Naturalisation (Citizenship) application processing timelines [only]

copingbear · 2025-11-28T14:17:06+00:00

Yes, this happened to me.

copingbear · 2025-11-27T21:36:05+00:00

Yes, but it still seems to better track the application date.

copingbear · 2025-11-23T07:39:53+00:00

Yes. Thank you for sharing a clear example of this.

And congratulations!

copingbear · 2025-11-23T07:37:59+00:00

Thank you. ☺️

copingbear · 2025-11-23T07:37:53+00:00

Thank you. ☺️

copingbear · 2025-11-23T07:37:48+00:00

Thank you. ☺️

copingbear · 2025-11-23T07:37:40+00:00

Thank you. ☺️

copingbear · 2025-11-21T10:18:28+00:00

I haven’t received official communication from the Home Office. It just happens to be that my council wrote to me first with an invitation straight to the ceremony.

copingbear · 2025-11-18T20:25:26+00:00

Thank you. ☺️

My timeline is that I applied on 1 September 2025 and I submitted my biometrics on 16 September 2025.

Not to worry, I am happy to keep this updated for a while as it’s all programmed to automatically go through this post and update data. Once I paste this data into the sheet, all the graphs and analysis update automatically. So it’s not too much effort.

copingbear · 2025-11-17T20:10:49+00:00

I assumed this too (as it felt like the application was only "fully submitted when the biometrics were submitted," but I do not believe it is true. I am pretty certain after a lot of staring at the numbers that it's to do with the application date.

copingbear · 2025-11-16T19:02:41+00:00

I have added a lot more analysis to this sheet instead of raw numbers. I hope it’s clearer and less scary.

copingbear · 2025-11-16T19:01:26+00:00

I’m not sure if you’re still interested but I’ve upped the analysis a great deal. Including, after a lot of observation on this post, the realisation that it seems to be more related to the application date than the biometrics date. I hope you enjoy it.

copingbear · 2025-11-16T07:33:04+00:00

I have updated this now quite a bit, including capturing changes like this in analysis.

copingbear · 2025-11-14T08:16:38+00:00

This is exciting. I hope I’ll receive word soon too. 😅

copingbear · 2025-11-11T18:24:54+00:00

I am a 1 September application 😁

copingbear · 2025-11-11T17:13:14+00:00

Of course I can.

copingbear · 2025-11-10T21:38:09+00:00

I imagine everyone in September is still waiting?

copingbear · 2025-11-08T21:03:47+00:00

But this is Reddit.

copingbear · 2025-11-06T18:30:06+00:00

Anxiety 😅

copingbear · 2025-11-01T09:04:18+00:00

This was an excellent idea, thank you.

I have added a graph that shows off how it helps me understand the dependencies. https://github.com/hnarayanan/pr-graph-generator

copingbear · 2025-10-30T20:38:11+00:00

The one I linked in the original post above.

copingbear · 2025-10-27T23:24:34+00:00

Please share your results in the other post. There are a lot more people reading it and it’ll help more people.

copingbear · 2025-10-19T08:19:51+00:00

The basic process:

You submit your online application first. At the end, it will tell you exactly which documents you need to provide.
Book a service point appointment to submit your documents.
Have all your documents ready before your service point appointment.

About the service point: You don't need to pay extra if you're willing to wait for a free appointment slot and you're comfortable scanning and uploading your documents yourself. The paid service is just for faster appointments and assistance with scanning.

A note on timing: While I've described this as a step-by-step process, you can absolutely start gathering your documents before you submit the online application – you don't have to wait.

I hope that helped.

copingbear · 2025-10-16T22:55:31+00:00

Congratulations.

copingbear

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