Advice on British Citizenship Application Status Inquiries

[Jandali]

Hello everyone,

I applied for ILR in June 2022. At the time, I waited for six months without inquiring about the status of my application, as I believed it was best not to send any inquiries before the six-month mark. After six months had passed, I sent multiple inquiries regarding my application status. Following my first inquiry email, I received a request for additional documents. Six months later, I finally received my approval, making the total wait time one year.

Now, as I prepare to apply for British Citizenship, I am uncertain whether I should start sending inquiry emails about my application's status after one month, two months, or if I should wait until six months have passed. I am very concerned about experiencing the same delays I faced with my ILR application.

Could you please advise me on whether it is beneficial to send inquiry emails and, if so, what I should include in these emails? How frequently should I send them?

Thank you for your help.

[alterhase58]

The stated processing time for naturalisation is six months, it could take 2-3 months or six months or longer.
Note that naturalisation is not an immigration application therefore your experience with ILR is not directly comparable.
Also, UKVI don't provide any progress updates unless they contact you for further information or documents (rare).
Suggest you relax and wait until you get the approval which may be faster than you think, but you are free to contact them to chase after 6 months. Even before then but you will not get any meaningful replies.