but that person could only tell the status. U cant push them. I am holding manythings because of this. I hope i hear from them soon

are you not sending any emails then, just waiting?

[neoseal]

I am sure nothing is wrong with your appl. Its just they are letting it mature.
We are still getting July approvals, they havent finished yet.

What's happening with royal mail strike?

[Derivaz]

I am sure nothing is wrong with your appl. Its just they are letting it mature.
We are still getting July approvals, they havent finished yet.

What's happening with royal mail strike?

mine was very straight forward, but rules are so vague that they can refuse it over some technicality; like if one of my landlords cheated and didn't report me as a tenant or something like that beyond my control.

No idea about royal mail, for the moment they are delivering fine, i think the
strikes might start in the 2nd half of the month; but i guess it will be on specific days not indefinitely, no?

[samkma]

What's happening with royal mail strike?

I don't think there will be a strike as Royal Mail, shares are being sold out at the moment (£750 minimum investment) there will be no point in strike action after being sold.