I suspect race has nothing to do with the discrimination, as I am still waiting after 7 months, and I am a Canadian / Hungarian with a British mother. I think the discrimination simply comes down to when we all applied for this, as it seems if anyone applied after July they have got their answers, ...

there are some approvals starting to trickle in for people who applied way before us. Gives me hope that we will receive something in the next 6 months. I was hoping to vote in the general election...

there are people who applied earlier in the year than us and still have no news - just look at the posts in the Feb, May and July threads... so be prepared to wait for another few months

Since 2004 or so HO (or predecessor UKBA) hasn't enacted any retro-active policies. They tried it once with HSMP but were struck by the courts I believe (anyone who was in the UK already had old rules apply to them).

You are not alone ,september 11 i applied and never heard from them and its almoust 4 months now , if you check the december applicants they are approving application in 2 weeks and 2 days time. Whats the diffirence bet US? Only GOD knows. It's like this every month... about 70% get approved in 4-5...

hunanuk wrote:Hi, everyone, told by a gentleman who submitted on 11 step, got arrival letter on 24 Dec, best Christmas gift ever.

That gives us some hope...

You are absolutely right. October applications are currently at around 74% approved too (Oct thread). They seem to take 25-30% of applications to 'further checks'. Sucks to be in this 30%...

Things slowed down well before, but i hope that story doesn't have an effect on pending applications...

akhurshid, if/when you update the dashboard, could you take out the ppl who got their approvals leave only those who are still waiting? Thanks!

dont think the delays have necessarily smth to do with being SE Asian, or being EU applicant or even having points on your driving license :) I am/have neither of those things - and still waiting... (straight forward application, no issues, no convictions, etc.) There seems to be a fairly binary out...

A strange fact that majority of the applications submitted on 10/09 or 11/09 are still outstanding...

I've been waiting for nearly 7 months so far. Contacted a solicitor today who advised me that they have a number of naturalisation applications 6 months + and it is believed to be due to HO backlog. So their 100% target and "we are still making checks" is complete bollocks. They are clear...

I've been waiting for nearly 7 months so far. Contacted a solicitor today who advised me that they have a number of naturalisation applications 6 months + and it is believed to be due to HO backlog. So their 100% target and "we are still making checks" is complete bollocks. They are clear...

congrats! Good to see at least some approvals coming thru again.

I called HO today again and mine is still pending

I called HO today too (used the >6m option). Was told the application has not been decided and is still under consideration… frustrating.

legit2011, I am in the same shoes... applied on 10 Sept, still waiting... starting to get a bit worried seeing October approvals starting to come through and no sign of mine. And I thought mine was a very straightforward case...

Yes, very dissapointing to come home to an empty mailbox day after day... (or worse, to a bunch of bills).

It seems Volly (#29 on dashboard) got his/her approval (from general thread). Eligibility criteria: 27 month spouse visa + 1,4 ILR Language criteria: IELTS band score 6 (used for entry clearance visa in 2011) meets B1 criteria (although has expiry date 2 years , confirmed by HO via email still accep...

Congrats sharma14!

akhurshid - when you update the dashboard can you sort the list by date of application? Thanks!

P.S. Another Sept applicant from the general thread:

V2rfrendz
Date of application - 17th Sept
Method - NLS
Date of acknowledgement - 21st Sept
Date of approval - 10th Nov.

On fire today! The count's now at 17. Fingers crossed for the rest of us!

Congrats excited! It seems there are two more September approvals (on the general thread). This takes it to 15 September approvals thus far. shevar_08 Eligibility criteria: 5yrs Language criteria met: B1 ENGLISH LEVEL /Life in The UK Test Method of application: NCS Date of application: 04/09/2014 Da...

sorry, can't see it here on page 9...

akhurshid wrote:cool, I have added that to the dashboard now.

He/she wrote on the prior page: " I applied on 23 September by post and today (06/11/2014) I received the approval letter and my documents back" Congrats! btw you dont have nemonilo on the dashboard, that takes the # of approvals to 12 (out of 50) Thanks :-) Can you share his/her timeline ...

Congrats! btw you dont have nemonilo on the dashboard, that takes the # of approvals to 12 (out of 50). And if you dont mind sorting by application date that would be splendid :D It's my turn today. By grace of Allah I received my approval today dated on 1st of this month. I'll keep updating the das...

I counted 11 approvals from September applicants... Hope our approvals are not far away!