There were five people all together including myself. After swearing an oath/affirmation we were given our certificates. A piece of national anthem was played ( not all of it ) and then we got to take each others pictures posing next to Her Maj lol

Yeah

I'm just pleased it's all over now lol

had my ceremony today
approved on the 24th of August, letter dated 7th of Nov but received only this week.

If its only 15 days, then I'd say that's not to worry about.
CSI becomes relevant if we're talking months, or more like half a year.

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Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:12 pm

Thanks for the updates but their website says that, they have cancelled all the ceremonies due to recent lockdown

Indeed. I was told that they are 'considering' virtual ceremonies.

Preston ( Lancashire County Council) Hello Everyone Can someone have any updates from Preston ( Lancashire County Council) As I was approved in Mid August by email confirmation Hi, I am from the same county and August approval as well. When contacted reg office was told to wait ''at least one more ...

Something definitely went wrong with the mid to late August batch of certificates from comments here. Myself and hubby approved on 21st August 2020 and not heard anything till now. No invitation letter yet and when our local council got a big batch this week our certificates weren’t included. I wor...

Mine was on the 24th of August and still nothing.

I have been told that I need to wait communication from the Home Office that my certificate has reached the local council.


Has any of you people received such communication ?

It's usually 6 months (but you'd probably have to be exercising TR in a capacity of a jobseeker)
Ohh and CSI isn't required for time spent not in the UK.

Well, I, for one, have read the policy guidance and other documents pertaining to a topic of naturalisation 'word by word' ( as generally, that's how the process of reading works ) a good fews times now. Breach of immigration 'laws' causes the residence to be unlawful. Shocking as it may be :shock: ...

clearly caught by this because I have been here for 9 years, the first of which I was a student with no CSI In my opinion 'caught by this' is for non-EEA people who can overstay and have an expired visa. For EEA citizens is proving 5 years lawful residence in any period of the 10 years. Since 15 of...

As per Nationality: good character requirement Version 2.0 Published for Home Office staff on 30 September 2020 : ''People who are entitled to reside in the UK under the EEA Regulations 2016 do not require leave to enter or remain. In assessing whether a person has complied with immigration requirem...

Exactly

Say someone have exercised the TR for the 5 FIRST years and achieved PR status. It is my thinking (also Directive 2004/38/EC) that they won't need to be exercising treaty rights any further AS THEY WOULDN'T BE IN BREACH OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. It is stated in guidance that the applicant must not have b...

No. I don't remember the exact wording but the form does ask you something along the lines of : '' what will you use to apply for British citizenship?'' The answer to which would be - ''Indefinite leave to remain (ILR), including ILR granted under the EU Settlement Scheme'' . Then it asks you when t...

Why would you think that your application could be 'invalidated' because 'the regulations' will cease to apply?

I know that you're yet to have the ceremony, but following that logic, people who applied using PR route would have their citizenship 'invalided' as well?

I have a permanent residence card issued back in October 2014. I had an unemployment period from mid April to mid July in 2016 for 3 months. You'd be fine. The requirement for CSI applies to people who had not acquired PR. As you have proof of having acquired PR before your brief period of unemploy...

Its not so much the card as such that matters.
Just get you local authorities to send you a 'certificate' / note which confirms that you were insured back in your country of origin.

You no longer needed CSI past the point of being granted settled status.
For the purposes of naturalisation, you would have needed CSI (in case you were student or self sufficient) for the period prior to the grant of settled status in order for the residence to be considered 'lawfull' .

wow, that's great news , really happy for you

This is absurd. I have contacted them re documents and was told that they couldn’t assist me as they don’t give immigration advice (?) Also nowhere on the applications it asks to upload ‘status outcome’ letter . I’ve just entered the date I was granted settl status and reference number of the applic...

Was it some sort of mega document checking payed slot or regular core service?

I thought it was for HO and not them to decide, anyway did they make any suggestions as to what evidence you should provide?most importantly, will you you get to book another appointment or the whole application is rejected?

Hi there, for our citizenship application we have uploaded under "Evidence is required that applicant has been in the UK lawfully for qualifying period of 3 or 5 years.": - HMRC tax returns - Employer contracts - Status outcome for ILR And yet, it wasn't enough and document checking service came ba...