Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

JKAR25142 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:56 pm

nnn15 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:12 am

JKAR25142 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:07 am

nnn15 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:40 pm

Have you reached out to your MP and if so, have they replied?

Yes, I have but they said I have to wait and they said they know it is frustrating!

Tell them there's been a mistake as the Home Office has already confirmed 4 months ago that the paperwork for all applications approved up to August 2020 had been printed and processed. Therefore no one is likely to be working on your application and hence you'd like it to be investigated.

Yeah, I will try this Thanks Thanks Thanks for the help, to be honest, I've got depression and anxiety because. and I may do repeat uni year that bad my situation is

sitidis wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:37 pm

So just some information for those who need it !

I received my approval on the 02/12/20

I moved house and redirected my Mail,
After 12 weeks I realised my letter hasn’t arrived I called the home office they said it should have arrived.

I had to go to my old residence. It was there and arrived 2 weeks ago !

Please if you moved after the 12 weeks check your old residence.

Another thing they don’t send your certificate to the council you live in !

Mine was sent to Islington and I lived in Hammersmith before.

I asked Hammersmith Council before I got the letter just to see if there was a mismatch and they hadn’t received it either.

So my advice if you moved check you old house.

Thanks and all the best !

Prilip wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:49 am

Hi everyone
finally I got an invitation
approval 30/12/20
citizenship invitation recived 16/03/21
citizenship ceremony booked on 28/04/21
Council Hillingdon

Good luck to everyone who is waiting.

Jawad566 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:06 pm

Prilip wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:49 am

Hi everyone
finally I got an invitation
approval 30/12/20
citizenship invitation recived 16/03/21
citizenship ceremony booked on 28/04/21
Council Hillingdon

Good luck to everyone who is waiting.

What date is on invitation letter ??

mcc1380 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:00 pm

Received ceremony letter (2nd class)!
Date of application: 18/09/2020
Date of approval: 10/12/2020
Date invitation letter received: 08/03/2021 (letter dated 23/02/2021)

Sent email to council. Next phase of waiting starts.

real9701 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:10 pm

Hi guys
Do they send invitation by email or by post?

DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:41 am

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:49 pm

All done
Cambridge county council
Approval 15th October 2020
Ceremony invitation 21st February 2021
Attended ceremony 4th march.

All the best you losers jk

Did you attend the ceremony in Cambridge or did you need to travel to Huntingdon? The website is confusing....

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:36 am

DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:41 am

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:49 pm

All done
Cambridge county council
Approval 15th October 2020
Ceremony invitation 21st February 2021
Attended ceremony 4th march.

All the best you losers jk

Did you attend the ceremony in Cambridge or did you need to travel to Huntingdon? The website is confusing....

Huntington free ceremony

Thank you for your email.



If you have contacted us about your citizenship ceremony then we will keep your contact details on file and will contact you when your certificate has arrived in the despatch from The Home Office.



At present we are waiting for certificates for 100 new citizens who have contacted us to that say that they have received their invitation to a ceremony from The Home Office.



Despatches are spaced a fortnight apart and, while we are assured that The Home Office are working their way through the backlog methodically and sequentially, there does still appear to be a two month delay so please do be patient.



Yours sincerely,



Cambridgeshire Citizenship Ceremonies
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john3 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:59 pm

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:36 am

DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:41 am

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:49 pm

All done
Cambridge county council
Approval 15th October 2020
Ceremony invitation 21st February 2021
Attended ceremony 4th march.

All the best you losers jk

Did you attend the ceremony in Cambridge or did you need to travel to Huntingdon? The website is confusing....

Huntington free ceremony

How long did you wait a reply from citizenship@cambridgeshire.gov.uk for ceremony booking?

I wrote them a few days ago but received an automatic reply only:

Thank you for your email.



If you have contacted us about your citizenship ceremony then we will keep your contact details on file and will contact you when your certificate has arrived in the despatch from The Home Office.



At present we are waiting for certificates for 100 new citizens who have contacted us to that say that they have received their invitation to a ceremony from The Home Office.



Despatches are spaced a fortnight apart and, while we are assured that The Home Office are working their way through the backlog methodically and sequentially, there does still appear to be a two month delay so please do be patient.



Yours sincerely,



Cambridgeshire Citizenship Ceremonies
The information in this email could be confidential and legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and they will decide who to share this email with (if appropriate). If you receive this email by mistake please notify the sender and delete it immediately. Opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Cambridgeshire County Council. All sent and received email from Cambridgeshire County Council is automatically scanned for the presence of computer viruses and security issues. Any personal data will be processed in line with the Data Protection legislation, further details at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/privacy Visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:27 pm

john3 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:59 pm

PhantomPermit wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:36 am

DreamerInDarkness wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:41 am

Did you attend the ceremony in Cambridge or did you need to travel to Huntingdon? The website is confusing....

Huntington free ceremony

How long did you wait a reply from citizenship@cambridgeshire.gov.uk for ceremony booking?

I wrote them a few days ago but received an automatic reply only

Cambridgeshire seems to be the absolute worst council in the entire country when it comes to this. No phone number to call, no response to emails, no virtual ceremony, and the backlog is well over 3 months now. Once you go through all of that, you're very luckily if they can give you a ceremony date within 2 months. It doesn't seem to get better over time, it's getting significantly worse.

I got my approval in Feb, and I'll be very surprised if I can do my ceremony before August.

If they wanted to, they could have done the entire backlog in 1 week virtually. Most people would be happy to pay extra for it for this nonsense to just end.

EvanEdinger wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:42 am

Hey all!

So I got my letter for citizenship in January (HOORAY!) but when I contacted Hounslow council about the ceremony, they informed me that they never plan on opening up private ceremonies again (this can't be true??)

I understand we're still in lockdown, but a strong part of me was really hoping to delay my ceremony until June (that's the latest I can delay it I believe) so that I can actually have a private ceremony with a small group of friends and family there with photos/video.

Other boroughs seem to allow private ceremonies (once covid ends) and I just don't know what to do in my situation. I truly wish to find a way to delay my ceremony so that I can actually have a ceremony that's not virtual.

stevenzhang wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:29 pm

my local council is Croydon. It has been about three weeks I sent them email requesting to book a virtual citizenship ceremony, but have not heard anything back. Have tried to call the council, no one could give me an answer.

Does anyone experience similar issue at the moment?