October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[Denzel_pompey]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 5 years resident in UK
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Portsmouth
Date of application: 30/10/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/10/13
Date of acknowledgment: Dated 09/01/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 10/01/2014
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony:TBA

[dr_me]

Update: approval received, woowhoo!

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5 + 1
Method of application: NCS Ealing
Date of application: 19/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/13
Date of acknowledgement: 22/11/2013
Date of approval: 04/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 07/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: 30/01/2014

Good luck everyone else waiting!

Congratulations Marina2811 you are the first 22nd OCT applicant who got an "Approval"

[asadkhan71]

It's regarding 39000 applications submitted in October. Well, say for instance it is real, it would entirely depends on the workforce deployed to process the applications. Say for instance 200 case workers are dealing, and each person has to process 10 applications daily, the equation would be..
1person per week=10x5=50
200persons per week=50x200=10000
200person per 4 week=10000x4=40000

Please search on internet for UKBA chief inspector's report for Nationality department performance for the figures I have used.

[dr_me]

It's regarding 39000 applications submitted in October. Well, say for instance it is real, it would entirely depends on the workforce deployed to process the applications. Say for instance 200 case workers are dealing, and each person has to process 10 applications daily, the equation would be..
1person per week=10x5=50
200persons per week=50x200=10000
200person per 4 week=10000x4=40000

Please search on internet for UKBA chief inspector's report for Nationality department performance for the figures I have used.

If we look at the quarterly citizenship application figures for 2013. Till September there were 57-58K applicants in last quarter (3 months) for which all payments were processed within 1 week or max 1.5 weeks. Suddenly everything is changed and longer processing time is blamed on high level of applicants. Even the situation was ok till 9th OCT. If we look at the applications for LTR all are acknowledged within a week however the processing for BC seemed entirely different and it has kept so many people waiting just to get an initial acknowledgement.
Not to forget the possibility of reduced applicants in Nov and Dec also evident in the forum. So all together till end dec the overall quarterly figure should still be within the usual range and should be processed as such.
I hope the outcome will be positive for those already waiting.
All is well that ends well.

[Londonabc]

Finally! So relieved!

Update - Approval received

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: MN1 section 1(3)
Method of application: NCS Richmond
Date of Application: 18/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013
Date of Debit Fees: 23/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 26/11/2013 (dated 23/11/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 07/12/2013 (letter dated 05/12/2013)
Date of receipt of registration certificate: 07/12/2013


Best of luck to everyone waiting!!

[tesia85]

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC (5.5 years exercising EEA treaty rights - no PR card), 110 absences in the last 12 months
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 9 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10 October 2013 (tracked)
Date of acknowledgement : 01 November 2013
Date of debit of fees: 30 October 2013
Date of approval: 03 December (received it on 06 December)
Date of Ceremony: ???

Hello, I received my approval on Friday
However, I travelled abroad to give birth and I am currently looking after my newborn son. Do you think this is an acceptable reason to apply for an extension on the time I have to attend a ceremony?

[HONCHO]

NICKNAME |Date Of Application | Method Of Application | Date of receipt by UKBA | Date of debit of fees | Date of receipt of ackn | Date of receipt of approval | Date of Ceremony

Marina2811| 19/10/13 | NCS Ealing | 22/10/13 | ? | 22/11/2013 | 04/12/2013 | 30/01/2014
HONCHO | 21/10/13 | NCS Tower Hamlets | 22/10/13 | 22/07/13 | 24/11/2013 | NOT YET | NOT YET







PLEASE COPY PAST THE TABLE ABOVE TO POST YOUR TIME LINE.

[MwanaKay]

NICKNAME |Date Of Application | Method Of Application | Date of receipt by UKBA | Date of debit of fees | Date of receipt of ackn | Date of receipt of approval | Date of Ceremony

Marina2811| 19/10/13 | NCS Ealing | 22/10/13 | ? | 22/11/2013 | 04/12/2013 | 30/01/2014
HONCHO | 21/10/13 | NCS Tower Hamlets | 22/10/13 | 22/07/13 | 24/11/2013 | NOT YET | NOT YET

PLEASE COPY PAST THE TABLE ABOVE TO POST YOUR TIME LINE.

Not being rude or anything, your charting of data removes the whole point of charting data in a meaningful and discernible manner on this forum for all to understand and tract changes. I see you have just joined, but could you please follow what has been used on these message boards and proven to be discernible by all. Sorry didn't mean to sound hush, but it had to be said.

[dr_me]

Awaiting Payment to be taken

Updated list

Maasif
Eligibility criteria: 2 Yrs WP + 3 Yrs T1G + 1 Yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Hillingdon
Date of application: 22/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of acknowledgement : TBC
Date of debit of fees: TBC
Date of approval: TBC

Mohammad13
Eligibility criteria: 5.5 Years Student +2 years PSW+ 2 Years as spouse of BC + ILR Since -14th October 2013
Method of application: Self - post-- I have used Royal mail Special delivery by 1
Date of application: 24 October 2013 @12:13 PM
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25 October 2013 @ 08:00 AM(Checked on the Royal Mail Trace and Track system and As I can see the signature on the Royal mail website )
Date of acknowledgement : Waiting
Date of debit of fees: Not yet
Date of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony:not yet

dr_me
Method of Application: NCS
Eligibility Criteria:Tier2 + ILR
Date Applied: 24-Oct-2013
Date of Receipt by UKBA : 25-Oct-2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: TBC
Date of debit of fees: TbC
Date of approval: TBC
Date of Ceremony: TBC

HSMPLOCHA
Eligibility criteria: WP + HSMP + Tier1 + ILR
Language criteria met : Overseas Deg comparability cert by uk naric + overseas letter that English was the medium of instruction
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Enfield
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Payment method: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 31/10/2013 - as shown on DX courier website
Date of acknowledgment: waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: waiting
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

Denzel_pompy
Eligibility criteria: 5 years
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree
Current nationality: Nigeria
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Portsmouth
Date of application: 29/10/13
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: DC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/13
Date of aknowlegment: TBA
Date of debit or clearance of fees: TBA
Date approval received: TBA
Date of ceremony:TBA

shak80
applied via NCS LEEDS
Eligibility criteria:
Method of application: SCS
Date of application: 30/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of acknowledgement :
Date of debit of fees:
Date of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[lendosing]

Great job mate!

I found myself on the list with my old timeline - got my approval on the 4th of December - I have an updated timeline posted! Just to make it clear for all.

Good luck to all!

[gphoenixs11]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years WP + 2years T1 + 1year ILR - Self,Spouse & 2 children
Method of application: Post Royal mail special delivery
Date of application: 23/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 ( royal mail tracking )
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I noticed my credit card balance dropped on Saturday afternoon by £2720 odd. Im sure it is the UKBA fee ( not xmas shopping!!! ) however the transaction is yet to appear on my CC statement.

[thirdlioness]

Eligibility criteria: 4 years student + 2 yr Tier 2 + 2 yr Tier 1 + 2 yr spouse BC and 1 month ILR
Method of application: NCS Manchester
Nationality: Indian
Date of AN application: 9th Oct 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 10th Oct 2013
Date of debit of fees: 30th October 2013
Date of acknowledgement letter: 30th October 2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement letter: 4th November 2013
Date of approval: 02 December 2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 07th December 2013
Date of Ceremony: 17th December 2013
Good luck to all waiting applicants!!!

Below is the log I kept for the Naturalisation follow-ups. Hope it helps somebody for phone numbers or email address.

04th December 2013 - Called 0870 606 7766 (option 2) at 11:30 am. Gave NFEE number. Lady said it will take upto 20 days but corrected saying it will take six months. Quite hesitant with her reply. I do not know if she was hesitant to say it was a decision was made. May be I was reading too much into it. At 1:30 pm got an email from HO <FurtherNationalityEnquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk>. It was a reply to the email I sent on Nov 5th. I thought it was very thoughtful given their volume of applications. Below is the email I received:

Dear
Thank you for you query. I apologize for the delay in reply.
Our records show that a decision has been made on you application and you will receive a confirmation letter in the post.
Regards,
AO12
Home Office
North West Correspondence Team

29 November 2013 - Called 0870 606 7766 (option 2) gave first name and dob, they said application is on the system and descision has not yet been made.
21 November 2013 - Called 0870 606 7766 (option 2) gave home office reference number NFEE, dob and nationality, they said application is still with them.
05 November 2013 - Emailed HO at FurtherNationalityEnquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk to ignore my previous email about payment not being taken, with a wee apology!
04 November 2013 - Received acknowledgement letter from Home Office about application and payment received. Letter was dated on 30th October 2013
01 November 2013 - Called Credit card team, they said payment of £874 was taken from account on 30/10/2013. Felt a bit stupid for emailing HO when payment was already taken.
31st October 2013 - Sent HO an email at FurtherNationalityEnquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk concerned about payment not being taken not. Got an automated reply with general text from
NationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
30th October 2013 - £874 taken from Credit card account, but I was not aware of it as the credit card transactions do not update online immediately.
25th October 2013 - Called 0870 606 7766 (option 2), they asked for HO reference number, I said I didn't have one as acknowledgement letter not yet received. Operator took name, dob and nationality and mentioned I am not yet onto the system probably because of the new rule change.

[jotter]

Latest fee deductions table for October:

The percentage value represents the number of people who've informed us they've had their fees deducted as a proportion of the total number of people who've informed us of their applications. The percent includes people who've since also had their case decided.

Note that the date or date range refers to when we believe that the HO received the application, not the date it was sent.

Week ending Oct 5th = 100%
Week ending Oct 12th = 100%
Week ending Oct 19th = 96%
Oct 21st = 78%
Oct 22nd = 83%
Oct 23rd = 75%
Oct 24th = 10%
Oct 25th = 6%
Oct 26th = 0%
Week ending Oct 26th = 52%
Oct 28th-29th = 33%
Oct 30th-Nov 2nd = 0%
Week ending Nov 2nd = 11%

This is being updated here.

[dr_me]

Great job mate!

I found myself on the list with my old timeline - got my approval on the 4th of December - I have an updated timeline posted! Just to make it clear for all.

Good luck to all!

Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Your timeline is updated on the wall of fame for officially Approved Applicants
Best of Luck

[ladyblessed]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years plus 1 Year ILR

Method of application: NCS Luton

Date of application: 21/11/2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/11/2013

Date of acknowledgement : still waiting

Date of debit of fees: Direct debit not taken as yet by 10/12/2013

Date of approval:

Date of Ceremony:

[shak80]

Hi
I phone to UKBA regarding my application. its been 6 weeks they have not updated on the system, they are aware of big back log of applications.
need to wait 2 more week to be updated on system.

[shahfor]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years plus 1 Year ILR

Method of application: NCS Luton

Date of application: 21/11/2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/11/2013

Date of acknowledgement : still waiting

Date of debit of fees: Direct debit not taken as yet by 10/12/2013

Date of approval:

Date of Ceremony:

Hi,
This section is for Oct application not Nov. You have better to move it to Nov time line.

[jotter]

@ladyblessed

November timeline is here.

[rizwo]

Ring them today, they searched my name with DOB and confirmed that I am not even in the system.
Advise: Next year shall be on the system and then they shall take the money from my account.

By the way I applied on 23/10/2012.

[jotter]

Ring them today, they searched my name with DOB and confirmed that I am not even in the system.
Advise: Next year shall be on the system and then they shall take the money from my account.

By the way I applied on 23/10/2012.

Interesting. So it looks as though one is not 'on the system' until they've done the initial check when they debit the fee and send the acknowledgement. Then one must wait the extra period for the decision. The 6 month deadline on visibility, however, should (must) be worked out from the date of the HO actually receiving the application, not the 'on the system' date.

[Jessk]

any approval news for early and mid octoberites??

[alis92005]

I applid on 3 OCT 2013 and email twice but not approval yet

[gphoenixs11]

Eligibility criteria: 3 years WP + 2years T1 + 1year ILR - Self,Spouse & 2 children
Method of application: Post Royal mail special delivery
Date of application: 23/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/13 ( royal mail tracking )
Date of debit of fees: 07/12/13
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: waiting
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I noticed my credit card balance dropped on Saturday afternoon by £2720 odd. Im sure it is the UKBA fee ( not xmas shopping!!! ) however the transaction is yet to appear on my CC statement.

Just to confirm it was the UKBA fee that was deducted from my CC on 07/12/13.

[jotter]

any approval news for early and mid octoberites??

See here.

I had yours down as received by the UKBA on October 17th. Others for that date look to be:
Donking1 (approved)
thrope
ap007
BGOGOI (approved)
rangeel (approved)
zombie2012
vivdubes (approved)

[Jessk]

any approval news for early and mid octoberites??

See here.

I had yours down as received by the UKBA on October 17th. Others for that date look to be:
Donking1 (approved)
thrope
ap007
BGOGOI (approved)
rangeel (approved)
zombie2012
vivdubes (approved)

sorry, i meant any more new approval news this week or after third lioness...