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Dear All ,


"Please note , this letter is not an invitation ceremony .You should not contact your local Authority until you received your invitation .If you have not received your invitation within next 3 weeks , you should email us at Citizenship@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk"

how does it work , i have to wait a letter from my Council or from Home Office . it is actually 3 weeks or it can go longer as well.

Regards

imran1u wrote:Dear All ,


"Please note , this letter is not an invitation ceremony .You should not contact your local Authority until you received your invitation .If you have not received your invitation within next 3 weeks , you should email us at Citizenship@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk"

how does it work , i have to wait a letter from my Council or from Home Office . it is actually 3 weeks or it can go longer as well.

Regards

Interesting - my letter states I should contact my council with 28 days .... which I did and they already had posted the invitation! Just call the registry office number quoted on the letter and see what they say.

i wonder if any one of the member received this kind of letter .

imran1u wrote:i wonder if any one of the member received this kind of letter .

Yes, many members.

As you don't say when you receive the approval letter, I would suggest just wait to see if you get the ceremony invitation letter.

CR001 wrote:

imran1u wrote:i wonder if any one of the member received this kind of letter .

Yes, many members.

As you don't say when you receive the approval letter, I would suggest just wait to see if you get the ceremony invitation letter.

I received my letter 2 days ago , but it's been dated more then week ago .

So be patient and just wait. Invitation letter likely on its way.

Mine says exactly the same. So as guys mentioned above we just need to wait (up to 3 weeks)....

arturpl wrote:Mine says exactly the same. So as guys mentioned above we just need to wait (up to 3 weeks)....

Hopefully it come soon .

Hi Imran,

I got an approval letter which says the same thing except it's says 12 weeks (not 3 weeks) however I am not located within UK.

It's almost a month since the approval letter was issued, was wondering also how long I needed to wait and whether this letter is coming from the home office or the local British Embassy.

In the process of Naturalization, After Bio-metric invitation, We will receive three letter corresponding i.e.

1) Home Office approval Letter.
2) Home office Invitation Letter.
3) Council Invitation letter.

Do we require the above three letters to book ceremony ?

What are the docs are required to take while going for ceremony ?

Please

In the process of Naturalization, After Bio-metric invitation, We will receive three letter corresponding i.e.

1) Home Office approval Letter.
2) Home office Invitation Letter.
3) Council Invitation letter.

Do we require the above three letters to book ceremony ?

What are the docs are required to take while going for ceremony ?

Please

Take HO approval letter, Council invite and photo ID. It's really straightforward. Council will book it on your behalf when they receive notification from the HO (you can change the date or book a private ceremony).

When ever i receive HomeOffice approval letter, And council able to book the ceremony. Can i attend the ceremony. Or i need to wait for Council invitation as well ?


Regards,
Suresh

I could be completely mistaken, but I seem to recall there was some anecdotal evidence from people in this forum pointing towards the fact that you can schedule your ceremony without an invitation letter.

When I did mine, all I was asked for was the Home Office reference number, so that the registrar could see if my certificate arrived at the local authority. If they have your certificate, you can schedule your ceremony right away.

I'd call the local council and find out!

I think it differs from council to council. On my approval letter it said to call the council to arrange the ceremony. So I did straight away but never received any letter from the council. All they sent me was an invitation email. I even phoned them up this morning (ceremony this coming Thursday), and the lady said that the email will be ok. I don't even have to print it out, just show them on my phone

[quote="imran1u"]Dear All ,


"Please note , this letter is not an invitation ceremony .You should not contact your local Authority until you received your invitation .If you have not received your invitation within next 3 weeks , you should email us at Citizenship@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk"

Do people actually receive the invitation letter with in 3 weeks or this is just GENERIC letter from Home Office which says 3 weeks .

Regards

Same here. Got my approval last week.in my area ceremonies are held every 2 months and next one is on 7th of December followed by another one on 7th of February. Was hoping to get all sorted this year before Xmass so called Local Council today and polite lady took my name and mob nr and advised that next ceremony is next wed but if my certificate will arrive to them by then she will give me a call. Not sure if plain approval letter only will be enough or still would need to wait for proper invitation from HO regardless and miss early ceremony date. Ehhh...joy.. but always can book private ceremony for only £80

Imran1u have you received your invitation letter yet? Any update..

arturpl wrote:Imran1u have you received your invitation letter yet? Any update..

Arturpl

Tomorrow it be two weeks from the day letter issued. No i still have not received the letter.

arturpl wrote:Imran1u have you received your invitation letter yet? Any update..

Arturpl

Tomorrow it be two weeks from the day letter issued. No i still have not received the letter.

Same here. A week gone since approval letter. Did you try to contact your council? Heard horror stories of people never receiving invitation letters....hope you get it soon mate. I also contacted my council and no certificate so far..

arturpl wrote:Same here. A week gone since approval letter. Did you try to contact your council? Heard horror stories of people never receiving invitation letters....hope you get it soon mate. I also contacted my council and no certificate so far..

hope so it come soon . no i did not contact my council , because letter clearly say "do not contact local authority"

has any member received there on time .

I did contact them but asked when is next ceremony and how to book privately just wonder questions. But they said if they receive my certificate they will call to let me know. Some guys here were saying it is good to ask your council for an update just to have brief idea. But again this is a personal choice..I did and nothing wrong happened.

forgotten to ask did you apply through NCS or yourself post application? As heard that people get combined letter approval/invitation when they apply through NCS and two separate letters when apply themselves. Again not sure for 100% if this is true or just all depends of case worker or local council requirements.

arturpl wrote:forgotten to ask did you apply through NCS or yourself post application? As heard that people get combined letter approval/invitation when they apply through NCS and two separate letters when apply themselves. Again not sure for 100% if this is true or just all depends of case worker or local council requirements.

No, there is no set pattern to this. It varies greatly, regardless of how a person submitted their application.