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Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 11:15 am
by overrider
Hello,
I received an invitation from my council (Islington) to book a ceremony on Monday. However, there has been no home.office.atlas email (3 days later now). The council asks to bring that email to the ceremony.
Is it common to not have received the home office email?
Can it cause a problem at the ceremony?
Thanks!
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 10:38 am
by hobba2008
I came to ask the same question for a friend who has a similar situation. Did it cause you any problem when you have been to the ceremony?
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:53 am
by mesn
Approval mails are mostly sent on Mondays now. Hope you got it the next Monday.
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 11:09 pm
by overrider
Yeah we received invitations from the council on a Monday morning as well, as if they replaced the HO letter.
Our ceremony is scheduled for next Monday; I’ll post here with the result.
I hope they ask for that letter only to check the application number that I can find elsewhere, but we’ll see.
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 5:09 pm
by yougotme01
I am in same situation and really want to know if the home office email is not needed
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 3:50 pm
by overrider
overrider wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 11:09 pm
Yeah we received invitations from the council on a Monday morning as well, as if they replaced the HO letter.
Our ceremony is scheduled for next Monday; I’ll post here with the result.
I hope they ask for that letter only to check the application number that I can find elsewhere, but we’ll see.
No one asked us anything except for IDs; they checked the name and DOB against the certificate.
However, when I was registering for the ceremony, I let them know the 16-digit application ID as well, so they may have checked it in advance. If your council does not ask for it upon registration, find it for the ceremony.
This is true for my council (Islington), they may be more pedantic elsewhere.
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 7:58 pm
by overrider
One side effect of this is that we were never asked to return the BRPs. Not sure if I should do it and how.
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 8:03 pm
by CR001
overrider wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:58 pm
One side effect of this is that we were never asked to return the BRPs. Not sure if I should do it and how.
You return the brp cards after your ceremony. You should have received the details of what to in your ceremony pack.
Re: Naturalisation ceremony: is home office atlas email needed?
Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 8:25 pm
by overrider
CR001 wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 8:03 pm
You return the brp cards after your ceremony. You should have received the details of what to in your ceremony pack.
Nope. In the pack, there is a letter from Priti without much substance in it, a guidance on getting a passport, and info on care about the certificate dual citizenship. Nothing about BRPs.