Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Alan67]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS + 1 year
Nationality: French
Proof of language: B1 language test certificate
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/03/2024
Date of debit of fees: 06/03/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 23/03/2024
Biometrics location: Manchester (paid)
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/24 (sent a chase email on 28/06/24 as it had been 5 working days since the ceremony invitation from the council: did not get a response but got the approval email the following working day)
Date of Ceremony: 17/07/24 (email from city council received on 21/06/24)

A tremendous thank you to all the people who have posted on this forum as this has been of great help on this journey! It's been a key tool in managing expectations. Best of luck to everyone who is still waiting for their response.

[Enzo2995]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EUSS Settled Status
Nationality: Non-EU
Language: UK Masters Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 3rd March 2024
Date of biometrics: 4th March 2024 (paid)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of invitation to the ceremony: 01 July 2024
Date of Ceremony: pending


Over 3 months. Sent an enquiry last week but no reply yet.

Nearly 4 months!
Best of luck to everyone.

[piuzrl]

Application timeline
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Eligibility criteria: ~8 years (EU Settled Status + 2.5 years)
Nationality: EU (Romanian)
Language: UK Masters Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of Application: 12/04/2024
Date of Biometrics: 10/05/2024 (free in Birmingham)
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/2024
Date of Ceremony: invitation received on 26/06/2024 for 3/09/2024

Both approval and citizenship ceremony invitiation came over email. I'm mentioning this as it was confusing not knowing if they will come as post letters or over email.
The approval email came after the ceremony invitation email. Citizenship approval email came from Home Office Atlas (gov.uk) with the email subject "Application Update", while the ceremony invitation email came from the city council citizenship ceremonies email (gov.uk).

Good luck to everyone still waiting!

[Jyjy123]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS + 1.5 years
Proof of language: UK Master degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 22/02/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 02/03/2024
Biometrics location: Edinburgh(paid)
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/24 @13:06
invitation from the council: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Best luck to everyone who are awaiting for the approval

[Enzo2995]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EUSS Settled Status
Nationality: Non-EU
Language: UK Masters Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 3rd March 2024
Date of biometrics: 4th March 2024 (paid)
Date of receipt of approval: 01 July 2024
Date of invitation to the ceremony: 01 July 2024
Date of Ceremony: pending


Over 3 months. Sent an enquiry last week but no reply yet.

Nearly 4 months!
Best of luck to everyone.

[krisy30]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 6yrs (Tier2) + 5yrs ILR
Nationality: Malaysian
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 11-April-2024
Date of debit of fees: 11-April-2024
Date of document upload: 11-April-2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 30-April-2024 (Croydon - Free)
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/2024
Date of Ceremony: I will be booking this later

Mine was straightforward application. Took about 2.5 months. Thank you all. Good Luck to all applying and in progress...

[hianzik]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years LR+ 1 year ILR
Language: UK degree
Method of application: 14/12/23 online
Biometric appointment 18/12/23 paid
FNE email 12/03/24
Email for extra documents 08/04/2024
Survey email received 16/04/2024
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/2024
Date of Ceremony: 22/08/24

Took more than 6 months

[f3681]

Details
Eligibility: 5 years on exempt vignette — exempt from immigration control as an employee of an international organisation, section 8(2) of the Immigration Act 1971
Nationality: Russian
Language: Trinity College London

Timeline
Submitted: 18 March 2024, online
Biometrics: 28 March 2024, London Mark Lane, free
Approval: 1 July 2024, email from Home Office Atlas
Ceremony: 22 July 2024, Cambridgeshire, public

Notes
Emailed FNE on 20 June 2024 to request an update, not sure if it made a difference or not

[LaBasquiat]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5 years Tier 1 Entrepreneur + 1 yr ILR
Proof of language: NARIC+ Life in the UK
Method of application: online (Family of 4)
Date of receipt by UKVI: 01.04.2024
Date of debit of fees: 01.04.2024
Biometrics appointment: 09.04.2024 (Paid Croydon)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 09.04.2024
Date of receipt of approval:1 July 2024
Date of Ceremony: pending

3 months to the day! (We had a query from the caseworker to confirm my wife's details on 11 June, (replied same day) which may have caused a slight delay. She was very responsive when we followed up and confirmed last week we had been approved.)
Good luck everyone and thanks for a great forum!!

[NormaG]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Tier 2 5yrs + ILR 1 week (British spouse)
Nationality: Non-EU
Language: UK Masters Degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 22nd April 2024
Date of biometrics: 25th April 2024 (paid)
Date of receipt of approval: 01 July 2024
Date of invitation to the ceremony: 28th June 2024
Date of Ceremony: 05 July 2024.


Very swift response 2 months and a week in total.
It’s finally over. Thank you to the amazing organisers of this forum for putting this together. Special thanks to alterhase for replying to my query. Good luck to everyone waiting for a positive feedback. I pray it comes as swiftly as mine did.

[1234321]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria:5yr dependent visa + 1.5yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
English Eligibility: Trinity test
Life in UK Test: April 2024
Date of receipt by UKVI: 17th-April-2024
Date of debit of fees: 17th-April-2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 1-May-2024
Biometrics location: Sheffield - Paid
Date of receipt of approval: 1st July 2024
Date of Ceremony: 19th July 2024

For some reason the approval email from the Home Office went to my mother's email address rather than mine, even though I haven't mentioned her email address in any part of my naturalisation application.

This may be because of my dependent visa prior to getting ILR. Therefore, if anyone hasn't recieved the approval email, but was on a prior dependent visa, check the email of the person you were under.

Otherwise, I thank all the moderators and applicants who have helped me in this process.

[Paramati]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs (Tier2) + 1yr ILR
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 08-April-2024
Date of debit of fees: 08-April-2024
Date of document upload: 28-April-2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 29-April-2024 (Aberdeen- Free)
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/2024
Date of Ceremony: 31/07/2024.

FYI, Home office asked for a clarification on birth name after 2 months of application as my name was changed after the marriage. The approval came in less than 3 months.

Thanks and all the best for those still waiting.

[Kevin_0914]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5yrs (flrm) + 1 day ILR
Language requirement: UK degree
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKVI: 2-Jan-2024
Date of document upload: 2-Jan-2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 12-Jan-2024 (Croydon- Free)
Follow up email: 28-Jun-2024
Date of receipt of approval: 02-Jul-2024
Right on the 6 months promise. Perhaps I should have waited some time between the super priority approval of ILR to “settle” a bit.

[verdi]

Eligibility criteria: ILR spousal visa 16 years
Nationality: American
Proof of language: American passport
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 21/06/2024
Date of debit of fees: 30/06/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 02/07/2024
Date of receipt of approval:pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

Good luck everyone!

[Clementine3]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years +ILR 1 year
Nationality: EU
Proof of language: Trinity College of London certificate
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 18/04/2024
Date of debit of fees: 18/04/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 10/05/2024
Date of receipt of approval:pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

[PariJ]

Eligibility criteria: ILR+3 years (British Spouse)
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 30/06/2024
Date of debit of fees: 30/06/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 04/07/2024
Date of receipt of approval:pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

[Link_hyrule]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR 1 year
Nationality: EU
Proof of Language: B1 citizenship test
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 14/05/2024
Date of debit of fees: 14/05/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 10/06/2024
Date of receipt of approval:pending
Date of Ceremony: pending

[Gulos81]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years +ILR 1 year
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 26/04/2024
Date of debit of fees: 26/04/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 07/05/2024 (paid)
Date of receipt of council invitation: 04/07/24
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: 06/07/2024 (private)

Good Luck to everyone!

[Fabiola]

- Method application: Online
- European with settle status.

- Fee receipt date: 05/02/24
- biometric taken appointment date: 26/02/24 in Glasgow paying £139
- approval email date: 06/05/24- the email went straight to spam and I didn’t realise. Check your spam folder!!!
- Ceremony date: 02/07/2024 Glasgow City Council

[Lxzlud]

Eligibility criteria: 5year Tier 2; 1.5year ILR
Nationality: Chinese
Proof of Language: UK degree
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 09/03/2024
Date of debit of fees: 09/03/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 05/04/2024 (free - Mark Lane)
Date of receipt of council invitation: 06/07/24 (I opted for City of London Corporation, but received from Islington Council)
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of Ceremony: 14/07/2024 (private)

[NikNik23]

Eligibility criteria: spousal visa + IRL 9+ years
Nationality: american
Proof of language: american passport + life in uk
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 12/04/2024
Date of debit of fees: 12/04/2024
Date of biometrics appointment: 26/04/2024
Biometrics location: Manchester (paid)
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of Ceremony: Pending

Fingers crossed I hear something soon. Bit nerve wracking! Good luck everyone waiting.

[DreamRiver]

Eligibility: ILR for 15 years, moved when I was a child.
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Proof of Language: Bachelor’s Degree and Life in the UK Test
Date of application: 27/03/2024
Date of Biometric: 12/04/2024 (Nottingham, paid)
Documents submitted confirmation from UKVCAS: 12/04/2024
Date of receipt of approval: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

I sent an email asking for updates to FNE on 10/06/2024 and got an automated response.
I sent another set of emails, this time asking if I had been allocated a caseworker, to FNE, Nationality Enquiries and Citizenship Support on 28/06/2024 and either got an automated response or no response.

The same day (Friday), I submitted an SAR request.
On 01/07/2024 (Monday), I received an email back from the SAR team asking to amend my Letter of Authority. I sent it back the same day.

Date of receipt of approval: 04/07/2024, however, I never received an email from Atlas.
I received an email directly from my caseworker stating that my application was approved on the 24th of June (8 working days prior) and I will hear from my council for the ceremony. I'm not sure if the SAR request helped speed things up or if they didn't hear back from my council in time.

Date of ceremony: Pending
I have called my council trying to book a ceremony over the phone and they just told me to send an email to try and book it, but now I have the nightmare of waiting for my council to email me back. I assume the council were the ones holding up my approval as I have heard that the HO sends the approval to your council, who then confirm they received it, before the home office can send your approval directly to you. Given that I was approved on the 24th of June and have still not heard back from my council, I will give it until Wednesday and then email my local MP to see if I can get them to speed things up a bit since my council are notorious for taking forever to process or complete things.