Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

[lc42]

Southwark Council have said they will continue with virtual ceremonies during lockdown.

[imz2020]

has anyone received a ceremony invitation in this new year? I was approved on 26 Oct and still waiting.

thanks

[CULLINAN]

Hi Cullinan , Yes Hounslow is conducting virtual ceremonies and mine is booked for Jan 8 ,this Friday. Initially scheduled for March 17(Group) but I have changed to earliest private ceremony by mailing them to request change of date

Thank you for the update. Mine is on 15/1. I requested them to reschedule mine to an earlier date in Dec also but request was not entertained. But I am glad to know that Hounslow is carrying virtual ceremonies.

[Bengomango]

Hi guys anybody here from Nottingham county council ? Anybody have any ceremony coming up in Nottingham county council ?

[CULLINAN]

Hi Cullinan , Yes Hounslow is conducting virtual ceremonies and mine is booked for Jan 8 ,this Friday. Initially scheduled for March 17(Group) but I have changed to earliest private ceremony by mailing them to request change of date

Thank you for the update. Mine is on 15/1. I requested them to reschedule mine to an earlier date in Dec also but request was not entertained. But I am glad to know that Hounslow is carrying virtual ceremonies.

May I know when did you request the date change please? Thanks

[mrmo93]

has anyone received a ceremony invitation in this new year? I was approved on 26 Oct and still waiting.

thanks

Hi they havent printed anything yet. They printed up to 7th of October and they will send out more batches on the 11th of January so nothing new happening until then. You can expect your one in mid february

[Luna149]

has anyone received a ceremony invitation in this new year? I was approved on 26 Oct and still waiting.

thanks

Hi they havent printed anything yet. They printed up to 7th of October and they will send out more batches on the 11th of January so nothing new happening until then. You can expect your one in mid february

Hi mrmo93,

How do you know they will send the batches on 11th , my approval on 14th October. I am really disappointed I didn’t know how long should I wait

[maglum]

I am wondering whether the HO (Liverpool?) is open during this lockdown! In order to print the certificates and post them is a tedious job and requires a lot of manpower. Given the restrictions, I wonder whether
(1) HO stuff are required/allowed to come to the office - if NO, then forget about the certificates for the foreseeable future.
(2) Even if they are allowed to come to to the office and do the printing-posting, the number of officials should be far below than the full strength- that means slower production of certificates and inevitably prolonging the delay from the current average of 10-12 weeks.

The situation does not, however, make any significant impact on the applications under process as most of the HO stuff are working from home and they are making decision through online process. So more and more approvals are going to come in the coming weeks and months - building another wave of backlogs that they are already struggling to clear for the past several months.

Then also remember, HO's unreliable way of sending random invitations without strictly following the approval date order!

In summary, good luck to us all.

[imz2020]

Thanks mrmo93

[mrmo93]

has anyone received a ceremony invitation in this new year? I was approved on 26 Oct and still waiting.

thanks

Hi they havent printed anything yet. They printed up to 7th of October and they will send out more batches on the 11th of January so nothing new happening until then. You can expect your one in mid february

Hi mrmo93,

How do you know they will send the batches on 11th , my approval on 14th October. I am really disappointed I didn’t know how long should I wait

I read it somewhere in this thread in the last few pages
Happy to help person from Brazi

[CULLINAN]

Lockdown until March 31: Small print in legislation shows shut down set to last MONTHS - print news.

Possibility that lockdown will last till 31 March

[Kratosan]

has anyone received a ceremony invitation in this new year? I was approved on 26 Oct and still waiting.

thanks

Hi they havent printed anything yet. They printed up to 7th of October and they will send out more batches on the 11th of January so nothing new happening until then. You can expect your one in mid february

I was approved 8th October, so hopefully mine will be sent next week

[Vhaelan]

Lockdown until March 31: Small print in legislation shows shut down set to last MONTHS - print news.

Possibility that lockdown will last till 31 March

That's the expiry of the regulations concerning the Tiers in England, it doesn't mean that the national lockdown will last until that date. Paragraph 14(1) is still in effect:

14.—(1) The Secretary of State must review—

(a)whether each area that is part of the Tier 2 area or of the Tier 3 area should continue to be part of that area at least once every 14 days, with the first review to be carried out by 16th December 2020;

(b)the need for each of the Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 restrictions at least once every 28 days, with the first review to be carried out by 30th December 2020.

Having said this, based on the PM's speech, it's unlikely anything will change before the 2nd half of Feb / early Mar.

[CULLINAN]

Obviously nothing is certain for now but most likely.

But the small print of the law - which already came into effect at midnight and is being approved retrospectively - shows it could last longer.

While Health Secretary Matt Hancock must review the rules at least every two weeks, he’ll have the power to keep them until March 31.

- Mirror

[Lin87]

Hi guys anybody here from Nottingham county council ? Anybody have any ceremony coming up in Nottingham county council ?

I have mine scheduled tomorrow 2pm but at Nottingham City Council.

[zeetee]

Date of Approval :!9th of October 2020.

Still havent received any new for Citizenship ceremony.
Anyone else around the same timeline?
Also I am with Redbridge council and applied through a lawyer.

[CULLINAN]

Hounslow Council: I called them and they confirmed that they are continuing with virtual ceremonies.

[eonatura]

Attended my virtual ceremony today with RBKC. Only took 20 minutes.

Application: 8 July
Approval: 29 September
Invitation letter dated: 2 December
Certificate received by council: 11 December
Ceremony: 6 January

[mrmo93]

Attended my virtual ceremony today with RBKC. Only took 20 minutes.

Application: 8 July
Approval: 29 September
Invitation letter dated: 2 December
Certificate received by council: 11 December
Ceremony: 6 January

Congragulations Rest easy traveller!

[Abi00]

Date of Approval :!9th of October 2020.

Still havent received any new for Citizenship ceremony.
Anyone else around the same timeline?
Also I am with Redbridge council and applied through a lawyer.

Hiya
I got approval 14 Oct , not get any update but yesterday emailed nationality enquiries and they reply to wait 20 working days and the important thing this chapter ( Citizenship ceremonies and ceremony invitations

Government restrictions in relation to COVID-19 have understandably restricted the ability of local authorities to provide citizenship ceremonies, as the safety of customers must be paramount

Whilst we will continue to work closely with our local authorities to expand the provision of citizenship ceremonies, including the expansion of availability of virtual ceremonies, due to the changing restrictions and guidance relating to COVID-19, it is not possible at this time to advise when a certificate will be despatched once an application has been approved.

However, we can confirm that we have just completed the processing of certificates and ceremony invitations for applications that were approved in September and have now commenced processing those for applications approved early October.

Ceremony invites are sent by 2nd class post and can take up to 10 working days to be delivered.

We will update our website with any new information, in particular, in relation to the time it might take to despatch certificates. Please be assured that once a customer receives their Citizenship Ceremony Invitation Letter, they will still have up to six months within which to complete ceremony.

Exceptional circumstances relating to an urgent need to complete a British citizenship ceremony will, of course, be taken into consideration, with the appropriate supporting evidence. If you need to undertake a ceremony urgently, please contact us at Citizenship.Support@homeoffice.gov.uk. However, we are unable to guarantee that we will able to expedite any ceremony request at this time)
Seems they working on October , wish next week receive letters

[1Akmal]

Date of Approval :!9th of October 2020.

Still havent received any new for Citizenship ceremony.
Anyone else around the same timeline?
Also I am with Redbridge council and applied through a lawyer.

Approval 7th October and still waiting for invitation. I am with milton keynes council and they are luckily doing virtual ceremonies

[tier1212]

Date of Approval :!9th of October 2020.

Still havent received any new for Citizenship ceremony.
Anyone else around the same timeline?
Also I am with Redbridge council and applied through a lawyer.

Hi
My aproval date 9th October as well
I haven't received any news regarding invitation
Plz update me when you recieved
My council is cardiff
P

[tier1212]

Date of Approval :!9th of October 2020.

Still havent received any new for Citizenship ceremony.
Anyone else around the same timeline?
Also I am with Redbridge council and applied through a lawyer.

Hi
My aproval date 9th October as well
I haven't received any news regarding invitation
Plz update me when you recieved
My council is cardiff
P

[Ritchie12]

Hello all,
which department or email address should I email to get a ceremony invitation letter or notification. My family and I have been waiting for more than 3 months to get our ceremony invitation. By my recollection, ceremonies invitation should be a week after nationality decision.

Any help will be appreciated

[Ritchie12]

@CULLINAN, have you received your ceremony invitation?

Yes, I received it on Dec 18th.

Good on you. We are still waiting for ours and it's been more than 3 months I believe