October 2013 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[Pqek]

Try 08706067766 option 2

[renu]

[quote="renu"]Eligibility criteria: EEA 4 to Spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS Edgware
Date of application: 07.10.2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 09.10.13
Date of acknowledgement : 30.10.13 ( dated 25.10.13,received by 2nd class)
Date of debit of fees: 28.10.13
Date of approval: 13.12.13 ( dated 03.12.13)
Date of Ceremony:13.01.14

I have ceremony on 13 January 2014... Someone told me that it takes 8- 12 weeks to receive approval from HO.those who are waiting ,hope you will get good news soon.good luck

[Eirikur]

Got the letter from HO now as well, bit strange I received a letter from the county council first to invite me to the ceremony

Method of Application: NCS Oxfordshire
Eligibility Criteria:5 yrs spouse of EEA + PR + 1yr
Date Applied: 09-Oct
Date of Receipt by UKBA : 10-Oct,
Date of acknowledgement letter: 01/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 30/10/2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 16/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: Feb 2014

[Real34]

My Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application: SELF (Postal ) Special recorded
Date of application : 22 Oct 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 23 Oct 2013 (royal mail)
Date of debit of fees: 05/12/13 (Balance dropped by the exact amt)
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 10/12/13 (Dated 05/12/13)
Date of receipt of approval: eagerly waiting
Date of Ceremony: TBC

[jotter]

Latest fee deductions table for October applicants:

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 = 90%
Oct 22nd = 88%
Oct 23rd = 83%
Oct 24th = 46%
Oct 25th = 5%
Oct 26th = 0%
Week ending Oct 26th = 60%
Oct 28th-29th = 33%
Oct 30th-Nov 2nd = 0%
Week ending Nov 2nd = 10%

I'm keeping this up-to-date here.

[dr_me]

Hi,
I have contacted Home office today and got a reply suggesting it can take 2more weeks to get the fee processed due to large numbers of applicants. An acknowledgement is sent after deduction of fee. So no need to worry if your payment is not taken or if you have not yet received an acknowledgement. Just enjoy the festive season.

[mohammad13]

Dr. me - Thanks for your informative messages . We have to wait while festive session past.
we are in same boat 24th October, only God knows when we will be able to stress free moment ..
It is relay very stressful because we do not know whats happened to our application ??

Anyway we have to wait ................Long period of time !!

Happy Festive Holiday

[dr_me]

Thanks, I start worrying as well after seven weeks had passed and there was no progress at all.
Someone under November timeline has posted a link to an enquiry raised to HO under FOI for the delays in processing during Sep to Nov. Let's see what the official response will be. I am Hoping that by the time we'll get their response our payments will be processed and we will be in a queue towards approval. if everything goes well perhaps around 2nd or 3rd week of Jan some applicants will start hearing on approvals or end of Jan may be the time for most of us. Fingers crossed hoping for the best.

[UKnow]

dr_me and jotter... you are both doing a brilliant job in keeping up the stats. and the updates of the October applicants status.. Thank you both and I hope you will receive some good news soon..
Enjoy the festive season!

[wenner]

I got an email today from the nationality help desk.No decision has been made yet.I have applied on 9th oct.can't believe it.i can't help but feeling anxious, especially after seeing how many people already received their approvals.what could be the problem?

[Light27]

*** UPDATE ***

NATURALISATION APPLICATION TIMELINE:-

Eligibility Criteria: 3yrs Spouse of BC

Method of Application: NCS Sutton

Date of Application : 21/10/2013

Date of Receipt by UKBA : 22/10/2013 (DX Tracking)

Date of Debit of Fees : 22/11/2013

Date of Receipt of Acknowledgement: 26/11/2013 (Dated: 22/11/2013)

Date of Receipt of Approval: 14/12/2013 (Dated: 10/12/2013)

Date of Ceremony: 19/12/2013

I wasn't expecting to get an appointment for my citizenship ceremony in Dec but glad that i did

[Loveislovely]

I got an email today from the nationality help desk.No decision has been made yet.I have applied on 9th oct.can't believe it.i can't help but feeling anxious, especially after seeing how many people already received their approvals.what could be the problem?

I applied on 15/10, they received it on 16/10, I receives the same response, no decision has been made, I ask the lady if it has been allocated to a case worker, she replied, it has been acknowledged. I have already known that, I ask her if I request my ID back if it will cancel my application and she says no. She was very helpful and polite, I will be requesting my Passport back, as I need it for id purpose. Good luck to all who are waiting.

[amoursamara]

Eligibility criteria:spouse of BC for 4 years + ILR
Method of application:royal mail
Date of application:23/10
Date of receipt by UKBA:24/10
Date of acknowledgement :didn't receive any
Date of debit of fees:just today HURRAYYY 17/12/2013
Date of approval:TBC
Date of Ceremony:TBC

[legendz]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : 27/11/2013 (dated 25/11)
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013
Date of approval: 15/12/2013 (received 18th)
Date of Ceremony:TBA

Finally received approval for myself, husband and 2 children whoop whoop!!

[balo]

NCS West minister
I applied on 23
Home office received 24
Fee taken today paid by cheque
Letter received on 14 dated 11/12/13
Waiting for approval

[desertlord]

[quote="Loveislovely"][quote="wenner"]I got an email today from the nationality help desk.No decision has been made yet.I have applied on 9th oct.can't believe it.i can't help but feeling anxious, especially after seeing how many people already received their approvals.what could be the problem?[/quote]

I applied on 15/10, they received it on 16/10, I receives the same response, no decision has been made, I ask the lady if it has been allocated to a case worker, she replied, it has been acknowledged. I have already known that, I ask her if I request my ID back if it will cancel my application and she says no. She was very helpful and polite, I will be requesting my Passport back, as I need it for id purpose. Good luck to all who are waiting.[/quote

relax both of you I applied before you two and still waiting

[joy2006]

Finally the approval letter arrived a few days after i had left for my holiday. However, I have managed to arrange for my ceremony from abroad just to meet the 21 days requirement to contact the council. Surprisingly it was hassle free. Below is my timeline.

Method of Application: NCS Redbridge
Eligibility Criteria:5 yrs non-EEA daughter of an EEA + PR + 1.5yrs
Date Applied: 10-Oct
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 14-Oct
Date of acknowledgement letter: 06/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 04/11/2013
Date of receipt of approval letter: 11/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: 22/01/2014

[Ayyubi72]

what could be the problem?

From conception of a child right down to graveyard, no event in the life works on FCFS basis. If it did, world would be such a boring and dull place.

[rajan1984]

Eligibility criteria: AN1(3 Years Spouse of BC + 1 year ILR) & MN1 Section 3 (1)
Method of application: Self Post
Date of application: 21 October 2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22 October 2013 (as per Royal Mail Trace and Track system)
Date of acknowledgement : 25/11/2013
Date of debit of fees: 21/11/2013 at 13:04PM
Date of approval: 17/12/2013 dated 12/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Interesting Note:

I sent an email to nationalityprogress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk on 13th December 2013 at 6PM. I have got response back from them 16th December with the standard message "No Decision Made"


Hope my information is helpful and all the best for all the rest of you guys.

[Jessk]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of BC (2 years)+ ILR(>1 year)
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

No approval yet.

[Malai89]

UPDATE

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 3yr spouse of BC; 4yr ILR
Method of application: Special Delivery
Date of Application: 18/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/10/2013
Date of debit of fees: 19/11/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 22/11/2013 (Dated 19/11/2013)
Date of receipt of approval: 18/12/2013 dated 16/12/2013
Date of Ceremony: ?

Got the confirmation that my application has been SUCCESSFUL!!! And I will shortly receive a letter inviting me to a citizenship ceremony. Ahhh! The wait is finally over ppl
Good luck to everyone in particular my pre 28th Oct applicants. My application took 56 days from received to approval if it helps you figuring out the process.

The Key is Patience for nervous minds

[MwanaKay]

Eligibility criteria: 8 Years Married to BC + ILR

Method of application: Self

Date of application: 21/10/13

Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/13 (Royal Mail Tracking Confirmed)

Date Fees Deducted: 21/11/2013

Date of acknowledgement: 25/11/13 dated 21/11/13

Date of Request by UKBA of my Old Expired Passport Containing Visas going back 4 years: 17/12/2013 dated 13/12/2013 (They sent back all my docs in the prepaid envelope I enclosed when making the application)

Date I Sent Expired Passport to UKBA: 18/12/2013 (By Special Delivery)

Date of receipt of Expired Passport by UKBA: 19/12/2013 (at 08:07 they signed for it)

Date of approval: Hoping it's going to be very soon

Date of Ceremony: TBC


Anxiously waiting
_________________
Waiting for that day when I shall say, "Thank God for I have BC!"
In the October queue to conquer Everest (BC)

[apple02]

I've Got a friend who submitted his one day before mines. So he sent his off on the 22nd of October, they received it on the 23rd of October. They debited his account on the 27/11/13 and he received his approval on the 16th/12/13.

Now its easy to say people like myself within 21-26 October, the approvals aren't far away.

However, I swear they go by the debit fees dates, from what am seeing its taking an average of 1-2 month after your fees has been debited for approval. Only few people i've seen on here to be very lucky to have their approvals less that a month of their fees being debited.

[jotter]

For approvals, we've had two 'outliers'.

Pqek (HO received Oct 29th)
dsds (HO received Oct 25th)

Other than those two nobody else in the forum has reported an approval whose app was received later than Oct 22nd. About half the posters who reported HO received Oct 22nd have reported approval.

[legendz]

[quote="legendz"]Eligibility criteria: 5 years WP + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of application: 21/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/10/2013 (special delivery)
Date of acknowledgement : 27/11/2013 (dated 25/11)
Date of debit of fees: 25/11/2013
Date of approval: 15/12/2013 (received 18th)
Date of Ceremony: 14/01/2014

Finally received approval for myself, husband and 2 children whoop whoop!![/quote]

good luck to all of you who are still waiting, I'm sure your good news will arrive soon!