Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

[Wahidwadid]

Hello everyone

Just before 5 minutes I got my ceremony letter by post
My approval letter was dated 29 July
Ceremony letter dated 17 of August

Good luck everyone it is starting to rain ceremonies.

Hi mohahij, Congratulations, U r the luckiest person of thousands here, I m still waiting for my invitation, Got approved in may applied in March, Contacted my mcr council they said they receive some certificate but they are for march and April decision, When did you applied?And what's your council if you don't mind to share?

[bppartnerclub]

Hello everyone

Just before 5 minutes I got my ceremony letter by post
My approval letter was dated 29 July
Ceremony letter dated 17 of August

Good luck everyone it is starting to rain ceremonies.

Wooow, so people approved a month ago are getting their invitations but people approved 3 months ago are still waiting... Count yourself super lucky Mohahij!

[Wahidwadid]

HI all

Finally got that phone call from the Council that my certificate is received. I know on May 2020 that I have been approved when i asked about an update.never received a decision nor an invitation letter yet . But i have done it and had my ceremony just now

Did you have a virtual ceremony or face to face? Congratulations!! Which council is this please?

Face to face only me no guests. Conwy Council North Wales

Hi sous49,When did you apply?If you don't mind to share plz.

[rozearo]

I just want to thanks admins and everybody for that nice forum. I would go mad if I was in that boat alone, but I was here with all of you updating each other, expressing our frustration but keeping the hope

Finally after a very very long wait (application: end of January 2020), I received the invitation today. The long wait is approaching the end.Just need to wait for my certificates to reach my council (Checked this morning, did not arrive yet).

Hopefully, it will arrive soon. I will update on the timeline once I will get my certificate.

Good luck everybody

[Malikg123]

No this is the last letter you will received your council should have your certificate by now as they get certificate before you get invitation letter.

Congratulations to every one who got their certificates, Can any one please confirm will i get any other letter? or the following letter is the one which has approval and Invitation letter both in 1 letter?
I have contacted my council but they are saying they have not recieved my certificate yet.

Do I need to wait for any other letter? following letter is recieved in march 2020

I have contacted the Home office through following email addresses but no response received.

1. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk,
2. nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk,
3. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
4. citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk


Citizenship Invitation.jpg

[sunny007]

I just want to thanks admins and everybody for that nice forum. I would go mad if I was in that boat alone, but I was here with all of you updating each other, expressing our frustration but keeping the hope

Finally after a very very long wait (application: end of January 2020), I received the invitation today. The long wait is approaching the end.Just need to wait for my certificates to reach my council (Checked this morning, did not arrive yet).

Hopefully, it will arrive soon. I will update on the timeline once I will get my certificate.

Good luck everybody

Congratulations, Can you please confirm have you recieved just one letter or 2 separate letters for approval and invitation? I have recieved just 1 letter in which they are mentioning that my applictaion has been approved and now i need to call my council to book my ceremoney, I have pasted my invitatyion letter above, can you please have a look and confirm?
Thanks

[sunny007]

No this is the last letter you will received your council should have your certificate by now as they get certificate before you get invitation letter.

Congratulations to every one who got their certificates, Can any one please confirm will i get any other letter? or the following letter is the one which has approval and Invitation letter both in 1 letter?
I have contacted my council but they are saying they have not recieved my certificate yet.

Do I need to wait for any other letter? following letter is recieved in march 2020

I have contacted the Home office through following email addresses but no response received.

1. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk,
2. nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk,
3. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
4. citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk


Citizenship Invitation.jpg

Ok thanks, I have contacted my council many times, but they are still saying they dont have my certificate

[Malikg123]

Congratulations dear.

I just want to thanks admins and everybody for that nice forum. I would go mad if I was in that boat alone, but I was here with all of you updating each other, expressing our frustration but keeping the hope

Finally after a very very long wait (application: end of January 2020), I received the invitation today. The long wait is approaching the end.Just need to wait for my certificates to reach my council (Checked this morning, did not arrive yet).

Hopefully, it will arrive soon. I will update on the timeline once I will get my certificate.

Good luck everybody

[Malikg123]

Which council is yours ?

No this is the last letter you will received your council should have your certificate by now as they get certificate before you get invitation letter.

Congratulations to every one who got their certificates, Can any one please confirm will i get any other letter? or the following letter is the one which has approval and Invitation letter both in 1 letter?
I have contacted my council but they are saying they have not recieved my certificate yet.

Do I need to wait for any other letter? following letter is recieved in march 2020

I have contacted the Home office through following email addresses but no response received.

1. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk,
2. nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk,
3. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
4. citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk


Citizenship Invitation.jpg

Ok thanks, I have contacted my council many times, but they are still saying they dont have my certificate

[Mohahij]

Congratulations to every one who got their certificates, Can any one please confirm will i get any other letter? or the following letter is the one which has approval and Invitation letter both in 1 letter?
I have contacted my council but they are saying they have not recieved my certificate yet.

Do I need to wait for any other letter? following letter is recieved in march 2020

I have contacted the Home office through following email addresses but no response received.

1. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk,
2. nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk,
3. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
4. citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk


Citizenship Invitation.jpg

That's your invitation letter

[voyager1]

I was approved at the start of the year for British Citizenship and now I have finally received an update on my situation from the HO.

I got a message saying that my paperwork and documents were subject to delay owing to the Covid 19 lock down. But that the HO can now confirm that they have printed and despatched my documents/certificate to the Polish British Embassy, which is the place I am due to have my ceremony. However they said that it could take a further 12 weeks to arrive.

My question is that why is there a chance that it could take 12 weeks(3 months) for my documents/certificate to arrive in Warsaw? I mean Poland is not far from the UK, you literally only have to fly past 2 countries in order to get from the UK to Poland.

So why will it potentially take so long for my certificate to reach Poland if they have just been despatched? Or is this just a precautionary measure that they have to write down, just in case some very unexpected delays occur? Is there a big chance that my certificate arrives earlier in say 1 month or 2 months for example?

[sunny007]

Which council is yours ?

No this is the last letter you will received your council should have your certificate by now as they get certificate before you get invitation letter.

Congratulations to every one who got their certificates, Can any one please confirm will i get any other letter? or the following letter is the one which has approval and Invitation letter both in 1 letter?
I have contacted my council but they are saying they have not recieved my certificate yet.

Do I need to wait for any other letter? following letter is recieved in march 2020

I have contacted the Home office through following email addresses but no response received.

1. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk,
2. nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk,
3. FurtherNationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
4. citizenship.support@homeoffice.gov.uk


Citizenship Invitation.jpg

Ok thanks, I have contacted my council many times, but they are still saying they dont have my certificate

Dm you, check your inbox please.
thanks

[Mohahij]

Hello everyone

Just before 5 minutes I got my ceremony letter by post
My approval letter was dated 29 July
Ceremony letter dated 17 of August

Good luck everyone it is starting to rain ceremonies.

Hi mohahij, Congratulations, U r the luckiest person of thousands here, I m still waiting for my invitation, Got approved in may applied in March, Contacted my mcr council they said they receive some certificate but they are for march and April decision, When did you applied?And what's your council if you don't mind to share?

Thank you and yes I feel lucky

I applied on 24 of February
Got approved 29 July

Good luck everyone I am sure they start to send and it's depending on how the council can co op with the ceremonies number

[Sous49]

HI all

Finally got that phone call from the Council that my certificate is received. I know on May 2020 that I have been approved when i asked about an update.never received a decision nor an invitation letter yet . But i have done it and had my ceremony just now

Did you have a virtual ceremony or face to face? Congratulations!! Which council is this please?

Face to face only me no guests. Conwy Council North Wales

Hi sous49,When did you apply?If you don't mind to share plz.

I did apply on the last week of August 2019

[rozearo]

I just want to thanks admins and everybody for that nice forum. I would go mad if I was in that boat alone, but I was here with all of you updating each other, expressing our frustration but keeping the hope

Finally after a very very long wait (application: end of January 2020), I received the invitation today. The long wait is approaching the end.Just need to wait for my certificates to reach my council (Checked this morning, did not arrive yet).

Hopefully, it will arrive soon. I will update on the timeline once I will get my certificate.

Good luck everybody

Congratulations, Can you please confirm have you recieved just one letter or 2 separate letters for approval and invitation? I have recieved just 1 letter in which they are mentioning that my applictaion has been approved and now i need to call my council to book my ceremoney, I have pasted my invitatyion letter above, can you please have a look and confirm?
Thanks

Yes, the one you posted is the invitation letter.

You just need to contact your council to book a ceremony if they have received your certificate.

[rozearo]

Congratulations dear.

I just want to thanks admins and everybody for that nice forum. I would go mad if I was in that boat alone, but I was here with all of you updating each other, expressing our frustration but keeping the hope

Finally after a very very long wait (application: end of January 2020), I received the invitation today. The long wait is approaching the end.Just need to wait for my certificates to reach my council (Checked this morning, did not arrive yet).

Hopefully, it will arrive soon. I will update on the timeline once I will get my certificate.

Good luck everybody

Thanks
Good luck for all of us. We still need it for ceremony and Passport application.

[Mohahij]

Ok as an update

Got a phone call from my council and got booked on the 9th of September for a group ceremony of 10 people.

This is a happy day

[luckylucky7]

Ok as an update

Got a phone call from my council and got booked on the 9th of September for a group ceremony of 10 people.

This is a happy day

Congratulations! May I ask which council this is?

[Mohahij]

Ok as an update

Got a phone call from my council and got booked on the 9th of September for a group ceremony of 10 people.

This is a happy day

Congratulations! May I ask which council this is?

Redbridge council

[luckylucky7]

Ok as an update

Got a phone call from my council and got booked on the 9th of September for a group ceremony of 10 people.

This is a happy day

Congratulations! May I ask which council this is?

Redbridge council

Thank you and best of luck with everything else

[PiDri]

Hello,

so I received my approval letter (1st letter) in July . It was an attachment to an email.

Can anyone confirm that the 2nd letter (invitation to ceremony) also comes attached to an email ? That would be ideal for me, because after receiving my 1st letter I moved home and could not set up mail redirection (also I don't have anyone at my previous address to collect and redirect mail to me).

The Home Office should have my new address but it seems there is no way to check about that directly with them. Both my previous and current councils have not received any certificate yet.

Any thought?
Thank you

[Lopand]

Hello,

so I received my approval letter (1st letter) in July . It was an attachment to an email.

Can anyone confirm that the 2nd letter (invitation to ceremony) also comes attached to an email ? That would be ideal for me, because after receiving my 1st letter I moved home and could not set up mail redirection (also I don't have anyone at my previous address to collect and redirect mail to me).

The Home Office should have my new address but it seems there is no way to check about that directly with them. Both my previous and current councils have not received any certificate yet.

Any thought?
Thank you

It will arrive by post.

[beaujam90]

Hello everyone

Just before 5 minutes I got my ceremony letter by post
My approval letter was dated 29 July
Ceremony letter dated 17 of August

Good luck everyone it is starting to rain ceremonies.

'' Wooow, so people approved a month ago are getting their invitations but people approved 3 months ago are still waiting.. '' The HO is notorious for being inefficient.

[BoyTed]

HI all

Finally got that phone call from the Council that my certificate is received. I know on May 2020 that I have been approved when i asked about an update.never received a decision nor an invitation letter yet . But i have done it and had my ceremony just now

Hello Sous49,
Congrats bro so happy for you.
The stress of this journey is over for you.

[George7371]

So I emailed the HO advising them it’s been 3 months since I’ve had my approval letter and my local council are currently doing ceremonies so would like to have my documents printed and sent out if possible.

This is the response I got (the main part anyway):

“If you have received confirmation that your application for citizenship has been successful but have not yet received a citizenship ceremony invitation please be assured that a citizenship ceremony invitation will be issued to you by post within the next 8 – 12 weeks. You are required to attend a citizenship ceremony within 6 months of the date printed on your ceremony invitation”