Naturalisation application processing timelines (only)

[mylove322]

Dear all,
I have been checking the timelines in this forum recently and finally I have got my approval letter from home office yesterday. Hope my information hope it can be helpful for other people.
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Tier 2 Dependent + 1 year ILR
Current nationality: Chinese
Method of application: NCS Edinburgh
Date of application: 29/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 30/10/2013 (estimate)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 07/01/2014
Date of payment confirmation: 09/01/2014
Date approval received: Received 29/01/14 (Dated 26/01/14)
Date of ceremony: 11/02/2014

Hope it helps

Congrats.
Did you receive supported documents and approval letter at same day (29/01/2014) or another day.

I haven't received any return document yet. Actually I didn't hand the original document out, council copied all the document and send out when I applied, so I don't know if I will still expect the copy of document or not.

[edenking]

Updated timeline:

Eligibility criteria: 5yrs work permit + 1 ILR
Method of application: Royal Mail
Date of Application: 24/10/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/2013 (Tracked)
Date of debit of fees: cleared 2nd January 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 02/01/14 dated 30/12/2013
Date of receipt of approval: 28/01/2014, dated 25/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Thank you all for your posts, it really helped keeping me calm during the 3-month wait! Good luck all.

Congrats.
Did you receive supported documents and approval letter at same day (28/01/2014) or another day.

[dadageer]

I have applied for my Naturalization. Timeline so far

Eligibility criteria: 1yr HSMP+ 4 yrs Tier-1 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :IELTS 8.0
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Wokingham
Date of application: 29.01.2014
Payment method CC/DC: Direct Debit
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03.02.2014 (Royal mail Proof of Delivery)
Date of acknowledgement: Pending
Date of debit or clearance of fees: Pending
Date approval received: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

[martin123]

Eligibility criteria: EEA 5 + 1
Method of application: Post
Date of receipt by UKBA:25/10/2013
Date of debit of fees:31/12/2013
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:03/01/2013
Date of receipt of approval:27/01/2014
Date of Ceremony: N/A

Nothing happened for 7 weeks, sent email to NationalityHelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, note you have to give them name,date of birth and address.

Just got standard response to allow 2 more weeks for payment to be taken.

Edit 31/12/2013 : finally after more than 2 months, fee got debited from my account today

edit 30/01/2014: just received approval letter, dated 27/1

[KyleDM]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 10 Years, Life In The UK Exam + ESOL Exam
Nationality: South African
Method of application: NCS Cumbria (23/01/2014)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 27/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: Waiting
Date of receipt of acknowledgement:
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[Jasper_X]

my approval finally arrived.

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 12 months ILR (although actually 9 Years)

Method of application: Post (Special Delivery)

Date of application: 5/10/2013

Date of receipt by UKBA: 6/10/2013

Date of acknowledgement letter: 22/10/2013 (Dated 19/10/2013)

Date of debit of fees: 19/10/2013

Date of approval: 28/1/2014

Date of Ceremony: ?

[90sBaby]

Eligibility criteria: ILR
Current nationality: Jamaican
Method of application: Self (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
Date of application: 23/10/2013
Payment method: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 24/10/2013
Date of acknowledgment: 19/12/13 (dated 12/12/13)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 12/12/2013
Date approval received: Received 11/01/14 (Dated 08/01/14
Date of ceremony: 29/01/14

Hi Guys, I recently posted that my ceremony was said to be on March 26th 2014, However, when I sent of my slip for people who I wanted to be invited I never received the confirmation back. So I phoned my local council this morning to confirm where my invitation slip for my guests is and when the woman pulled up my name on the system she thought it was strange as my ceremony is tomorrow the 29/01/14 and not march the 26 and that somewhere they made an error which they sincerely apologized for. Thank God I phoned as I wouldn't have known because really and truly I thought march 26th was so far away after being approved BC on the 8/01/14 by HO.

Have a good day guys and I continue to wish everyone good luck on here with their BC

Hey congratulations to a fellow Jamaican! I hope you can now move forward having put all the waiting and wondering behind you, it must be a great feeling. I go to submit my application today!

[TTOE]

This board is a bit too quiet today....any news folks as per approvals? Somebody post something about approvals.

[Unionbank]

Wheres everyone? No approvals??

[aquarius]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 2 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :UK Degree
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridge
Date of application: 15/01/2014
Payment method CC/DC: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/01/2014(Tracked by Royal Mail)
Date of acknowledgement: Pending
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 31/01/2014 (Just checked the account online)
Date approval received: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

[murmur]

Hello everybody! I find this web-site very friendly and helpful, thank you!
Here is my Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ( 3yr spouse of BC)
Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith & Fulham's)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/014
Date of debit of fees (debit card): 31/01/2014 - available balance dropped 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014 - letter dated 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I have to say, I flew to London, because in NI we have no NCS office, and I think Hammersmith & Fulham's NCS in London was a great choice. You can book your appointment on-line, it cost 45 pounds (less than in many other NCS), staff is very friendly and helpful. I had a problem with tracking my application on Royalmail web-site so I sent an e-mail to NCS and they called me next morning and ensured me that my application was received by HO day after I visited NCS. How sweet it is!
Best of luck and speedy process to all of us!

[TTOE]

Hello everybody! I find this web-site very friendly and helpful, thank you!
Here is my Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ( 3yr spouse of BC)
Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith & Fulham's)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/014
Date of debit of fees (debit card): 31/01/2014 - available balance dropped 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014 - letter dated 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I have to say, I flew to London, because in NI we have no NCS office, and I think Hammersmith & Fulham's NCS in London was a great choice. You can book your appointment on-line, it cost 45 pounds (less than in many other NCS), staff is very friendly and helpful. I had a problem with tracking my application on Royalmail web-site so I sent an e-mail to NCS and they called me next morning and ensured me that my application was received by HO day after I visited NCS. How sweet it is!
Best of luck and speedy process to all of us!

I like your gist about the NCS office used, good to know. Online booking!

[rickyrafe777]

Eligibility criteria: 5 yrs Tier 2 + 1yr ILR
Language criteria met :UK Degree
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Cambridge
Date of application: 15/01/2014
Payment method CC/DC: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/01/2014(Tracked by Royal Mail)
Date of acknowledgement: Pending
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 31/01/2014 (Just checked the account online)
Date approval received: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

keep updating, we have same dates of application and fees clearance..

[rickyrafe777]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2 year Spouse of BC +1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Maidstone
Date of application: 14/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014 (Dated 29/01/2014)
Date of receipt of approval: Waiting
Date of Ceremony: Waiting

Hi, how did you get you receipt of ackn? was it in brown envelop? what was mentioned on envelope like liverpool or home office?

[kahn]

Hello everybody! I find this web-site very friendly and helpful, thank you!
Here is my Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: ( 3yr spouse of BC)
Method of application: NCS (Hammersmith & Fulham's)
Date of receipt by UKBA: 15/01/014
Date of debit of fees (debit card): 31/01/2014 - available balance dropped 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 31/01/2014 - letter dated 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

I have to say, I flew to London, because in NI we have no NCS office, and I think Hammersmith & Fulham's NCS in London was a great choice. You can book your appointment on-line, it cost 45 pounds (less than in many other NCS), staff is very friendly and helpful. I had a problem with tracking my application on Royalmail web-site so I sent an e-mail to NCS and they called me next morning and ensured me that my application was received by HO day after I visited NCS. How sweet it is!
Best of luck and speedy process to all of us!

I like your gist about the NCS office used, good to know. Online booking!

[abbey84]

Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs + 8 months (Section 7.5 g discretion)
Language criteria met :UK Degree + IELTS 9.0
Method of application: NCS Preston
Date of application: 21/01/2014
Payment method CC/DC: Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 22/01/2014
Date of acknowledgement: Pending
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 30/01/2014
Date approval received: Pending
Date of ceremony: Pending

[amthekkel]

Congrats to all applicants who have received your approval and good luck to those who are waiting.

Does anyone have an updated count by month for applicants still waiting for fees to be debited and those waiting for approval?

Update For Jan Applications so far:
I have counted 57 applications made of which 38 applications have had their fees debited.
The following are the 19 people who have posted their application date but I haven't seen an update regarding the fees debited.

phoki 03/01/2014
MY 10/01/2014
chir 15/01/2014
varre_v 16/01/2014
khurrambutt 17/01/2014
ITGraduate 20/01/2014
fragnance19 21/01/2014
t-cham 21/01/2014
darkangel14 22/01/2014
isomb 22/01/2014
Somudro 23/01/2014
KyleDm 23/01/2014
heena_zaheer 23/01/2014
speaker 23/01/2014
phospholipid 23/01/2014
cofe 25/01/2014
bachy 25/01/2014
amitc 27/01/2014
dadageer 29/01/2014

[rw1perth]

Eligibility criteria: ILR + spouse of BC
Method of application: NCS (Dudley)
Date of application: 07/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA:
Date of debit of fees: 26/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 28/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval:
Date of Ceremony:

[Summer14]

Finally some good news:

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 12 months PR
Method of application: post - special delivery
Date of application: 24/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/13 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: received today 04/01/14 dated 31/12/13
Date of debit of fees: 02/01/2014
Date of approval: waiting
Date of Ceremony: waiting

Good luck everyone!

Eligibility criteria: 5 Years + 12 months PR
Method of application: post - special delivery
Date of application: 24/10/13
Date of receipt by UKBA: 25/10/13 (Royal Mail tracking)
Date of acknowledgement: received today 04/01/14 dated 31/12/13
Date of debit of fees: 02/01/2014
Date of approval: received 30/01/2014(dated 28/01/2014)
Date of Ceremony: waiting for the invitation letter

Hello everyone,
I have finally received my supporting documents together with the letter saying that my application was successful and that i should receive in the next 2 weeks the invitation letter to attend the citizenship ceremony.

Good luck to everyone who are still waiting! It seems that the backlog is clearing now....

[fulcrum1978]

Guys and Gals....

Finally I also have News.....

I was out of town during the last 2 days and the most incredible thing happened when I opened by letter box this evening on my way back. A brown envelope was waiting for me

Rushing up to my home, I opened it and it made History!!!!! Ive got my Citizenship Approval !!!! Alhamdulillah!!! Yayyy!!! Thanks to all who prayed for me and wished me good Luck. Above all Thanks to Almighty! for helping me over the last several years in going through all the stages of the immigration process.... Finally my Approval Arrived!

My timelines are as follows:
HSMP 2yrs+ FLR 3 Years (HSMP JR)+ FLR ( HSMP -JR - to meet residential qualifying period) + ILR
Date of Application: 23.10.2013
Method: NCS Hackney
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 24.10.2013 via Royal Mail Tracking
Date of Debit of Fees: 20.12.2013
Date of Issuance of Acknowledgement letter: 20.12.2013
Date of Approval: 27.01.2014
Date of Receipt of Approval Letter: 29.01.2014
Further Updates....
Date of Citizenship Invite: 30.01.2014
Citizenship Ceremony: 28.02.2014..... Finally all dates sorted out.....

Thanks to Almighty once again!!!
One More October peak volume Application Receives Approval!!!
For all those who are waiting, I wish you all the best!!!!
Keep your spirits high people!!! Good news may just be around the corner....

Fulcrum1978

[TTOE]

Guys and Gals....

Finally I also have News.....

I was out of town during the last 2 days and the most incredible thing happened when I opened by letter box this evening on my way back. A brown envelope was waiting for me

Rushing up to my home, I opened it and it made History!!!!! Ive got my Citizenship Approval !!!! Alhamdulillah!!! Yayyy!!! Thanks to all who prayed for me and wished me good Luck. Above all Thanks to Almighty! for helping me over the last several years in going through all the stages of the immigration process.... Finally my Approval Arrived!

My timelines are as follows:
HSMP 2yrs+ FLR 3 Years (HSMP JR)+ FLR ( HSMP -JR - to meet residential qualifying period) + ILR
Date of Application: 23.10.2013
Method: NCS Hackney
Date of Receipt by UKBA: 24.10.2013 via Royal Mail Tracking
Date of Debit of Fees: 20.12.2013
Date of Issuance of Acknowledgement letter: 20.12.2013
Date of Approval: 27.01.2014
Date of Receipt of Approval Letter: 29.01.2013
Ceremony: Anxiously Awaited !!!!!

Thanks to Almighty once again!!!
One More October peak volume Application Receives Approval!!!
For all those who are waiting, I wish you all the best!!!!
Keep your spirits high people!!! Good news may just be around the corner....

Fulcrum1978

Congrats!!! All the best with the remaining part of the journey.

[For_fam]

Application Timeline :
Eligibility criteria:2 year spouse + 1 year ILR
Method of application: self
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03 Jan 2014
Date of debit of fees: 27 Jan 2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 29 jan 2014
Date of receipt of approval: hopefully expecting 4th week of feb
Date of Ceremony: pending

[shoppsydudu]

Application Timeline
Eligibility criteria: 2yrs Hsmp + 3yrs Tier 1+ 1yr ILR
Method of application: NCS Leicester
sent: 15/01/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 16/01/2014
Date of debit of fees: 29/01/2014
Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 30/01/2014
Date of receipt of approval: ...
Date of Ceremony: ...

[TTOE]

Just for FYI:

Found this in the web thought it would be nice to share


(i) Envelope opened and fee taken to account. Contents of envelope place
in a pouch.
(ii) Application file is created. Database record created specific to
the application.
(iii) Security checks conducted - some of which are directly against the
information entered onto the database, others are with external
agencies.
(iv) Case goes into queue awaiting consideration by a caseworker. Queue
is in date-of-receipt order.
(v) Case is allocated to a caseworker for consideration. If everything
is in order the application is approved. If not, deficiencies are
rectified - e.g. by writing to applicant for further documents or by
clarifying immigration history from records or clarifying security
checks.
(vi) The system generates a certificate for the applicant which is
printed off and despatched.

The only difference between NCS applications and non NCS
applications is that, having been already checked to make sure all
documents have been submitted and mandatory requirements are met etc,the cases are usually ready to approve when the reach the caseworker without further enquiries being necessary.

In summary, cases are considered in date order. Once they reach a
caseworker, the time taken to consider the application depends on how
easy it is to determine that the requirements are met. If an applicant
has omitted information or documents or has a complicated immigration
history that requires closer scrutiny then the application will be
delayed for the period of time taken to complete enquiries

[Unionbank]

Where did u get this info mate?