October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[jonjr023]

Eligibility criteria: ( 3 yrs spouse of BC)
Method of application: Postal
Date posted: 08/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10/1013,
Date of debit of fees:30/10/13, (Dated Cleared: 05/11/2013)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 01/11/13, Dated: 30/10/13
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Cousin D Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ( 5yrs + 1ILR )
Method of application: Postal
Date posted: 24/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/1013,
Date of debit of fees:TBA
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: TBA
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA

[akhan25]

All applicants on spouse basis are waiting for approval and other categories getting it sooner lets see.

[ELKA]

Application Time line
Eligibility criteria: 2 years spouse of BC + 2 years ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of receipt by UKBA: 14/10/2013
Date of debit of fees:6/11/2013 cleared 8/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:11/11/2013 dated 6/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony:TBA


Letter arrived Now wait and see how long its gonna take.

[imran22]

Good morning members

Exactly after 4 weeks of my appointment in NCS my credit card is showing a drop in balance this morning. I have not contacted UKBA at all because I could see what is happening on this forum and not wanted to call or email them unnecessarily just to hear that there is a delay of 4-7 weeks. Hopefully everybody else get their money deducted soon and also get the approval in time. My timeline is below.

Eligibility criteria: HSMP + Tier-1 + ILR
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15-10-2013
Payment method: Credit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: Unknown (no tracking number provided)
Date of acknowledgment: TBA
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 11-11-2013 (drop in balance and not appeared on transactions)
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony: TBA

[desertlord]

[quote="akhan25"]All applicants on spouse basis are waiting for approval and other categories getting it sooner lets see.[/quote]

Seems to be correct. when did they too your fees?

[akhan25]

All applicants on spouse basis are waiting for approval and other categories getting it sooner lets see.

Seems to be correct. when did they too your fees?

I applied on 1 oct fees taken on 13 oct

[Anuprajmane]

All applicants on spouse basis are waiting for approval and other categories getting it sooner lets see.

Seems to be correct. when did they too your fees?

I applied on 1 oct fees taken on 13 oct

Mine is the main applicant, applied same time as yours still waiting.

[lendosing]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 14 / 10 / 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter: 06/11/2013 (received 11/11/2013)
Date of debit of fees: 07/11/2013 - cleared (balance dropped 06/11)
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Finally received acknowledgement letter today dated 06/11.

I'm hoping for 2 weeks for them to process my application but it might be a bit too hopeful... Just really hope it's not going to be months of waiting!!!

[Eirikur]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 09/ 10 /2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 / 10 /2013 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement letter: 4/11/13
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

zigleon and Eirikur any updates from your end?
The 7th and 8th October applicants seem to be getting their approvals.
Next would be the 9th applicants like us.
There might be a delay as our fees was taken a bit later. But I am a bit more optimistic this time.
Anyway keep us posted.

Nothing else yet.......

Also no updates yet.
there seems to be quite a gap between the very early October apllicants and those who applied after the 8th.
I think it has to do with the workload of applicants trying to get their application in before the changes on Oct 28th.

[Jessk]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC ( >3 years-including more than one year of ilr)
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 15/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 13/11/2013
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[desertlord]

[quote="akhan25"][quote="desertlord"][quote="akhan25"]All applicants on spouse basis are waiting for approval and other categories getting it sooner lets see.[/quote]

Seems to be correct. when did they too your fees?[/quote]


I applied on 1 oct fees taken on 13 oct[/quote]


Akhan25, assuming you are a spouce of BC , can I ask, have you ever contacted HO? if you did, since when they started saying is is being processed???

[KMothPur]

Eligibility criteria: ILR+1 year
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 07-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 08-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 24-10-2013
Date of debit of fees: 23-10-2013
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

Is anybody applied on or near to 7th Oct got approval?

[szindy]

Eligibility criteria: EEA National, in the UK since 2006
Method of application: Self
Date of application: 14-10-2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : 11-11-2013 (letter dated 06/11)
Date of debit of fees: 07-11-2013
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[Loveislovely]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years lawful resident + 1year ILR
Method of application: Made independently, SD
Date sent: 15/10/2013
Date received: 16/10/2013 (check using royal mail tracking)
Acknowledgment letter: 12/11/2013 dated 9/11/2013 sent from Liverpool)
Deduction of fee: 9/11/2013 (Saturday) Shows on statement (11/11/2013)
Contacted UKBA via email: 31/10/2013
They contacted me back, today, via email,it reads, due to high volumes of application, there is a delay in processing applications and taking payments, if you don't hear from HO within a week or so, please contact us back.
Approval letter sent:
Approval letter received:
Ceremony Date:

Loveislovely

Hi all,

I checked my bank account approximately 10.00am, money was not taken out, I later check it at 13.20, to my surprise £874 had vanished from my account, a very good surprise. I am praying that it will be processed quickly, good luck to all of us waiting.

Loveislovely

[ap007]

UPDATE: TUESDAY, 12th NOV 2013

Application for: Self only
Eligibility criteria: 2 Years WP + 3 Years Tier 2 + 1 Year ILR
Method of application: NCS Oxfordshire
Date of application: 16.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17.10.2013 (Tracked via DX Secure)
Date of acknowledgement : Not Yet
Date of debit of fees: 12.11.2013
Date of approval: Not Yet
Date of Ceremony:Not Yet

[rizwo]

Eligibility criteria: Tire 1 5 years & 1 year leave to remain.
Method of application: NCS ( Redbridge London)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24-10-2013
Date of acknowledgement : TBA
Date of debit of fees: TBA
Date of approval: TBA
Date of Ceremony: TBA

[Loveislovely]

Eligibility criteria: 10 years lawful resident + 1year ILR
Method of application: Made independently, SD
Date sent: 15/10/2013
Date received: 16/10/2013 (check using royal mail tracking)
Acknowledgment letter: 12/11/2013 dated 9/11/2013 [sent from Liverpool]
Deduction of fee: 9/11/2013 (Saturday) Shows on statement (11/11/2013)
Contacted UKBA via email: 31/10/2013
They contacted me back, today, via email,it reads, due to high volumes of application, there is a delay in processing applications and taking payments, if you don't hear from HO within a week or so, please contact us back.
Approval letter sent:
Approval letter received:
Ceremony Date:


Loveislovely

Hi all,

I checked my bank account approximately 10.00am, money was not taken out, I later check it at 13.20, to my surprise £874 had vanished from my account, a very good surprise. I am praying that it will be processed quickly, good luck to all of us waiting.

Loveislovely

[Bhiku]

I applied through NCS on 02/10 and fees deducted and acknowledgement on 16/10. I emailed nationality helpdesk today and their reply was that no decision has yet been made on my application.

It appears as if Home Office are seriously busy and October applicants are going to be on a long time wait.

[Discoverer]

I got some comfort by observing on the forum, that I am not the only early October applicant whose case has not even started processing (being allocated to a case worker).

Date applied: 30/09 through NCS Croydon
Type: WP + Tier 1 + ILR
Receipt by HO: 02/10
Fee deducted:14/10
Acknowledgement received:16/10 dated 14/10

The response of my email sent to HO yesterday was that they have not yet arrived at a decision on my case and a case worked has also not been assigned yet. If the HO needs any info or makes a decision, I will be contacted in writing....

Its quite annoying, but there is not much that can be done. Though its disturbing to see that the HO has approved some cases (very similar to mine) that were applied around 10th October and have no system to que up the cases being received.

[Siasia1982]

Discoverer

I am in the same situation. I have applied on 30/09, Received by UKBA on 01/10 and fees debited on 11/10.

I have received information from UKBA today, that my application has been allocated to the team but they cannot confirm if been allocated to specific case worker.

[KKJ-UK]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: HSMP+ tier 1+ ILR
Method of application: NCS , St Albans , Hertfordshire
Date of Application:17/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 18/10/13
Date of debit of fees: 13/11/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of documents:
Date of receipt of registration certificate:

[Eliasthom]

Hi,
I submitted application for settlement for myself, wife and a child ,

Eligibility criteria: HSMP+ tier 1+ ILR
Method of application: NCS , Beconsfield/ Bucks
Date of Application:18/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: - not sure –no tracking info given
Date of debit of fees: not deducted yet- had given a cheque for the amount
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of receipt of documents:
Date of receipt of registration certificate:


I wanted to check with others if you got any tracking numbers from NCS to know when applications get to HO.
Also any experience with cheque submitters before.
Thank you

[Tuvoc]

I wanted to check with others if you got any tracking numbers from NCS to know when applications get to HO.
Also any experience with cheque submitters before.
Thank you

My local NCS said if I phoned back the next day they could give me one if I wanted it, but I didn't bother.

[freedom34]

I wanted to check with others if you got any tracking numbers from NCS to know when applications get to HO.


When I submit my application by NCS they have given me DX Tracking Number, next day I tracked it online which has been delivered.

[krishLVR]

Reply From Nationality Progress

Dear Krish,

Thank you for the reply.

All I can advise at this point is that your application is still ongoing and that no decision has yet been made on your application.
When the decision is made, or if we require further information from you, we will contact you in writing.

Kind regards,
Nationality Helpdesk

Home Office | Temporary Migration | UK Visas and Immigration | Customer Contact Centre | Sheffield | S3 8NS |


Looks like they have not assigned my case to caseworker team.