Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

[Jojo0316]

I was approved on the 15th of Jan. looking at this thread and people who were approved after me have got their invitation letters. I am now beginning to feel like I am one of those poor fools who’s application has not been forwarded for the invitation letters and now I’m going to spend another 6 months chasing this up. Makes me feel elated.

[heyaheya]

Hello all,

Hope ya all are doing great and enjoying easter break.
Please if someone can help me i have got my british nationality approved last year in September 2020.
I did not received ceremony letter for good some time . Then finally when i got it i was told that they will call for a date.
I got ceremony date on 20th April 2021. I am abroad and was supposed to take flight on 12 to England to attend my ceremony.

Today my country is in ban list for uk . I dont know what to do? God knows how long will be this ban. Plus my ceremony invitation will expire on 26th of may2021. I m very stressed as i was waiting for this for a long time. Please suggest please please and any reply will be much appreciated. Thanks alot

[JKAR25142]

Hello all,

Hope ya all are doing great and enjoying easter break.
Please if someone can help me i have got my british nationality approved last year in September 2020.
I did not received ceremony letter for good some time . Then finally when i got it i was told that they will call for a date.
I got ceremony date on 20th April 2021. I am abroad and was supposed to take flight on 12 to England to attend my ceremony.

Today my country is in ban list for uk . I dont know what to do? God knows how long will be this ban. Plus my ceremony invitation will expire on 26th of may2021. I m very stressed as i was waiting for this for a long time. Please suggest please please and any reply will be much appreciated. Thanks alot

Hi there
ask the UK embassy about it, they may help you!

[bizman]

Hello all,

Hope ya all are doing great and enjoying easter break.
Please if someone can help me i have got my british nationality approved last year in September 2020.
I did not received ceremony letter for good some time . Then finally when i got it i was told that they will call for a date.
I got ceremony date on 20th April 2021. I am abroad and was supposed to take flight on 12 to England to attend my ceremony.

Today my country is in ban list for uk . I dont know what to do? God knows how long will be this ban. Plus my ceremony invitation will expire on 26th of may2021. I m very stressed as i was waiting for this for a long time. Please suggest please please and any reply will be much appreciated. Thanks alot

Your country might simply be amongst the four country added to the red list, what it means is that when you come to UK you will need to quarantine for 10 days. So I will advise you come earlier to UK so you can quarantine for 10 days and still attend your ceremony, also you can request virtual ceremony. You can do this while in the hotel.

[heyaheya]

yes it is one of the country which they banned yesterday! my appointment is virtual but i have to be in country... the problem is hotel quarantine is very expensive to afford at this time . .so i was looking for other options if any.

Many thanks,

[logical_riz]

I got approval on 11 jan 2021, I am still waiting for ceremony letter, can anyone advice me where to contact?

Thanks

[dejh911]

I noticed after studying the trends of those people that gave thier time line after approval letter the invitation letter comes between 70days to 90days commonly, if you check the trend so if you got your approval letter on 11th January and today is 6th of April then if things works just like the trend says then you should get it in few days. As for me i got my approval 8th of march and i have made up my mind not to look out for it till 8th of june but if it comes earlier, that will be great

[logical_riz]

I sent an email to my council registrar and today I got reply from council saying that HO did inform about 2 new citizens but not yet sure if this is us or someone else. Hopefully they will get documents soon which will confirm. I have not received anything yet but let’s see.

[Jawad566]

Got approval on 1st feb 2021
Invitation letter printed on 24 March 2021
Received today on 06/04/2021

Anyone who got delay should write a recorded delivery letter to Liverpool office .

Citizenship enquiry office
UK visas and Immigration
The Capital building
Liverpool
L3 9PP

[recoba2020]

Date of application: 17 July 2020
Date of receipt of approval: 28 January 2021 Via email
Date of receipt of ceremony letter: 6 Apr 2021 (Received by post, letter dated 24 March 2021)

[Jojo0316]

I got approval on 11 jan 2021, I am still waiting for ceremony letter, can anyone advice me where to contact?

Thanks

I got approval on 15th of Jan and am still waiting for invitation whilst people who were approved after me have already received their Invitations. I’m lost trying to understand what’s going on.

[keenmd]

Timeline:

Application: 27th Oct
Biometric: 27th Nov
Approval: 3rd Feb (via email)
Invitation letter: received by post on 6th of April, dated 26th of March

Will now book a ceremony!!

Good luck to everyone waiting!!

[sydney19]

Got approval on 1st feb 2021
Invitation letter printed on 24 March 2021
Received today on 06/04/2021

Anyone who got delay should write a recorded delivery letter to Liverpool office .

Citizenship enquiry office
UK visas and Immigration
The Capital building
Liverpool
L3 9PP

Did you write a recorded delivery letter?
I got approved 9th February still waiting and hopefully I will get my letter next week . I have written my council registry they said nothing has come on my name .

[logical_riz]

I got approval on 11 jan 2021, I am still waiting for ceremony letter, can anyone advice me where to contact?

Thanks

I got approval on 15th of Jan and am still waiting for invitation whilst people who were approved after me have already received their Invitations. I’m lost trying to understand what’s going on.

I emailed to registrar and here is reply from them.

Good morning

We received an email from the Home Office to expect details of 2 new citizens. These have not arrived with us yet and we do not know at this stage if they will be your documents. Hopefully we will receive these documents in the next few days.

We will let you know when we receive these certificates to tell you whether or not they are for you and your wife.

Kind regards

[Jawad566]

Got approval on 1st feb 2021
Invitation letter printed on 24 March 2021
Received today on 06/04/2021

Anyone who got delay should write a recorded delivery letter to Liverpool office .

Citizenship enquiry office
UK visas and Immigration
The Capital building
Liverpool
L3 9PP

Did you write a recorded delivery letter?
I got approved 9th February still waiting and hopefully I will get my letter next week . I have written my council registry they said nothing has come on my name .

I wrote when I was waiting for my approval for more than 8 months and my approval came after that , I guess if you wait till next week Friday hopefully you will get it or may be you get it earlier . I guess your letter have been issued on 31st March or 1st April . Bec home office post via 2nd class so it will take about 8-10 days. Excluding Easter bank holidays. Good luck

[Hansi89]

Hi all,

My application was approved on 25-Jan. Today I have received a letter from my council (Southampton) that they have received the certificate and asked me to contact them for a ceremony date. Just wondering, is this the invitation letter or should I expect another letter from the HO?

thanks!

[sydney19]

Hi all,

My application was approved on 25-Jan. Today I have received a letter from my council (Southampton) that they have received the certificate and asked me to contact them for a ceremony date. Just wondering, is this the invitation letter or should I expect another letter from the HO?

thanks!

Congrats contact them and book your ceremony.

[Danka]

Best to clarify with the council directly if you need to wait for the HO invitation letter.

[Sunni22]

Hi,

Timeline:

Citizenship application: 26 Oct 2020
Biometrics: 26 Nov 2020
Approval: 22 Jan 2021
Invitation letter from Council: 31 March 2021
Home Office Citizenship Invitation letter: 7 April 2021
In person ceremony date: 11 April 2021

So glad that the wait is almost over.

[Omar222]

Why they are processing so slow
Everyone who applied in January or February 2021 are getting everything done they almost done with their ceremonies
Its just us who applied in December 2020
I have applied on 31st dec 2020
N did my biometrics on 3rd feb

Still got nothing just waiting
I wish i also applied in January 2021
Its so depressing n i m tired of waiting

[Axel1987]

Hi All, I was approved on 25 November 2020 (original application end of September 2020) and am still waiting for citizenship invitation letter. I have been following up with the Home Office and whilst they have been responsive there is no real timing update as to when I will receive the invitation. Last I’ve heard from the Home Office was two weeks ago saying that my application should undergo some mandatory checks (that apparently everyone is undergoing - is that right and following the approval?) and a note that it should have been sent to me last week, I followed up again but to no avail. I have also been in touch with my MP, they rang the Home Office a month ago and now I am waiting for another update from MP who I also followed up with last week. This delay is causing me so much anxiety and emotional distress and I am hopeful that this will be sorted asap. Is anyone in similar situation to me? Thank you.

[Jojo0316]

Hi All, I was approved on 25 November 2020 (original application end of September 2020) and am still waiting for citizenship invitation letter. I have been following up with the Home Office and whilst they have been responsive there is no real timing update as to when I will receive the invitation. Last I’ve heard from the Home Office was two weeks ago saying that my application should undergo some mandatory checks (that apparently everyone is undergoing - is that right and following the approval?) and a note that it should have been sent to me last week, I followed up again but to no avail. I have also been in touch with my MP, they rang the Home Office a month ago and now I am waiting for another update from MP who I also followed up with last week. This delay is causing me so much anxiety and emotional distress and I am hopeful that this will be sorted asap. Is anyone in similar situation to me? Thank you.

Hi mate, can you please let me know the contact details via which you are in contact with the home office. All I can find is a number and email on the gov website. I emailed them but got no reply. I called the number and it doesn’t go through to the home office directly and instead goes to a contact center. I spoke to 2 blokes both gave me different fairy tales. One said my letter was dispatched on the 26th of March without checking even my name, I don’t know how he got that information. The other one said it may have been dispatched and takes 10 working days to 2 weeks and I have to wait. Today my postman came and I asked him how long it should take and he said not more than 3 days and if I’ve not received it by now it’s not been sent or even worse it’s lost. I don’t know what to do anymore (((

[Hansi89]

Hi all,

My application was approved on 25-Jan. Today I have received a letter from my council (Southampton) that they have received the certificate and asked me to contact them for a ceremony date. Just wondering, is this the invitation letter or should I expect another letter from the HO?

thanks!

Congrats contact them and book your ceremony.

thank you!! I found a post of another member in this thread who arranged their ceremony with the same council without the invitation letter but I have just received the HO invitation letter as well! so all good! now waiting for a date for the ceremony

[STEVEN14]

Application: 12 Nov
Biometric: 27th Nov
Approval: 5rd Feb (via email)
Invitation letter: received by post on 7th of April, dated 29th of March

Will now book a ceremony!!

Good luck to everyone waiting!!

[Bazaar]

Why they are processing so slow
Everyone who applied in January or February 2021 are getting everything done they almost done with their ceremonies
Its just us who applied in December 2020
I have applied on 31st dec 2020
N did my biometrics on 3rd feb

Still got nothing just waiting
I wish i also applied in January 2021
Its so depressing n i m tired of waiting

well not everyone is that lucky , although I got my letter at the beginning of March, I'm not having a ceremony until June, that's 3 long months on top of all the waiting before. Frustrating to say the least