September 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[veejay]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year WP + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met: Degree from Exempt countries
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Canterbury
Date of application: 18/09/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/09/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 26/09/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 26/09/2014
Date of approval: 04/11/2014
Date approval received: 12/11/2014
Date of ceremony: 16/12/2014

Hello all - got my approval couple of days back. All the best for the remaining applications

[veejay]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year WP + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met: Degree from Exempt countries
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Canterbury
Date of application: 18/09/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/09/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 26/09/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 26/09/2014
Date of approval: 04/11/2014
Date approval received: 12/11/2014
Date of ceremony: 16/12/2014

Hello all - got my approval couple of days back. All the best for the remaining applications

[cov]

I thought most of us will get approval this week, but unfortunately I was wrong and I think last week was much better than this week.

[jack.jack]

Congrats all!!
Now im sad I want mine too
is it possible to receive it over the weekend? or i should check it on monday?

[mansi1987]

Hi Guys, I am new to this forum and haven't really posted earlier but must say that have been reading this forum regularly and that helped me while I was waiting for my approval. Luckily I received my approval yesterday so thought of posting this for all of you-

Eligibility criteria: 5 Year HSMP (plus 2 years student that didn't counted obviously) + 1 yr ILR
Language criteria met: B1 test
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wembley
Date of application: 06/09/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/09/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 15/09/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/09/2014
Date of approval: 04/11/2014
Date approval received: 14/11/2014
Date of ceremony: 17/11/2014

[raf1]

Hi All,
After being a silent reader for around 2 months, I have finally received my Citizenship letter from the Home Office and the invitation letter for the ceremony from my local Council (two separate letters that arrived the same day) .
My time line is as follows:

Eligibility criteria: 2 years marriage (plus 3 years living in the UK in total) - 0 yr ILR
Language criteria met: IELTS
Current nationality: Peru
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 04/09/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/09/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 16/09/2014
Date of approval: 14/11/2014 (dated 09/11/2014)
Date of ceremony: 03/12/2014

I encourage to you all to keep posting your timelines once is approved. This will help people to ease the torment of waiting as it helped me to do so (a lot!!!).
All the best and good luck for who are still waiting

[pnakhat]

Got my approval yesterday

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 12 months ILR
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Chelmsford
Date of application: 25/09/2014
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/09/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 06/10/2014
Date approval received: 14/11/2014 later dated 08/11/2014

[akhurshid]

32 out of 61 approvals so far which means 52% applications on this thread have been decided

[indy6160]

Finally received approval !!!!

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK Degree
Current nationality:
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Leeds
Date of application: 24/09/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/09/14
Date of acknowledgment: 06/10/14 by email, 08/10/14 by letter
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 03/10/14
Date approval received: 15/11/14 (letter dated 11/11/14)
Date of ceremony:TBC

[vrsuk]

Update:

Eligibility criteria: (Work Permit 5 yrs +1 yr ILR)
Language criteria met: NARIC CEFR statement
Current nationality: IND
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCL
Date of application: 12/09/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: tbc
Date of acknowledgment: tbc
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/09/2014
Date approval received: 15/11/2014 (dated 08/11/14)
Date of ceremony: 19/11/2014

Thank you guy, I don't see any website other than this to guide UK Imigration matters, appreciated every one, good luck for who ever still looking for brown envelopess

Cheers

[vrsuk]

Update:

Eligibility criteria: (Work Permit 5 yrs +1 yr ILR)
Language criteria met: NARIC CEFR statement
Current nationality: IND
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: NCL
Date of application: 12/09/2014
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: tbc
Date of acknowledgment: tbc
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 24/09/2014
Date approval received: 15/11/2014 (dated 08/11/14)
Date of ceremony: 19/11/2014

Thank you guys, I don't see any website other than this to guide UK Imigration matters, appreciated every one, good luck for who ever still looking for brown envelopes

Cheers

[sanguine9]

Got my (+ wife's) approval today!!!

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): Indian Degree on PBS
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Lambeth
Date of application: 17/09/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/09/14
Date of acknowledgment: 04/10/14 by letter
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/09/14
Date approval received: 15/11/14 (letter dated 08/11/14)
Date of ceremony:TBC

Have been a silent reader of this post and it has been very useful. Good work by the moderator.

All the best to everyone still waiting. It will come through shortly!!!

[skyepark]

Ability criteria: 2 year spouse + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (LIUK and B1or)
: Current BELARUS
NCS used: LEWISHAM
Date of application: 15/0914
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/09/14
Date of acknowledgment: 04/10/14 by letter
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 25/09/14
Date approval received: 15/11/14 (letter dated 05/11/14)
Date of ceremony TBC

[jack.jack]

wow! happy to all of you....hope to receive mine soon
finger crossed

[jack.jack]

another approval !!from the general thread :

Eligibility criteria: 10years+1year ILR
Language criteria met UK degree + LIUK
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15/09/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of acknowledgment: 21/09/14
Date approval received: received today dated 07/11/14

[odegova]

Hi all

I've got my approval too.
KEEP POSITIVE AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL WHO'S STILL WAITING
Applied via NCS Harrow
Date of application: 10/09/14
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: couple of days later
Date of debit or clearance of fees: about a week later
Date approval received: 14/11/14 (dated 04/11/14)
Date of ceremony:TBC

[akhurshid]

Dashboard updated.
39 approvals so far out of 66 applications. 59% of the applications on this thread have been approved.

[cov]

Thank you very much akhurshid for updating the Dashboard

[sinhaa12]

Thanks to this forum. I was knowing when I will get my approval because of this forum.
Many many thanks to all of you and best of luck who's approvals are pending.

Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): IELTS
Current nationality: India
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: SUTTON
Date of application: 01/09/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 05/09/14
Date of acknowledgment: 13/09/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11/09/14
Date approval received: 08/11/14
Date of ceremony:13/11/14

[theghid]

I have been lurking here for a while and found it quite useful. Here is my timeline.

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 (Investor) + 1 year ILR
Language criteria: B1 Test, Life in the UK Test
Current nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS (Weybridge)
Date of application: 02/09/14
Payment method: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/09/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 08/09/14
Date of acknowledgment: 09/09/14
Date approval received: TBC
Date of ceremony: TBC

Please add me to the dashboard as i think you missed my post .Thanks

[akhurshid]

Sorry about that. I have now updated the dashboard.

[Wakeuphappy]

Hi all,
i was on holiday last week. When i got home on Sunday I saw the legendary brown envelope, now sure which day it arrived, but the date on the letter is the 8th of November. i have arranged for a private ceremony, please see below the timeline

[quote="Wakeuphappy"]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year Tier 1 + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 22/09/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: TBC
Date of acknowledgment: 03/10/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 30/09/2014
Date approval received: 08/11/2014
Date of ceremony:19/11/2014

thanks guys, good luck all

[legit2011]

Wow good to see these approvals...encouraging...I guess I will be next:)...

[shaik719]

Hi everyone
Here are my wife timelines

Applied via NCS Reading
Date of application: 03/09/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/09/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 09/09/14
Date approval received: 17/09/14
Date of ceremony:TBC

@akurshid thanks for the dashboard and
updates bro

Good luck for the applicants waiting

[london_2014]

No updates yet....God only knows what is happening with our application....