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by Oria
Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:59 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

MALCOM2 wrote:
Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:45 am
Yes don’t worry. They will give to your house mate and he will sign for it .
Thank you. :)
by Oria
Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:02 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hi, Can someone pls advise when I should return my BRP to Home Office? I had my virtual ceremony today but I will not receive my certificate until next week, Tuesday or Wednesday. Shall I wait until I receive my certificate or send my BRP tomorrow? Within 5 working days after today. Thank you Culli...
by Oria
Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:51 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hi,
Can someone pls advise when I should return my BRP to Home Office? I had my virtual ceremony today but I will not receive my certificate until next week, Tuesday or Wednesday.

Shall I wait until I receive my certificate or send my BRP tomorrow?
by Oria
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:41 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Approval date: 28 October
Ceremony invite letter received: 26 January
Date on ceremony invite letter: 7 January
Date of ceremony: 29 January (today)

Hopefully remaining October approvals will also receive their letters soon.
by Oria
Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:29 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Still Waiting for invitation letter

Same. Approval date 28 October. Letter not received. Hello Oria I would suggest you check with your council. They might receive your certificate. All the best They have already received my certificate but cannot hold my ceremony until I’ve my invitation. I’ve a reply from home office that the invit...
by Oria
Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:28 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Still Waiting for invitation letter

Approved on 28th October and still waiting for letter.. Anyone same approval date? Same here, approved on 28th, nothing yet. Council Newham Same. Approval date 28 October. Letter not received. Hello Oria I would suggest you check with your council. They might receive your certificate. All the best ...
by Oria
Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:14 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Still Waiting for invitation letter

YanisAAK wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:13 pm
hk623d wrote:
Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:07 pm
Approved on 28th October and still waiting for letter..
Anyone same approval date?
Same here, approved on 28th, nothing yet. Council Newham
Same. Approval date 28 October. Letter not received.
by Oria
Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:48 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

No probs. I applied on Aug 31 and got the approval email on Oct 27. Still waiting for my invitation letter and the Council still hasn't got my certificate. Oh wow we are sharing same date me and my husband is also waiting for invitation fingers crossed hopefully we get it soon good luck Hey. I sent...
by Oria
Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hello folks, I’m in a desperate need to travel. Hopeless situation. I’ve my elderly mother unwell. She needs to be taken to dr for specialist investigation and she may have to go through an surgical operation. I’ve tried to obtained Turkish visa to be able to travel and attend her but no luck due to...
by Oria
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680152
Libya

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

@woabgh you have no idea of my circumstances or why I followed up with HO and I am not here to justify to you so please don't come at me as we are all waiting and this forum is meant for people to support each other and not throw their frustrations on others. Your comment added no value to this for...
by Oria
Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:37 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Hi All I hope everyone safe at this difficult time. Please can someone advice me? I apple last year on 15th August I will be 8 months waiting. I sent email last week they confirm that application will be allocated to a caseworker?? Can someone explain to me what is that means? It is just starting t...
by Oria
Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Hi everyone, I applied in July 19, 11 months ago. This is the response that I have received today. It’s confusing. Good Afternoon Thank you for your E Mail Your application is currently still in the queue awaiting a caseworker to consider your application and your application will be dealt with in ...
by Oria
Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Hi everyone, I applied in July 19, 11 months ago. This is the response that I have received today. It’s confusing. Good Afternoon Thank you for your E Mail Your application is currently still in the queue awaiting a caseworker to consider your application and your application will be dealt with in ...
by Oria
Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:21 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Hi everyone, I applied in July 19, 11 months ago. This is the response that I have received today. It’s confusing. Good Afternoon Thank you for your E Mail Your application is currently still in the queue awaiting a caseworker to consider your application and your application will be dealt with in d...
by Oria
Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:05 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Thank you Ariskar, I am glad that yours is finally done and sorted. I also sent them an email yesterday asking for update to: (NationalityBiometrics@homeoffice.gov.uk). We applied on the same week and also a few others who applied in July got their decisions. I am very hopeful and positive that min...
by Oria
Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:00 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Thank you Ariskar, I am glad that yours is finally done and sorted. I also sent them an email yesterday asking for update to: (NationalityBiometrics@homeoffice.gov.uk). We applied on the same week and also a few others who applied in July got their decisions. I am very hopeful and positive that mine...
by Oria
Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:33 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Dear Ariskar, congratulations. I am very happy for you that you finally got the good news. Did you email Home Office or they sent you the news by themselves without you asking for an update? Warmest, My spouse timeline. Approval, July 2019 application. 10.5 months processing time. Some positive news...
by Oria
Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:43 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Call me heartless but this kind of posts and the associated claims make me smile. Many of us here, including myself, are non-EEA and we know how it works elsewhere in the world. Where I came from, there are refugees living there for 3 or 4 generations and none of them , including their descendants ...
by Oria
Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

One thing that I’ve noticed, most of the pending cases are from July 2019. I know a refugee family of 2 adults and 5 children who applied on 2nd July are still waiting for their decisions. They emailed on exactly 10th month and received similar email as all of us on this group. They have not travell...
by Oria
Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:36 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

A similar, but sort of different answer my spouse received today (almost 10 months since application): Good Morning, Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to complete every case within our service standard, particularly if an applicant has a complex immigration history ...
by Oria
Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:30 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: July 2019 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY
Replies: 94
Views: 28246
Libya

Re: July 2019 Naturalisation TIMELINES ONLY

Eligibility criteria: ILR refugee settlement +1yr Language Criteria: UK university post-graduate degree Nationality : Non-EU Method of application: Online + UKVCAS Date of application: 21/07/2019 Date of acknowledgement: 21/07/2019 Date biometrics enrolled: 22/07/2019 (UKVCAS Croydon) Date on Approv...
by Oria
Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:09 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: General discussion on naturalization applications
Replies: 802
Views: 112240
Libya

Re: General discussion on naturalization applications

Hello All, Just wanted to share my experience. I am still waiting for the decision on my naturalisation application submitted on 3rd May 2019. Its been 1 year and still no news.. Refugee route, 10 years in the UK with ILR and still waiting. I had 2 traffic offences back in 2013 which are now fully ...
by Oria
Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:21 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

... We do not, ourselves, carry out these checks and we cannot, therefore, be sure how long they will take in each case. I think this is a very significant sentence in the letter above. It suggests that at least a part of the naturalisation process is out-sourced. That would also suggest that there...
by Oria
Thu May 28, 2020 10:25 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

The progress of outstanding enquiries is regularly monitored with the agencies carrying out these enquiries on our behalf. It is only when we have the results of the enquiries that we can reach a decision on whether citizenship should be granted. We do not, ourselves, carry out these checks and we ...
by Oria
Thu May 28, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants
Replies: 139
Views: 24321
Libya

Re: Naturalisation application delays for Refugees Applicants

Good Morning, Thank you for your email By way of background, naturalisation is not an automatic process and we have to make a number of enquiries before we can reach a decision on whether to grant citizenship. The nature and extent of those enquiries, and the length of time taken to complete them, v...
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