Method: NCS (Nationality Checking Service)
Nationality: EU
Criteria: 6 Years (5 years residence + 1 year held the PR status) I did not apply for ILR. It was "Automatic".
Date of submission..........................: 13 September 2010
Date reached Home Office................: 14 September 2010
Date of Debit Card deduction............: 16 September 2010
Date of receipt of acknowledgment letter: 22 September 2010 (Dated 16 September 2010, 2nd Class)
Date UKBA made decision................: 27 September 2010
Date of receipt of approval...............: 1 October 2010 (Dated 27 September 2010)
Date of receipt of Ceremony Invitation: 1 October 2010 (Dated 27 September 2010)
Date of ceremony..............................: 6 October 2010 (Private Ceremony)
Date of Passport application................: 6 October 2010 (Post Office Check and Send)
Date of receipt of supporting documents: 16 October 2010 (Secure Delivery)
Date of Interview letter receipt............: 16 October 2010
Date of Passport interview...................: 19 October 2010
Date of receipt of passport..................: 21 October 2010
I now feel very happy and very proud of being a British Citizen
Finally, I would like to thank the forum members for the help you provide and I wish good luck to all of you waiting.
P.S. I would like to make a comment on the passport application. I am not sure but I think is better to send the passport application using next day delivery (post only) rather than the post office check and send method. This is because post office does not dispatch the application immediately if you apply via check and send. I called the IPS, 10 days after I sent the application from the post office and they told me they had received it after the 13th of October. It took at least 5 working days for my application to reach IPS.