Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Preacher]

Preacher wrote:
Thank you, ijaz.khanz, for clarification.
Regarding ceremonty: we called a register office today and were offered two options: either to wait 5 weeks for a public ceremony or to book a private one. We desided to go for a private one, as we can have it this week, on Wednesday, 24th April.
I cannot believe it all happens so quickly, especially comparing it to our last year waiting for ILR - I waited then for long 6 months.


Congratulation,
Just a quick question,
Did you paid the ceremony fee for your childrens (i.e £80) cos i just applied for my son's MN1 form and didnt paid the ceremony fee as it mentioned its only required when children turned 18 during application and my son is 5 years old. wasnt sure
if you could provide the info please?




Hi K-alibaba,

We paid £120 - it was a price for a private ceremony for a family (Surrey). As children are not required to attend a ceremony you do not need to pay for them. But I was very glad that we took our children along - it was really special for them, they really enjoyed everything, although it is usually very difficult to impress teenagers.

We attended ceremony yesturday, everything was really nicely done, we (adults) were given our certificates dated 24.04.2013 - the day of the ceremony, our kids were given certificates dated 15.04.2013. So it looks like their applications were approved earlier, I noticed that only when we got home.

[abed9631]

Anybody still waiting more than 6 weeks since debit of fees?

[Peterpan81]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years (Refugee)+ once got ILR applied straight away as married to BC

Method of application: NCS (Manchester)
Date of application: 25/04/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 26/04/2013 just tracked Royal Mail
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[auditor79]

criteria: 5 years (HSMP JR) + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application at NCS: 11/10/2012
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/10/2012
Date of debit of fees: 17/10/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 25/02/2013. Dated 17/02/2012
Date of receipt of approval: 24/04/2013 dated 17/04/2013
Date of Ceremony: 26/04/2013

so happy after long wait of more than 6 months

Congratulations. Did u follow-up via email with UKBA or they sent it as per their own timline?

[WaitingAndWaiting2]

Speaking of which, did anyone ever get a reply from 'FurtherNationalityEnquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk'?

[atifshaukat]

Eligibility criteria: 4 year workpermit+1 tier1 + 1 year ILR Method of application: NCS sutton
Date of application: 04/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: not sure
Date of debit of fees: 09/03/2013 (I checked my bank account online)
Date of acknowledgement : 10/03/2013 Return of documens: n/a
Date of approval: waiting

[jagait]

Basis of: HSMP ( JR) +Tier1 + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: by post
Date of application: 22/03/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 29/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement :02/04/2013, recd: 05/04/2013
Date of approval: 19/04/2013, Recd: 23/04/2013

the approval letter says to wait for 15 days and there should be a inivitation letter coming in next 2 week.

I have got a question that do I need to wait or Can I call local council now to book for ceremony. Please help.

Thanks

Will have to wait for invitation letter.

[alisha123]

Basis of: 10 year long residence (ILR rec on 11-4-13)+ Spouse of BC
Method of application: by post
Date of application: 18/04/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/04/2013
Date of debit of fees: 23/04/2013
Date of acknowledgement :26/04/2013 (DATED 23/04/2013 )
Will update once I receive approval.

[numfon]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:TBC

[incywincy]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:TBC

congradulations for your approval. did u send special delivery envelop with your docs?

[ZAB2121]

Eligibility criteria: 1 Year WP + 4 Year Tier1 (Gen) + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 11/02/2013
Date of debit of fees:16/02/2013 (recieved a single letter for both receipt and debit)
Date of receipt of approval: 22/03/2013
Date of Ceremon: 05/04/2012 (private)

UKBA didnt contact my preferred council. Instead my council gave a date which was quite late as I expected. So I had to pay another 77£ for private ceremony.

[sys_sagar]

[quote="sys_sagar"]Basis of: HSMP ( JR) +Tier1 + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 20/03/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 28/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement :29/03/2013, recd: 06/04/2013
Date of approval: 19/04/2013, recd: 26/04/2013

Feeling nervous as some of the fellows already for it applied before or after me and have received the response. I am wondering how to find out what is going on with the application....[/quote]

received it today. called local council , they advised me that they have my details in the system and yet to receive certificate and will give me certificate on the day of ceremony.

Is it possible that council have my details but haven't got my certificate yet?

[numfon]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:TBC

congradulations for your approval. did u send special delivery envelop with your docs?

I haven't send envelope. my doc and letter came by second class mail
it is a bit surprise How fast its come take 2 day x

[shaztait]

Eligibility criteria:5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Sutton
Date of application: 13/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 26/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: ---
Date of acknowledgement: 03/04/2013 (letter dated 26/03/2013)
Date of approval: 26/04/2013 (letter dated 18/04/2013)
Date of ceremony: 30/04/2013 (requested Sutton but was allocated Morden)

Good luck to everyone still waiting! And thank you for all your help on this forum I am sooo excited and I can finally stop checking the letter box every 5 minutes like a mad woman!

[sys_sagar]

[quote="sys_sagar"][quote="sys_sagar"]Basis of: HSMP ( JR) +Tier1 + 1 yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Camden
Date of application: 20/03/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/03/2013
Date of debit of fees: 28/03/2013
Date of acknowledgement :29/03/2013, recd: 06/04/2013
Date of approval: 19/04/2013, recd: 26/04/2013
Ceremony: 27/04/2013

Feeling nervous as some of the fellows already for it applied before or after me and have received the response. I am wondering how to find out what is going on with the application....[/quote]

received it today. called local council , they advised me that they have my details in the system and yet to receive certificate and will give me certificate on the day of ceremony.

Is it possible that council have my details but haven't got my certificate yet?[/quote]
Ceremony completed today.

[nsrisri]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years long residence + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 16/04/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees:22/04/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Not yet received
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[jinkazama_11]

Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC (wife's application)
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 27/04/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 29/04/2013
Date of debit of fees: 01/05/2013 (checked bank account)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 03/05/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 05/07/2013 dated 03/07/2013 - Documents returned in the same prepaid special delivery envelope that we provided
Date of receipt of invitation letter: 12/07/2013 dated 05/07/2013
Date of Ceremony: 08/08/2013

[shazib1786]

Hi everyone,

I have one question and it is related to people who has lived in the UK based on refuge status. Where in the UKBA site says for naturalisation one must wait 12 months after their ILR. The residential requirement in the eligibility criteria is been living in the UK for 5 years........ as stated in the link below

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... uirements/

During 2010 to 2012, several people who i personally know got their naturalisation successfully straight after having ILR and never waited for 12 months. They all applied within months after getting their ILR. But all of these people had lived in the UK for more than 5 years without any status (waiting on their asylum application to be accepted). They were all from the legacy cases...


In my case, i have been living in the UK for almost 10 years as an asylum seeker. My application was accepted after 5 years of waiting and just recently received the ILR. Now, i am thinking of applying without waiting for another 1 year.

Can anyone please direct me to a place where it clearly states that 12 months wait is required after having the ILR. Or is there anyone here in similar situation as me or knows someone that recently applied for naturalisation without waiting for 12 months?

Thanks for reading this and any feedbacks will be appreciated. A great thread and hope i am not off topic

Yes86, you are off topic here as this is a timeline thread, not a naturalisation eligibility thread. But I will still attempt to answer your question. In the same link that you provided in your thread, if you scroll down the page and read the 'Immigration Time Restrictions', it clearly states that 'You must be free from immigration time restrictions when you apply for naturalisation. Unless you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen, you should have been free from immigration time restrictions during the last 12 months of the residential qualifying period.' What this implies is that for you to be free from immigration controls for the last 12 months, you should have had ILR during the last 12 months. ILR is the only status before citizenship that makes you free from immigration controls. The interpretation is not explicit, but implicit.

Hi imran b you are right on some extent but if you go through british citizenship IDI instruction 7.5G ANNEX B chapter 18

7.5 Discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions in the final 12
months may normally be exercised if:

g. consideration of an application for indefinite leave to remain,
made more than 15 months before the citizenship application,
had been protracted through no fault of the applicant, providing
ILR was eventually granted. This can include applications for
asylum which have resulted in the grant of ILR (you should note
that any asylum cases granted on or after the 30 August 2005
will not result in ILR, applicants will instead be given limited
leave) ;

according to these discretion can be exercised not necessary should wait 12 months if some one has better opinion please share or any one who got approval before waiting 12 months please share your experience

[fais11]

My application was in March and only took over a month. That was surprisingly quick. Good luck to everyone still waiting.

[lynxukauq]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years + 2.5 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Redbridge
Date of application:05/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 06/03/2013 (Checked Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit of fees:11/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:14/03/2013 (dated 11/03/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 29/04/2013 (Letter dated 18/04/2013)
Date of Ceremony: Need to arrange it

Very Happy

[l2mz]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:TBC

congratulation!
did home office send the residental card back to you?

[numfon]

Eligibility criteria: spouse BC 2 yer + ILR 5
Method of application: post by royal mail
Date of application: 15/03/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/03/2013 (check on line )
Date of debit of fees:23/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:3/4/2013 letter date 23/3/13
Date of receipt of approval: 26/04/13 date 24/4/13
Date of Ceremony:TBC

congratulation!
did home office send the residental card back to you?

I don't have PR card only ILR visa on my passport. HO returned everything except LIUK certificate.

[zeustheman]

Eligibility criteria: ( residence & Spouse of BC for 5 1/2. + ILR for 3 1/2 years)
Method of application: Post
Date of application:22/04/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23/04/2013 (Checked Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit of fees:29/04/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

I understand that I qualify for Citizenship after spending 5 years in Uk or 3 years married to BC. I meet both criteria, so I sent my application and my Marriage Certificate, but forgot to send my wife's passport. I understand that they may simply look at the application based on a 5 years residence, but is there a way of sending the passport after submitting the application? Is it worth sending? I thought it may speed things up!!

Any input is welcomed.

Thank you in advance for this helpful forum.

[johnwray29]

@ Zeustheman

Depends on the section of the application form you filled. Point of correction, to qualify under the 5 yr residence rule, you must have ILR issued in the last 12 months prior to your application. For the spouse of BC, you do qualify but will need to send your partner's passport. they might request this or you can call them before they make decision.

[zeustheman]

@ Zeustheman

Depends on the section of the application form you filled. Point of correction, to qualify under the 5 yr residence rule, you must have ILR issued in the last 12 months prior to your application. For the spouse of BC, you do qualify but will need to send your partner's passport. they might request this or you can call them before they make decision.

I think the application form is the same and the only difference I could see is if you are spouse of BC is that you only need to provide 3 years of residence history and presence in the UK.

As of the ILR being issued in the last 12 months!! I couldn't see it in the requirements, can you please quote where did you get this info from?? man you got me worried.

do you know of the number to call them?

Thank you for your input