Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

[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

[CULLINAN]

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

Citizenship.Support@homeoffice.gov.uk

NationalityFrontEndTechnicalSpecialists@homeoffice.gov.uk

[Musti]

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

Hey bro,
Hounslow called me today. They will do a virtual ceremony same day and time and asked me for that Microsoft Team app which I already had. Tried to push my luck and ask for an earlier fay but she said its only a few days. It will be half the fee though. Only 125

[CULLINAN]

Hey bro,
Hounslow called me today. They will do a virtual ceremony same day and time and asked me for that Microsoft Team app which I already had. Tried to push my luck and ask for an earlier fay but she said its only a few days. It will be half the fee though. Only 125

Thank you for the update. Glad to be reassured that virtual ceremonies are going ahead and will be saving £125. They called you a week ago. Mine is on 15/1. Probably will get a call in 1-2 days also. I also tried to push my luck and email them for an earlier date if possible but no reply so far. True our dates are just around the corner. Little more patience. Good luck and keep me posted please. Thank you.

[Mk1]

Hi everyone,
Naturalisation submitted online on the 16th of July 2020/Biometrics appointment in September/Response received by letter on the 8th of October/In the letter i was asked to wait up to12 weeks for the invitation letter, which I've done,when this was due(late December)I wrote an email to NationalityCaseworkDecisionService@homeoffice.gov.uk with my situation, case number etc,got an answer from a very helpful and friendly case worker on the same week,telling me that the letter was printed already, and just wait for it to arrive.
By the way,I m registered with Milton Keynes Council,which they started doing virtual Ceremonies
Now fingers crossed and wait for my 2021 first present Good look to everyone!

[PhantomPermit]

Hi everyone,
Naturalisation submitted online on the 16th of July 2020/Biometrics appointment in September/Response received by letter on the 8th of October/In the letter i was asked to wait up to12 weeks for the invitation letter, which I've done,when this was due(late December)I wrote an email to NationalityCaseworkDecisionService@homeoffice.gov.uk with my situation, case number etc,got an answer from a very helpful and friendly case worker on the same week,telling me that the letter was printed already, and just wait for it to arrive.
By the way,I m registered with Milton Keynes Council,which they started doing virtual Ceremonies
Now fingers crossed and wait for my 2021 first present Good look to everyone!

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[PhantomPermit]

Hi everyone,
Naturalisation submitted online on the 16th of July 2020/Biometrics appointment in September/Response received by letter on the 8th of October/In the letter i was asked to wait up to12 weeks for the invitation letter, which I've done,when this was due(late December)I wrote an email to NationalityCaseworkDecisionService@homeoffice.gov.uk with my situation, case number etc,got an answer from a very helpful and friendly case worker on the same week,telling me that the letter was printed already, and just wait for it to arrive.
By the way,I m registered with Milton Keynes Council,which they started doing virtual Ceremonies
Now fingers crossed and wait for my 2021 first present Good look to everyone!

this email ID does not receive emails

[PhantomPermit]

they use second class post to despatch invites which takes 10 working days.
What poor beggars. All that rip off fees and 2nd class posts lol

[mrmo93]

they use second class post to despatch invites which takes 10 working days.
What poor beggars. All that rip off fees and 2nd class posts lol

Rule Britannia!

[masam52]

Does anyone know how the virtual ceremony works in regards to the Naturalisation certificate?

Do they post it to your home address after the ceremony? Do they keep it until we can go in person to collect it?

I can’t find any information about it.
Thanks

It is posted.

Does anybody know how long is taking councils to send the Naturalisation Certificates? Do they send them right after the ceremony?

I won’t be at home for the following weeks (possibly during the new lockdown). I found out it is Special Delivery and it needs to be signed.

[Mk1]

My mistake sorry, the email address was: NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk

Cheers