Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[Budmashh]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP (5 Yrs) + ILR (1 Year)
Application Type: Self + Spouse
Method of application: Postal
Date of Application: 25/06/2013 (Sent by first class recorded delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/06/2013 (with note saying 'As the item was redirected, it will have taken longer than usual. Please ensure the correct address is used for future mailings')
Date of debit of fees: 01/07/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received 04/07/2013 (Date 01/07/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/07/2013
Date of receipt of documents: 09/07/2013
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Surprise... surprise.... wife ring me from home and you know what....
I can't believe it that it only took 2 weeks from the date posted. Super fast. I wish everyone best of luck who are waiting and hope you get yours soon...

Many Many Conguralation... Have fun
Could you please tell us when ur application was approved

[Budmashh]

Hi Guys, I know it's too early to ask But Any one waiting who applied between (10-20 June 2013) still waiting... I can see many lucky people got their approvals already
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[qqruza]

Budmashh - quiet a few people. Me one of them! ;-(

[saadmushtaq]

Budmashh - quiet a few people. Me one of them! ;-(

I am waiting since April

[rusticsaf]

why aren't they replying to the APRIL ones..!!!!

[rusticsaf]

Congratulations Arshipaki and Dilkpdp, and whoever got their approvals during the last week and this week.

Please pray for us.

[saadmushtaq]

why aren't they replying to the APRIL ones..!!!!

I believe easter bunny has eaten our application forms in April

[englishlife]

Budmashh - quiet a few people. Me one of them! ;-(

I am waiting since April

Waiting since May 3rd

[gm21]

Waiting since 7th June

[oryxx]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years work permit + 2 years Tier 1 (General) + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS (Wandsworth)
Date of application at NCS: 06 June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 07 June 2013
Date of debit of fees: 11 June 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 13 June 2013
Date of receipt of approval: 28 June 2013 (received the letter on 8 July 2013)
Date of Ceremony: 7 August 2013 (could have done it on 17 July 2013 but I have family who want to attend the ceremony hence the later date)

[mastii]

Eligibility Criteria :: 5 yrs (WP / Tier 2) + 1 Yrs ILR
Application Mode :: NCS (Kings Lynn)
Date of submission :: 05/06/2013
Date application received by UKBA :: 06/06/2013
Date of debit of credit card :: 10/06/2013
Date of acknowledgement :: 10/06/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: 12/06/2013
Date of approval: 26/06/2013
Date of receipt of approval :: 09/07/2013
Date of ceremony :: 04/09/2013

Good Luck Everyone !!!

[BRP]

[quote="Budmashh"][quote="BRP"]Eligibility criteria: HSMP (5 Yrs) + ILR (1 Year)
Application Type: Self + Spouse
Method of application: Postal
Date of Application: 25/06/2013 (Sent by first class recorded delivery)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/06/2013 (with note saying 'As the item was redirected, it will have taken longer than usual. Please ensure the correct address is used for future mailings')
Date of debit of fees: 01/07/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received 04/07/2013 (Date 01/07/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 09/07/2013
Date of receipt of documents: 09/07/2013
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Surprise... surprise.... wife ring me from home and you know what....
I can't believe it that it only took 2 weeks from the date posted. Super fast. I wish everyone best of luck who are waiting and hope you get yours soon...[/quote][b]
Many Many Conguralation... Have fun
Could you please tell us when ur application was approved[/b][/quote]

Thank you for your wishes.
Date of approval is : 5 July 2013. That means they deducted my fees on 1 July and made decision on 5 July.

[m3osk]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of Application: 24th June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th June 2013 (Sent Special Delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 26th June 2013 (paid via visa debit card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29th June 2013 (Dated 26th June 2013) (My Surname was spelled wrong on the letter so sent them email but no response)
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of documents: N/A
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Now when i track the Special Delivery envelope that i have enclosed in application its saying on Royal Mail website its out for delivery but still no sign for it so will update more when arrives as my application could be refused due to having too many driving offences but we will see fingers crossed...

[Zorowah]

Here is my wife's timeline

Eligibility Criteria :: spouse of BC (6years+3months ILR)
Application Mode :: NCS
Date of submission :: 13/06/2013
Date application received by UKBA :: 14/06/2013
Date of debit of credit card :: 18/06/2013
Date of acknowledgement :: 18/06/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement :: 21/06/2013
Date of approval: 28/06/2013
Date of receipt of approval :: 08/07/2013
Date of ceremony :: 10/07/2013 (private)

[ukforever]

Application Timeline

Eligibility criteria: 2 years spouse of BC+3.5 years settlement.
Method of application: NCS peterborough.
Date of application:15/03/2013(they post Thursdays only,so till the 21st)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/03/2013
Date of debit of fees:30/03/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:06/04/2013(dated 30/03)
Date of receipt of approval:10/07/2013(dated 01/07/2013)
Date of Ceremony:TBC

finally,my friend received his approval today..he did not believe it when he saw a brown letter coming through his door..lol..after a long wait( since 21/03/2013 ) he received the approval today the 10th dated the 01/07..so one down from the march applications that are still waiting and i hope everyone else would get his by the end of this week..
and for the ceremony my friend have called the council and they asked him to call back tomorrow to book,as the letter he received was an approval and invitation in the same time..

[tintin17]

I came to England as a high school student, then uni, then postgrad... I worked for a while then live on my saving for a while. Only been self employed for few months, and have not got any tax return to show them. Is it going to be a problem?

Eligibility criteria: Long residency (10 Yrs) + ILR (2 Year)
Application Type: Self
Method of application: NCS Bracknell forest
Date of Application: 25/06/2013(sent on 26/06)
Date of debit of fees: 01/07/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: Received 03/07/2013 (Date 28/06/2013)
Date of receipt of approval:N/A
Date of receipt of documents:N/A
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

[ZAB2121]

Still waiting on the application from April. I saw April applicants started recieving their approvals so hope its getting close.

But I am surprised at the system that June applications are dealt before April, complete nonsense!

[m3osk]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of Application: 24th June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th June 2013 (Sent Special Delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 26th June 2013 (paid via visa debit card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29th June 2013 (Dated 26th June 2013) (My Surname was spelled wrong on the letter so sent them email but no response)
Date of receipt of approval: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of documents: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Now when i track the Special Delivery envelope that i have enclosed in application its saying on Royal Mail website its out for delivery but still no sign for it so will update more when arrives as my application could be refused due to having too many driving offences but we will see fingers crossed...

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of Application: 24th June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th June 2013 (Sent Special Delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 26th June 2013 (paid via visa debit card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29th June 2013 (Dated 26th June 2013) (My Surname was spelled wrong on the letter so sent them email but no response)
Date of receipt of approval: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of documents: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Now when i track the Special Delivery envelope that i have enclosed in application its saying on Royal Mail website its out for delivery but still no sign for it so will update more when arrives as my application could be refused due to having too many driving offences but we will see fingers crossed...

Well I received the Approval Letter dated 8th July 2013. On the approval letter its stating that my application was successful and i will shortly receive letter inviting me to attend a citizenship ceremony.

Does this letter take long time to come? My local council send this invitation letter? As its telling on letter that i should not be phoning my local council until i receive my letter.

Kind Regards

[ikk1980]

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of Application: 24th June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th June 2013 (Sent Special Delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 26th June 2013 (paid via visa debit card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29th June 2013 (Dated 26th June 2013) (My Surname was spelled wrong on the letter so sent them email but no response)
Date of receipt of approval: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of documents: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Now when i track the Special Delivery envelope that i have enclosed in application its saying on Royal Mail website its out for delivery but still no sign for it so will update more when arrives as my application could be refused due to having too many driving offences but we will see fingers crossed...

Eligibility criteria: 5 year ILR
Method of application: Self Post
Date of Application: 24th June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25th June 2013 (Sent Special Delivery)
Date of debit of fees: 26th June 2013 (paid via visa debit card)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29th June 2013 (Dated 26th June 2013) (My Surname was spelled wrong on the letter so sent them email but no response)
Date of receipt of approval: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of documents: 10th June 2013 (Dated 8th June 2013)
Date of receipt of oath ceremony appointment: N/A
Date of receipt of citizenship certificate: N/A

Now when i track the Special Delivery envelope that i have enclosed in application its saying on Royal Mail website its out for delivery but still no sign for it so will update more when arrives as my application could be refused due to having too many driving offences but we will see fingers crossed...

Well I received the Approval Letter dated 8th July 2013. On the approval letter its stating that my application was successful and i will shortly receive letter inviting me to attend a citizenship ceremony.

Does this letter take long time to come? My local council send this invitation letter? As its telling on letter that i should not be phoning my local council until i receive my letter.

Kind Regards

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Congrats you got lucky with the driving offences, the invitation is usually with in a weeks time period.

[Dougslar]

My husband's application.

Eligibility criteria : 2 year marriage visa, ILR, 3 years residence in the UK
Method of application : By post from Glasgow
Date of application : 10 June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 11 June 2013
Date of debit of fee : 14 June 2013
Date acknowledged : 15 June 2013 (dated 13 June)
Date of approval : 1st July (dated June 27)
Date of Ceremony : 21st August, 2013

Received Citizenship Invitation from UK Border Agency on Monday 8th July but this was dated 28th June. Not sure why they send things by 2nd class post! By the time I got around to calling the council yesterday they had actually sent us an invitation for 21st August. They put a note in saying that they have a ceremony this Friday 12th July and that would have been great but unfortunately too short notice for us to arrange time off work. Suppose we should be grateful that it's all been approved so quickly!

[zeevirgo]

Eligibility criteria : 2 year Work Permit,3 years Tier 1 and 1 year ILR
Method of application : NCS Harrow
Date of application : 11 June 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA : 12 June 2013
Date of debit of fee : 14 June 2013
Date acknowledged : 16 June 2013 (dated 14 June)
Date of approval : Waiting
Date of Ceremony : Waiting

[ojojo37]

Eligibility criteria: 2 weeks ilr, 3 yrs residence
Method of application: NCS LIVERPOOL
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14.06.2013
Date of debit of fees: 18.06.2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 17.06.13, received on 19.06.13
Date of receipt of approval:28.06.2013, received letter on 8.7.2013
Date of ceremony¦ 24 july 2013.

Good luck to all still waiting. God bless.

[ojojo37]

Eligibility criteria: 2 weeks ilr, 3 yrs residence
Method of application: NCS LIVERPOOL
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14.06.2013
Date of debit of fees: 18.06.2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: dated 17.06.13, received on 19.06.13
Date of receipt of approval:28.06.2013, received letter on 8.7.2013
Date of ceremony¦ 24 july 2013.

Good luck to all still waiting. God bless.

[balalogic]

Eligibility criteria: 2 year HSMP, 3 year Tier 1 (General), 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Bromley
Date of application: 13/06/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/06/2013 (assumed)
Date of debit of fees: 19/06/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22/06/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 01/07/2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 10/07/2013
Date of Ceremony: 06/08/13

[Dino99]

Hi everyone,

I have applied 1 May 2013 Still waiting. Any one else out there from May ?
I never had to wait this long for any of my past visas and ILR for that reason bit fade up. When you paid such amount of money you expect to get bit of a faster service. Well, nothing much to do except waiting 6 months.

Your views will be appreciated.