FINAL UPDATE! Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2015 (called and checked) Date of receipt of letter requesting wor...

Another update ** (sorry couldnt edit the previous one) Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2015 (called and checked...

Update ** Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2015 (called and checked) Date of receipt of letter requesting work ad...

Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2012 (called and checked) Date of return of documents: … Date of receipt of int...

Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2012 (called and checked) Date of return of documents: … Date of receipt of int...

Application Timeline Passport for: 1 X Adult Application Type: New (Naturalised Citizen) Method of application: Post Office (Check & Send) Date of application: 7 May 2015 Date of receipt of application at HO: 11 May 2012 (called and checked) Date of return of documents: … Date of receipt of inte...

@ legit2011

I asked my referees and none had been contacted. My application took just under 6 months so there were plenty of checks.

FYI. I had submitted this FOI request some time ago (see below link) about Sept applicants. There were 7375 September applicants. Basically as of Dec 31st, 64.8% had been approved. Number of decisions by month: Sept-14 40 Oct-14 1,205 Nov-14 3,275 Dec-14 265 This is consistent to the showing on the ...

FYI. I had submitted this FOI request some time ago (see below link) There were 7375 September applicants. Basically as of Dec 31st, 64.8% had been approved. We were part of the 35% still waiting. Number of decisions by month. Sept-14 40 Oct-14 1,205 Nov-14 3,275 Dec-14 265 Total approved by 31 Dec ...

Looking at the last few pages here, the average waiting time for a passport is 12.3 working days (15.6 calendar days) with the range being 8 - 21 working days (10-28 calendar days). Sample size of 18 applications (omitted one clear outlier). Question is - shall we expect the approval timelines to ge...

hi all, probably my final update here... got my naturalisation certificate yesterday..! Good luck and have faith!! Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 (6 years) (non EU) ILR: 12 months Language criteria: Life in the UK + USA Bachelor’s degree Method of application: NCS Southwark Date of application: 10/09/...

Thanks. Do you (or anyone else) think enclosing a letter asking for originals back within 2 weeks would help (along with a return postage paid envelope)? Or would they just ignore it?

Thanks. Did you pay the extra £3 for the return of the documents by recorded delivery? I hear you get the originals quicker that way...

Sorry to revive an old thread - but is there any more clarity on whether old passports are returned to the applicant quickly? Is there a way to request this? I need to travel shortly after applying for the passport (within 2 weeks). Thanks!

Congrats cmpic! I applied on the 9th of sep and still waiting. May I ask you if you had filled anything in your form that required third party checks like for example traffic PCNs etc? I did declare my PCN even though I paid the penalty and there was no conviction or license points and I did this a...

FINALLY THE APPROVAL IS HERE!!! Good luck to everyone still waiting! Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 (6 years) (non EU) ILR: 12 months Language criteria: Life in the UK + USA Bachelor’s degree Method of application: NCS Southwark Date of application: 10/09/2014 Date received by UKBA: 11/09/2014 Payment...

FYI, from the general thread, a sept applicant got approved a few days ago. O.g.2014 Eligibility criteria: 10 years in UK Language criteria met: UK degree and Life in Uk Method of application: NCS Date Of Application : 23/08/2014 Payment Method : Credit Card Date Of Debit Or Clearance of Fees : 1/09...

How about creating an online petition that people can add their names to? Then we can write the letter and reference the petition... just need to find one that can let people enter more than just the name (date of application and nationality for eg).

Congrats!!

Seems from the september batch its only EEA applicants getting approvals...

What I’d be curious to know is if anyone who applied before 10th of August and is still waiting DID NOT receive a similar letter...

My advice is to stop reading 2015 threads. You will subject yourself to more pain otherwise... Hi, I am one of the Sep 14 applicants. Keep coming here and keep hurting myself seeing people getting approvals in weeks. Not that I'm unhappy for all those brothers and sisters who are super lucky. I just...

I dont think any Septemer appicants have received such letter (nobody has reported getting one). I don't think we will get these until 6th month have passed.

I checked the Independent Chief Inspector’s report and recommendations. Available here.

http://icinspector.independent.gov.uk/w ... sework.pdf

Having a hard time seeing what could take 9-12 months to check....

I think it has to do with criminal checks in the applicants home country and places where the applicant has lived. This is not good – I have lived in 3 countries before UK and one of them won’t furnish a clean record that easily given its extremely inefficient and bureaucratic… this may turn into a ...

Hi, I have send an email last week asking what is going on with my application, since 6 months had already passed. Today I got a letter in the post from Home Office asking for ORIGINAL documents confirming my English language skills. I was rather surprised by this, as I have applies with local chec...