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by fdie287rg9324r » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:54 pm
A lot of people here are being dramatic and need to calm down and understand that citizenship is not a right, it is a privilege, and the fee that we pay does not entitle us to receive it when we want it. It is a big job and a big deal, there are limited case workers, they don't give 1 application to 1 caseworker, each caseworker needs to check hundreds of applications, it could easily be thousands actually. And they need to check each application according to the guidelines issued by the Secretary of State and obviously the immigration laws. Also, they need to confirm backgrounds by doing several checks, checking that documents are authentic, etcetera. No one knows if their case is straightforward. That means nothing. If they need to check with a consulate or government abroad to authenticate a document, they need to wait for that government/consulate to reply, so there's no such thing as straightforward case. There are many ways to make an application and they need to check against all of these different ways, each of them have different rules. Before complaining try to go and read all of the rules and laws and see how easy it is!? Their job is to make sure that only the people that fall within the guidelines obtain the citizenship, so our country isn't full of criminals for example. Crying about it and being upset about will not speed up the process. Actually whenever someone calls, the caseworkers need to take time off to answer these calls. They cannot give any details on the calls, so it really is wasted time. Imagine how many calls they get every day, now make a sum of all the minutes that they waste. Maybe they could do an extra 10 or 20 applications every day by not having to answer calls. Wait until the 6 months are over and then enquire, but understand that your anxiety before 6 months will only make the process go slower for you and everyone else. My application was more straightforward than others here, I am a EU citizen which means that I don't even need a visa to be here, I sent all the proofs and they still took 4 months to reach a decision. I didn't call them or emailed them once. Once the application is in their hands the applicant cannot be deported, so why all the fuss? Be patient and it will arrive when it's supposed to, everyone has paid the fee, there's no such thing as a "straightforward" application. Some people get it faster because the government of their original country is quicker to send results back to the home office, there's nothing that the home office can do while they are waiting.