UKM application experience and timeline

[bletchlypark]

Passport arrived yesterday, my journey is now complete. Just about 7 months total including time to get the passport. Thanks everyone who helped along the way and best of luck to those still in the application processes.

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Date funds withdrawn: Dec 18, 2018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: Jul 15, 2019

[bletchlypark]

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

I sent exactly what they asked for during the online passport application process. In my case they asked for Certificate of Registration, my US passports (all) and a document I had someone fill out to confirm my identity. What they ask for I think varies somewhat from one application to the next.

[Jeanelsie]

The British High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, telephoned me today.
They had been trying to contact me via email for over a week but misread the “1” in my email address as a l, so that was the cause of the delay. My citizenship ceremony is on the 24/7 - 12 weeks and 2 days from the date of the approval letter. It’ll be almost 5 months, give a week or so, since I first submitted my application.
The invitation also suggests I apply for the passport as soon as possible.
I’m very excited about next week!

[Conky2a]

The British High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, telephoned me today.
They had been trying to contact me via email for over a week but misread the “1” in my email address as a l, so that was the cause of the delay. My citizenship ceremony is on the 24/7 - 12 weeks and 2 days from the date of the approval letter. It’ll be almost 5 months, give a week or so, since I first submitted my application.
The invitation also suggests I apply for the passport as soon as possible.
I’m very excited about next week!

Congratulations ?

My wife’s ceremony at the British consulate in Paris is the day before on the 23rd July.. that will be 11 weeks 4 days since approval, and 5 1/2 months since the application was submitted.

They seem to be issuing passports submitted online in about 2 weeks.

[Jeanelsie]

The British High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, telephoned me today.
They had been trying to contact me via email for over a week but misread the “1” in my email address as a l, so that was the cause of the delay. My citizenship ceremony is on the 24/7 - 12 weeks and 2 days from the date of the approval letter. It’ll be almost 5 months, give a week or so, since I first submitted my application.
The invitation also suggests I apply for the passport as soon as possible.
I’m very excited about next week!

Congratulations ?

My wife’s ceremony at the British consulate in Paris is the day before on the 23rd July.. that will be 11 weeks 4 days since approval, and 5 1/2 months since the application was submitted.

They seem to be issuing passports submitted online in about 2 weeks.

Excellent - your wife must be looking forward to the 23rd. All the waiting and stress almost over, and worth it good luck to everyone

[Rabbit123]

Hello everybody.

I applied for British Citizenship with the form UKM. My mother was born in the UK as a British citizen. I was born in the EU, outside of the UK, where I currently live. My parents were married when I was born.
I guess my application is straightforward... but who knows...
I received confirmation of my online application by email on April 1st 2019.
I have not heard anything since then. I sent my documents appr. 2 weeks after my online application but don’t know if they have been received.

Having read through this thread, I realise most of you received the request for biometric data pretty soon. It’s been 16 weeks for me know and I am quite nervous now.

Is there anyone else who had to wait such a long time? And did it work out in the end?

Thanks!

[Conky2a]

There was one poster, jhproperties from South Africa, who was in the sane boat, butwe have not heard from them recently.

I have no idea what to suggest or what the problem could be. My wife applied from France and received a biometrics request and notification of a case number after three weeks. That was the easy bit!

Did you supply everything required of your mothers UK nationality?

[Rabbit123]

Hi Conky2a,

I sent everything from the checklist, so that should be ok, IF they have arrived safely...

Yes, I saw he/she had or has the same problem so I am hoping to hear the current status.

It really is strange that applicants experience different timelines. Maybe it’s very simple and it just depends on the specific case worker?!

[Rabbit123]

Hi everybody

I would just like to let you know that I have received the email for biometric enrolment today!! This has taken almost 4 months and I was beginning to feel sooo nervous.
I wrote an email yesterday to ask about the status of my application and I then received the email today as a result I guess.
I am so happy I know there’s still more to come in the process but I am glad to see it’s actually moving along.

[jkproperties]

Nope,
I am still waiting...

There was one poster, jhproperties from South Africa, who was in the sane boat, butwe have not heard from them recently.

I have no idea what to suggest or what the problem could be. My wife applied from France and received a biometrics request and notification of a case number after three weeks. That was the easy bit!

Did you supply everything required of your mothers UK nationality?

[jkproperties]

That’s great,
Where did you send an email?

Hi everybody

I would just like to let you know that I have received the email for biometric enrolment today!! This has taken almost 4 months and I was beginning to feel sooo nervous.
I wrote an email yesterday to ask about the status of my application and I then received the email today as a result I guess.
I am so happy I know there’s still more to come in the process but I am glad to see it’s actually moving along.

[Rabbit123]

Jkproperties - this is the address I wrote to: NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk
They didn’t charge and seemed to be the right team at this stage of the process.
Wishing you all the best - hope you succeed!

[jkproperties]

Thank you so much,
Appreciate it.
I have sent them an email, hopefully something will happen now.

[jkproperties]

I sent the mail late last night, and the invitation was in my inbox this morning.
I can’t thank you enough.

Jkproperties - this is the address I wrote to: NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk
They didn’t charge and seemed to be the right team at this stage of the process.
Wishing you all the best - hope you succeed!

[Rabbit123]

That‘s wonderful news!! Congratulations - I know exactly how that feels

[jkproperties]

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: South African
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: March 20, 2019
Date documents sent: March 20, 2019 signed for March 23, 2019
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: March 20, 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI: March 23, 2019
Date funds withdrawn: March 20, 2019
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: July 23, 2019 after sending an email to NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk
Bio-metrics done: July 23, 2019
Date of approval: Pending
Date of invitation to ceremony: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending
Date applied for passport: Pending
Date passport received: PENDING

[jkproperties]

Thank you again, I did my Biometrics enrolment already, went straight to the TLS centre when I received the email.

That‘s wonderful news!! Congratulations - I know exactly how that feels

[Rabbit123]

I will have my Biometrics enrolment Aug 13th as I need to travel 3 hours
Can you please share your experiences how long the appointment usually takes? I assume under 1 hour?!
This would help me plan my journey back home. Thanks!

[jkproperties]

Well mine went very quickly,
Security took me to the front of the Biometrics que, I think I was in the building for 30 minutes, but it was quite busy there.

I will have my Biometrics enrolment Aug 13th as I need to travel 3 hours
Can you please share your experiences how long the appointment usually takes? I assume under 1 hour?!
This would help me plan my journey back home. Thanks!

[Conky2a]

My wife had her ceremony yesterday, Having turned down the full ceremony offered for 11 september. She was in and out very quickly, a short wait before being taken into a side room, reading affirmation and pledge then being handed her certificate.

Passport was applied for online this morning. I will update on progress.

[Faircape]

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: South African
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: March 20, 2019
Date documents sent: March 20, 2019 signed for March 23, 2019
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: March 20, 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI: March 23, 2019
Date funds withdrawn: March 20, 2019
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: July 23, 2019 after sending an email to NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk
Bio-metrics done: July 23, 2019
Date of approval: Pending
Date of invitation to ceremony: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending
Date applied for passport: Pending
Date passport received: PENDING

Congratulations jk properties, it was a long 120 day wait but certainly seems to have paid off. (My application is only 70 days old so seems like I must still wait?)

Just 3 queries on your UKM application :-

Was this by decent or double decent (via Romein judgement)

Did you obtain vault copies of all your RSA documents ? (I am still waiting 5 years from application) I sent my unabridged birth certificate and cert copy of my an grandfathers birth cert the other documents were original handwritten and signed . ( my parents grandparents marriage and my mothers birth cert)
The response time is protracted and I am anxious as there may be something missing.

Many thanks and good luck

[jkproperties]

My mother is UK Born.
I had all my original documents.
My process is not yet complete, I have only done Biometrics.

I expect you will have a problem with unabridged as Vault is required.

It might be worth involving an agent to assist you in getting the Vault copy.
Biometrics is normally after 4 weeks from what I have seen.

I used the email as indicated as I felt stressed.
The other emails get stupid replies.

Eligibility Criteria: UKM
Nationality: South African
Applying from: South Africa
Method of application: Online with documents sent via DHL
Payment method: Credit card
Date of application: March 20, 2019
Date documents sent: March 20, 2019 signed for March 23, 2019
Date of UKVI acknowledgement email: March 20, 2019
Date of receipt by UKVI: March 23, 2019
Date funds withdrawn: March 20, 2019
Date of e-mail requesting biometrics: July 23, 2019 after sending an email to NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk
Bio-metrics done: July 23, 2019
Date of approval: Pending
Date of invitation to ceremony: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending
Date applied for passport: Pending
Date passport received: PENDING

Congratulations jk properties, it was a long 120 day wait but certainly seems to have paid off. (My application is only 70 days old so seems like I must still wait?)

Just 3 queries on your UKM application :-

Was this by decent or double decent (via Romein judgement)

Did you obtain vault copies of all your RSA documents ? (I am still waiting 5 years from application) I sent my unabridged birth certificate and cert copy of my an grandfathers birth cert the other documents were original handwritten and signed . ( my parents grandparents marriage and my mothers birth cert)
The response time is protracted and I am anxious as there may be something missing.

Many thanks and good luck

[jkproperties]

My wife had her ceremony yesterday, Having turned down the full ceremony offered for 11 september. She was in and out very quickly, a short wait before being taken into a side room, reading affirmation and pledge then being handed her certificate.

Passport was applied for online this morning. I will update on progress.

Congratulations

[Jeanelsie]

My wife had her ceremony yesterday, Having turned down the full ceremony offered for 11 september. She was in and out very quickly, a short wait before being taken into a side room, reading affirmation and pledge then being handed her certificate.

Passport was applied for online this morning. I will update on progress.

Congratulations Conky2a. I had my ceremony yesterday in Pretoria, South Africa. There were about 30 of us, and we had tea and scones afterwards. Passport application is the next step. Did your wife have to submit a digital passport photo?

[Conky2a]

My wife had her ceremony yesterday, Having turned down the full ceremony offered for 11 september. She was in and out very quickly, a short wait before being taken into a side room, reading affirmation and pledge then being handed her certificate.

Passport was applied for online this morning. I will update on progress.

Congratulations Conky2a. I had my ceremony yesterday in Pretoria, South Africa. There were about 30 of us, and we had tea and scones afterwards. Passport application is the next step. Did your wife have to submit a digital passport photo?

Hi Jeanelsie,

Yours seemed very english!

Yes my wife did have to submit a digital photo as part of the online process. It is the hardest part! It took half an hour and many attempts before the system failed to find fault with one, which we uploaded. Our house is quite shaded and it was difficult to find a wall without shadows. The system keeps giving clues as to what seems to be the problem. Mine continually were one or all of:-

The photo appears to be black and white
No facial outline
Your eyes are closed

Once you get past that it seens plain sailing. You need to have your witness lined up, and once they respond you send the requested documents which i did today. For us it was her certificate and current US passport that she entered France with.

Bon courage!