No of applicants : 1 Adult
Eligibility Criteria : Held PR card for 1yr (following 5yr EEA family mbr RC)
Language criteria : Life in UK + UK degree
Method of application : NCS
Date of NCS appointment : 26/06/2014
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA : 27/06/2014
Date of acknowledgment : 04/07/2014
Date of clearance of fees : 09/06/2014
Date approval received : 14/03/2015
Date of ceremony : 01/04/2015
Hi All,
I found this forum very useful and particularly re-assuring during my somewhat unpleasant wait for a decision on my naturalization application.
After the 6 month lead time passed, I phoned the HO on two occasions to check on progress only to be told to write to the case worker which I duly did. I got a response about 5 weeks later on 06/02/15, saying my case was being further scrutinized; my suspicions of this being a 'mass produced' standard response (no signature/name of caseworker) was confirmed on this forum. The HO had never contacted me once to notify me of any anomaly with my form/application so not having a response after almost 8 months was worrying to say the least. At this point, I just gave up chasing them and hoped the approval would turn up one fine day somehow
. After just shy of a 9-month wait I had my ceremony yesterday and have submitted my passport application
My gripe with the HO has never really been the fact they sometimes take for ever to deal with cases (I appreciate the enormity and complexity of the job they do) but rather their terrible communication/information (or lack of). Surely their customer service could be better without breaking the bank.
Anyway I want to say thanks to all you guys for your helpful posts and good luck to all those awaiting their approvals; positive news is not far off. Keep this community spirit alive.