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by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:32 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Yesterday. wow ... I wonder they have decided not to reply to me at all I have sent 4 emails in past 4 weeks :( Maybe because your letter is on the way? Let us know, please. Yes you were right I have received my letter today Council: Birmingham my timeline is Approval date:23rd of July 2020 The dat...
by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:05 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Sharing the good news!!!!! Applied: March 2020 (via post) Approval: 2nd July 2020 Invitation Dated:29 sept 2020 and received today 5th November 2020 !!!!!!!🙄 Citizenship certificate arrived at local council: 29th October 2020 I’m with Slough council and they’ll do virtual ceremonies. Waiting for a ...
by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:25 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Just received the below from Hackney they are also offering free private ceremonies --- Thank you for your email. I can confirm that we do have your certificate and we will be inviting you to attend a ceremony shortly. Please bear with us! Within the space of a week, we have (unexpectedly!) receive...
by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Frou01 wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:16 am
A few people approved between 20-25 July received their HO letters today.
And they were dated 18 October.
by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:19 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I got a response by my council: “ We still haven’t received your paperwork yet but we are starting to receive large numbers of certificates from the home office and they have notified us that they are intending to keep sending them to us during this new lockdown. Unfortunately however following the...
by Frou01
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:16 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

A few people approved between 20-25 July received their HO letters today.
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I got a response by my council: “ We still haven’t received your paperwork yet but we are starting to receive large numbers of certificates from the home office and they have notified us that they are intending to keep sending them to us during this new lockdown. Unfortunately however following the...
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I got a response by my council: “ We still haven’t received your paperwork yet but we are starting to receive large numbers of certificates from the home office and they have notified us that they are intending to keep sending them to us during this new lockdown. Unfortunately however following the ...
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Also I’m very disappointed to see HO is NOT sending certificates in strict order. Some people still waiting from May and June and a majority for July, pretty much everyone for August, but September approvals have their certificates send to their councils already? That’s not ok (as much as I underst...
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I read the legislation for the lockdown and Reg 11(4) Exception 3 is that the person concerned is fulfilling a legal obligation or participating in legal proceedings- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1200/pdfs/uksi_20201200_en.pdf?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=...
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:15 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hi @Frou01? I was approved in September for Birmingham but haven’t received my invitation letter. Who do you ring to ask about your certificate? I hope you hear back from the registry office soon! Thank you so much! Hi Helen! They don’t answer calls. I email them: Citizenship.Ceremonies@birmingham....
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:47 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I would suggest those who got confirmation their certificates have arrived at their councils to enquire if their details are spelled correctly. As it happened now a few times people received at their ceremony certificates with wrong spelled names and those had to send them back for correction and wa...
by Frou01
Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:04 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Councils cancelling citizenship ceremonies are taking advantage, trying to pull down salaries while providing no service, despite the Government guidance allowing them to continue doing their jobs: A number of public services will also stay open and you will be able to leave home to visit them. The...
by Frou01
Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:40 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Did anyone received an update for Birmingham if they continue?
Didn’t get a reply.

Reading the two posts above it comes across quite confusion some councils stop doing ceremonies due to lockdown and some continue... hm.
by Frou01
Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:51 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Below update from Borough of Kensington and Chelsea received this evening when enquired about ceremonies: "In line with the PMs announcement yesterday Citizenship Ceremonies will be put on hold until December at least. We will continue with Virtual Ceremonies for a fee of £200 but on the condi...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:07 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

rayyfar wrote:
Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:47 pm
Heard from where ?
Individual people who had booked their ceremonies end of this and next week.
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:41 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I’ve just heard about booked ceremonies from lockdown on are indeed cancelled.
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:22 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Just got this from mc council We have, today, received certificates for decisions made end of June and beginning of July. However, your certificate is not amongst them. In any case, unfortunately, after the Prime Ministers announcement on Saturday. It appears that the citizenship ceremonies will be...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Dear all, Just an update, my closed one's certificate was arrived at his council on 31/10/2020 for 14/10/2020 approval but no invitation letter. Oh wow! Thanks so much for sharing! You are obviously a very recent applicant with a quick decision. Therefore I strongly assume the 1st September is your...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:42 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Dear all, Just an update, my closed one's certificate was arrived at his council on 31/10/2020 for 14/10/2020 approval but no invitation letter. I was in doubt but decided to email my council this morning and I just received the reply below “ Thank you for your email. We received your certificate f...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I will wait for further people sharing their responses from their individual councils and my own to get confirmation in general ceremonies are suspended. Different to the first lockdown we might be the only ones being effected as UKVCAS and test centres will keep providing their services this time....
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

I will wait for further people sharing their responses from their individual councils and my own to get confirmation in general ceremonies are suspended. Different to the first lockdown we might be the only ones being effected as UKVCAS and test centres will keep providing their services this time. ...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:52 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Now that we know that some councils at least are conducting some types of citizenship ceremonies, it would be interesting to find out if the CCST will be taking yet another fully-paid lockdown holiday - unless they are printing certificates and invitation letters from home, I can't imagine that the...
by Frou01
Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:28 am
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
Mood:
Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Hi All Reply from the Hillingdon council Good morning Unfortunately we will not be conducting citizenship ceremonies during the 4 week lockdown. Regards So it will be for any council in England then. Thanks for sharing. I’ve sent Birmingham an email too so likely the response will be the same.
by Frou01
Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:19 pm
Forum: British Citizenship
Topic: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19
Replies: 5631
Views: 743885
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Finland

Re: Citizenship Ceremony cancelled due to Covid-19

Citizenship ceremonies (which are mandatory to become British) aren’t even worth mentioned. Yes its bit vague about Citizenship ceremonies and even council websites have not updated their webpages as per latest guidelines but i assume Civil registration offices deal with Citizenship ceremonies and ...