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by SamcoSamco
Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:38 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I have been waiting since July and nothing yet. I have seen others mentioning this system error before and wonder if UKVI is checking how many are affected by it.
by SamcoSamco
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Samco Have you heard anything or received your Inivitation? After my 10th attempt contacting the Home office through different emails I finally got this reply I hope is true and not generic again btw I was approved early August. “Dear Mr xxx, Apologies for the delay in response. We have been lookin...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:46 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Pimsalma wrote:
Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:33 pm
-Approved on 13.10.20

-Still waiting for Ceremony invitation from HO

-Warrington Council received my certificate last Thursday (07.01.21)

-Ceremony booked on 11.02.21

Many thanks for your messages and good luck everyone
Congratulations on the progress.
Would it be an online ceremony?
by SamcoSamco
Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Samco Have you heard anything or received your Inivitation? After my 10th attempt contacting the Home office through different emails I finally got this reply I hope is true and not generic again btw I was approved early August. “Dear Mr xxx, Apologies for the delay in response. We have been lookin...
by SamcoSamco
Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:08 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Samco Have you heard anything or received your Inivitation? After my 10th attempt contacting the Home office through different emails I finally got this reply I hope is true and not generic again btw I was approved early August. “Dear Mr xxx, Apologies for the delay in response. We have been lookin...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

@Samcosamco Have you tried calling HO or contact your MP? The whole process is so tiring guess we just have to wait as I dont know what to dnaymore I emailed citizenship support but no response. Then, called UKVIcontactcentre and was sent a generic reply by email asking not to contact again and wai...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:00 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

@Samcosamco Have you tried calling HO or contact your MP? The whole process is so tiring guess we just have to wait as I dont know what to dnaymore I called UKVI contact centre and received a generic response by email asking to wait and not to contact again. Also, there was a statement in the email...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:41 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Guys I need someone to advise me on what to do please..I was approved on 8 August, up till now I haven't heard or received anything (Invitation Letter)...I have called and emailed several times but keep getting this Generic email advising on COVID 19 and they cant give me a time on when my certific...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Dec 01, 2020 12:37 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hi all Hope any of you experienced the same can help. My application was approved on 18th of September and now council has confirmed that they have received my certificate but I have not had invite from home office yet. Is that normal that a) council has received the certificate but I have not rece...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:08 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hello everyone Anyone received approval email on late July and still waiting for invitation letter. I haven’t heard anything from HO or the council. I was approved end of July and nothing yet. I phoned UKVI yesterday to chase this up and they escalated it for a check up. Today I received what seems...
by SamcoSamco
Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:48 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 680171

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Looking at the posts confirming the receipt of invitation letter, majority of them are from the south (Mainly London). I wonder if the northern half of the country is receiving invitations at the same rate!? My application was approved end of July 2020 and still have not received my invitation yet. ...
by SamcoSamco
Mon Feb 17, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: General Discussion During Naturalisation Application Process
Replies: 5610
Views: 700095

Re: General Discussion During Naturalisation Application Process

Justintime wrote:
Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:11 pm
4months
Thanks for the reply. I wish you the best of luck this time around.
by SamcoSamco
Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:07 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: General Discussion During Naturalisation Application Process
Replies: 5610
Views: 700095

Re: General Discussion During Naturalisation Application Process

I was also refused in 2017 because my first discretionary leave was issued in 2009 and I should have allowed 10years to pass and applied in 2019 rather than 2017. I have now re applied in January 2020 . Although i have never been bankrupt but i had a debt relief order which has now been settled;dec...
by SamcoSamco
Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:40 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period

Many thanks secret.simon. This was my understanding as well until I read this statement in the Good Character policy: “9.5 Illegal Entry In circumstances where an applicant entered the UK illegally, an application for citizenship should normally be refused for a period of 10 years from the date of e...
by SamcoSamco
Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period

Hi CR001 and CASA, I would like to thank you and all the other participants and moderators for contributing to this helpful and informative platform. If you can check my previous posts from Aug 2018, you can see that I have been looking at the Naturalisation guide docs and policies trying to find an...
by SamcoSamco
Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period

Thanks for the prompt reply Casa.
by SamcoSamco
Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period

Hi all,

I have been granted ILR after 6 years of Discretionary leave, and I am married to a British citizen.
Could anyone please advise if I can apply now for naturalisation or should wait 12 months after ILR?

Thanks
by SamcoSamco
Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: British Citizenship qualifying period

Is there anyone with similar circumstances to mine -mentioned above? and willing to share his/her citizenship experience here :?: :?:
by SamcoSamco
Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: British Citizenship qualifying period

Thanks CR001. I have been looking through the citizenship questions in this forum and I found participants who mentioned that as long as you present yourself to the immigration authorities as an Asylum seeker within 30 days of the illegal entry, the caseworker can use her or his discretion to disreg...
by SamcoSamco
Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:52 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

Re: British Citizenship qualifying period

Thanks Cyclina1.

I am worried the citizenship process might get more complicated and expensive in future, especially after Brexit.
by SamcoSamco
Thu Aug 30, 2018 5:30 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Spouse of BC and 3 years qualifying period
Replies: 12
Views: 691

British Citizenship qualifying period

Hi, Could anyone please advise on when I can apply for Citizenship. I have been granted ILR recently and I am married to a British citizen. In 2008, I entered the UK clandestinely and claimed asylum a few days after. My asylum claim was refused and I appealed the decision until I was granted DL in 2...
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