May 2017 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

[cleverclues]

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: STILL WAITING FOR LETTER???
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

[slo12]

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 1 (General) + 12 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:26/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 04/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 06/10/2017
Date of approval: letter received on 19/10/2017
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applie6 for passports:15/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:
Good Luck Everyone and Thanks to all and CR001

[deefox]

Eligibility criteria: ILE 5 years
Language criteria met: Life in the UK test + Trinity London
Nationality: Nigerian
Method of application: NCS Lewisham(JCAP)
Date of application: 04/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:05/05/2017 (delivered by DX)
Date of acknowledgement:18/05/2017 (email) letter dated: 17/05/2017 delivered after 18/05/2017
Date money gone off account:17/05/2017 (Naturalisation) . Passport : 19/05/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics:dated 17/05/2017
Biometrics done:27/05/2017
Date of approval: Decided on 24/09/2017 Updated on 26/09/2017 (Letter arrived 6/10/2017 dated 28/09/2017)
Date of ceremony:11/10/2017 (Private)
Date applied for passports: 04/05/2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received:20/10/2017 (9 days after ceremony) missed first delivery yesterday.

Thanks for this platform. All the best everyone.

[Mikmoo]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years on tier 2 and 1yr ILR
Language criteria met: Masters from UK and Life in UK
Nationality: Non Eu
Method of application: JCAP
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 29/05/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 01/06/2017
Biometrics done: 01:06/2017
Date of approval: decided on 9th of October appeared today at 12 o clock.
Date of ceremony:finallyyyyy received letter from council to book ceremony but still waiting for letter from Home office. Is it ok to receive the letter from council first and shall call Home office as I have not received any letter from them yet ... thx for this forum
Date applied for passports: 16/05/2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received:

[Yevgeniy Orloff]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 4 Years ILR
Language criteria met: UK University Degree + B1 Trinity College (London)
Nationality: Non-EU (Russian)
Method of application: JCAP (NCS Lewisham, London)
Date of application: 17.05.2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 18.05.2017 (Royal Mail Track & Trace)
Date of acknowledgement: Email: 29.05.2017, Letter: 01.06.2017 (dated 28.05.2017)
Date money gone off account: 28.05.2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 01.06.2017 (dated 28.06.2017)
Biometrics done: 01.06.2017
Online status: DECIDED on 18.10.2017, appeared around midday on 20.10.2017
Date of approval: Awaiting
Date of ceremony: Awaiting
Date applied for passports: 17.05.2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received: Awaiting

I sent HO an email yesterday and today I've received a generic reply 'It's been less than 6 months, so just wait'. I checked the status in the morning and it said AWAITING DECISION and when I came from lunch break it said DECIDED. Hopefully, the decision is positive. It says that they've sent me a letter with my decision, and it should arrive within 10 working days. It's been exactly 5 MONTHS from the day HO received my application to the day they made the decision. Good luck to other May applicants!!!

[takdeerwala]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years EEA Spouse + 1 Year PR
Language criteria met: Trinity College
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Halifax
Date of application: 18/05/2017
Payment method: Bank Cheque
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 24 / 05/ 2017
Date of acknowledgement: With Biometric Letter
Date money gone off account: 01/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: Letter dated 01/06 reached 05/06/2017
Biometrics done: 06/06/2017
Online Status: Awaiting a Decision Application Status Updated 02/06/2017
Date of approval: "Decided" Updated on 07/10/2017 seen on 10/10/2017. Waiting for Letter. Letter received on 21/10/2017 Saturday.
Date of ceremony: Waiting
Date applied for passports: With the Application
Date passports received: Waiting

[ay]

Eligibility criteria:5yrs + 2yrs ILR
Language criteria met: life in the UK + trinity college
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24/05/17
Payment method: Visa
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 26/05/17
Date of acknowledgement: 10/06/17 (dated 07/06/17)
Date money gone off account: 07/06/17
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 07/06/17
Biometrics done:10/06/17
Online Status : Application status changed to Decided on 13/Oct/2017 at around 12:00. Decision was made on 11/Oct/2017
Date of approval: Received approval letter on 21/Oct/2017 which was dated on 13/Oct/2017
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 24/05/17
Date passports received:

[justwait]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year (family member of EEA) + 1 year PR
Language criteria met: Life in UK. Test +B1 (Trinity College)
Nationality: Russian
Method of application:NCS Nottingham (JCAP)
Date of application: 18/05/2017
Payment method: credit card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 23/05/17 (Royal Mail track and trace)
Date of acknowledgement:05/06/2017
Date money gone off account:01/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 05/06/2017(letter dated 01/06/2017)
Bio-metrics done: 06/06/2017
Status of application : DECIDED.
update on 20 of October
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 18/05/2017
Date money gone out of account (passport):
Date passports received:

HO sent the decision, so next 10
working days I am going to check my mail box to see this magic A5 envelope.

[iahsan]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 1 year ILR
Language criteria met: Life in UK + UK degree
Nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: NCS Ccheltenham (JCAP)
Date of application: 30/05/2017
Payment method: Debit card
Date of acknowledgement: 09/06/2017
Date money gone off account: 14/06/2017
Date of letter requesting bio-metrics: 23/06/2017
Bio-metrics done: 24/06/2017
Status of application updated: 20/10/2017, DECIDED.

Rest pending ....

[DollarPound]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK test + Trinity London
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of application: 22/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 22/05/2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received:

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK test + Trinity London
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of application: 22/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: between 5th June -9th June
Date of acknowledgement: 7th June
Date money gone off account: between 5th June -9th June
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 10/06/2017
Biometrics done: 12/06/2017
Date of approval: Decided on 9th of October appeared today at 3 PM, waiting for the letter now
Date of ceremony: Waiting
Date applied for passports: 22/05/2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received:

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 1 Year ILR
Language criteria met: Life in the UK test + Trinity London
Method of application: NCS Reading
Date of application: 22/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: between 5th June -9th June
Date of acknowledgement: 7th June
Date money gone off account: between 5th June -9th June
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 10/06/2017
Biometrics done: 12/06/2017
Date of approval: Decided on 9th of October appeared today at 3 PM, invitation letter dated 13/10/2017 received on 21/10/2017
Date of ceremony: 05/12/2017, planning to go for Private ceremony, cost is £163 pp
Date applied for passports: 22/05/2017 (JCAP)
Date passports received:

[cleverclues]

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: STILL WAITING FOR THE LETTER!!!
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

[cleverclues]

UPDATE...

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: STILL WAITING FOR THE LETTER!!!
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

Contacted UKVI this morning and raised a query. An email has been received this Afternoon: Thank you for contacting UKVI Contact Centre. Please be advised that a package was dispatched. Date posted: 17/10/2017. If you have not received your decision within 10 working days of the date posted please email FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

[takdeerwala]

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years EEA Spouse + 1 Year PR
Language criteria met: Trinity College
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS Halifax
Date of application: 18/05/2017
Payment method: Bank Cheque
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 24 / 05/ 2017
Date of acknowledgement: With Biometric Letter
Date money gone off account: 01/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: Letter dated 01/06 reached 05/06/2017
Biometrics done: 06/06/2017
Online Status: Awaiting a Decision Application Status Updated 02/06/2017
Date of approval: "Decided" Updated on 07/10/2017 seen on 10/10/2017. Waiting for Letter. Letter received on 21/10/2017 Saturday.
Date of ceremony: 16/11/2017
Date applied for passports: With the Application
Date passports received: Waiting

[amuzaini]

Eligibility criteria:.......................5 Yr Tier 1 + 1 Yr ILR
Language criteria met:.................MBA from a UK institution
Nationality:...............................Palestinian
Method of application:..................NCS Bexley (JCAP)
Date of application:.....................17-May-17
Payment method:........................Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:..........18-05-2017 (Royal Mail Track)
Date of acknowledgment:..............05-Jun-17
Date money gone off account:.........01-Jun-17
Date of letter requesting biometrics:.01-Jun-17
Biometrics done:.........................06-Jun-17
Date of approval:........................Awaiting
Date of ceremony:.......................Awaiting
Date applied for passport:.............17-May-17
Date passports received:...............Awaiting

[Sam69]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 2 Years
Language criteria met: UKNARIC (C1), B1 + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: NON EU
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 18/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:05/06/2017
Date of acknowledgement:05/06/2017
Date money gone off account:02/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics:07/06/2017
Biometrics done:13/06/2017
Date of approval:Online status changed to Decided on 10th Oct, appeared on 12th Oct, waiting for latter.
Date of ceremony:letter from Council received 20OCt2017, ceremony date 05Dec2017. I have booked personnel ceremony for 25 Oct 2017
Date applied for passports:18/05/2017
Date passports received:waiting

[crowbar6]

Folks,

Posting timelines for my spouse's naturalisation approval. Is a new post to this thread.

Eligibility criteria: 3yr BC spouse + PR

Language Criteria: Life in the UK + Trinity College GESE5 / B1

Nationality: Non-EEA

Method of application: NCS JCAP Wandsworth

Date of application: 26/05/2017

Date of receipt by UKVI: 
29/05/2017
Method of Payment: Debit Card

Date of debit of fees: 09/06/2017

Date of acknowledgment issued: email on 09/06/2017

Date of Bio metric letter issued: 08/06/2017

Date of receipt of acknowledgment: 16/06/2017

Date of biometric letter received: 16/06/2017

Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/06/2017
Status: Decided - updated on 12/10/2017, and seen on 14/10/2017
Date on approval letter: 17/10/2017
Date of receipt of approval letter: 24/10/2017
Date of receipt of ceremony letter:

Date of ceremony:

Date applied for passports: 26/05/2017

Date passport fee taken: 13/06/2017

Date passports received:

I hope this helps.

[cleverclues]

[quote=cleverclues post_id=1552520 time=1508771838 user_id=58960]
UPDATE...

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: STILL WAITING FOR THE LETTER!!!
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

[miss_s]

UPDATE!!

Eligibility criteria: 2 years LR + 4 years ILR (settlement)
Language criteria met: B1 Trinity College
Nationality:Brazilian
Method of application: NCS Salford
Date of application: 11/05/2017
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: (not checked)
Date of acknowledgement: 25/05/2017
Date money gone off account: gone off 22/05 showed in account 26/05/2017
Date money gone off account for passport: 01/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 24/05/2017
Biometrics done: 30/05/2017
Online status: awaiting decision since 25/05/17

CHANGED TO DEDIDED: 10/10/2017 - Showed online on 12/10.

Date of approval: 12/10/2017 (Letter received 24/10/2017)
Date of ceremony:25/10/2017 (lol got a last minute cancellation!)
YAY I'M BRITISH

Date applied for passports: 11/05/2017
Date passports received:

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[cleverclues]

UPDATE...

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: Decided on 6th October but until today I have not received any letter, it says I should receive a decision within 10 working days. Contacted UKVI, and I was told a package was dispatched on 17th October and have to wait 10 working days from the date posted before contacting them again!
Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

[ay]

Eligibility criteria:5yrs + 2yrs ILR
Language criteria met: life in the UK + trinity college
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 24/05/17
Payment method: Visa
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 26/05/17
Date of acknowledgement: 10/06/17 (dated 07/06/17)
Date money gone off account: 07/06/17
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 07/06/17
Biometrics done:10/06/17
Online Status : Application status changed to Decided on 13/Oct/2017 at around 12:00. Decision was made on 11/Oct/2017
Date of approval: Received approval letter on 21/Oct/2017 which was dated on 13/Oct/2017
Date of ceremony: 26/10/2017 (private).
Date applied for passports: 24/05/17
Date passports received:

[AllAlong]

Eligibility criteria:11y Marriage (ILR since 2008)
Language criteria met: B1 IELTS and Life in the UK
Nationality: Namibian
Method of application: by Royal mail tracked
Date of application: 25/05/2017
Payment method: Debit card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI: 31/05/17
Date of acknowledgement: Letter dated 10/06/17
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics: Dated 17/06/17 - Received 21/06/17
Biometrics done: 22/06/17
Date of approval: Changed to decided on 17/09/17 - decided on 14/09/17. Letter dated 19/09/17 - received on 29/09/17.
Date of ceremony: Registrar on holiday, she's back late next week. Will know then as only herself deals with the whole ceremony thing - Still waiting for the registrar to call me [/highlight] The registrar emailed, my ceremony is booked for the 23rd of October
Date applied for passports:Applied via RM special delivery today 26/10/17
Date passports received:

All other info at home and will need to check.

[cleverclues]

UPDATE...

Eligibility criteria: Non-EU, 5 years Tier 2 (General) + 13 Months ILR
Language criteria met:
Nationality:INDIAN
Method of application: NCS ENFIELD, LONDON
Date of application: 16/05/2017
Payment method:
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:
Date of acknowledgement:29/05/2017 (Email)
Date money gone off account:
Date of letter requesting biometrics:
Biometrics done:
Appliction status: updated on 06/10/2017-- Decided, shown up on 09/10/2017
Date of approval: Decided on 6th October but until today I have not received any letter, it says I should receive a decision within 10 working days. Contacted UKVI, and I was told a package was dispatched on 17th October and have to wait 10 working days from the date posted before contacting them again!

update: 26/10/2017: Contacted the local authority (Havering Council) registrar and she then contacted Home office and she was told that the a certificate of citizenship has been dispatched on 17th October and "ENFIELD COUNCIL" should have received it on 18th. "I don't live in Enfield, I only use Enfield NCS to send my application because I work locally and it was more convenient for me to go and apply in lunch hour". Then I realised the letter should have been sent to my previous address in Enfield. So I contacted the landlord and He then went to the address to collect the letter, where he have Tenants living there and finally I AM REVIVED.... GOT THE LETTER NOW AND GOING TO ENFIELD COUNCIL FOR CEREMONY SOON.

I also received a phone call from Home office yesterday and the guy was so kind and He is going to send a request to the case worker to send another letter to the correct address where i Live.

Date of ceremony:awaiting
Date applied for passports:16/05/2017
Date money gone off account (passport):
Date passports received:

[amvik]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5y + PR 1Y
Language criteria met: IELTS
Nationality: EU
Method of application: NCS Southwark
Date of application: 18/05/17
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of acknowledgement: 30/05/17 (email)
Date money gone off account: 30/05/2017
Date of letter requesting biometrics: 11/06/2017
Biometrics done: 16/06/2017
Status : Online status Awaiting Decision LAST UPDATED 30th May 2017...
Date of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passports: 18/05/17
Date passports received:

[amuzaini]

Guys, I feel that I'm the only one left to wait for the decision from the "17-May" batch of applications.

Eligibility criteria:.......................5 Yr Tier 1 + 1 Yr ILR
Language criteria met:.................MBA from a UK institution
Nationality:...............................Palestinian
Method of application:..................NCS Bexley (JCAP)
Date of application:.....................17-May-17
Payment method:........................Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI:..........18-05-2017 (Royal Mail Track)
Date of acknowledgment:..............05-Jun-17
Date money gone off account:.........01-Jun-17
Date of letter requesting biometrics:.01-Jun-17
Biometrics done:.........................06-Jun-17
Date of approval:........................Awaiting
Date of ceremony:.......................Awaiting
Date applied for passport:.............17-May-17
Date passports received:...............Awaiting

[navinw]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year residence+ 1 year PR
Language criteria met.............................: NARIC Certified Degree.
Nationality...........................................: IND
Method of application.............................: Wandsworth
Date of application................................: 18/05/2017
Payment method...................................: Debit Card
Date of receipt by HO/UKVI......................: 22/05/2017
Date of acknowledgement........................: 22/05/2017
Date money gone off account....................: 02/06/2017
Date of letter requesting biometric.............: 17/06/2017
Biometrics done....................................: 17/06/2017

Letter Requesting Original Passport............. : Letter Dated 21/10/2017
Letter Received for Request of Passport....... : 24/10/2017
Passports sent in Special delivery................: 25/10/2017 (Received at HO/UKVI 26/10/2017)

Date of approval: Awaiting decision online.....:Since 02/06/2017