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does the HO send an acknowledgement letter?

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cheapFlower
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does the HO send an acknowledgement letter?

Post by cheapFlower » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:54 pm

hello,
sent in application for citizenship end of march (postal) with recorded delivery. I know therefore for sure that HO received application next day.

however, haven't heard anything since and band account hasn't been debited either.

is this normal not hear anything back after 3 weeks?

cheers,
CF
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chunkybeefsoup
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Post by chunkybeefsoup » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:53 am

This is their busiest period with people applying

to avoid the April fee increase.
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gidoc
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Post by gidoc » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:58 am

Keep a track of the thread which deals with this. The application recd end of March have had the money taken only on 13-14th April, so there is a delay of at least 2 wks with this. You may get a letter by end of this week.
best wishes
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allta
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Post by allta » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:26 pm

Well, same here....apparently the process begins once they charge your bank account. But in my case, I didn't receive ack letter and I called them; the gentleman I spoke to said not to worry if I didn't get one as long as my bank acct has been charged that the process is on. So now I'm waiting for the case to be assigned to a caseworker.....goodluck matey!!
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Post by cheapFlower » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:25 pm

cheers - just saw that HO debited my bank account.... so seems things are moving... won't worry about having no ack letter then.
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Post by obelix » Sat May 07, 2011 12:35 pm

cheapFlower wrote:cheers - just saw that HO debited my bank account.... so seems things are moving... won't worry about having no ack letter then.
Hi @cheapFlower, same here. I applied for naturalisation on 30th March through NCS Knowsley.
Bank account debited on 12th April but haven’t received any acknowledgement letter yet. Have you received your acknowledgement letter?
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XtotheZ
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Post by XtotheZ » Sat May 07, 2011 4:50 pm

I guess each case is different, we received 2 acknowledgement letters! We applied through NCS on 4/4/11 and received letters dated 19th and 26th April!
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awaiting UKBA response

Post by awaited » Mon May 09, 2011 6:09 pm

i applied for citizenship in early Feb 2011 with my wife (dependant) and recieved confirmation of recipt before 10th of Feb. its now 13 weeks and when i called UKBA, they are still saying it is in process.
Taking a long time!!!

any ideas about the north west team or time being taken. looks like more than usual to me.
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gidoc
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Post by gidoc » Mon May 09, 2011 6:12 pm

Duplicate post
applied for citizenship in early Feb 2011 with my wife (dependant) and recieved confirmation of recipt before 10th of Feb. its now 13 weeks and when i called UKBA, they are still saying it is in process.
Taking a long time!!!

any ideas about the north west team or time being taken. looks like more than usual to me.
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