UKM application experience and timeline

[Ballet]

Here you go; not a single name in the document.

Let's see if this link will work.

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Hi Ballet,
don't know if the site will accept but here it goes, my cell is mobile number removed by moderator maybe try whats app (xxxx) . it would be great to get some help
Cheers

Please ensure your redact or black all names, including the officials please.

[Conky2a]

Two quick and related questions......

My wife is now in the eighth week since approval on May 3rd, and is still waiting for her invite from Paris.

Does the invite usually come directly from the consulate or is it TLS contact, and will it come through her solicitor in the UK or directly to her?

Many thanks

I thought i would bump this if any of you recent approvals can advise...

I might try bletchly’s trick and email my caseworker in CT4 which I guess is case team 4 and see if that elicits a response. How long do they take torespond bletchley?

[keh723]

...... Ceremony was Friday in Atlanta, GA. Was all over and done quickly.....

Hi, and congratulations, where was the ceremony carried out, is there a British embassy or consulate in Atlanta, Georgia?

Yes, there is a Consulate in Atlanta. Had my ceremony there in May. They were wonderful.

[bletchlypark]

...... Ceremony was Friday in Atlanta, GA. Was all over and done quickly.....

Hi, and congratulations, where was the ceremony carried out, is there a British embassy or consulate in Atlanta, Georgia?

Yes there is a consulate office in downtown Atlanta.

[bletchlypark]

Two quick and related questions......

My wife is now in the eighth week since approval on May 3rd, and is still waiting for her invite from Paris.

Does the invite usually come directly from the consulate or is it TLS contact, and will it come through her solicitor in the UK or directly to her?

Many thanks

I thought i would bump this if any of you recent approvals can advise...

I might try bletchly’s trick and email my caseworker in CT4 which I guess is case team 4 and see if that elicits a response. How long do they take torespond bletchley?

They responded within about 24 hours that my certificate had been dispatched. Then I was contacted directly by the consulate to schedule the ceremony.

[Conky2a]

Now this is bizarre. My email was replied to. Paris have all the documentation and have tried to contact my wife by email but we have not received it.

I use and we gave a @mac.com address but they said i am using a different address. Maybe @icloud.com or @me.com.

At any rate we cannot see their email. We have contacted the embassy and citizenship support and asked them to send again but also to copy my solicitor / representative so that someone receives it...

So far nothing but fingers crossed. I have no idea for how long they have been trying to contact us....

[jkproperties]

hopefully soon,
This is what worries me about emails in general.

Hopefully I am not in the same boat.

Let us know when you get the good news

Now this is bizarre. My email was replied to. Paris have all the documentation and have tried to contact my wife by email but we have not received it.

I use and we gave a @mac.com address but they said i am using a different address. Maybe @icloud.com or @me.com.

At any rate we cannot see their email. We have contacted the embassy and citizenship support and asked them to send again but also to copy my solicitor / representative so that someone receives it...

So far nothing but fingers crossed. I have no idea for how long they have been trying to contact us....

[jkproperties]

How did you get this email? for ct4?

Two quick and related questions......

My wife is now in the eighth week since approval on May 3rd, and is still waiting for her invite from Paris.

Does the invite usually come directly from the consulate or is it TLS contact, and will it come through her solicitor in the UK or directly to her?

Many thanks

I thought i would bump this if any of you recent approvals can advise...

I might try bletchly’s trick and email my caseworker in CT4 which I guess is case team 4 and see if that elicits a response. How long do they take torespond bletchley?

They responded within about 24 hours that my certificate had been dispatched. Then I was contacted directly by the consulate to schedule the ceremony.

[Conky2a]

[quote=jkproperties post_id=1800370 time=1562405503 user_id=215088]
How did you get this email? for ct4?
[quote

When you receive your approval letter from the home office, for the first time you get the name of someone. They also supply an email address which you are supposed to use if you have not received your ceremony invite after twelve weeks. I used it after the eighth....

[jkproperties]

How did you get this email? for ct4?
[quote

When you receive your approval letter from the home office, for the first time you get the name of someone. They also supply an email address which you are supposed to use if you have not received your ceremony invite after twelve weeks. I used it after the eighth....

OK, I see.
I have sent an email to Further inquiries again, I am approaching 16 weeks since application still no biometrics invite, I am worried the mail was sent but I never received it.

[bletchlypark]

Passport applied for and documents sent via DHL. The end is very near.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: United States
Applying from: Unites States
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Dec 17, 2018
Date documents sent: Dec 19, 2018
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Dec 18, 2018
Date of receipt by UKVI: Dec 21, 2018
Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: Mar 1, 2019
Bio-metrics done: Mar 18, 2019
Date of approval: Apr 5, 2019
Date of invitation to ceremony: Jun 4, 2019
Date of ceremony: Jun 28, 2019
Date applied for passport: Jul 5, 2019 (Date documents received by HM Passport Office)
Date passport received: PENDING

[bletchlypark]

Very impressed by the efficiency of HM Passport Office. Passport application was approved today, should be in my hands next week.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: United States
Applying from: Unites States
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Dec 17, 2018
Date documents sent: Dec 19, 2018
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Dec 18, 2018
Date of receipt by UKVI: Dec 21, 2018
Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: Mar 1, 2019
Bio-metrics done: Mar 18, 2019
Date of approval: Apr 5, 2019
Date of invitation to ceremony: Jun 4, 2019
Date of ceremony: Jun 28, 2019
Date applied for passport: Jul 1, 2019 (Online)
Date documents received by HM Passport Office: Jul 8, 2019
Date Passport application approved: Jul 10, 2019
Date passport received: PENDING

[Rowge]

Eligibility Criteria: UKM (Romein)
Nationality: South Africa
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Mar 24, 2019
Date funds withdrawn: Mar 24, 2019
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Mar 24, 2019
Date documents sent: Mar 25, 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI: Mar 28, 2019 (DHL Confirmation)
Date of letter requesting bio-metrics: May 10, 2019 (5 Weeks)
Bio-metrics done: May 13, 2019
Date of approval: July 03, 2019
Date of ceremony: PENDING
Date applied for passport: PENDING
Date passports received: PENDING

[Ballet]

Update

Eligibility criteria: UKM (Romein)
Nationality: South African
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 8 March 2019
Payment method: Credit card (8 March 2019)
Date of acknowledgement: 11 March 2019
Documents sent by courier: 11 March 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI (DHL notified): 14 March 2019
Date of biometric appt invitation: 4 June 2019
Date of biometrics appt confirmation: 5 June 2019
Biometrics done: 6 June 2019
Application to retain SA citizenship: 14 June 2019
SA citizenship retention granted by DHA: 12 July 2019 (letter dated 14 March 2019 which is before I submitted the application and it specifically indicates that I will retain SA citizenship when I acquire UK citizenship)
Date of UK citizenship approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passport:
Passport Application received:
Passport Application Marked Dispatched:
Date passport received:

[jkproperties]

Congratulations!!!

Very impressed by the efficiency of HM Passport Office. Passport application was approved today, should be in my hands next week.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: United States
Applying from: Unites States
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Dec 17, 2018
Date documents sent: Dec 19, 2018
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Dec 18, 2018
Date of receipt by UKVI: Dec 21, 2018
Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: Mar 1, 2019
Bio-metrics done: Mar 18, 2019
Date of approval: Apr 5, 2019
Date of invitation to ceremony: Jun 4, 2019
Date of ceremony: Jun 28, 2019
Date applied for passport: Jul 1, 2019 (Online)
Date documents received by HM Passport Office: Jul 8, 2019
Date Passport application approved: Jul 10, 2019
Date passport received: PENDING

[jkproperties]

Congratulations!!
I wonder what is going on with mine, I applied a few days before you and still nothing, still waiting for Biometrics.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM (Romein)
Nationality: South Africa
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Mar 24, 2019
Date funds withdrawn: Mar 24, 2019
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Mar 24, 2019
Date documents sent: Mar 25, 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI: Mar 28, 2019 (DHL Confirmation)
Date of letter requesting bio-metrics: May 10, 2019 (5 Weeks)
Bio-metrics done: May 13, 2019
Date of approval: July 03, 2019
Date of ceremony: PENDING
Date applied for passport: PENDING
Date passports received: PENDING

[jkproperties]

Your approval must be very close now.

Update

Eligibility criteria: UKM (Romein)
Nationality: South African
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 8 March 2019
Payment method: Credit card (8 March 2019)
Date of acknowledgement: 11 March 2019
Documents sent by courier: 11 March 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI (DHL notified): 14 March 2019
Date of biometric appt invitation: 4 June 2019
Date of biometrics appt confirmation: 5 June 2019
Biometrics done: 6 June 2019
Application to retain SA citizenship: 14 June 2019
SA citizenship retention granted by DHA: 12 July 2019 (letter dated 14 March 2019 which is before I submitted the application and it specifically indicates that I will retain SA citizenship when I acquire UK citizenship)
Date of UK citizenship approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date applied for passport:
Passport Application received:
Passport Application Marked Dispatched:
Date passport received:

[keh723]

Very impressed by the efficiency of HM Passport Office. Passport application was approved today, should be in my hands next week.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: United States
Applying from: Unites States
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Dec 17, 2018
Date documents sent: Dec 19, 2018
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Dec 18, 2018
Date of receipt by UKVI: Dec 21, 2018
Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: Mar 1, 2019
Bio-metrics done: Mar 18, 2019
Date of approval: Apr 5, 2019
Date of invitation to ceremony: Jun 4, 2019
Date of ceremony: Jun 28, 2019
Date applied for passport: Jul 1, 2019 (Online)
Date documents received by HM Passport Office: Jul 8, 2019
Date Passport application approved: Jul 10, 2019
Date passport received: PENDING

I still haven’t sent mine off yet. Did you send your US passport or a certified copy of it?

[Conky2a]

Now this is bizarre. My email was replied to. Paris have all the documentation and have tried to contact my wife by email but we have not received it.

I use and we gave a @mac.com address but they said i am using a different address. Maybe @icloud.com or @me.com.

At any rate we cannot see their email. We have contacted the embassy and citizenship support and asked them to send again but also to copy my solicitor / representative so that someone receives it...

So far nothing but fingers crossed. I have no idea for how long they have been trying to contact us....

The embassy in Paris has finally managed to get in touch, and my wife will receive an invite for 11th September. That is a full ceremony with the Ambassador. If she wants to arrange a different date it would be a simpler quicker ceremony at the consulate. She wants it sooner so will probably try that.

So that it is 10 weeks since approval with the email problem, and i believe she lost four weeks due to the misplaced biometrics. I doubt this is typical so i am minded not to update the full timeline.

Thanks to all for your help, and i will surely advise anyone if i can do so.

Au revoir

[Jeanelsie]

Congratulations Conky2a.
I applied from South Africa and received my approval letter at the end of April (timeline posted under Jeanie W, but I’ve lost my login details) and have heard nothing more. It’s been 11 weeks today and your posting has encouraged me to contact them. I emailed the address given on the approval letter, and hope to get a reply soon.
This timeline has been a fantastic source of support and information - thank you everyone

[Conky2a]

Congratulations Conky2a.
I applied from South Africa and received my approval letter at the end of April (timeline posted under Jeanie W, but I’ve lost my login details) and have heard nothing more. It’s been 11 weeks today and your posting has encouraged me to contact them. I emailed the address given on the approval letter, and hope to get a reply soon.
This timeline has been a fantastic source of support and information - thank you everyone

Good luck jeanelsie. Make sure you included your home office reference, your name, and the name of the person who signed your approval letter in the subject field.

I forgot originally and did not get a reply, but as soon as I did, they got back in 48 hours...

Bon courage

[sunburn]

Very impressed by the efficiency of HM Passport Office. Passport application was approved today, should be in my hands next week.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: United States
Applying from: Unites States
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: Dec 17, 2018
Date documents sent: Dec 19, 2018
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: Dec 18, 2018
Date of receipt by UKVI: Dec 21, 2018
Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: Mar 1, 2019
Bio-metrics done: Mar 18, 2019
Date of approval: Apr 5, 2019
Date of invitation to ceremony: Jun 4, 2019
Date of ceremony: Jun 28, 2019
Date applied for passport: Jul 1, 2019 (Online)
Date documents received by HM Passport Office: Jul 8, 2019
Date Passport application approved: Jul 10, 2019
Date passport received: PENDING

I still haven’t sent mine off yet. Did you send your US passport or a certified copy of it?

You do not need to send either. A simple color photocopy of the US passport end to end is enough, no certification. I did nothing more than that.

[Faircape]

[quote=Ballet post_id=1799530 time=1562226409 user_id=214337]
Here you go; not a single name in the document.

Hi Ballet,

Brilliant this really helps me a lot (apologies, I kept under the radar for a while after my protocol breach!)

Seems like the British High Commission letter you appended is a generic notification, presumably there were no names or signatures on the document ?

(Last week I received an e-mail referring me to make a consular appointment , the tariff for a letter around 100 pounds!!- you really have helped )

I am getting a bit anxious as DHA scuppered a previous EU passport application for which I was eligible for , on account of the fact that they took 5 years to respond to certain documents required and the window of opportunity was closed before I could fulfill the application requirements.

My application is 2 months behind yours, it seems like many hoops to jump through .

I am very pleased that you finally managed to get some form of confirmation from DHA you appear to be close to the end of the process ... wishing you all the best .

This support group really does help, with advice and other invaluable info,

Cheers

[Ballet]

Hi Faircape

There were no names (not mine), no dates and no signatures in the document. It is all really very generic and I had no issue in getting the retention document. It was waiting for me exactly when they said it would be. The total amount of time (submission & collection) at DHA was around 20 minutes; so completely painless.

Hi Ballet,

Brilliant this really helps me a lot (apologies, I kept under the radar for a while after my protocol breach!)

Seems like the British High Commission letter you appended is a generic notification, presumably there were no names or signatures on the document ?

(Last week I received an e-mail referring me to make a consular appointment , the tariff for a letter around 100 pounds!!- you really have helped )

I am getting a bit anxious as DHA scuppered a previous EU passport application for which I was eligible for , on account of the fact that they took 5 years to respond to certain documents required and the window of opportunity was closed before I could fulfill the application requirements.

My application is 2 months behind yours, it seems like many hoops to jump through .

I am very pleased that you finally managed to get some form of confirmation from DHA you appear to be close to the end of the process ... wishing you all the best .

This support group really does help, with advice and other invaluable info,

Cheers

[Jeanelsie]

Congratulations Conky2a.
I applied from South Africa and received my approval letter at the end of April (timeline posted under Jeanie W, but I’ve lost my login details) and have heard nothing more....

Good luck jeanelsie. Make sure you included your home office reference, your name, and the name of the person who signed your approval letter in the subject field.

I forgot originally and did not get a reply, but as soon as I did, they got back in 48 hours...
Thank you.
Bon courage

Thank you so much for the reminder I’ll let you know when I hear anything.