Eligibility criteria: 3 year Spouse of a BC Method of application: NCS - Newcastle Upon Tyne Date of application: 29.11.13 Payment method: DC Date of receipt by UKBA: ? Date of acknowledgement: 21/01/2014 (dated 16/01/2014) Date of debit or clearance of fees: Card Declined! Date approval received: ...

Hi Rikken, I am afraid I cannot help there, I am not even sure when my payment was taken, as I was only looking at the balance, not the available balance. BTW my balance is still not showing the fee taken, nor is there any transaction, only the available balance is £1550 pounds less. I am myself no...

Still no payment taken! I need to request my passport back and I plan to wait until they send me the acknowledgement letter so I have a reference number. But getting impatient now!

Do they take the payment first thing in the morning or during the day?

December stats:

Week of 2 December: 17 (14 with fees taken)
Week of 9 December: 14 (7 with fees taken)
Week of 16 December: 10 (4 with fees taken)
Week of 23 December: 3 (0 with fees taken)
Week of 30 December (not January): 2 (0 with fees taken)

TTOE wrote:rikken and InUkOnHsmp any joy yet with regards to your fees being asked for from your card providers?

Not yet for me. I just checked. Hoping it will be today as people who applied after me are now getting fees taken.

Full December stats: Week of 2 December: 15 (10 with fees taken) Week of 9 December: 12 (2 with fees taken) Week of 16 December: 9 (no fees taken) Week of 23 December: 3 (no fees taken) Week of 30 December (not January): 2 (no fees taken) All December applications (as of the time of posting): mrbeef...

Just a succinct overview of payment deductions as at 15:15pm 18/01/14 based on posts under December 2013 timeline 31 applications have been logged so far and 11 of these 31 have reported payment deductions.... 11 out of 31 = 36 % .....still counting :D You must have missed a few, because I have not...

Cool so that's now ten people that have had fees taken for December, hoping mines soon!

I don't see why it would be a problem.

If there was any doubt by the assessor, they would just call the referee themselves and confirm they are legit.

Just noticed UKBA has posted the new service standards of applications made in UK. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2014/january/22-service In short - extension (tier 1, tier 2, etc) - 8 weeks (used to be about 4 weeks if i remember correctly) ILR - 6 month (same as before...

An update on applications for the period of 11 November to 3 January. Lots of movement this week which is great. 'Apps acknowledged' means that the fee has been debited. Apps submitted Apps acknowledged Apps approved Week of 11 November 15 9 Week of 18 November 18 7 Week of 25 November 13 6 Week of ...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: (e.g.- 4yr + 1yr ILR Method of application: NCS (Newcastle City ) Date of receipt by UKBA: Date of debit of fees: 15-01-2014 (Checked from account Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Date of receipt of approval: Date of Ceremony: When did you apply?

keepsim wrote:Just a quick question , would be ok to say that Jan applications could be handled in early feb unlike Nov/Dec which have been backlogged because of xmas/new year holidays ?

Most likely, but could be a bit earler, based on how quickly the November applications are now being acknowledged.

An update on applications for the period of 11 November to 3 January. Still not many applications, but a couple are now being looked at. Apps submitted Apps acknowledged Apps approved Week of 11 November 11 2 Week of 18 November 16 Week of 25 November 10 Week of 2 December 9 Week of 9 December 10 We...

Hi, I applied on the same day as yours via NCS Tower Hamlets, 25th Nov. Monday and received on 26th Nov. by UKBA Heard nothing AT ALL, no fees deduction or no acknowledgement letter! I will post once the balance is deducted They are up to around the time of October 28-November 4 at the moment. You ...

It's taking a long time for everyone.

When did you apply?

Here is my situation: Eligibility: Form UKM (Citizenship through heritage; Mother is UK citizen) Method of application: Reading NCS Date of Application: 8/10/13 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 18/10/13 -- This was via e-mail. Looks like most get their via post, but I live in Germany. Date of de...

Hi all, Happy New Year ! Just to give you quick update on my wife's naturalisation application. Application Timeline: Eligibility Criteria: ( 4 yr ILR ) Method of application: Postal (sent through our solicitor) Date sent to UKBA:25th Dec 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th Dec 2013 Date of debit of...

Nice work guys.

From what I can see of the reported applications, there are as many applications lodged in the week of October 21 as there have been for the entire months of November/December. So expect things to pick up quite quickly once the backlog is cleared for October (it almost is).

To the last few posts above.

The MN1 registrations are done by the same place that does the naturalisations and they are only now picking up ones from approx 25 October, so the same delays are going to apply to you.

To follow on from the timeframes that jotter is updating for October/start of November I've tried to find all the applications that people have mentioned in the few related threads. I'll try to update this each week. Apps submitted Apps acknowledged Apps approved Week of 11 November 9 Week of 18 Nov...

Anyone else out there who applied in December?

jotter wrote:Being maintained here.

That's great and good to see how busy it has been. Can you add December in as well, it doesn't seem like there have been many applications in that month (says the person impatiently waiting on a December application...)

A few years back I was planning to apply and I didn't know anyone who met the description (I'd just moved to the UK). I remember calling UKBA and asking about this, they advised to find someone that meets the professional requirement and to attach a note stating this and advise how long you have kno...

Applied on 24/10 thru NCS got letter from home office today dated 19/12 requesting payment details as my payment was declined due to wrong expiry date on my debit card details Embarassed send it today itself special delivery, can anyone tell me how much my application be delayed by approximately pl...