Hi,
I am naturalised British citizen since August 2019. I got my ILR after completing 5 years on Tier 2 general category. I have applied for the naturalisation application for my wife and my daughter after they completed exactly one year since their ILR through the Tier 2 General dependent visa.
We applied at the UKVCAS center in Croydon on 14th march 2020 along with all the supporting documents and the reference details for my wife and daughter. The biometric was taken on the same day and was told that i should get the response in 4 weeks time. It's been almost 10 months with no clue as how much more time it will take for them to process.
After 6 month from the date of application, I contacted the home office through email on
FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk but got the standard reply saying that "my wife application is on process and The Home Office will endeavour to process applications as quickly as possible but in the current circumstances, applications will take longer than normal to process, including applications for British Citizenship."
Can anyone provide some guidance and help as in what I need to do to get the status on the naturalisation application for my wife and daughter. Also any specific reason for them to delay the application. I can understand coz of the Covid applications are delayed but i can see in forums many applicants already received their approval letter even they applied long after our applications date and some who had applied on near date to our applications.
Regards,
Syk