dtmann wrote: ↑Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:50 am
Dreams101 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:26 pm
LoreleiB wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:08 pm
Just received an update from Coventry City Council. All ceremonies are cancelled due to lockdown. They are doing virtual ceremonies hopefully in a week's time and will be in contact with attendees directly to organise them.
I had a group ceremony booked for the 18th Nov so I hope I can still attend an online ceremony relatively soon. Let's see what they say.
Hi LoreleiB. Thanks for sharing. My council is Coventry too. Received approval email on
18 May 2020, but nothing since.
Do you mind sharing your approval date, and the date you received you invitation letter?
Also, this is great news that Cov council are finally starting virtual ceremonies.
Can you please share how you received this update?
Thank you
Hi guys, I am also from Coventry City Council, approved 24th August but no Ceremony Invitation yet.
@LoreleiB did anyone from CCC staff confirm they are doing virtual ceremenies? Because "Do it Online" has been on their website for quite a while now, but about a week ago I was told they hadn't started this yet.
@Dreams101 it seems to be quite a long wait since 18 May 2020 ?
There is definitely something wrong in the way the Invitations are sent because this surely is not based on approval dates at all. It seems to be very random.
I received my approval letter from the Home Office by email on 18 May 2020. I then received the invitation letter- also from the Home Office- to attend the citizenship ceremony on 25 Sep 2020. Coventry City Council were very helpful and actually phoned me/ emailed me the same day, on the 25th Sep 2020 after I emailed them to book the ceremony.
They offered to book me for an October group ceremony which unfortunately I could not attend as I had holiday planned and needed to go away (I know, I'm kicking myself too now for missing this opportunity in October, but I couldn't have cancelled the holiday at short notice) so the earliest available date after that was on 18 Nov, which I am still booked onto now but it sounds like it will be a virtual ceremony. I am not just not sure if it will be on a different date now.
In terms of how I heard about the virtual ceremony, I emailed Coventry registry office. You can find their details online. I have only ever been in touch with the one person who seems to be organising citizenship ceremonies in Coventry from the Registry Office/ City Council and she has been very helpful. I don't want to give any staff names/ email addresses on this forum.
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