Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Stelcal]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 EUSS
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 06/05/2023
Date of debit of fees: 06/05/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 11/05/2023 (Mark Lane - paid)
The date of Approval letter/Email: 25/08
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 05/09
Citizenship ceremony date: 13/09 (Private)

[daviscount]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS + spouse of BC
Nationality: Hungary
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 2/04/2023
Date of debit of fees: 2/04/2023
Date Documents Submitted: 24/04/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 24/04/2023
The date of Approval letter/Email: 01/09/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: TBC

[2023vassa]

Eligibility criteria: 7 years + ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 13/03/2023
Date of debit of fees: 13/03/2023
Date Documents Submitted: 06/04/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 06/04/2023 (Mark Lane Free)
Request for further information: 25/05/2023 at 18:25
Further information submitted: 25/05/2023 at 18:40
The date of Approval letter/Email: none
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 06/09/2023 at 15:05
Citizenship ceremony date: Awaiting

No further contact since.

29/06/2023 @7:26am: email from Home Office Atlas saying they haven't received my further information submitted to nationalityfurtherinformationrequests@homeoffice.gov.uk. I have sent re-sent the additional information to the email above and to furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Presumably this will cause further delay.

Citizenship Ceremony invitation received 06/09/2023
Approval not yet received

[dixtr]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 2 + 1 year ILR
Nationality: Overseas
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 05/05/2023
Date of debit of fees: 05/05/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 22/05/2023 (Croydon, free)
The date of Approval letter/Email: 06/09/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 04/09/2023
Citizenship ceremony date: 03/10/2023 (Public)

[Redaslan]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + 1 year
Nationality: Eu
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 25/06/2023
Date of debit of fees: 25/06/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 28/06/2023
The date of Approval letter/Email: Pending
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: Pending
Citizenship ceremony date: Pending

[svatuk]

Eligibility criteria: ILR (Long residence year) + 2 on ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 04/05/2023
Date of debit of fees: 04/05/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 14/05/2023 (Manchester, £141)
The date of Approval letter/Email: 06/09/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 06/09/2023
Citizenship ceremony date: 02/11/2023 (Public)

Good luck for those who are waiting. And thanks to the forum for its immense help to the society.

Kind regards

svatuk..

[Itszenaul]

Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:07 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence (non-EU) + 3y ILR. 1 dependant (12yrs)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 09/08/2023
Date of debit of fees: 09/08/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 16/08/2023 ( Paid one)
The date of Approval letter/Email: waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: waiting

[natannr]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yr + 1yr ILR
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Date of submission: 23/08/23
Date of debit of fees: 23/08/23
Date of biometrics appointment: 07/09/23 (Croydon, £136)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

This has felt like such a long process already and I have a strong feeling they’ll be asking for further proof but I guess we’ll see

[Rafiki4]

Eligibility: 5 years Skilled worker visa + 1 ILR
Nationality: Non EU
Date of Application online: 17/05/2023
Date of payment (credit card) 17/05/2023
Biometric and documents submission: 13/06/2023 (Leeds [Free])
Email from local council confirming approval and to book ceremony: 07/09/2023
Date of approval email: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

Almost there (Under 3 months since biometric submission)

[Lada]

Applied as a spouse of BC, 5 year family route, immediately after got ILR. Also applied for a dependent child. Both non-EU.
Submitted documents online on the 24.02.23
Biometric on the 03.03.23 in Leeds.
Waiting for reply.

30.08.2023 - still waiting.
Sent email to further national inquiries on the 18.08.23 - no reply.
Thinking about contacting MP because it is more than 6 months since submitting application. Very worrying.

Update.
Today have received a response on my request to furthernationalityenqueries.
It say my application was approved and within next two weeks I will receive an invitation to citizenship ceremony.
I am very happy. Was worrying because my case could have been counted as a not straight forward and me and my daughter are russians. But everything worked well.
So from submitting an application to getting an approval 6 months 2 weeks and 2 days.
Good luck for everyone and thanks for this supportive forum.

[Itszenaul]

Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:07 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence (non-EU) + 3y ILR. 1 dependant (12yrs)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 09/08/2023
Date of debit of fees: 09/08/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 16/08/2023 ( Paid one)
date of Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of ceremony date: pending

[Itszenaul]

Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:07 am

Eligibility criteria: 5 years residence (non-EU) + 3y ILR. 1 dependant (12yrs)
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 09/08/2023
Date of debit of fees: 09/08/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 16/08/2023 ( Paid one)
date of Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of ceremony date: pending

[abamasum]

Eligibility: Application as partner of BC 1 month after ILR.
Nationality: Bangladesh
Application date: 03/05/2023
Biometric appointment: 18/05/2023 (Free in Croydon)
Still waiting for approval email, it's been more than 4 months.

[aligbutt]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr spouse visa + 11 months ILR [spouse of BC]
Nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: Online
Date of submission: 06 june 23
Date of debit of fees: 06 june 23
Date of biometrics appointment: 29 june 23 (Birmingham Free)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

[CR001]

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[Hfaa]

Eligibility criteria: non EU 5 Years + 1 year 1 month ILR
Nationality: non EU
Language: Msc UK graduate + Life in the Uk
Method of application: Online
Payment Method: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 28/02/2023
Date of debit of fees: 28/02/2023
Date of Biometrics collection UKVCAS: 01/03/2023 (London, Crydon
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Send an email to further nationality on 2/9/2023 and got response on 6/9/2023. ( just confirm that the applications are currently being processed and I have to wait).

It took more than six months and we have not get any thing as we checking spams and inbox on daily bases and we start to be really tired. Hope to get the approval soon.

[ryansn]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs +1 Yr ILR
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 09/09/2023
Documents submitted: 09/09/2023
Biometrics submitted: 09/09/2023 (Croydon, paid)
The date on the Approval letter/Email: Waiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: Pending

[amanjain861]

Nationality: Indian
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs +1 Yr ILR
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 05/05/2023
Documents submitted: 05/05/2023
Biometrics submitted: 05/05/2023 (Leeds ,paid)
Email of Ceremony (Nottingham City Council): 07/09/2023 (11:55 am)
Date on Approval Email from Home Office: 11/09/2023 (08:47 am)
Date of Citizenship Ceremony (Public Ceremony): 19/09/2023

4 months, 05 days excluding the end date.
Good luck everyone ,this platform have be helpful!

[Rafiki4]

Eligibility: 5 years Skilled worker visa + 1 ILR
Nationality: Non EU
Date of Application online: 17/05/2023
Date of payment (credit card) 17/05/2023
Biometric and documents submission: 13/06/2023 (Leeds [Free])
Email from local council confirming approval and to book ceremony: 07/09/2023
Date of approval email: HO Atlas email 11/9/2023
Date of ceremony: Pending

Almost there (Under 3 months since biometric submission)

Thanks everyone who has shared their info here. It provided a good guide to expectations and what could happen as well as what one could do in case f a dilemma

[blueorchids007]

Eligibility criteria: 5yr spouse visa (applied a day after ILR)
Nationality: Nigerian
Method of application: Online
Date of submission: 10 May 2023
Date of debit of fees: 10 May 2023
Date of biometrics appointment: 01 June 2023 (Hemel Hempstead Free)
Date of receipt of approval: 11 September 2023
Date of Ceremony: 13 September 2023 (Private ceremony)

Processing time: 124 days or 4 months, 1 day from the date of submission.

Thank you to everyone in the forum who supported me throughout the journey. Best wishes to everyone waiting for a decision

[nj502]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 1 year ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 13-May-2023
Documents submitted: 09-June-2023
Biometrics submitted: 09-June-2023 (free)
Date of Approval letter/Email: 11-Sep-2023
Date of receipt of ceremony Email: waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: waiting

Best of luck to everyone

[2023vassa]

Eligibility criteria: 7 years + ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 13/03/2023
Date of debit of fees: 13/03/2023
Date Documents Submitted: 06/04/2023
Date Biometrics enrolled (UKVCAS): 06/04/2023 (Mark Lane Free)
Request for further information: 25/05/2023 at 18:25
Further information submitted: 25/05/2023 at 18:40
The date of Approval letter/Email: 11/09/2023
Date of receipt of ceremony invitation: 06/09/2023 at 15:05
Citizenship ceremony date: 14/09/2023 (Private)

No further contact since.

29/06/2023 @7:26am: email from Home Office Atlas saying they haven't received my further information submitted to nationalityfurtherinformationrequests@homeoffice.gov.uk. I have sent re-sent the additional information to the email above and to furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Presumably this will cause further delay.

Citizenship Ceremony invitation received 06/09/2023

[Geek89]

Eligibility criteria: EU settled status
Nationality: Italian
Method of application: Online
Date of submission: 17 May 2023
Date of debit of fees: 17 May 2023
Date of biometrics appointment: 20 May 2023 (London - paid)
Date of receipt of approval: 11 September 2023
Date of Ceremony: pending

[rp_in]

This has been a useful post to follow

Eligibility criteria: 5 year + 6 year ILR
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online - Credit Card
Date of application: 09-May-2023
Documents submitted: 20-May-2023
Biometrics submitted: 20-May-2023
Date of Approval letter/Email: 12-Sep-2023
Date of receipt of ceremony Email: waiting
Citizenship ceremony date: waiting

I just sent an enquiry to the listed email address of FurtherNationality Inquiry and got a response stating that application for British citizenship has been approved.
Awaiting next steps - should get invite for ceremony in next two weeks and then passport procedures will start.
Best of luck to everyone.

[NV319]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs of family member of an EU national in UK+ 12 months and 1 day of holding EUSS Settled Status.
Proof of language: UK degree
Life in the UK test: September 2019 Passed
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 14/03/2023
Date of documents submission: 14/03/2023
Date of biometrics: 17/03/2023
Date of Acknowledgement email that docs and biometrics submitted to UKVI: 17/03/2023
Date of approval email: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

4 months and 3 weeks since submission and have not heard from UKVI. Hopefully soon..

Emailed Further Nationalities on 1/9/2023 waiting for a response - no response.

Emailed again Further Nationalities on 11/09/2023 waiting for a response.

Also asked MP to email HO to get an update on 11/09/2023. Awaiting response.

6 months since submission and have not heard from UKVI. Hopefully soon..