Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[muhammad2526]

eligibility criteria: british spouse + ilr naturalisation applied straight after ilr
language/ LIUK CRITERIA: B1 TRINITY + LIFE IN UK TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: online self
date of application: 12/09/2021
date of debit fees: 12/09/2021
documents submit: 16/09/2021
biomatric enrolled: 04/10/2021
date of approval email/letter: pending

[baji15]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of British citizen + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree taught in English + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Indian
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 14/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 14/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 14/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 14/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/12/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: 31/01/2022 ( Email)
Date of receipt of approval: 31/01/2022(Email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: 4-March-2022 ( Got mail from council)

Thanks all for the support and help. Good luck and all the best for all

[pomal1994]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 5Y Tier 2 + 1Y ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Bachelor Degree + LIUK Test
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of receipt by UKBA: 12/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 12/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/12/2021 (Premium appointment at 20 Mark Lane)
Date of Approval letter/e-mail: 31/01/2022 (Ceremony invite from Atlas over Email at 9:25am)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Had to check online on council's website, called them - no results. The certificate seems to have arrived 3 days later and I was able to book online.
Date of Ceremony: 04/02/2022
Date of receipt of Naturalisation: 04/02/2022

Off to the Passport Timeline chat, best of luck to everyone checking here. Thank you to everyone sharing their timelines it helped me a lot to set my expectations right.

[itmanager]

Eligibility criteria: ILR granted in 2018
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree Certificate + LIUK
Nationality: Indian (Non - EU)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 25/08/2021
Documents Submitted:29/08/2021
Date of acknowledgement: --
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/09/2021 (free)
Date on Approval letter: TBC
Date of receipt of approval: TBC
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: TBc
Date of Ceremony: TBC

Eligibility criteria: ILR granted in 2018
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree Certificate + LIUK
Nationality: Indian (Non - EU)
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 25/08/2021
Documents Submitted:29/08/2021
Date of acknowledgement: --
Date Biometrics enrolled: 20/09/2021 (free)
Date on Approval letter: N/A
Date of receipt of approval: 02/02/2022 (email to book ceremony)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 02/02/2022 (email sent to Council and got a call to book Ceremony)
Date of Ceremony: 09/02/2022 (Online)

Finally in next few months I will finish all documentation works including OCI and relax

Best of Luck everyone and all i can say is stay positive and think all goes well

****A very very big Thank You for this site and all the people who help others ****

[Ikonkar]

eligibility criteria: EEA Settled status
language/ LIUK CRITERIA: B1 TRINITY + LIFE IN UK TEST
Nationality : Indian
Method of application: Online
date of application: 05/10/2021
date of debit fees: 05/10/2021
documents submit @ UKVCAS Norwich: 08/10/2021
biometric enrolled: 08/10/2021
23/12/2021 : Email from HO requesting further information about my travel documents/ old and current passport as i travel a lot and I presume they wanted to check absences.
So I wrote them an email on 13th Jan 2022 and went through each and every page of my passport (pain).
19th Jan 2022: Emailed HO for an update...
25th Jan 2022: Got a reply from Home Office that application has been approved and it will be despatched in the batch of approvals next Monday.
31th Jan 2022: Received ceremony email (good news)
03rd Feb 2022: Ceremony attended

All the best to everybody and hope this helps.

[jafersadeq]

My Wife's Case:
Eligibility criteria: spouse of British citizen + ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: St Kitts&Nevis Nationality
Nationality: Kittitian
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 20/07/2021 - July 2021
Date of debit of fees: 20/07/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 20/07/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 25/07/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 05/08/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: N/A Still waiting-no updates
Date of receipt of approval: N/A
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: N/A
Citizenship ceremony date: N/A
Emails sent to UKVI and MP, no updates.

[michaelUKPH]

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs (Tier 2 work visa) + 1yr ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Filipino
Method of applications: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 21/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/10/2021 (Free)
Date on Approval letter/Email: Approval email 17/01/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 17/01/2022 (email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/01/2022 (email)
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

Massive thanks to this forum!

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs (Tier 2 work visa) + 1yr ILR
Language/LIUK Criteria: IELTS + Life in the UK test
Nationality: Filipino
Method of applications: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 21/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 29/10/2021 (Free)
Date on Approval letter/Email: Approval email 17/01/2022
Date of receipt of approval: 17/01/2022 (email)
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 17/01/2022 (email)
Citizenship ceremony date: 04/02/2022

Massive thanks to this forum!

[schen]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK degree + LIUK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 19/01/2022
Documents self submit: 29/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 01/02/2022
Date of Approval letter/Email: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[nightcrawler2u]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK degree + LIUK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 30/01/2022
Documents self submit: 02/02/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 04/02/2022
Date of Approval letter/Email: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[DanaF]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + 1year
Language : Life in the UK
Nationality: Non-EU
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 29/12/2021
Payment method: (Online) 29/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 25/01/2022
Date on Approval /Email: 07/02/2022 (exactly 40 days from application)
Date of invitation ceremony : TBC
Citizenship ceremony date: TBC
British citizen Certificate received: TBC

Thank you everyone for your guidance and advice. You've kept us sane on this entire process.

[Normasibbz]

Date application submitted- 10/01/22
Date payment taken - 10/01/22
Method - online
Date documents submitted - 11/01/22
Biometrics submitted - - 13/01/22
Date of Approval - 07/02/22
Ceremony date - 23/02/22

Thank you soo much for this group and good luck to everyone

[maxzeke]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence, Settled Status , 9-year residency altogether
Language/LIUK Criteria: UK Degree, Academic Transcript + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: European - Italy/Argentina
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 27/10/2021
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 27/10/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 03/11/2021 - Birmingham. 1 Victoria Square (Paid £125)
Date of acknowledgement: 03/11/2021
Date of receipt of approval(email): 31/02/2022
Date on Approval letter: Awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting
Date of Ceremony: 03/03/2022 (Group Ceremony).

[muhammad2526]

eligibility criteria: british spouse + ilr naturalisation applied straight after ilr
language/ LIUK CRITERIA: B1 TRINITY + LIFE IN UK TEST
Nationality : PAKISTANI
Method of application: online self
date of application: 12/09/2021
date of debit fees: 12/09/2021
documents submit: 16/09/2021
biomatric enrolled: 04/10/2021
date of approval email/letter: 07/02/2022
date of ceremony: still awaiting

[princessflorence22]

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 16/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 16/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 16/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 20/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/12/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

Eligibility criteria: 5 years + ILR granted in 2020
Language/LIUK Criteria: Degree certificate + Life in the UK test
Nationality: non-EU
Method of application: online
Payment method: online
Date of application: 16/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 16/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 16/12/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 20/12/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 22/12/2021
Date on Approval email: 31/01/2022 (email @10:11am from Home Office Atlas, ceremony invitation)
Citizenship ceremony date: 09/02/2022 (group)

Shocked (and happy!) at how quickly it was approved! This has been such a long journey, this website and its moderators/users have been so helpful, so thank you so much and good luck to all those waiting! Next stop passport!

[Spa123]

Eligibility criteria: EUSS + 1 year
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity + Life in the UK test
Nationality: EU
Method of application: Online
Payment method: Online
Date of application: 10/09/2021
Date of debit of fees: 10/09/2021
Date of acknowledgement: 10/09/2021
Uploaded supporting documents: 12/09/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 14/09/2021
Date on Approval letter/Email: pending
Date of receipt of approval: pending
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: pending
Citizenship ceremony date: pending

[krt_uk]

Eligibility criteria: Permanent Residence, Settled Status , 13-year residency altogether
Language/LIUK Criteria: GESE level B1 + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: European Italian
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/07/2021
Date of debit: 20/07/2021
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/07/2021 - Croydon (Paid £112)
Date of acknowledgement: awaiting
Date of receipt of approval(email): awaiting
Date on Approval letter: awaiting
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: awaiting
Date of Ceremony: awaiting
More than 6 months already. Two emails sent to HO asking for follow up with no response. If anyone is in the same situation, please post your timeline here.

[CR001]

Please respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Please do not post questions, chit chat or discussions in this thread. Any such posts will be removed. If you have questions, start your own topic!!!

[BlueSkyes964]

Eligibility criteria: 6yr DLR + 4yrs ILR
Language : Nationality exception+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Non EU

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 20/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 20/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/12/2021(Paid appointment)
Date on Approval letter/Email: 07/ 02 /2022
Date of invitation ceremony : 07 /02 /2022
Citizenship ceremony date: Awaiting

[mrsvm]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + BC spouse
Language/LIUK Criteria: Trinity + Life in the UK Test
Nationality: Ukraine
Method of application: Online
Date of application: 06/01/2022
Payment method: Debit Card (Online)
Date of debit of fees: 06/01/2022
Date Biometrics enrolled: 21/01/2022 -London Mark Lane
Date on Approval letter ( email): 07/02/2022
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: Awaiting


Good luck to those who are still waiting!

[CR001]

Kindly do not post passport timelines in this Naturalisation Application TIMELINE ONLY topic. There is a completely separate TIMELINE ONLY topic for British Passport applications.

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[ablon]

Date application submitted - 25/11/2021
Application method - online
Date documents submitted - 28/11/2021
Date biometrics submitted - 16/12/2021 (free)
Date of approval - 07/02/2022 (email from Home Office Atlas)
Date of ceremony - 14/02/2022 (private)

Thanks a lot to this group and wish everyone waiting for an approval to get one the soonest!

[Zaza mum]

Application submitted- 7/001/2022
Application Method- Online
Date of biometrics and documents submission- 4/02/2022.
The waiting game start

[ILRProgress2021]

Eligibility criteria: 10 Years long residency+British spouse
Language : Uk Masters +Bachelors+ Life in the UK
Nationality: Pakistani

Method of application: Online
Date of application: 08/12/2021
Date of debit of fees: 08/12/2021
Date of acknowledgement: None
Date Biometrics enrolled: 23/12/2021(Paid appointment £125 mark lane )
Date on Approval letter/Email: 07/ 02 /2022
Date of invitation ceremony : 07 /02 /2022
Citizenship ceremony date: 25/02/2022(private ceremony £130)

Thankyou very much for all moderators and all the users for sharing their experience. Good luck everyone.

[Nas282320]

Date application submitted- 21/12/21
Date payment taken - 21/12/21
Method - online
Date documents submitted - 23/12/21
Biometrics submitted - - 07/01/22
Date of Approval - 07/02/22
Ceremony date - 28/02/22

[Nas282320]

Date application submitted- 21/12/21
Date payment taken - 21/12/21
Method - online
Date documents submitted - 23/12/21
Biometrics submitted - - 07/01/22
Date of Approval - 07/02/22
Ceremony date - 28/02/22