TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[FKarim]

Got the invitation letter finally.

NCS or Postal: NCS
If NCS, which centre: Brent Town Hall
Date of submission: 20th Oct. 2008
Category: 5 year stay (2 WP + 3 HSMP + 1 ILR = 6 years)
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 29th Oct. 2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 3rd Nov. 2008 (dated 29th Oct. 2008)
Date of receipt of approval: 5th Mar. 2009 (dated 25th Feb. 2009)
Date of ceremony: 13th Mar. 2009
Date of passport application:
Method used:
Date of passport receipt:

[Titanic999]

NCS or Postal : NCS @ Ilford
Date of submission or posting : 16th Feb 2009
CRITERIA : 5 yr on (WP) + 1 yr ILR
Date of receipt of acknowledgment :27th Feb 09 Dated 23rd Feb 09

In the ack, they have mentioned that fee payment was not enclosed(funny as I have filled the payment slip and was also verified by NCS officer)
Actions taken:
1. Called up Bank and came to know that the HO people have key'd in wrong issue no of my Debit card, so, payment denied(but HO cleverly mentioned that I have not enclosed payment slip).This is clear irresponsibility of HO and they did'nt even bothered to call me when the bank denied the transaction.
2.Called HO and they refused to discuss about bank payments and asked me to send fresh payment slip.
3.Again sent fresh fee payment slip on 27th feb 09(this was the same details that I mentioned when I submitted my docs at NCS), reached HO on 2nd Mar 09, fee deducted on 5th Mar 09.

Date of receipt of approval : TBD
Date of Ceremony : TBD
Date of appln. for passport : TBD
Method used: TBD may be Post Office Check & Send
Documents returned:
Interview request letter: TBD
Interview date: TBD
Date of Receipt of passport:TBD

[aboudi]

NCS application Swansea 20 January 2009
Confirmation letter received 2 Feb (dated 28 jan 2009)
Category: 10 year long residence + 1 year ILR
Approval letter received 25 Feb (dated 13 Feb 2009)

I am based in cardiff and my invitation letter asked me to attend
Citizenship ceremony in cardiff. Cardiff does not do private ceremonies
so i have to wait untill 25th of march!!! 1 month wait! i applied at the NCS in swansea because cardiff was so busy i coudnt book an application date at the time before 23 feb !

[Rohan]

Fkarim

Congrats for getting your approval. Waiting is finally over for you.

I called the HO today to check if they can give any update. As expected, they couldn't give any info.

Have to wait patiently.

Rohan

[timefactor]

Date of ILR: 28/10/07
NCS or Postal : NCS Southwark
Date of submission or posting : 10/11/2008
CRITERIA : WP (5 years)
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 13/11/2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 18/11/2008
-- in between they returned wife's application to sign & date again, as she did not completed 5 years when applied, rang me couple of times (8 O'clock in the night!! really hard working :o ) to confirm the full names etc
Date of receipt of approval from HO : 24/02/2009
Date of Ceremony : 03/03/2009 (public ceremony)
--- Name changed using deed poll (myself & daughter)
Date of appln. for passport : 09/03/2009 (aimed date)
Date of Return of Naturalisation Certificate and passport by SMS:
Date of Receipt of Invitation Letter for Interview:
Date of Interview:
Delivery of passport:

[Saloman]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

[moh4u]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

Hi saloman
congrats . Its really quick.
saloman can u plz let us know on what critera u applied for naturalisation.

[Saloman]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

Hi saloman
congrats . Its really quick.
saloman can u plz let us know on what critera u applied for naturalisation.

Hi moh4u,

Thank you.

It was work permit base. Like many I too was caught up in 4 to 5 years rule and then waited another 1 year after ILR. Altogether 6 years.

Arrived UK March 03.
One year extension from Feb 07 to Feb 08.=5 years.
ILR granted on 09/02/08.
Apllied for BC on 10/02/09 = 6 years.
BC approval letter rcd on 04/03/09 dated 28/02/09.

.

[HSMPnUK]

Hi Saloman,

When you applied for ILR did you take the UK Citizenship test?

Regards,
HSMpnuk

[HSMPnUK]

Hi Saloman,

When you applied for ILR did you take the UK Citizenship test?

Regards,
HSMpnuk

[munisa]

Date of ILR: 28/10/07
NCS or Postal : NCS Southwark
Date of submission or posting : 10/11/2008
CRITERIA : WP (5 years)
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 13/11/2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 18/11/2008
:

Timefactor,
Congratulations. We hope this speedy processing continues.

[Saloman]

Hi Saloman,

When you applied for ILR did you take the UK Citizenship test?

Regards,
HSMpnuk

Yes, I did take the test as it was required by than.

With my best regards.

[moh4u]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

Hi saloman
congrats . Its really quick.
saloman can u plz let us know on what critera u applied for naturalisation.

HI saloman
what are the list ofdoucments did u submit in NCS along with ur application. Iam bit worried because they take only my pp, driving licence, life in uk, letter of employer.

regards

[Saloman]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

Hi saloman
congrats . Its really quick.
saloman can u plz let us know on what critera u applied for naturalisation.

HI saloman
what are the list ofdoucments did u submit in NCS along with ur application. Iam bit worried because they take only my pp, driving licence, life in uk, letter of employer.

regards

As I read other posts on this forum,it appears that each NCS office has their own criteria of asking documents, though in guidence notes not many documents are asked for. So I can say that you will be alright with the documents you have submitted.
As for myself, when I booked appointment with NCS (Bolton, Greater Manchester) they sent me a letter asking to take with me host of documents.
These were
Passports
P-60 for last 5 years,
wage slips for 3 months,
Bank statements for 3 months
Driving License with its counter part
Letter from employer
Utility bill
Life in UK pass certificate
They photocopied all and returned me the originals.

Can you imagine? Nevertheless I took them all to satisfy them.

Do not worry moh4u, You will be all right and hopefully soon you will have good news as we can see they are dealing with super fast speed now a days.
Good luck

[yonex]

Congratulations!

Just 1 question, I noticed that your interview date was on Jan 3 which was saturday. Does this mean, I can ask for a saturday appointment for an interview?

Thanks

Yes, you can have the passport interview on a Saturday!

[shanc]

Application sent throgh NCS : 10/02/09

Fee collected from my account on 18/02/09

Confirmation letter of receipt of application :20/02/09

Letter of citizenship approved dated 28/02/09 received on 04/03/09.

So it is going very very quick now.

that was extremely quick.
Just today (16-Mar-2009)I had my appoinemtn with NCS at croydon.
they took my original copy of Life in the UK and photocopies of passport...that's it.

They say as prices go up in April, it is a bit of rush - and could end up in 7 months. Hope it is not that long.

[willsk22]

Hi all, brilliant posts.
Few Q`s if poss..

Ok wife 1st arrived 01 Aug 06, ILR gained Jul 08 Her Russian, Me English (and a soldier as that may come into prob later !!)

1. understand citizenship can be applied for as at 01 Aug 09 ?
2. is process any quicker now? wife will remain in UK when i get posted away for few months to do the Queen and country bit.
3. if we use NCS she can keep her passport ? as its gettin quite full of Schengen visas for work travel etc
4. random Q but do visas (ie Schengen have to have a spare page and spare [/i]facing page ??

And finally, i appreciate this is UK forum, but has anyone had any experience with getting a new Russian Passport, whilst in process of UK citizenship. I gather a Russian subject can keep it and be british citizen (dual ?), but for eg she travels to Russia and enters on Russian passport, they will be difficult as she will not have ILR in Russian passport, when they check visa for UK at check in to return, even if she has the old (Russian)passport and new (Russian)passport with her . They will not recognise her (soon to be full ) spent Russian Passport (that has UK ILR in)... its a mystery to us and anyone who can shed any light would be brilliant

Regards

Will S-K

[dnicky]

Willsk22,

This thread is for tracking the timeline for already submitted citizenship applications, so let it be used for what it was originally meant to do.

Please open a new thread with your queries and am sure someone will answer them.

[timefactor]

Updated status. Anyone knows we have to carry any documents for passport interview?

Thanks

Date of ILR: 28/10/07
NCS or Postal : NCS Southwark
Date of submission or posting : 10/11/2008
CRITERIA : WP (5 years)
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 13/11/2008
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 18/11/2008
-- in between they returned wife's application to sign & date again, as she did not completed 5 years when applied, rang me couple of times (8 O'clock in the night!! really hard working :o ) to confirm the full names etc
Date of receipt of approval from HO : 24/02/2009
Date of Ceremony : 03/03/2009 (public ceremony)
--- Name changed using deed poll (myself & daughter)
Date of appln. for passport : 10/03/2009
Date of Return of Naturalisation Certificate and passport by SMS: 17-03-2009
Date of Receipt of Invitation Letter for Interview: 17-03-2009
Date of Interview: 18-03-2009
Delivery of passport:

[dnicky]

Updated status. Anyone knows we have to carry any documents for passport interview?

Thanks

No other documents except for the letter of invitation for the interview.

[timefactor]

Thanks, as quoted they just fired a number of questions.

Updated status. Anyone knows we have to carry any documents for passport interview?

Thanks

No other documents except for the letter of invitation for the interview.

[FKarim]

My wife applied for naturalisation the day she completed 5 years here (which happened to be a day before my citizenship ceremony). Here are the details for everyone's benefit.

NCS or Postal: NCS
If NCS, which centre: Brent Town Hall
Date of submission: 12th Mar. 2009
Category: 5 year stay (0.5 WP dependent + 3 HSMP dependent + 1.5 ILR)
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 17th Mar. 2009
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date of passport application:
Method used:
Date of passport receipt:

[MariamM]

NCS or Postal: Postal (via Immigration Solicitors)
Date of submission: 10th March 2009
Category: 3 years residence + 7 months ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card: Cheque (not yet deducted from account)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date of passport application:
Method used:
Date of passport receipt:

FKarim, looks like we may get responses around a similar time, unless I experience a delay for not going through the NCS or for paying by cheque.

Are there any others out there who have applied/been approved recently without going through the NCS?

Some of the recent time-lines have been very impressive.

[Emma84]

NCS or Postal: NCS (Market Harborough)
Date of submission: 18th March 09
Category: 5 years residence as unmarried partner + 1 year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of ceremony:
Date of passport application:
Method used:
Date of passport receipt:

Easy enough appointment, in and out in 15 minutes! For anyone about to apply, if you can make it up to Leicestershire, do so. They are very helpful and because they do NCS in three differenet offices, they usually have more appointments.

[ARTIST007]

My update, and its Good news:

NCS or Postal: NCS
If NCS, which centre: ISLINGTON, NORTH LONDON
Date of submission or posting: 28TH JANUARY 09
CRITERIA - 3YRS
Date of debit of debit/credit card:
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:05/02/09
Date of receipt of approval from HO:19/03/09 dated 15/03/09
Date of receipt of Letter from council: 18/03/09 dated 17/03/08
Date of Ceremony:30/04/09
Date of appln. for passport
Method used
Date of Receipt
All the best of Luck to you all waiting. By God Grace, you will be successful as well.