Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[BigSam]

Thanks for the uodate guys. Let's keep fingers crossed and hope for some good news this week

Could the rest of the guys update us please?

[Roney]

I think people who have applied via spouse route , their applications are taken longer than others??

[malik0073]

I m still waiting since September .

[Gerry2011]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs - WP/Tier1 + 1yr ILR (Husband, Wife and 1 Kid)
Method of application: NCS (Dartford) - 4th January 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known
Date of debit of fees: 14th January 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBC
Date of receipt of approval:TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[fajr]

Could the rest of the guys update us please?

no update, waiting..

[choga]

Eligibility criteria: indefinite leave (refugee status)
Method of application: NCS Bristol -12th December 2012
Date of receipt by UKBA: 13 Dec 2012
Date of debit of fees: 20 Dec 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 20 Dec 2012
Date of receipt of approval:8 February 2013
Date of Ceremony: 9 April 2013

[drssib]

Eligibility criteria: indefinite leave (WP+HSMP+Teir1)
Method of application: NCS Crewe -24 October 2012
Date of debit of fees: 31 October 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Sorry Can't remember !!!!
Date of receipt of approval:19 December 2012 (Approved 12 December)
Date of Ceremony: 14 January 2013

The service at Crewe was really good and professional- Highly recommended...

Good luck to everyone waiting to apply/for approval etc.

[farah]

Time line of a dear one:
Over 18 years dependent of HSMP participant
Applied on 2 Jan - NCS Bromley
Fee deucted on 14 Jan

[mba]

Eligibility : WP+HSMP+Tier1 =5 years+1 year ILR
Method of Application : NCS
Date of Application: 3/12/12
Date of receipt by UKBA : 4/12/12
Date of Debit of fee : 10/12/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 15/12/2012 (Dated 10/12/2012)
Date of Approval received: 16/01/2013 (letter dated: 5/01/2013)
Date of Ceremony : Waiting

[julia-w]

Eligibility : HSMP (Tier1) 5 years+1 year ILR
Method of Application : Solicitor London
Date of Application: 24/10/12
Date of receipt by UKBA : 25/10/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 05/11/2012 (Dated 31/10/12)
Original documents returned: 20/12/12
Date of Approval received: 16/01/2013 (letter dated: 5/01/2013)
Date of Ceremony : to be booked

Wish everybody who is waiting to get their approvals IN THE VERY NEAREST TIME!!! Big thank to all of you.

[n2820m]

Date of Ceremony : Family application: Husband, wife and one child 9years old
Eligibility criteria: 5yr WP + 1yr ILR,
Method of application: NCS (Rochdale)
Date of application: 07/11/2012
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08/11/2012
Date of debit of fees: 13/11/2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 15/11/2012 ( Letter Dated 13/11/2012 )
Date of receipt of approval: 16/01/2013 ( Letter dated 03/01/2013 )
Date of Ceremony:17/01/2013

Total 70 days waiting time from application date and receiving approval letter

GOOD LUCK TO THOSE STILL WAITING

[BigSam]

Congratulations to all who received their approval today especially julia-w... it is good to see some of the older applications getting approved!!

[emmigrator123]

I am still waiting Nice to see Julia-W from Oct get it though.

[Roney]

congrats Julia,

I think I am the oldest here I guess who is waiting for approval....since 20th August . Hopefully we will get there mate..

[rod_p]

I hope this helps some of those waiting. I was approved quite quickly - I am thankful as I missed the Xmas Dec 15th or so cutoff before UKBA shut down for Xmas. They seem to be back to work now.

It's stressful dealing with government workers. The government worker themselves are the biggest part of the whole time consuming process, of course.

My first dealing with a UK government worker went like this:

1) arrived at the DVLA to change my German registration plates to British
2) Waited in the queue for 1/2 an hour
3) got to the front to be told I was supposed to go to the empty window to the right - not very clearly marked as the car import window ( and there was no worker at the window for the entire half hour )
4) the man who was responsible for importing cars was sitting at his desk the whole time - he now noticed he had a customer
5) the man picked up his newspaper that had been sitting on his desk and walked right past the window on the way to the toilet ( without saying anything )
6) about 15 minutes later he returned and came to the window to serve me "yes - what can I do for you - do you have a car to import?"

That pretty much set my expectations for British government workers and I remember the story everytime I need to do anything in this country involving a government worker. It sets my expectation quite low and, overall, reduces the stress and anxiety of waiting for the actual completion of the government worker's task ( as it's quite clear they may just have a task to take care of that is far more important to them than you are )!

[Alish60]

I hope this helps some of those waiting. I was approved quite quickly - I am thankful as I missed the Xmas Dec 15th or so cutoff before UKBA shut down for Xmas. They seem to be back to work now.

It's stressful dealing with government workers. The government worker themselves are the biggest part of the whole time consuming process, of course.

My first dealing with a UK government worker went like this:

1) arrived at the DVLA to change my German registration plates to British
2) Waited in the queue for 1/2 an hour
3) got to the front to be told I was supposed to go to the empty window to the right - not very clearly marked as the car import window ( and there was no worker at the window for the entire half hour )
4) the man who was responsible for importing cars was sitting at his desk the whole time - he now noticed he had a customer
5) the man picked up his newspaper that had been sitting on his desk and walked right past the window on the way to the toilet ( without saying anything )
6) about 15 minutes later he returned and came to the window to serve me "yes - what can I do for you - do you have a car to import?"

That pretty much set my expectations for British government workers and I remember the story everytime I need to do anything in this country involving a government worker. It sets my expectation quite low and, overall, reduces the stress and anxiety of waiting for the actual completion of the government worker's task ( as it's quite clear they may just have a task to take care of that is far more important to them than you are )!

Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)!!!!

[Alish60]

Eligibility criteria:2 years residence as spouse of British Citizen +2 weeks ILR
Method of application: NCS HENDON
Date of application: 04 Sep 2012
Date of debit of fees: 08 Sep 2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:09 Sep 2012
Date of receipt of approval:01 Nov 2012 dated 23 Oct
Date of Ceremony:Private booked on 06 Nov public earliest was 20 Nov

Finally it arrived!!! So happy,Good luck everyone

Do you mean you have not been in the UK for 3 years?

[goldridgeg]

I posted this update in the Oct timeline too...talk about dealing with government officials, read on...

Hey, still waiting. As you might know my application is taking just that touch longer, due to the PSNI clearance. I did contact Belfast HQ and they said my clearance was sent to UKBA 12th Dec. I figure with xmas, holidays etc, things slowed down (depending on case worker taking time off) and will start moving again soon, and hopefully not long now.

Cheers, and congrats to all that have theirs already

ps I have patience, lots of patience...when I applied for my passport renewal a few years ago(I am South African), I went in person to the SA embassy in Dublin, and from the date I submitted my renewal, to the day I received my passport in my hand was 10 months...I kid you not!!!

Oh it wasnt the Irish that was the problem...the SA embassy is staffed by local irish, could not be more helpful. It took 15 minutes to process my application, including finger prints - no fancy technology like the biometric permit the UK has. This is the old ink pad, 10 spaces for 10 fingers, real old school. Did find out that when my passport application was sent to Pretoria in SA, the printing etc took 6 months to complete, with another 4 months to courier it back to Dublin for me to collect. This is the sort of things I have been dealing with all my life. So you can understand how I developed a lot of patience...

[spedds]

Eligibility : 5 year WP +1 year ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Hounslow)
Date of Application: 8/01/13
Date of receipt by UKBA : 09/01/13
Date of Debit of fee : 14/01/13
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 17/01/13 (dated 14/01/13)
Date of Approval received: 08/02/13 (letter dated 30/01/13)
Date of Ceremony : 19/02/13 (Private)

Pretty quick. Exactly one month. Good luck to the rest of the folks.

[IndiaMr]

Eligibility : 5yrs( WP+HSMP+Tier1) + 1yr ILR (Husband & Wife)
Method of Application : NCS (Wokingham)
Date of Application: 19/12/12
Date of receipt by UKBA : 20/12/12
Date of Debit of fee : 07/01/13
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 11/01/13 dated 07/01/13
Date of Approval received: 26/01/13 dated 17/01/13
Date of Ceremony : Waiting



Good Luck to you all...

[D24]

Eligibility : 5 years WP+1 year ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Hammersmith, London)
Date of Application: 27/12/12
Date of receipt by UKBA : 31/12/12
Date of Debit of fee : 10/01/13
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 16/01/13 dated 09/01/13
Date of Approval received: Waiting
Date of Ceremony : Waiting

[ta9157]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: EU citizen exercising treaty rights for 8 years (EEA2 issued in 2006)
Method of application: NCS (Haringey)
Date of application: 3rd December 2012
Date of receipt by UKBA: N/A
Date of debit of fees: 17/12/2012
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 17/12/2012 (dated 11/12/2012)
Date of receipt of approval: 17/01/2013 (dated 08/01/2013)
Date of Ceremony: pending

[skymoon]

Congratulation ta9157

[ho9]

Eligibility : HSMP + ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Bracknell)
Date of Application: 10/10/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 16/10/12
Date of Approval received: 16/01/13 dated 08/01/13
Date of Ceremony : 23/01/13

[skymoon]

Eligibility : HSMP + ILR
Method of Application : NCS (Bracknell)
Date of Application: 10/10/12
Date of receipt of Acknowledgement : 16/10/12
Date of Approval received: 16/01/13 dated 08/01/13
Date of Ceremony : 23/01/13

Congratulation and enjoy