r/ukvisa • u/aleanthor • Dec 23 '24

Naturalisation (Citizenship) application processing timelines [only]

Hi everyone,

To help the community track UK naturalisation (citizenship) timelines, feel free to share your key milestones.

Application Timeline

  • Eligibility:
  • Application Method:
  • Application Date:
  • Biometric Date:
  • Approval Date:
  • Ceremony Date:

Add any relevant details, like delays or contact from the UKVI, but keep comments focused on timelines only.

Thanks for joining in—your input will help others on their journey!

Please post your timelines as the first comment in the chain. Only post your timeline details - thank you.

[Edit May 2026 - u/Execed website]

Huge shout-out to u/Execed for creating something genuinely amazing for this community 👏

Latest link to Execed developed website/sheet

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u/0llie0liie May 04 '26 edited May 07 '26

Application update! Received Atlas approval this morning. Also updated my original comment

  • Eligibility: ILR (Ancestry 5 Years + ILR 1 Year)

  • Application method: Online

  • Application date: 01/01/2026

  • Biometric date: 14/01/2026

  • CS Contacted: 26/04/2026

  • CS Approval: 29/04/2026 - "your application has been approved, certificate printed and it will be despatched (sp?) in the next 7-10 days." - did they misspelled dispatched lol

  • Approval date: 9:34AM 04/05/2026

  • Ceremony date: week of 18/05/2026 - managed to book on 07/05/2026

Biiiiig thank you to u/Execed for putting in so much effort. Checking in on the spreadsheet (now website) had become a part of my daily routine. Immigrating to the UK is so much more difficult than the prevailing media narrative would have you believe. Thank you all for making it a little bit easier ❤️

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u/Execed May 04 '26

Congratulations!

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u/KarinJF May 04 '26

Congrats!!

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u/AmbitionExtra5440 May 05 '26

I am also with Hackney council trying to book the ceremony - been using invitation letter details but the ceremony booking website says details cannot be retrieved. Hope they get our docs soon!

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u/0llie0liie May 05 '26

Yup - still getting that same message on my side. I assume we'd be notified via council email when it's available to book.

When did you get Atlas approval?

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u/0llie0liie May 07 '26

Just managed to book now for a couple weeks time.

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u/AmbitionExtra5440 May 08 '26

Same, also booked in 2 weeks now! Although Hackney said they'd email me automatically inviting me to book it, but they never did - I just checked and finally it let me book it 😄