Criteria: UK Ancestry/ILR + 5 Years (Single)
06 April: NCS Hackney
12 April: Recieved by Home Office
15 April: Home Office attempts to take payment, but it is declined because the bank thought it might be a "fraudulent transaction" and the bank did not contact me and advise me of this so it was another 3 weeks before I even found out about it.
06 May: payment recieved by Home Office, acknowledgement letter sent.
15 June: Decision made, letter sent.
18 June: Recieved approval letter!!
I want to thank everyone on this forum for the support and encouragement I felt reading all of your posts and updates, it was a great help and comfort to me during the anxiety of the waiting period.
P.S: My approval letter from the Home Office arrived in a white envelope as opposed to the brown as was the case with the letter of acknowledgement.