July 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[chrispratt4uk]

Dear all,
Finally received my citizenship letter from home office on 26th April and I collected it From my agent on 27th April (letter dated 17th march).
I called the customer service On 12th March and it was Attended by a gentleman who has been very Kind . But unfortunately I received the same reply that my application is still under consideration, but he was Very Caring and he told me that Case workers are trying their best and cleared lot of applications from the Backlogs Hopefully mine Would be in the queue Also he was telling me do you Know why it has been taking this long and quickly I said " that's fine and I can understand the work load at the caseworker end.. I'll wait " and he told me "take care" before I disconnect the phone.

[Eligibility criteria: 1 Year ILR + 5 years Tier 1 General
Language Criteria: Masters degree in UK + Life in the UK Test
Method of application: Legal Agent (By post)
Application Form Type: FORM AN for naturalisation
Date of application: 31/07/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 01/08/2015
Date of debit of fees: 11/08/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Letter Dated 11/08/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 26/27 th March 2015 (letter dated 17th March)
Date of Ceremony: 2nd April

I can understand, waiting is a real pain..but don't loose your hope and I think you are next because they have been in the process of clearing lot of back logs .. I wish you all a good luck and God bless you !
This board has been very informative and thank you so much for all your support !

[Vibek8]

My friend apply August 1 month after me he received the approval

[klevera]

Nationality Approval received on 25th March Ceremony booked and attended on 31st March

Eligibility criteria: Tier 1 General 5 year + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Bachelors with Hons from UK University
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Hertfordshire
Date of application: 29/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 31/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 20/08/2014
Date approval received: 25th March 2015
Date of ceremony: 31st March 2015

Letter was received from Home Office that this can take upto 3-6 month more..

[olazh]

Hi All

After almost 9 months, finally got my approval letter today. Im the happiest!
The best Easter present))))

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: B1 + life in uk
Current nationality: Belarus
Method of application: post
Council name if NCS used:
Date of application: 07/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 15/07/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 15/08/2014
Date approval received: 04.04.2015
Date of ceremony: to be confirmed

Hope all of you who still waiting will receive your approvals very very soon.

[alatrish]

Any News from any of July applicants , I am still waiting 9 months now

[Vibek8]

Any update any one applied July still wating

[chrisonzen]

Any News from any of July applicants , I am still waiting 9 months now

I'm waiting as well since 31-07-2014
HO asked me for some more documents and I sent them back.
Now I'm waiting for a final decision.Hopehully very soon.

[wheatfield]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Yrs ILR + 1 Yr
Language criteria met (Indian Master's degree, PBS used documents):
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Edinburgh
Date of application: 21/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 07/08/2014 (letter dated 31/07/2014)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 31/07/2014
Date approval received: - ???
Date of ceremony:-

Received letter from HO on march 20 requesting to submit my originals , i have posted my original in special delivery and also i have enlcosed pre-paid envolope along with my originals.... on 09/04 i have received my originals back along with HO letter saying that my application has been successfull and advised me to wait until i receive invitation letter from council...

Do i need to consider that letter as complete approval from HO ? or do i receive any other letters?

please advice me

[CR001]

@wheatfiled : Your application has been approved. Wait for the ceremony invitation letter then you can book your ceremony to receive your certificate. Shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks for this letter.

[wheatfield]

@wheatfiled : Your application has been approved. Wait for the ceremony invitation letter then you can book your ceremony to receive your certificate. Shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks for this letter.

thank you

[docmonaco]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Yrs ILR + Married to BC
Language criteria met: USA
Current nationality: USA
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Islington
Date of application: 09/07/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 11/07/2014
Date of acknowledgment: N/A
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 16/07/2014
Date approval received: - 07.04.15 (dated 26.03.14)
Date of ceremony: 14.04.15

I did receive the addition 3-6 months letter. The HO wrote to MP and said the applications from July - Dec were not processed until that special report came out. When they started to process again, all the checks they had done were expired (I think they have to be within the previous 3 months) so they had to do them all again. Good luck everyone, it seems to be moving faster now! I'm not confident about getting my passport quickly -- it's going to the same people! lol

[alatrish]

Hi docmonaco

Congratulations , could you please let me know when you did get your 3-6 months letter and when your MP contacted home office?

[docmonaco]

I got the 3-6 month letter in January, which was already past the 6 month cut-off. My MP wrote to the HO F O U R times since February 2015 -- FOUR!! She really did a good job trying to get things moving along, and that's how she discovered they had to do the checks all over again. So, basically, they had to start all the applications over from scratch in January. It does seem that they are putting some effort into processing now; especially with the election coming up. I hope you will all get your approval letters SOON!

[alatrish]

I got the 3-6 month letter in January, which was already past the 6 month cut-off. My MP wrote to the HO F O U R times since February 2015 -- FOUR!! She really did a good job trying to get things moving along, and that's how she discovered they had to do the checks all over again. So, basically, they had to start all the applications over from scratch in January. It does seem that they are putting some effort into processing now; especially with the election coming up. I hope you will all get your approval letters SOON!

Many Thanks fingers crossed , I applied on 11th July

[chrisonzen]

Looks like the things came to a hold again.
No movements for any of April, May, June or July.
This starts to become the worst waiting experience in my life...

[Sonnyboy8011]

i think Ukvi stop processing 2014 applications for nw it's more than a week nobody received anything from them...they are the worse people in planet,I bet if there was an award for being a**hole they gone be the winner no doubt whatsoever...

[hellonewhere]

I applied June 2014.

Made another complaint on 18/04/2015 - just received the response saying another 3-6 months.

[009516968]

Looks like the things came to a hold again.
No movements for any of April, May, June or July.
This starts to become the worst waiting experience in my life...

I got my approval in February, took 7 month in total, having contacted my local MP for his help and receiving the approval shortly after, I thought the MP had helped but guess what I just received a letter from my MP saying that he hasn't heard anything and he would "chase it up". Contacting MP is clearly an absolute waste of time, I am really sorry that you still waiting, I know well how demoraling it can be.
Best wishes

[chrisonzen]

Looks like the things came to a hold again.
No movements for any of April, May, June or July.
This starts to become the worst waiting experience in my life...

I got my approval in February, took 7 month in total, having contacted my local MP for his help and receiving the approval shortly after, I thought the MP had helped but guess what I just received a letter from my MP saying that he hasn't heard anything and he would "chase it up". Contacting MP is clearly an absolute waste of time, I am really sorry that you still waiting, I know well how demoraling it can be.
Best wishes

I think you are right. I contacted my MP and received 2 letters from her but after that - NOTHING
I'm not sure if the MPs actually make any difference.
Thanks for wishes!!!
Hopefully God will end this suffering soon

[kkb]

Hi Alatrish
Any update from your application. As I received a same email reply yesteday.Iam very worried

[alatrish]

Nothing yet I am still waiting

[Vibek8]

Waiting waiting still not received any update taking to long to process the application after May 5 guys

[chrisonzen]

Waiting waiting still not received any update taking to long to process the application after May 5 guys

Believe me my friend, I feel your pain...
This has already become the worst waiting experience I have come across in my entire life!
Demn RIDICULOUS...

[alatrish]

Received a letter today from home office saying good charter requires consulting with other governments departments and external agencies which still not concluded
Letter dated 29th April

[Siraj ud-Daulah]

Received a letter today from home office saying good charter requires consulting with other governments departments and external agencies which still not concluded
Letter dated 29th April

Hi Alatrish,

Is yours your's a straightforward case?

Thanks,
Siraj