TIMELINE AFTER NATURALISATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION

[UKArgie]

I have been making some calculations and the average waiting time is of 25 days...

[champion]

I have been making some calculations and the average waiting time is of 25 days...

share ur calculations pls

[UKArgie]

I have been making some calculations and the average waiting time is of 25 days...

share ur calculations pls

[Date of Appplication Date of receip No of days Date of Approval No of days Method
12/09/2005 13/09/2005 1 05/10/2005 23 NCS
06/10/2005 11/10/2005 5 17/10/2005 11 NCS
18/11/2005 26/11/2005 8 17/12/2005 29 NCS
22/12/2005 03/01/2006 12 11/01/2006 20 NCS
06/01/2006 12/01/2006 6 18/02/2006 43 Postal
24/01/2006 04/02/2006 11 10/02/2006 17 NCS
09/03/2006 13/03/2006 4 16/03/2006 7 NCS
10/04/2006 15/04/2006 5 24/04/2006 14 NCS
26/05/2006 06/06/2006 11 NCS
11/07/2006 15/07/2006 4 07/08/2006 27 NCS
14/08/2006 23/08/2006 9 06/09/2006 23 NCS
01/09/2006 07/09/2006 6 26/10/2006 55 NCS
18/12/2006 28/12/2006 10 11/01/2007 24 NCS
01/02/2007 12/02/2007 11 19/02/2007 18 NCS
09/02/2007 26/02/2007 17 06/03/2007 25 NCS
10/03/2007 14/03/2007 4 21/03/2007 11 NCS
20/03/2007 26/03/2007 6 04/04/2007 15 NCS
16/03/2007 26/03/2007 10 16/04/2007 31 NCS
28/03/2007 16/04/2007 19 21/04/2007 24 NCS
23/03/2007 16/04/2007 24 27/04/2007 35 NCS
9 23

Can't get inot the right format, but you get the idea

[SK1]

Application Update:

Postal or NCS: POSTAL
Date of submission or posting : 20 Feb 07 (received by HO on 21/02/07)
CRITERIA - 3 yr stay (spouse of BC)
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 26 February 2007
Date on acknowledgement Letter: 26 February 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 09 March 2007
Date of receipt of approval : 05 May 2007 (HO letter dated 03/05/07)
Date of Ceremony: 20 June 2007 (originally booked for 06 June 2007)
Date of appln. for passport ? N/A
Method used ? N/A
Date of Receipt? N/A

[seancody]

I thought my timeline for approval was pretty quick, I wasn't expecting anything till July, but the whole thing from posting it to receiving approval was exactly 2 months AND I paid by cheque which theoretically should have added another week. Maybe they are getting more efficient lol


How long does it take on average before the ceremony, does anyone know? Also do they send you an invitation, or do you have to call to book one? I haven't read the approval letter yet so I dunno if it says this in the letter.

Thanks.

[superrain]

Since several members of this board were wondering about the progress of applications sumitted around the end of March, I would like to share my status here:

Date of submission or posting : 28 Mar 2007 (NCS)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12 Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Apr 2007 (Dated on 12 Apr 2007)
Date of receipt of approval : ---
Ceremony innvitation letter: ---

Hi there, the latest update of my application status.

Date of submission or posting : 28 Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12 Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Apr 2007 (Dated on 12 Apr 2007)
Date of receipt of approval : 21 May 2007 (Dated on 9 May 2007)
Ceremony innvitation letter: Not yet, I need contact my local council within 14 days to make an appointment. Will do it tomorrow.

Congrates mate. Wish you all the best
I would like to point out that ur aproval is dated 9th may recd by you on 21st.

Thanks champion. Yeah, it was approved on 9th May, and I don't know why it took so long to reach me on 21st. However my good luck continues . Phoned the local council today, and was told that I could attend the forthcoming ceremony this Friday (25th);-). They hold the ceremony once per month, but there'll be no ceremonies in July and August because they'll be extremely busy over the summer.

So the new update:

Date of submission or posting : 28th Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12th Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16th Apr 2007 (Dated on 12th Apr 2007)
Date of approval : 9th May 2007 (received on 21st May 2007)
Ceremony date: 25th May 2007

[champion]

Since several members of this board were wondering about the progress of applications sumitted around the end of March, I would like to share my status here:

Date of submission or posting : 28 Mar 2007 (NCS)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12 Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Apr 2007 (Dated on 12 Apr 2007)
Date of receipt of approval : ---
Ceremony innvitation letter: ---

Hi there, the latest update of my application status.

Date of submission or posting : 28 Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12 Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Apr 2007 (Dated on 12 Apr 2007)
Date of receipt of approval : 21 May 2007 (Dated on 9 May 2007)
Ceremony innvitation letter: Not yet, I need contact my local council within 14 days to make an appointment. Will do it tomorrow.

Congrates mate. Wish you all the best
I would like to point out that ur aproval is dated 9th may recd by you on 21st.

Thanks champion. Yeah, it was approved on 9th May, and I don't know why it took so long to reach me on 21st. However my good luck continues . Phoned the local council today, and was told that I could attend the forthcoming ceremony this Friday (25th);-). They hold the ceremony once per month, but there'll be no ceremonies in July and August because they'll be extremely busy over the summer.

So the new update:

Date of submission or posting : 28th Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12th Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16th Apr 2007 (Dated on 12th Apr 2007)
Date of approval : 9th May 2007 (received on 21st May 2007)
Ceremony date: 25th May 2007

And apply for the passport day after
u know that aftrer 1st june they will no longet take 1 week service.
I was wondering if the interview system will affect those who apply by post / check and send service
aaaah one more thing
wish us good luck.

[superrain]

Hi there, the latest update of my application status.

Date of submission or posting : 28 Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12 Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16 Apr 2007 (Dated on 12 Apr 2007)
Date of receipt of approval : 21 May 2007 (Dated on 9 May 2007)
Ceremony innvitation letter: Not yet, I need contact my local council within 14 days to make an appointment. Will do it tomorrow.

Congrates mate. Wish you all the best
I would like to point out that ur aproval is dated 9th may recd by you on 21st.

Thanks champion. Yeah, it was approved on 9th May, and I don't know why it took so long to reach me on 21st. However my good luck continues . Phoned the local council today, and was told that I could attend the forthcoming ceremony this Friday (25th);-). They hold the ceremony once per month, but there'll be no ceremonies in July and August because they'll be extremely busy over the summer.

So the new update:

Date of submission or posting : 28th Mar 2007 (NCS East Kilbride)
Criteria : 4-Year Work Permit + 1-Year ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card : 12th Apr 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement : 16th Apr 2007 (Dated on 12th Apr 2007)
Date of approval : 9th May 2007 (received on 21st May 2007)
Ceremony date: 25th May 2007

And apply for the passport day after
u know that aftrer 1st june they will no longet take 1 week service.
I was wondering if the interview system will affect those who apply by post / check and send service
aaaah one more thing
wish us good luck.

Great idea, many thanks . I haven't even paid any attention to the new rules for passport application. So is this 1 week service has to be submitted in person or allowed through Post Office?

[champion]

Great idea, many thanks . I haven't even paid any attention to the new rules for passport application. So is this 1 week service has to be submitted in person or allowed through Post Office?

Post office is always 2 weeks service
1 week is for applying in person to passport office
however
I am sure due to change of rule many people have already taken appointment with passport office and there will be hardly any left

[superrain]

Great idea, many thanks . I haven't even paid any attention to the new rules for passport application. So is this 1 week service has to be submitted in person or allowed through Post Office?

Post office is always 2 weeks service
1 week is for applying in person to passport office
however
I am sure due to change of rule many people have already taken appointment with passport office and there will be hardly any left

Thanks, it's worth to check it out with the passport office any way. I'll do it tomorrow

[superrain]

Great idea, many thanks . I haven't even paid any attention to the new rules for passport application. So is this 1 week service has to be submitted in person or allowed through Post Office?

Post office is always 2 weeks service
1 week is for applying in person to passport office
however
I am sure due to change of rule many people have already taken appointment with passport office and there will be hardly any left

Thanks, it's worth to check it out with the passport office any way. I'll do it tomorrow

champion, many thanks for your reminder. Just studied the information on the IPS website and then phoned the 24-hour Passport Telephone Service and successfully managed to book an appointment on Thursday 31st May for the Fast Track 1-week service, just one day before the new rule will be implemented.

It seems that I had extremely good luck in terms of applying for British Citizenship, in fact in every stage.

(1) Got my ILR at the beginning of March 2006, then a few days later the HO announced the new 5-year rule change.
(2) Then submitted my Naturalisation application on 28th March, 2007, just before the new immigration fees were implemented on 1st April.
(3) To be able to attend the ceremony within the same week of receiving my HO approval letter. This ultimately enables me to avoid the passport application interview by booking an Fast Track service appointment just one day before the new rule becomes effective.

Hope this good luck will continue, and I sincerely wish everyone here on this board good luck

[John]

How long does it take on average before the ceremony, does anyone know?

I think the average would be meaningless. The actual amount of time delay to Citizenship Ceremony varies considerably. For example, here in Birmingham, the biggest local authority in the UK (indeed in Europe) they hold ceremonies on two days per month, and have a minimum of two separate ceremonies on each such day. At each ceremony they hand out 30 certificates.

However in more rural places it is undoubtedly the case that ceremonies are held much less frequently and might be much smaller affairs.

Which leads me to .... on the AN application form there is a space to nominate a different local authority area for your Citizenship Ceremony. That is not the place where you actually live. Consideration should be given to completing that section of the form if you live in a rural place but not that far from a big city. You could get your ceremony that much quicker.

[tatenda]

Hi All,

I came across this site sadly the day after i had submitted my application. However i am so glad i did for it is brilliant . I want to thank you all for you contribution. Here is my timeline:


NCS or Postal: POSTAL
If NCS, which centre
Date of submission or posting: 13 MARCH 2007 (Recieved HO 14/04/07)
CRITERIA - 10years ILR
Date of payment debit card: 21 MARCH 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/05/ 2007 (letter dated 21.05.07)
Date of receipt of approval: 15 MAY 2007 (letter dated 10.05.07)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Date of appln. for passport: ---
Method used:-----
Date of Receipt -------

[AlexCh]

Hi All,

I came across this site sadly the day after i had submitted my application. However i am so glad i did for it is brilliant . I want to thank you all for you contribution. Here is my timeline:


Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/05/ 2007 (letter dated 21.05.07)
Date of receipt of approval: 15 MAY 2007 (letter dated 10.05.07)

Is it correct - you got the approval 10 days before the acknowledgement?!

[tekaweni]

on the AN application form there is a space to nominate a different local authority area for your Citizenship Ceremony

...and indeed I did just that. I live in the sticks where ceremonies are few and far between so opted for my nearest big city (Glasgow) where they happen more frequently and got an early date.

[tatenda]

Hi All,

I came across this site sadly the day after i had submitted my application. However i am so glad i did for it is brilliant . I want to thank you all for you contribution. Here is my timeline:


Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/05/ 2007 (letter dated 21.05.07)
Date of receipt of approval: 15 MAY 2007 (letter dated 10.05.07)

Is it correct - you got the approval 10 days before the acknowledgement?!

Oh dear thanks Alexch for noticing my error, this is my corrected revised timeline:

NCS or Postal: POSTAL
If NCS, which centre
Date of submission or posting: 13 MARCH 2007 (Recieved HO 14/03/07)
CRITERIA - 10years ILR
Date of payment debit card: 21 MARCH 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/03/ 2007 (letter dated 21.03.07)
Date of receipt of approval: 15 MAY 2007 (letter dated 10.05.07)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Date of appln. for passport: ---
Method used:-----
Date of Receipt -------

[tatenda]

Oh dear thanks Alexch for noticing my error, this is my corrected revised timeline:

NCS or Postal: POSTAL
If NCS, which centre
Date of submission or posting: 13 MARCH 2007 (Recieved HO 14/03/07)
CRITERIA - 10years ILR
Date of payment debit card: 21 MARCH 2007
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 23/03/ 2007 (letter dated 21.03.07)
Date of receipt of approval: 15 MAY 2007 (letter dated 10.05.07)
Date of Ceremony: Awaiting
Date of appln. for passport: ---
Method used:-----
Date of Receipt -------[/quote]


I have just recieved my citizenship invitation today 24.05.07 and its dated 16.05.07. I called the LA who informed me they have not yet recieved my details as they only get mail once a week from HO , therefore should call next week .I then asked how often the ceremony was, and to my dismay informed its the last wednesday of the month.To think if i had got the letter last week, and they had my details i could have had ceremony yesterday..... . Anyway i am in no hurry, will keep u all informed.

[kkarank]

Just an update - i sumitted my application through NCS bracknell on 11/04/07 and they seem to have finally debited the payment today !Hope to get acknowledgement soon..

[Marco 72]

Post office is always 2 weeks service
1 week is for applying in person to passport office
however
I am sure due to change of rule many people have already taken appointment with passport office and there will be hardly any left

For first adult passport applicants the waiting time for postal applications is given as 6 weeks, even with check and send.

[John]

Do appreciate this! .... which might explain why first passports are now going to take much longer than in the past.

[champion]

Do appreciate this! .... which might explain why first passports are now going to take much longer than in the past.

Agree John but I am scared that my info will be on their record and open to anyone.
history suggests that many problem starts from insiders rather.
if my info is centralised identity thieves have to put less efforts.
it is like to make friendship with bigger evil to kill a small evil.

Most of the country dows police verification by visiting passport applicant's home and verify some document and if suspect visit their college / work place etc.
I think this should be a better way rather collecting individual's info centrally when it is not needed and open to abuse.
no problem with timeframe much.

[John]

Champion you are not needing to convince me about this. But of course I do not make the rules. The Government has decreed that is how it is going to be.

[champion]

Champion you are not needing to convince me about this. But of course I do not make the rules. The Government has decreed that is how it is going to be.

Agree with you John this is law of the land. have to follow want it or not, like it or not. It was just my opinion.

[maveli62]

Am I the only one still waiting ?

[SK1]

Am I the only one still waiting ?

No, definitely not. I know Champion is also waiting and there's a few more people. The recent delays have not helped.

Just keep the faith.

Regards

SK1