Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

gofornaturalisation wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:38 pm

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:32 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:14 pm

Oh yes I remember you too! I suggest you check with your council again tomorrow/Wednesday - I'm sure yours is on its way too. And yes, I shall deffo confirm once I receive the invite!

Thanks

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:08 pm

Oh thats so great congratulations! I recall you and I had the same approval date of 9 March. Please do let me know when you receive your invitation letter. The wait os almost over for you!

I've just rang my council and they confirmed they've received my certificate too! They said they're doing ceremonies virtually so they'll call me formally next week to book me into a ceremony

Hi there,

Mind if I ask which council is doing your ceremony virtually? I didn't realise this was a thing!!

Hi many councils are doing ceremonies virtually. I'm near Bristol

I went over the past few pages but couldn't find anything related. Have anyone had any luck in Northern Ireland?

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:37 pm

Told you so !!!

Partayyyy!!!

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:32 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:14 pm

Oh yes I remember you too! I suggest you check with your council again tomorrow/Wednesday - I'm sure yours is on its way too. And yes, I shall deffo confirm once I receive the invite!

Thanks

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:08 pm

Oh thats so great congratulations! I recall you and I had the same approval date of 9 March. Please do let me know when you receive your invitation letter. The wait os almost over for you!

I've just rang my council and they confirmed they've received my certificate too! They said they're doing ceremonies virtually so they'll call me formally next week to book me into a ceremony

Haha yes the wait is almost over for us!

Almost there ! Almost there !

Let me know how the virtual ceremony goes !

Good luck

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:47 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:37 pm

Told you so !!!

Partayyyy!!!

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:32 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:14 pm

Oh yes I remember you too! I suggest you check with your council again tomorrow/Wednesday - I'm sure yours is on its way too. And yes, I shall deffo confirm once I receive the invite!

Thanks

I've just rang my council and they confirmed they've received my certificate too! They said they're doing ceremonies virtually so they'll call me formally next week to book me into a ceremony

Haha yes the wait is almost over for us!

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:50 pm

Almost there ! Almost there !

Let me know how the virtual ceremony goes !

Good luck

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:47 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:37 pm

Told you so !!!

Partayyyy!!!

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:32 pm

I've just rang my council and they confirmed they've received my certificate too! They said they're doing ceremonies virtually so they'll call me formally next week to book me into a ceremony

Haha yes the wait is almost over for us!

Thanks I will do! Good luck with yours too

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:52 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:50 pm

Almost there ! Almost there !

Let me know how the virtual ceremony goes !

Good luck

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:47 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:37 pm

Told you so !!!

Partayyyy!!!

Haha yes the wait is almost over for us!

Thanks I will do! Good luck with yours too

Cheers

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:41 pm

gofornaturalisation wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:38 pm

Moa7 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:32 pm

AC12 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:14 pm

Oh yes I remember you too! I suggest you check with your council again tomorrow/Wednesday - I'm sure yours is on its way too. And yes, I shall deffo confirm once I receive the invite!

Thanks

I've just rang my council and they confirmed they've received my certificate too! They said they're doing ceremonies virtually so they'll call me formally next week to book me into a ceremony

Hi there,

Mind if I ask which council is doing your ceremony virtually? I didn't realise this was a thing!!

Hi many councils are doing ceremonies virtually. I'm near Bristol

Thank you! Just reading about it now, seems really interesting - but I dont think it's being applied uniformly across all councils unfortunately.

Hi there i received the call from my council they booked me in person for the ceremony middle of next month and they said i can bring the one person with me.

sanabibi123 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:19 pm

Hi there i received the call from my council they booked me in person for the ceremony middle of next month and they said i can bring the one person with me.

Congratulations

When was your approval date and did you get your invitation letter yet before they called you?

secret.simon wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:02 am

Small wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:06 am

He is asking if he can change his place of cermony? Is it possible if he can choose another council across UK please

He can ask for the place of ceremony to be changed, but that may in fact delay his getting the certificate. If the certificate has already been sent to the council, it will need to be recalled by the Home Office and then sent to the new council. The whole process may add weeks to your friend getting the certificate.

Best to wait. All good things come to he who waits.

As an aside, be aware that there is a massive backlog at the Passport Office as well. So there will be a long wait for that as well.

Thanks how to contact HO by email and what would be the email address of HO related to citizenship cermony please

Learning18 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:33 pm

sanabibi123 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:19 pm

Hi there i received the call from my council they booked me in person for the ceremony middle of next month and they said i can bring the one person with me.

Congratulations

When was your approval date and did you get your invitation letter yet before they called you?

Hi thank you my application was approved in the middle of march.i didn't received any invitation letter but the council said its should be fine.

No update yet from Hillingdon council!
They’ve got nothing planned with exception to people who are approaching 6 months deadline.

Just out of curiosity any member here who had his approval in June received the invitation from home office yet?

Thanks in advance.

U Aziz wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:27 pm

No update yet from Hillingdon council!
They’ve got nothing planned with exception to people who are approaching 6 months deadline.

Just out of curiosity any member here who had his approval in June received the invitation from home office yet?

Thanks in advance.

I got my approval on the 3rd of June, however I haven't recieved anything. I did call the council which now appears to be the one linked to my postal address rather than my living address which the home office has said is Brent as they used my postal address. They have said that they recieved a batch of certificates today and usually every Tuesday but they don't know if they were sent in a random order or if they are for Aprovals for April and June.


Please let me know if you hear back

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

I would assume it's your application reference.

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

Hello there

Congratulation again.yes it is the Home Office reference just add a Zero before

All the best

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

I spoke to my council today and they confirmed that they have received my certificate but they are not booking me for citizenship ceremony due to Home Office Citizen Ref No not matching with Application Ref No. I still have not received the invitation letter from Home Office, The lady spoke to me from Council, She advised that when you receive invitation letter from Home Office, let us know then we will book a ceremony for you.

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:36 pm

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

I spoke to my council today and they confirmed that they have received my certificate but they are not booking me for citizenship ceremony due to Home Office Citizen Ref No not matching with Application Ref No. I still have not received the invitation letter from Home Office, The lady spoke to me from Council, She advised that when you receive invitation letter from Home Office, let us know then we will book a ceremony for you.

When I spoke to the council yesterday, I was told that it should start with 02, as I don't my invitation letter yet. May I ask when your approval date is?

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:36 pm

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

I spoke to my council today and they confirmed that they have received my certificate but they are not booking me for citizenship ceremony due to Home Office Citizen Ref No not matching with Application Ref No. I still have not received the invitation letter from Home Office, The lady spoke to me from Council, She advised that when you receive invitation letter from Home Office, let us know then we will book a ceremony for you.

If your council has your certificate, give it 7-10 days, you'll have your invitation letter. Good luck.

Learning18 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:51 pm

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:36 pm

chand92 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:28 am

I received this email from my council today, they asking me to provide Home office Ref No but i didnt receive invitation letter from Home office, The Home Office Ref no for citizen is this my application ref No or is this any new Ref No?


Dear Mr ........
We will be holding our first ceremonies on Friday 7th August 2020. Please can you provide me with the home office reference number for the new citizen and I can arrange a time for the ceremony.

Many thanks,

I spoke to my council today and they confirmed that they have received my certificate but they are not booking me for citizenship ceremony due to Home Office Citizen Ref No not matching with Application Ref No. I still have not received the invitation letter from Home Office, The lady spoke to me from Council, She advised that when you receive invitation letter from Home Office, let us know then we will book a ceremony for you.

When I spoke to the council yesterday, I was told that it should start with 02, as I don't my invitation letter yet. May I ask when your approval date is?

my application approved date is 8th of June 2020.

My council e mailed me after I queried start of ceremonies.
They have not recieved my certificate yet.
My approval was on the 4th of June.
I'm hoping they are printed and invitations posted soon.

One is your Home Office Reference Number i.e. the Case ID and you also receive an invitation letter from HO to attend the ceremony. The reference number on that is different to your Case ID and that is what is needed by the councils to book you in.

Jayrose17 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:52 pm

My council e mailed me after I queried start of ceremonies.
They have not recieved my certificate yet.
My approval was on the 4th of June.
I'm hoping they are printed and invitations posted soon.

Do not worry, you are not alone in that situation.

Mine was approved on 18 May and still not received yet by the council.

P.S.: My council restarted ceremonies 3 weeks ago and got slots for private ceremonies!

Jayrose17 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:52 pm

My council e mailed me after I queried start of ceremonies.
They have not recieved my certificate yet.
My approval was on the 4th of June.
I'm hoping they are printed and invitations posted soon.

Don't worry, I haven't recieved mine either. I got approved on the 3rd of June 2020.

CULLINAN wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:09 pm

One is your Home Office Reference Number i.e. the Case ID and you also receive an invitation letter from HO to attend the ceremony. The reference number on that is different to your Case ID and that is what is needed by the councils to book you in.

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.


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