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Hi there, me again. I am now re-apply as the husband of a British Citizen (refer above). Here are my details so far:SK1 wrote:Postal or NCS: Postal
Date of submission or posting :01 Sept 06
CRITERIA - 5 yr stay (4WP + 1 yr ILR)
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 06 Sept 06
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 07 Sept 06
Date of receipt of approval :26 Oct 06
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting invitation letter
Date of appln. for passport ? N/A
Method used ? N/A
Date of Receipt? N/A
PS. Just to let you know my wife got approved, but I got declined (joint application). So, I'll have to re-apply after my wife gets Naturalised, as a spouse of a British Citizen.
Just to add to what I wrote the other day, I attended a private citizenship yesterday afternoon at the Wandsworth Register office and am now officially a British citizen!Dawie wrote:Good news, I received my approval letter today! Can't believe how quick it's all been. Here's my dates:
Nationality: South African
NCS or Postal : NCS
If NCS, which centre : Wandsworth
Date of submission or posting : 6 Feb 2007
CRITERIA - 4Yrs WP +1 Yr ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 15 Feb 2007
Date of acknowledgement letter: 13 Feb 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement letter : 16 Feb 2007
Date of approval letter: 22 Feb 2007
Date of receipt of approval letter: 1 March 2007
All in all 7 days from time my debit card was charged to when the letter of approval was drafted!
By the way, the letter of approval in my case also doubled up as the Citizenship Invitation instructing me to phone the council.
Guys,kairos wrote: Compared to the experience of others here, 3 months for a postal application isn't too shabby. But I wish I'd used a NCS! If anyone is about to apply for naturalization, read the other posts here and you'll see: 3 months for a postal application is fast; 2 weeks for an NCS application is almost commonplace!
I guess you're right, application processing takes varying times depending on lots of factors and we were very lucky to get such a quick postal application. I couldn't afford the NCS and in our County they have a long waiting time for NCS appointments, so I went with the postal application again. I don't think they posted it to the wrong address, but I can call them up and check that.kairos wrote:I don't think you need to worry; the naturalisation certificate is just as good as a passport. You were lucky to get such a fast response to your first application and shouldn't expect lightning to strike twice in the same place! You're right, however, that they should have at least sent you an acknowledgement by now. Why don't you give them a call on Monday and make sure that everything is okay? It's possible that they've sent your acknowledgement to the wrong address, as they did my passport and other documents.
Kairos, I did get a refund of £68 after our last joint application, thanks for asking. That's one of the reasons why I can't afford another declined application. We've given the HO enough of our hard-earned money (all of us), so I wanted this application to go smoothly. Thinking that we still have to pay for passport applications as a next step.kairos wrote:Did you get any sort of refund when they rejected your first application?