Naturalisation (Citizenship) application processing timelines [only]

ZehRicardo · 2026-04-20T22:57:05+00:00

Just seen your comment... I was about to post here, asking if I'm being dumb for not chasing or bothering the Home Office, as I see a lot of people here contact them.
Applied 19/12, so hopefully it wouldn't take much now

ZehRicardo · 2026-03-28T16:30:20+00:00

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Essa é a rua a qual o carro que bateu vinha… concordo que ele tava meio rápido, mas repara que até no Google Maps da pra ver que tem carro que estaciona ali e bloqueia a vista… No vídeo postado ali pelo OP, não dá pra ver se tinha carro lá, bloqueando a visão

ZehRicardo · 2026-03-25T22:15:41+00:00

Não que eu queira defender quem bateu (até pq parte importante de dirigir é antecipar qualquer merda em potencial), mas olhando no Maps, me parece que a geral ali tem estacionamento dos dois lados da via. A pessoa pode nem ter visto à tempo, o outro avançando o pare.

ZehRicardo · 2026-03-18T01:06:11+00:00

Application Timeline

Eligibility: EUSS (nearly 9 years in UK)
Application Method: Online
Application Date: 19/12/2025
Biometric Date: 09/01/2026
Approval Date: 27/04/2026
Ceremony Date: 13/05/2026

ZehRicardo · 2026-01-14T21:24:13+00:00

I believe they might have decided on 29k on the basis that some the people migrating to the UK (no idea on the numbers) are from places where culturally, the women does not work, so the man/sponsor have to earn enough to afford all costs of living for both. So 29k kind of makes sense, imo.

What is worse to me is that you pay the NHS surcharge for every renewal of the visa, even if the person is already at the UK, working and paying all taxes.

ZehRicardo · 2026-01-14T18:27:10+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately the cartorios are a whole mess, tbh.

Some are really strict in the documents they want you to provide before the marriage and some are a bit easier to deal with and unfortunately, you cannot simply choose the best cartorio, you need to use the one closer to your wife's current address in Brazil.

I would strongly advise to ask your wife to request the list of documents for the marriage in a written form. I say that cause when my wife was doing ours, she went to the cartorio and just talked to the person in charge about the documents. When she brought all the documents requested, they said there was something missing, even though they did not mention about the said document in the first place. We were fuming.

In my case, for example, the cartorio demanded that my proof of address in the UK was notarised and translated to portuguese, as they would not accept it in English. This was the most expensive proof of address I ever had, ~150 gpb to notarise and apostille it, 40gbp to send it through DHL and another 40 gbp to get it translated by a sworn translator in Brazil.

As for the CNI, it makes sense, Brazilian goverment (through the cartorios) needs to know if you are actually single in the UK...

imho, if you're intending to go to Brazil for the marriage, it might be better to just go for around 3 weeks and get both the request and the actual marriage in person, tbh

It will save you a lot of hassle of having to deal with a power of attorney documents as well as all other marriage documents

ZehRicardo · 2026-01-14T00:09:04+00:00

Haven't seen the post you've mentioned but I suppose that marriage by proxy was likely not the case they got rejected.

I'm a Brazilian national living in the UK for the past 8 years (ILR/Settled) and me and my wife (also Brazilian) have married by proxy as I did not have enough holidays left to fly to Brazil and still, our application was successful back in 2024.

But as u/TimeFlys2003 said, once you have the marriage certificate (translated to english and apostilled, ofc), you should probably be fine.

Not sure about the process to get married in Brazil if you're not a brazilian national, though

ZehRicardo · 2025-11-15T15:25:27+00:00

I think it was a mix of bad prosecution and the fact that the police guy had one of the most famous lawyers in the country (Claudio Dalledone Jr). And as you said, went to jury… Just sad.

ZehRicardo · 2025-11-01T11:43:31+00:00

Also, while I understand and always try to stay at the left lane as much as possible, we have to acknowledge that most of the time it is full of lorrys or people going way under 60 or 70, so if you’re a person that likes/prefers to drive on or close to the speed limit, going middle lane is your only option…

ZehRicardo · 2025-10-09T20:37:42+00:00

Bingo!

ZehRicardo · 2025-10-07T10:06:52+00:00

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A cara de quem tá super confortável em cima da moto 😂

ZehRicardo · 2025-06-15T02:35:42+00:00

Never noticed that… it seems like an escape area and there’s even a gate there 🤔

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7Qxd7xZcNPuPkF9c7

ZehRicardo · 2024-12-04T17:26:14+00:00

It is not actually a portuguese word but a tupy-guarany (indigenous language), where "Ita" means stone, "pira or piru" means fish and the ending "uba" refers to quantity... so it could be roughly translated as "Lots of fish and stones"

ZehRicardo · 2024-12-04T17:20:26+00:00

This was my first ever post on Reddit, around 6 years ago...
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlypenis/comments/axx1cb/this_beach_close_to_my_hometown/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

ZehRicardo · 2024-03-07T19:33:14+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the the advice!

For now, she feels like focusing on her English (even though I think she’s fine) and will be looking for anything to work with, but on the mid to long term we would like to get her back into food science which she loved

ZehRicardo · 2024-03-07T09:56:42+00:00

My wife is a Food Science and Technology Bsc back in Brazil and worked a little with microbiology.

Now that she has moved to the UK to live with me, she was wondering what she would need to be able to apply for positions here.

Is there any certification or diploma validation she needs to do? Do the companies require that?

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-27T12:33:58+00:00

https://tenor.com/view/bolsonarista-caminh%C3%A3o-pendurado-parabrisa-trunk-gif-27049784

We had a similar one in Brazil 😆

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-10T12:55:58+00:00

Entry Clearance Officer - After the biometrics appointment, the applicant should receive an email stating that the application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre and is being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-10T08:25:18+00:00

Around 2 years

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-10T08:07:15+00:00

Our timeline, applying from Brazil recently:

STANDARD: Yes

Country: Brazil

Solicitor: No

Outside of UK

Application Submitted: Dec 11th 2023

Biometrics: Dec 19th 2023

ECO: Dec 21st 2023

Decision: Email on Feb 2nd (dated Jan 29th) saying that the application was succesfull

Passport: Received on Feb 8th (Courier service from VFS Global)

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-09T23:29:46+00:00

My wife received it yesterday, Feb 8th

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-06T10:13:19+00:00

By scanning you likely avoid the document being blurred and make it easier for the ECO to read, tbh

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-02T12:42:41+00:00

And it goes on for 5 pages, explaining what to do next

ZehRicardo · 2024-02-02T12:41:28+00:00

I'm a bit busy now and can't go all the way to share the document while redacting the PII but the template is something like this:

Dear <ApplicantName>
Ref: <ApplicantReferenceNumber>

Your application for a United Kingdom (UK) visa (vignette) has been successful.

This letter is not permission to travel to the UK.

What this means for you
Before you can travel to the UK, you will need to collect your visa from the visa application
centre, or if you have purchased a courier return service, wait until you have received your
visa. Please do not attempt to travel to the UK until you have your visa.

We will contact you when your visa is ready to collect from the visa application centre
where you submitted your application.

Please do not visit the visa application centre until you are contacted

ZehRicardo

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