November 2014 - Naturalisation Application Timeline

[farhansunny]

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 General + 13 months on ILR
Language criteria met: UK Degree + LIUK
Current nationality: Pakistani
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Newham
Date of application: 14/11/2014
Payment method : Credit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/11/2014
Date of acknowledgment: waiting
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 1/12/14
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony: waiting

They took the fees today

[dks100]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application: NCS
Payment method: CC
Date of application: 31/10/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/11/14 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18/11/14 (CC balance dropped and acknowledgment letter dated)
Date of acknowledgment: 22/11/14
Date of approval (letter dated): 26/11/14
Date of approval letter received: 02/12/14
Date of ceremony: 16/12/14 (Booked)

[sammy2014]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + ILR
Method of application: NCS
Payment method: CC
Date of application: 31/10/14
Date of receipt by UKBA: 03/11/14 (Royal Mail Tracking)
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 18/11/14 (CC balance dropped)
Date of acknowledgment: 22/11/14
Date of approval (letter dated): 26/11/14
Date of approval letter received: 02/12/14
Date of ceremony: 16/12/14 (Booked)

Ooh. Congrats. I guess we can wait for some November approvals this week.

[abhiyutesh]

Congrats DKS!!! Hope early november application approval will start coming soon!

[Maxwell]

Congradualtions DKS from me as well.

I have almost the same dates... fingers crossed...

[dks100]

Tnankyou all and I am sure others in November will start getting their approval soon. The approval process has gone bit faster now as when I applied in the begining of August, I got my approval at the end of October (almost 3 months) but when my wife applied begining of Nov and she got it today (around a month).
Also I saw from October time line, it is taking around a month for processing.

[myerdee]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: Spouse of BC + 1 yr of ILR
Language criteria met Pearson Test of English, Life in the UK test
Current nationality: Filipino
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Slough
Date of application: 19/11/14
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/11/14 (according to royalmail.com, received and signed)
Date of acknowledgment: 30/11/2014 received today in the mail 2/12/2014
Date of debit or clearance of fees: December 1,2014
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

[sammy2014]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc + 3 weeks ilr
Language criteria met: B1
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 03/11/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/14
Date of acknowledgment: 22/11/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19/11/14
Date approval received: 02/12/2014. Dated 26/11/2014
Date of ceremony:tbc

Well,well. My love and hate relationship with the h.o has come to an end. I have been waiting for this moment for almost 15 years.It seems like it took 22 days to process the application. I hope all the November applications go smoothly like mine. Well not that smooth cos I sent a photo copy application form by mistake.silly me. I will keep updating the spread sheet

[Maxwell]

Congradualtions, Sammy. And thanks for nice comments, glad you ended this relationship. Looking forward to end it too...

Congrats

[sammy2014]

Congradualtions, Sammy. And thanks for nice comments, glad you ended this relationship. Looking forward to end it too...

Congrats

Thanks maxwell, I am sure you are in the line. We applied around the same time.

[Jersey]

Congrats to all, seems like they started to speed up the process in November.

[1400 Years]

Eligibility criteria: HSMP+Tier 1+1.4 years ILR
Language criteria met: LIUK+Degrees taught in English (using Points-based Calculator screenshots as proof)
Current nationality: Pakistan
Method of application: Postal (recorded delivery)
Date of application: 15/11/2014
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/11/2014 (3 working days after dispatch)
Date of acknowledgment: 2/12/2014 (via email, 10 working days after receipt) | Letter dated 27 Nov 2014 (received 3 Dec 2014)
Payment method : Debit Card
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 29/11/2014 (8-9 working days after receipt)
Date approval received: ...
Date of ceremony: ...

[Dawhizzy]

UPDATE

Eligibility criteria: 10yrs + 1 year ILR
Method of application: NCS Kensington
Date of application: 20/11/14
Payment method : CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 21/11/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/12/2014
Date of acknowledgment: 02/12/2014 (dated 29/11/2014)
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony:waiting

[venigalla999]

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 (5Years) + ILR (1 Year)
Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK Masters Degree
Current nationality: Indian
Method of application: NCS
Council name if NCS used: Luton
Date of application: 18/11/2014
Payment method CC/DC, Personal cheque, Bankers cheque etc: Visa Debit Card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 20/11/2014 [DX Secure]
Date of acknowledgment: Received 02/12/2014, Dated 30/Nov/2014 which is a Sunday
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 01/12/2014 [Payment Desc : Nationality Direct]
Date approval received: Waiting
Date of ceremony: Waiting

Processing Starts

[slough_g]

Well,well. My love and hate relationship with the h.o has come to an end. I have been waiting for this moment for almost 15 years.It seems like it took 22 days to process the application. I hope all the November applications go smoothly like mine. Well not that smooth cos I sent a photo copy application form by mistake.silly me. I will keep updating the spread sheet

Congrats and Many thanks Sammy for sharing your story. So, did you have to send the original of your application later on?

How did that mistake get rectified? Also, if you sent additional information / document to home office later on, could you share the address where it had to be sent?

Many thanks,
K

[sammy2014]

Well,well. My love and hate relationship with the h.o has come to an end. I have been waiting for this moment for almost 15 years.It seems like it took 22 days to process the application. I hope all the November applications go smoothly like mine. Well not that smooth cos I sent a photo copy application form by mistake.silly me. I will keep updating the spread sheet

Congrats and Many thanks Sammy for sharing your story. So, did you have to send the original of your application later on?

How did that mistake get rectified? Also, if you sent additional information / document to home office later on, could you share the address where it had to be sent?

Many thanks,
K

Thank you. The problem was that the application form was photocopy accept the page 15 where my picture glued, it was a really stupid mistake. I risked it and did nothing about it. I wrote them a letter they would get confused. I would not recommend what I have done and it was purely my choice. I don't know their address and but I guess the address in the application form should be enough.

Do you have similar situation?

[sammy2014]

Eligibility criteria: spouse of bc + 3 weeks ilr
Language criteria met: B1
Method of application: NCS
Date of application: 03/11/14
Payment method: debit card
Date of receipt by UKBA: 04/11/14
Date of acknowledgment: 22/11/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 19/11/14
Date approval received: 02/12/2014. Dated 26/11/2014
Date of ceremony: 19/12/2014

They gave initially me a date 21/01/2015 I was like come on so paid for a private ceremony. I don't really believe my council but hey no choice.

[slough_g]

Thank you. The problem was that the application form was photocopy accept the page 15 where my picture glued, it was a really stupid mistake. I risked it and did nothing about it. I wrote them a letter they would get confused. I would not recommend what I have done and it was purely my choice. I don't know their address and but I guess the address in the application form should be enough.

Do you have similar situation?

Thanks Sammy for your response. So, if I understand correctly you did NOT write any letter and took the risk, which worked out in favour, which is great.

My situation is that I mentioned (on page 15) that I am including some documents (P45) for last year 2013-14, when I was employed and getting paid by PAYE and that for this year (2014-15) I am self-employed and I can't do self-assessment as the financial year has not ended (I did provide proof of my UTR number and that I paid my Class II NIC etc.). So, I wanted to include P45 for last year, but the caseworker at NCS didn't allow me to do so, saying that they (Home Office) will have access to all this information anyway (Which is true).

Now, I have a choice to make. Either
(a) Send P45 for last year and a recent CRB done (as I am self-employed) to Home Office stating my case number etc. (which I now have as I received the acknowledgement letter)?
(b) Do nothing till asked to?

What would you suggest? My dilemma:
If I follow (a) I will be proactive and hopefully the document will reach in time before they start assessing my application and there won't be any delays, but I risk confusing them or being sent back in the queue

If I follow (b) - I will be following being safe (not to confuse them) and wait till they ask me to send these documents. Or not - assuming they get those documents anyway from HMRC considering they have my NIC number etc.

Looking forward to hearing from you and as well from others.

Thanks,
K

[sammy2014]

Thank you. The problem was that the application form was photocopy accept the page 15 where my picture glued, it was a really stupid mistake. I risked it and did nothing about it. I wrote them a letter they would get confused. I would not recommend what I have done and it was purely my choice. I don't know their address and but I guess the address in the application form should be enough.

Do you have similar situation?

Thanks Sammy for your response. So, if I understand correctly you did NOT write any letter and took the risk, which worked out in favour, which is great.

My situation is that I mentioned (on page 15) that I am including some documents (P45) for last year 2013-14, when I was employed and getting paid by PAYE and that for this year (2014-15) I am self-employed and I can't do self-assessment as the financial year has not ended (I did provide proof of my UTR number and that I paid my Class II NIC etc.). So, I wanted to include P45 for last year, but the caseworker at NCS didn't allow me to do so, saying that they (Home Office) will have access to all this information anyway (Which is true).

Now, I have a choice to make. Either
(a) Send P45 for last year and a recent CRB done (as I am self-employed) to Home Office stating my case number etc. (which I now have as I received the acknowledgement letter)?
(b) Do nothing till asked to?

What would you suggest? My dilemma:
If I follow (a) I will be proactive and hopefully the document will reach in time before they start assessing my application and there won't be any delays, but I risk confusing them or being sent back in the queue

If I follow (b) - I will be following being safe (not to confuse them) and wait till they ask me to send these documents. Or not - assuming they get those documents anyway from HMRC considering they have my NIC number etc.

Looking forward to hearing from you and as well from others.

Thanks,
K

Ok, I can't say do this or that but if the person at ncs said you don't need to including , why trying to send it. Are they actually requesting p45s for this application ? I had to declare I was divorced in the passed. Put all the details of my ex but the lady didn't take the decree absolute. I had all passports with visa ect , the lady didn't want it. I travel a lot i doubt the lady photocopied the pages with immigration stamps . Would not be able to photocopy 20 pages in 2 minutes. If your p45s must have taken and the ncs staff failed to do it, go ahead if not .let them contact them.I hope someone can help for this question. It might be better if you create a new post .

Yes I risked it and worked. But you know each case is different . The photocopy looked so good that even the ncs lady didn't noticed.

[sammy2014]

Here is the new timeline

[Maxwell]

Great job Sammy! Thank you.

Is it possible to highlight those who were approved, like in October timeline, they highlight all approved person fields by green, so it makes it even easier to see the progress?

[bhavikbuzz]

Update on Acknowledgement letter

Eligibility criteria: Tier1 + 1 year ILR
Method of application: Postal
Date of application: 18/11/14
Payment method : CC
Date of receipt by UKBA: 19/11/14
Date of debit or clearance of fees: 29/11/14
Date of acknowledgment: Received letter by mail on 2/12/2014 dated 29/11/2014
Date approval received: waiting
Date of ceremony:waiting

[sammy2014]

Great job Sammy! Thank you.

Is it possible to highlight those who were approved, like in October timeline, they highlight all approved person fields by green, so it makes it even easier to see the progress?

Unfortunately,I can't upload the spread sheet cos of extensions or it is too big so what I have done is to put in on word and email it to myself , open with my phone at that stage the phone does not show the highlights but I can try it again or send the spread sheet to you. Pm me if you like it in this way

[sammy2014]

Another timeline

[Maxwell]

Looks amazing!

Excellent job, Sammy! Thank you very much!

Will you be able to update it?