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by T51820 » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:32 pm
UPDATE - Ceremony Attended - I'm officially BRITISH!
Eligibility criteria: 10+ years in the UK, 10+ years having ILR
Language criteria met - Life in the UK and Exempt country
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: March 4, 2015
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: March 5, 2015 via Royal Mail tracking
Date of debit or clearance of fees: March 10, 2015 (shown on online statement March 12, 2015)
Date of acknowledgment: March 13, 2015 (dated March 10, 2015)
Date approval received: March 23, 2015 (dated March 17, 2015)
Date of ceremony: March 25, 2015
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I've applied for my passport right after my ceremony.
All in all my application took 12 days from UKBA receiving it to approving me. As shown above, I managed to get a ceremony date merely two days after receiving the letter by sheer luck (see my previous posts in this thread). With Ceremony, It still only took 20 days in total.
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Once again good luck to all those waiting.
Naturalisation:
Date of receipt by UKBA: March 5, 2015
Approval: March 17, 2015 (received 23/3/15)
Group Ceremony: March 25, 2015
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Passport Application: March 25, 2015
Passport Appointment: April 2, 2015
Passport Receipt: April 8, 2015