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I haven’t received it yet, I am end of Sep approval too (23 Sep) so it will probably be another 3-4 weeks before we are likely to get anything. However, I try to get an update from the council every 2 weeks so I know that things are moving forward (and looks like they finally are). Another forum member from Bristol had their certificate delivered to the council before the invitation was received, given that the HO sends invitation letters by second class, I feel it’s more likely that the council will get our certificate a week or two before we get the invitation.oxana777 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:18 amThank you!! Did you receive invitation/booked the ceremony? My approval was end of September so I won’t be waiting for my invitation just yet, but nice to hear that things started to movejustaquery wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:04 pmTheir number is 0117 922 2800 (option 3 I think for ceremonies). They didn’t tell me what approval dates they have received till but the lady was very helpful and if you give your details she will check if your certificate has arrived. She also seemed very confident that another delivery of certificates is coming next week too alongside the one this week.oxana777 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:33 pmAmazing, did they say what approval date they received, also what is their number? Can you share please? I can only find the email address and i prefer to just call them insteadjustaquery wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:16 pmCalled Bristol council today, they said they had received a batch of certificates yesterday. She said they are expecting another one on Wednesday next week and to call and check on Thursday. Things are picking up pace now.
Btw direct phone number to Grenwich council regitrar is 0208 921 8880 [was in the last email from Greenwich council]. I just spoke to a lovely lady who confirmed they just received big batch of certificates and are just putting them in the system. She couldn't confirm anything for me specifically as it wouldn't be in the system yet but asked me to call back on Monday to see whether my certificate is there. Apparently to whoever I spoke to before was just somebody from call center [that's why I couldn't get any answer before haha].deoliveira wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:14 amOh you are 20/7 - that means the backlog is massively behind their promised timeline. Greenwich folks seem to be trooping on under the radar anyway as I think I saw somewhere on this thread that ceremonies are now lined up to December (and that was weeks ago), unless we go privatelmannova wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:44 pmI am with the Greenwich council! Finally somebody.deoliveira wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:14 pmAnybody from Greenwich here and waiting? I called today and spoke with a helpful chap who looked on the system but my name hasn't been logged on the system yet. There also seems to be some form of division of labour where phone enquiries are dealt with by general Registrar staff rather than those who have direct dealings with the Citizenship side of things. My approval date was 31/07 and this week marks the 12th week "upper limit" according to Home Office.I was approved on 20th July and still nothing..
I called the council on Monday and the guy didn't really answer any of my questions.. Kept saying he doesn't have access to the things I was asking, like when was the last time they received any certificate, etc. HO said we should receive an ivitation by end of October but honestly I lost hope..And I have a feeling we spoke to either the same person / team...
Thank you for the info! Im 24th sept so we should receive our letters and have ceremonies at around the same time! Let’s keep each other informed! Not many people from Bristol on here!justaquery wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:04 amI haven’t received it yet, I am end of Sep approval too (23 Sep) so it will probably be another 3-4 weeks before we are likely to get anything. However, I try to get an update from the council every 2 weeks so I know that things are moving forward (and looks like they finally are). Another forum member from Bristol had their certificate delivered to the council before the invitation was received, given that the HO sends invitation letters by second class, I feel it’s more likely that the council will get our certificate a week or two before we get the invitation.oxana777 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:18 amThank you!! Did you receive invitation/booked the ceremony? My approval was end of September so I won’t be waiting for my invitation just yet, but nice to hear that things started to movejustaquery wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:04 pmTheir number is 0117 922 2800 (option 3 I think for ceremonies). They didn’t tell me what approval dates they have received till but the lady was very helpful and if you give your details she will check if your certificate has arrived. She also seemed very confident that another delivery of certificates is coming next week too alongside the one this week.
This is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Hello Small,Small wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:15 amThis is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Did they ask you at ceremony about invitation letter? Because one of my friends got his ceremony booked today but he has not got invitation letter from HO yet. Many thanks
Now THAT is reassuring news! Thanks for sharing. I will also call on Monday to check in. Fingers crossed the batch covers all of July, but who knows. Do you intend to ask for a slot in the diary without having the invitation letter? I think there might be a good chance (again, depends on who you speak to over the phone really) that you will let you?lmannova wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:06 amBtw direct phone number to Grenwich council regitrar is 0208 921 8880 [was in the last email from Greenwich council]. I just spoke to a lovely lady who confirmed they just received big batch of certificates and are just putting them in the system. She couldn't confirm anything for me specifically as it wouldn't be in the system yet but asked me to call back on Monday to see whether my certificate is there. Apparently to whoever I spoke to before was just somebody from call center [that's why I couldn't get any answer before haha].deoliveira wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:14 amOh you are 20/7 - that means the backlog is massively behind their promised timeline. Greenwich folks seem to be trooping on under the radar anyway as I think I saw somewhere on this thread that ceremonies are now lined up to December (and that was weeks ago), unless we go privatelmannova wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:44 pmI am with the Greenwich council! Finally somebody.deoliveira wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:14 pmAnybody from Greenwich here and waiting? I called today and spoke with a helpful chap who looked on the system but my name hasn't been logged on the system yet. There also seems to be some form of division of labour where phone enquiries are dealt with by general Registrar staff rather than those who have direct dealings with the Citizenship side of things. My approval date was 31/07 and this week marks the 12th week "upper limit" according to Home Office.
I called the council on Monday and the guy didn't really answer any of my questions.. Kept saying he doesn't have access to the things I was asking, like when was the last time they received any certificate, etc. HO said we should receive an ivitation by end of October but honestly I lost hope..
In the email from week ago they said group ceremony is available form begining of December and private one in the upcoming weeks so it looks like I will go for a private one then.
Definitely. Bristol shouldn’t have as big of a backlog as London, Birmingham, Manchester etc, so I’m hoping that as long as the HO keeps sending the certificates regularly, the council should be able to get through the back log fairly quickly.oxana777 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:12 amThank you for the info! Im 24th sept so we should receive our letters and have ceremonies at around the same time! Let’s keep each other informed! Not many people from Bristol on here!justaquery wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:04 amI haven’t received it yet, I am end of Sep approval too (23 Sep) so it will probably be another 3-4 weeks before we are likely to get anything. However, I try to get an update from the council every 2 weeks so I know that things are moving forward (and looks like they finally are). Another forum member from Bristol had their certificate delivered to the council before the invitation was received, given that the HO sends invitation letters by second class, I feel it’s more likely that the council will get our certificate a week or two before we get the invitation.oxana777 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:18 amThank you!! Did you receive invitation/booked the ceremony? My approval was end of September so I won’t be waiting for my invitation just yet, but nice to hear that things started to movejustaquery wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:04 pm
Their number is 0117 922 2800 (option 3 I think for ceremonies). They didn’t tell me what approval dates they have received till but the lady was very helpful and if you give your details she will check if your certificate has arrived. She also seemed very confident that another delivery of certificates is coming next week too alongside the one this week.
Nat23 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:44 pm
Callled them today and the very nice lady there confirmed they’ve got my certificate, they have received a big batch yesterday.
However, they won’t book you for the ceremony without the invitation. Hopefully I’ll get it in the next few days.
They do ceremonies every week, 10 min slot, 1 person only, no guests allowed.
Good luck to all of us, things have started to move again.
Congratulations Boyted!!!BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:32 amHello Small,Small wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:15 amThis is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Did they ask you at ceremony about invitation letter? Because one of my friends got his ceremony booked today but he has not got invitation letter from HO yet. Many thanks
They said it's okay and just asked for my id.
Great to know dear BoyTed,Small wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:15 amThis is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Did they ask you at ceremony about invitation letter? Because one of my friends got his ceremony booked today but he has not got invitation letter from HO yet. Many thanks
Hi all,otuel wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:32 pmAn update from today:otuel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:22 pmHi,
An update from the Bristol City Council. I called them this morning and:
- They have not received my certificate yet (the citizenship application approved on 22nd of July and I have not received an invitation letter as well),
- I should wait until Monday to see if my invitation letter arrives,
- I was told to give them a ring on Tuesday as they will receive a new batch of the certificates,
- You need an invitation letter to book the citizenship ceremony.
Cheers,
otuel
- No invitation letter,
- Bristol City Council does not have my certificate - I have been advised to give them a call on Friday.
It's happening guys! Just received an invitation from the council by post to attend the ceremony on 11 Nov.Padus wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:31 amI'm in ROCHDALE and haven't heard a thing since I was approved 15 weeks ago in mid-July. I've not tried contacting the council either but will be after invitation letter arrives, which by the look of things should be by end of next week, fingers crossed! Anyone else in Rochdale?lemmeseeyouwalk wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:40 pmStockport council.
My partner and I were approved on 7th of July, and have had nothing but radio silence since then :\
The phone number of the register office is always ringing, with no one picking up the phone.
We're slowly running out of time to book the ceremony, and by all calculations on here, we should have received our invitation by now!
Is there anyone in a similar situation with any advice to dish out? Anything helps, as I'm starting to panic here!
Kind regards!
Ailed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:14 pmCongratulations to youNat23 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:44 pm
Callled them today and the very nice lady there confirmed they’ve got my certificate, they have received a big batch yesterday.
However, they won’t book you for the ceremony without the invitation. Hopefully I’ll get it in the next few days.
They do ceremonies every week, 10 min slot, 1 person only, no guests allowed.
Good luck to all of us, things have started to move again.
I called them too.. they haven’t received my certificate yet. Told me to call next Friday, when they receive the next batch of certificates.
Hi Maria,Maria2020 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:33 pmCongratulations Boyted!!!BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:32 amHello Small,Small wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:15 amThis is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Did they ask you at ceremony about invitation letter? Because one of my friends got his ceremony booked today but he has not got invitation letter from HO yet. Many thanks
They said it's okay and just asked for my id.
Did you pay for a private ceremony?
H&F Council just replied saying they have also received my certificate, and they have asked for my contact details, hoping they call me soon.
Maria
Hello Mdiqbal,mdiqbal wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:54 pmGreat to know dear BoyTed,Small wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:15 amThis is great news congratulations.BoyTed wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:31 amGood Morning All,
First i would like to thank Allah the most gracious the most merciful.
Second the Moderators and all of you.
I just had my ceremony without the invitation letter at Hammersmith and Fulham Council and I'm officially British.
My timeline.
Applied 6th December 2019
Approved 29 June 2020 via post
Received decision 2nd July 2020
Got email to send my contact details 29th October 2020
Attended ceremony without invite today 30th October 2020
Goodluck my dear friends and a special thanks to Baybar1
Did they ask you at ceremony about invitation letter? Because one of my friends got his ceremony booked today but he has not got invitation letter from HO yet. Many thanks
The problem is, whenever I am trying to book for ceremony, they ask me the citizenship number starting with A123456. I can't book myself online though and they also said they can't book me in without the invitation letter. How did you book dear?
Hi,TheTraveller wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:39 pmIs there anyone received the ceremony invitation from July approvals ?
