Hi drabix1
You are not alone matey. I have applied (joint application) in April 2006 & still waiting. Its been 18 months now. I know few other people who has been waiting for more than 10 months now.

I do not have any criminal records or any other offences.

Regards

It took me 2 years for no reason actually. I was 15 days short for the deadline of the applications without the test. Then had to wait few months for the test as my wife was pregnant & she was going through the morning sickness period (the period that you get the blame for everything :) ). So th...

It's no coincedence that most of the people who have reported quick turnaround times for their naturalisation applications appear to be from Commonwealth countries.

But....I'm from a Commonwealth country.

certain nationalities take longer than others because of security checks. Dawie, Are you saying that they don't do security checks on certain nationalities. I thought they do for everybody regardless of the nationality. I can understand the delay if they write to organisations in those countries. B...

Good Luck SK1, I'm sure you get it this time. Have you applied through NCS? Most people get it within 2 months. In my case I applied with my wife & Son. I have been living in UK 12 years (6 student + 4 WP + 2 ILR) and paid my taxes for all the years that I have been working. My son is now 7 year...

Thanks Guys, Much appreciated if a Senior member can give me some advice. The only problem I can think of is that I dropped one of my First names with the advice of NCS. I have a very long name with 5 initials when the NCS adviser saw that she said I could drop my unused names if I want to. She said...

And forget about that 3.94 months for JOINT applications.

Guys, Has any of you applied as JOINT application. I sent my JOINT application April LAST YEAR. 11 Months still no word from the home office apart from the acknowledgement letter.. When I call they say that the caseworker hasn't taken his/her final decision yet. This is through NCS. I strongly recom...

If you have all the stamps in the passport for the last 10 years, don't waste your money on agents. I did mine as 10 year legal stay and got my ILR 2 years ago.

I just read all the pages in this discussion & It seems most single applications through NCS were processed within 4 weeks. Does anybody know the timelines for Joint applications?

Has any of you shorten your name in the application? I have a very long name with some names I never use. NCS told me that I can drop some names if I want to & I did. Its been above 4 months now & I'm wondering whether its because of that.

Hi Guys NCS or Postal : NCS Hatfield Date of submission or posting : April 27th 2006 CRITERIA - 10 years (6 Student + 4 Work Permit and 1 ILR) Date of debit/credit card : May 4th 2006 Date of receipt of acknowledgement : May 9th 2006 This is for Myself, wife & Kid. And I still didn't hear from t...