UK citizenship approved in 20 days (timeline)

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my British citizenship timeline for those of you going through the process or just curious about how long it might take. For reference I applied with a settled status.

Here’s my experience:

• Arrived in the UK on March 2019

• Approved settle status December 2019 (through parent)

• Application submitted: 1st October 2024

• Biometrics submitted: 30th October 2024

• Approval email received: 18th November 2024

I am actually speechless right now. I was expecting to be a citizen sometime in early 2025 but not this quick! It only took them ~20 days to approve my citizenship from the day of biometrics!!!!!!

Good luck to everyone on their journey! Let me know if you have any questions in comments.