Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[djkay12]

Eligibility criteria: 5years + 1yr ILR Refugee
Language criteria met: B1 + LITUK Test
Current nationality: Zim
NCS used: 24/09/2015
Date of application: 44/06/2015
Payment method Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA:25.09.2015
Date of debit or clearance of fees:08.10.2015
Date of acknowledgment & Bio Letter: 12.10.2015 dated 08/10/2015
Biometrics Submitted: 14/10/2015
Date approval received: AWAITING
Date of ceremony: AWAITING


I am still waiting

[ambareen]

received approval....updated timeline

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 2yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + bachelors taught in english
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 30/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/11/2015 (royal mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 20/11/2015 (credit card payment)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: did not receive any email, received letter by post on 27/11/2015 dated 20/11/2015
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/11/2015
Date on Approval letter: 04/02/2016 (dated 03/02/2016)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

This forum has been very useful to predict approximate timelines for the application progress as we hear NOTHING from home office for long periods. Thank you all for sharing

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[noajthan]

Guys I have received a letter from Home Office that my application has been successful , however it has been 1 week and I haven't received the invitation letter and council seems to have not received it also.
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[alexsas]

Final update from me:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + old IELTS
Method of application: NCS Bracknell
Date of application: 29/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: unknown
Date of debit of fees: 19/11/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: 23/11/2015
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/11/2015
Date on Approval letter: 23/01/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 03/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: 02/03/2016

Good luck to all those still waiting.

[hadi2012]

Application Timeline for combine application.
Eligibility criteria: (10 year + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Trinity B1
Method of application: NCS Wandworth council
Date of application: 04/02/16
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of passport fee debit:-
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email
Date Biometrics enrolled:
Date on Approval letter:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:
Passport received date:-

[Mikalai_S]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years Spouse +1 Y ILR
Language criteria met: ESOL
Nationality: BLR
Method of application: via Post
Date of application: 20/10/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/10/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 09/11/2015 (Email) + letter 11/11/2015, dated 06/11/2015
Date money gone off account: 07/11/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: received 11/11/2015, dated 06/11/2015
Biometrics done: 12/11/2015
Letter received 22/01/2015 (dated 20/01) together with returned docs saying that application was successful and that the approval letter will follow shortly
Date of approval : 04/02/2016 (dated 23/01/2016)
Date of ceremony : 10/02/2016
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

[Will47786]

**************** UPDATE!!!!!*****************************

Eligibility criteria:UKM born before 1983
Language criteria met: not applicable
Nationality: Canadian
Method of application: Mailed from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Date of application: October 5 / 2015 (date mailed from Vancouver, BC)
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: October 9 / 2015 (tracked via Canada Post and confirmed received that date)
Date of acknowledgement : October 19 / 2015 ( received by me on October 28/2015)
Date money gone off account: October 13 / 2015 ( credit card charged the citizenship ceremony fee)
Date of letter requesting biometrics: October 19 / 2015 [/b]( sent via Royal Mail - all original documents received back)
Biometrics done: November 3 / 2015 (in Vancouver BC at VFS Global office)
Date of request for additional documentation December 10 / 2015
***** Email request from a case worker at the Home Office *************
Request for a birth certificate confirming parentage (the one submitted and returned did not have this information as the year when it was issued the Province where I was born didn't list such information on said document.
Date additional documentation was provided: December 17 / 2015 - aforementioned document was received, scanned and emailed to the case worker at the generic email address he contacted me from and instructed me to send the requested information )document).
December 24 / 2015 - same document and email was forwarded again to the case worker after no reply for a week on the original email
Date of acknowledgment of receipt of document by the case worker: December 29 / 2015 - acknowledgement via email from noted case worker that the document had been received, no other comments provided.
Date of approval : Received approval today (Feb 5th / 2015 via E-mail)
Date of ceremony : March 10th / 2015 at the British Consulate-General in Vancouver!!!!!
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

Approval as of today is the 4 month mark from when I sent my application via Canada Post to the Home Office!!!! I was disappointed when I checked my mailbox this afternoon and all that I received was some junk mail. This makes my day!!! Can't wait for the ceremony in just over a month!!!!

[Stefan-TR]

Hi all, here are our application timelines from application to approval:

German Citizen
Eligibility criteria: 5 years EEA1 + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Trinity College SELT

Turkish Spouse
Eligibility criteria: 5 years UK (mix of Tier 1 + EEA2) + 1 year PR
Language Criteria: Master's degree taught in English

Common Timeline
Method of application: NCS Hounslow
Date of application: 24-Oct-2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: 16-Nov-2015
Date Biometrics letter received: 17-Nov-2015 (dated 13-Nov-2015)
Date fees debited (paid by cheque): 19-Nov-2015
Date Approval letter received: 05-Feb-2016 (dated 30-Jan-2016)

[BISON]

Exact time line but still waiting

Final update from me:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + old IELTS
Method of application: NCS Bracknell
Date of application: 29/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: unknown
Date of debit of fees: 19/11/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: 23/11/2015
Date Biometrics enrolled: 24/11/2015
Date on Approval letter: 23/01/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 03/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: 02/03/2016

Good luck to all those still waiting.

[askim]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years spouse of BC + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Newcastle
Language criteria: Trinity London B1 English and Life in the UK
Date of application: 01/02/2016
Date of debit of fees: 09/02/2016
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 09/02/2016
Date of biometrics request: 07/02/2016 (Arrived 09/02/2016)
Date of biometrics done: 10/02/2016
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[frazserwan]

Type of application. Tier 1 5 Yrs plus 1 year ILR, Main plus 3 dependant
Date applied: 02/10/2015
Fee Deducted: 14/10/2015
Biometrics done: 29/10/2015
Approval received: 10/02/2016 (issued 05/02/2016)
Ceremony: 15/03/2016

Thank you for this forum and best of luck to those who are waiting for approval. Regards

[xxayeshaxx]

My best friend Application time line

Eligibility criteria: 2 years spouse + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Luton
Date of application: 24 Nov 2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: Unknown
Date of debit of fees: 10 Dec 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17 Dec 2015
Date of biometric letter: 17 Dec 2015
Date biometric done: 23 Dec 2015
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

[MilwaukeeMikey]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Resident + 1 Year ILR
Language Criteria: National of English Speaking Country
Method of application: NCS Wandsworth
Date of application: 06/11/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09/11/2015
Date of debit of fees: 03/12/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/12/15
Biometric submitted: 19/12/15
Date of receipt of approval: 09/02/2016 (Dated 03/02/2016)

[running up that hill]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years EU
Language criteria met: UK Degree
Nationality: EU
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 27/08/2015
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07/09/2015
Date of acknowledgement : 09/09/2015 (Email) + letter 11/09/2015, dated 07/09/2015
Date money gone off account: 08/09/2015
Date of letter requesting biometrics: received 22/09/2015, dated 24/09/2015
Biometrics done: 26/09/2015
Letter received 06/02/2016 (dated 28/01/2016) together with returned docs saying that application was successful and that the approval letter will follow shortly
Date of approval : 28//01/2016
Date of ceremony : 10/02/2016
Date applied for passports :
Date passports received :

[ambareen]

received approval....updated timeline

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 2yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + bachelors taught in english
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 30/10/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 02/11/2015 (royal mail tracking)
Date of debit of fees: 20/11/2015 (credit card payment)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: did not receive any email, received letter by post on 27/11/2015 dated 20/11/2015
Date Biometrics enrolled: 28/11/2015
Date on Approval letter: 04/02/2016 (dated 03/02/2016)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: 05 April 2016!

This forum has been very useful to predict approximate timelines for the application progress as we hear NOTHING from home office for long periods. Thank you all for sharing

[raja935]

Updated Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3 years British spouse dependence.
Nationality: Indian
Method of Application: NCS
English Qualification: Life in the uk and Naric Certificated English requirement.
Date of application : 22 October 2015
Date receive by ukba : 27 October 2015
Date of Debit Fees : 11/11/2015
Acknowledgement by email: 12/11/2015
Date of receive of acknowledgement & Biometric: 14/11/2015.
Date of Biometric : 16/11/2015.
Date receive of Approval: 12/02/2016 (dated 07/02/2016)

[farooqi]

Application Timeline

No.of Applicants: 2
Eligibility criteria: (5yr + 1yr ILR)
Method of application: NCS (Aberdeen)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26th Sep, 2015
Date of debit of fees: roughly 3 weeks
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval: Letter received on 12/02/2016, date of approval 04/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: Yet to be booked

Best of luck to all members who are waiting for approvals.
Hats off to this website it gives everyone a fair possibility on time-frame

[CamiIB]

Eligibility Criteria: 8 years EEA
Method of Application: NCS (Kings Lynn)
Date of Application: 23/9/2015
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 24/9/2015
Date of Debit of Fees: 6/10/2015
Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 9/10/2015 (dated 6/10/2015)
Biometrics Submitted: 9/10/2015
Date of Receipt of Approval: 13/2/2016 (dated 7/2/2016)
Date of Ceremony: To be booked

[M_Khalid]

Update

Eligibility criteria: 5 years EEA Treaty Rights + 1 year Resident Status
Language Criteria met: Life in the UK + UK BA and Masters degree
Nationality: French
Number of Applicant: 1
Method of application: Solicitor
Date of application: 23/09/2015
Payment Method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/09/2015
Date of debit of fees: 20/10/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20/10/2015
Date of biometric letter: 20/10/2015
Date of biometric enrolment: 26/10/2015
Date of receipt of approval: 13/02/2016 (Dated 10/02/2016)
Date of Ceremony: WAITING

Good Luck to everyone

[18august2014]

APPROVAL UPDATED

Eligibility criteria: 10yr Long Residence + 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Lambeth
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18 November 2015
Date of debit of fees: 11 December 2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15 December 2015 (letter dated 11 December 2015)
Date biometrics given: 18 December 2015
Date of receipt of approval: 13 February 2016 (letter dated 06 February 2016)
Date of Ceremony: pending

[Snowborn]

Final update:

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK + Eng requirement proved previously
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Date of application: 05/11/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/11/2015
Date of debit of fees: 30/11/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email: 30/11/2015
Date Bio-metrics enrolled: 07/12/2015
Date on Approval letter: 07/02/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 13/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: 24/02/2016

The only strange thing happened is, I have received confirmation letter from council yesterday that they have already booked my ceremony. I had received my approval letter yesterday and even didn't ring council to book. They did it themselves.
anyways
Good luck to all those still waiting.

[habibre]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (5yr Tier1 + 1yr ILR)
No Of Applications: 2 ( Main+Spouse)
Language Criteria:Life in the UK +Trinity College English B1
Method of application: NCS Maidenhead
Date of application: 06/11/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA:10/11/2015
Date of debit of fees: 02/12/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email:0 3/12/2015
Date Bio-metrics spouse enrolled: 05/12/2015
Date Bio-metrics Self enrolled:24/12/2015
Date on Approval letter: 05/02/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 15/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: 17/02/2016

[uma103]

My citizenship application was approved in Oct and then applied for my Mrs as she wasn’t in the country for 5 years.

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: (Tier1 Dependent + 1yr ILR)
No Of Applications: 1
Language Criteria: Life in the UK +Trinity College English B1
Method of application: Post
Date of application: 07/11/2015
Date of receipt by UKBA:10/11/2015
Date of debit of fees: 02/12/2015
Date of receipt of acknowledgement by Email:04/12/2015
Date Bio-metrics enrolled: 05/12/2015
Date on Approval letter: 12/02/2016
Date of receipt of approval: 15/02/2016
Date of Ceremony: TBC

P.S: We requested return of travel documents (Passport+BRP) straight after bio-metric enrolment as Mrs had to travel which arrived in a week.

Hopefully the last post on this amazing forum , Thanks for all your help and good luck to those who are waiting.

[Aleena minhas]

Eligibility criteria: 1 year indefinite leave 3 year in uk
Language criteria met: ielts
Nationality: pakistani
Method of application: ncs manchester
Date of application: 09/02/2016
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of acknowledgement:
Date money gone off account: 16/02/2016
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports:
Date passports received:

[poodwah]

Eligibility criteria: Ancestry 5 year + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Nationality: SOUTH AFRICAN
Date of application: 16/02/2016
Payment method: CREDIT CARD
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony: