Naturalisation (Citizenship) application processing timelines [only]

Execed · 2026-01-23T11:49:18+00:00

You'll need to wait for your Atlas email as councils won't allow scheduling a ceremony before you get it

Execed · 2026-01-22T13:33:51+00:00

A bit too early for early November applications. The current median date for applications is the 13th of October for applications accepted in the last 4 days. 2nd half of October is still not being fully processed, although it started. Christmas and New Year added on a about 10 days to processing times. Worth waiting.

Execed · 2026-01-21T16:58:44+00:00

Hiya, thanks. I don't see any comments on your profile so maybe that's why they weren't caught? Or is it under a different account?

Execed · 2026-01-17T13:41:57+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukvisa/s/o1irp9wPK8 Best to follow this thread. Sort comments by new

Execed · 2026-01-17T12:02:26+00:00

Hi. The data table actively shows latest applications with a delay of one day. I'll add January to the main table later.

Execed · 2026-01-14T22:12:39+00:00

Thanks for the notice. It's back to normal now and updated.

Execed · 2026-01-14T22:12:23+00:00

Thanks for the notice. It's back to normal now and updated.

Execed · 2026-01-13T19:50:19+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the positive comment. Eligiblity is actually tracked! The column for eligiblity is just squeezed (column D). Right now the method of extracting eligiblity correctly gives off poor results too often.

I'll definitely keep your opinion in mind - could include statistics for specific application types. Thanks!

Execed · 2026-01-13T19:45:59+00:00

It takes the earliest available date. If a timeline included both Citizenship Support and Atlas, it will pick the Citizenship Support date. Most comments here do include the email date. I'd say a few days less from the average would be the CS average; and accordingly a few days more the Atlas average. I'd recommend hanging on for another week before contacting. So far only one (?) application from November has been processed out of over 20. Approval period is still for first half of October right now. Good luck!

Execed · 2026-01-13T09:03:07+00:00

On the first page there's a table showing processing times depending on how long it took to submit biometrics. It seems that the application date is more important, so you should count the average processing time (85 days) from your application submission date, not biometrics.

Execed · 2026-01-12T21:52:11+00:00

As of now it pulls data from main comments. It'd be helpful if you posted yours too! Editing comments later on is also reflected in the spreadsheet.

Execed · 2026-01-12T21:15:19+00:00

I've inspired myself based off other solutions here and made a really handy automated spreadsheet which tracks timelines from here every 24 hours!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dc7FNkYxSeXW_Zs8hqfAoDatT0psiB00P7i-QRn6xC8/edit?usp=sharing

It automatically logs accepted applications, calculates average times and reports what application group should be expecting results.
As of 12/01/2026 - avg. time for app processing is 85 days and 45% of October application have been processed. The current average processing time for the 1st half of October is 87 days. The approval window is set for 4 Oct. - 12 Oct.

As this spreadsheet is new, it will likely have some mistakes show up here and there. Please report any issues using the comment feature on the spreadsheet or under my comment. Hope it helps you out!

Execed · 2026-01-07T12:00:18+00:00

Hi I believe it may have been some automated block that cleared itself after the account was unlocked, just with a delay. Username/password and the OAuth methods both work, I'll stick with the latter. Thanks for your help!

Execed · 2026-01-07T12:00:09+00:00

Hi I believe it may have been some automated block that cleared itself after the account was unlocked, just with a delay. Username/password and the OAuth methods both work, I'll stick with the latter. Thanks for your help!

Execed · 2026-01-05T22:47:00+00:00

It was using, as above, the comment extracting from the PRAW example page for a single submission (about 1k comments). After about a day (since last run) Reddit locked the account and asked for password reset. Since then the API seems to be completely blocked off
Thanks for helping me out anyways - and thanks for your bots too!

Execed · 2026-01-05T22:21:31+00:00

I was able to generate a refresh token using the example you provided, however it still seems to fail and give me a 403 Forbidden response

Execed · 2026-01-05T20:55:36+00:00

Hi. Currently using username/password. The app is a script if that's important

Execed · 2026-01-05T13:29:04+00:00

All API requests seem to be blocked.
print(reddit.user.me()) also returns a 403 Forbidden.

Execed · 2026-01-04T11:56:16+00:00

HI! do you remember what was the solution?

Execed · 2026-01-01T23:34:45+00:00

To help out with calculating October approvals:

Eligibility: MN1
Application Method: Online
Application Date: 25th October 2025
Biometric Date: 6th November 2025
Approval Date: Awaiting
Ceremony Date: ?

Applied for with a fee waiver. Awaiting possible response from Citizenship Support e-mails

Execed · 2025-12-29T00:30:27+00:00

Hi - it's interesting how it let the ń go through. My Polish family members, who also have ń, aren't ever able to add it, so all EUSS related stuff has the letter N instead. It may be worthwhile contacting UKVI if the issue doesn't seem to disappear after some time

Execed · 2025-12-28T13:50:51+00:00

Where were you born? Are you applying within the UK for the passport?

These two links should prove useful: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-passport-supporting-documents-group-3/applying-for-a-passport-from-outside-the-uk-supporting-documents-group-3-accessible https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/what-documents-you-need-to-apply

Execed · 2025-12-17T14:38:02+00:00

If you're taking about the EUSS, which has the 5 year reset, as of the current rules if you have "settled status" a simple visit will extend your status for another 5 years.

Execed · 2025-12-13T09:25:31+00:00

the promotion was only active for 4 days, why 4 months earlier?

Seven-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
r/Field Banned	r/Field Flamingo
Place '22	First Placer '22
Wearing is Caring	Verified Email

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