CR001 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:17 pm
rozearo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:53 pm
This whole situation is far complex and difficult to understand at the moment! Ideally, a clear update from the HO would wipe out any concerns, but it look like that the HO is keep ignoring publishing any update!
I have questions which I failed to find answers to:
- Why the HO is not printing any certificates since March?
- Why they are creating a huge backlog?
- What is the risks of getting certificates printed and sent to applicants?
Definitely, there is no explanation for delaying sending certificates at this stage!!!
Is there anything else we could do apart from sending emails to the HO which are likely to be ignored?
1. Highly likely due to staff working from home and also many staff being deployed to other departments. Also, dealing with other more important issues such as people stuck in the UK with expiring visas, repatriation of British citizens abroad.
2. They are not creating the backlog themselves. 1000s of people have been submitting a large variety of applications since March, many routes far more urgent than a citizenship application as your rights don't change at all while a citizenship application is pending.
3. See # 2 and #3 above. Many who had ceremonies scheduled had them cancelled, so the councils need to get through that backlog first. Remember that ceremonies are often booked up months in advance, so these people would have a priority over recent applicants.
Perhaps look at the whole picture in perspective a bit.
Thanks CR001 for trying to answer my questions. I see the whole situation and I will reply to your points.
1- Government advised that if you can not work from home, you can go to work. Working from home was the case one or two months ago, but now most of jobs are back to normal place of work. Case workers are already processing Citizenship application, which indicates that they are enough resources to process citizenship application. In addition, printing certificates would not take much effort and resources in my opinion.
2- Without sending citizenship application, backlog is created. This is due to the fact that number waiting for ceremonies are increasing since March. Department dealing with Citizenship is totally different from immigration department and there are evidences that they are processing applications at the moment as stated in time-scale thread.
3- I disagree with that point, as not all applicant are willing to pay for private ceremonies. Some will be waiting for public ceremonies! My local council are able to provide private ceremonies within few weeks and the whole situation it is not as bad at the moment. However, when the HO start to print all that waiting certificate and waiting for another month or two will add huge number to the queue!
Finally, you might argue that waiting will not deprivilege any candidates who got ILR rights which is the same as citizenship right, however It is not. There are huge difference for me as an individual. For example registration to electoral roll (voting rights), freedom of movement within Europe and people expect to receive new babies soon.
