We submitted application in June 2003, and did test in may 2004, everything was fine by the end of 2004 (all apps, were approved), just waiting for the citizenship ceremony (confirmed by the call centre), however, when I called again in Jan 2005, I was told my wife's backgroung check expired, and need to redo, further inquiry found out my kid's background check report need to be redone in March, and mine would expire in Apr. ... I made formal complaint to the local MP, NO USE, I said: this is a waste of tax payer's money, why did not arrange us to take citizenship oath before the background checks expired as all applications had been approved well before, they work disconnectly, ....