Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:15 pm

Hi All,

Finally received the invitation letter, however, when contacting the council, they cannot find my details on the system? Maybe the possibly they haven't updated the system as ceremonies are suspended until the end of January.

Anyone in the same sititaon? Any suggestions?

Thanks

London249 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:20 pm

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:15 pm

Hi All,

Finally received the invitation letter, however, when contacting the council, they cannot find my details on the system? Maybe the possibly they haven't updated the system as ceremonies are suspended until the end of January.

Anyone in the same situation? Any suggestions?

Thanks

Hi what’s your timeline and which one is your council

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:26 pm

London249 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:20 pm

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:15 pm

Hi All,

Finally received the invitation letter, however, when contacting the council, they cannot find my details on the system? Maybe the possibly they haven't updated the system as ceremonies are suspended until the end of January.

Anyone in the same situation? Any suggestions?

Thanks

Hi what’s your timeline and which one is your council

Approved 30th October
Invitation letter received 18 Jan.
Newham council

imz2020 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:39 pm

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:26 pm

London249 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:20 pm

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:15 pm

Hi All,

Finally received the invitation letter, however, when contacting the council, they cannot find my details on the system? Maybe the possibly they haven't updated the system as ceremonies are suspended until the end of January.

Anyone in the same situation? Any suggestions?

Thanks

Hi what’s your timeline and which one is your council

Approved 30th October
Invitation letter received 18 Jan.
Newham council

Did you receive the ceremony letter via e-mail or normal letter? im was approved on 26 oct and still waiting

successorxx wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:44 pm

SamcoSamco wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:08 pm

successorxx wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:38 pm

Samco Have you heard anything or received your Inivitation? After my 10th attempt contacting the Home office through different emails I finally got this reply I hope is true and not generic again btw I was approved early August.

“Dear Mr xxx,

Apologies for the delay in response.

We have been looking in to your case and it appears there was a system error when your application was granted and the invitation was not sent to print, we have now resolved the issue and our citizenship and ceremonies team will despatch the invitation as soon as possible.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

Kind Regards

Good to hear that you received a valid response.
I have not received my ceremony paperwork yet. The latest response I received was that my paperwork is not printed and it will be processed as soon as COVID restrictions ease down. It’s a joke, I have seen people apply after me and got their approval and ceremony done before me. I do appreciate there are others who have been waiting longer and that we live through difficult times, but, I work as well and we made sure to put measures in place to reduce COVID impact on our customers and production. May be my certificate is taking so long because it is being engraved in hieroglyphs.

Can you share the email address you received a response through please?

Good luck and hopefully you will get this done and dusted before Easter.

I’m so sorry to hear this so frustrating...We just have to keep waiting also I got this reply through my caseworker the same email that was used in sending my approval letter....Just reply the email with your complaint hopefully your caseworker replies but I have also contacted my MP and he’s waiting for a reply aswell

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:24 pm

Hi All,

I managed to get in touch Newham council today. Unfortunately, they cannot conduct any ceremonies ( group/private/virtual) until end of Jan although they advised if I want to change council, I could do by emailing citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Really frustrating tbh you wait all this time and still the waiting is neverending - the whole process is shambles tbh

Anyone in a similar situation? did anyone request to change council by any chance?

Thanks

imz2020 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:57 pm

Hi All,

I called the home office and a lady informed me that all ceremony letters for applications approved after 23 Oct until 3rd nov were sent via post on 15 Jan 2021 and will take up to 10 days to be received so we should get it this week or by next at the latest.

Rabs wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:40 pm

shahzy970 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:24 pm

Hi All,

I managed to get in touch Newham council today. Unfortunately, they cannot conduct any ceremonies ( group/private/virtual) until end of Jan although they advised if I want to change council, I could do by emailing citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Really frustrating tbh you wait all this time and still the waiting is neverending - the whole process is shambles tbh

Anyone in a similar situation? did anyone request to change council by any chance?

Thanks

Wouldn't advise you going through that process. They'll need to send the certificate back to the H.O before H.O then re-arranges & send it to the new Council.
Considering how things are moving at the moment, one would expect it to take atleast 6 months.

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:14 pm

anyone still waiting approved on 15th of October?

imz2020 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:57 pm

Hi All,

I called the home office and a lady informed me that all ceremony letters for applications approved after 23 Oct until 3rd nov were sent via post on 15 Jan 2021 and will take up to 10 days to be received so we should get it this week or by next at the latest.